Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Individual


The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at Makomanai Biathlon Site. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.

Results

and Dieter Speer, who between them had the last three world titles, were two of the fastest skiers, but neither managed to medal; Speer took seven minutes of penalties to put himself out of contention, and Tikhonov was unable to recover from three penalties on the first shoot, as he managed to get back to 4th place, but finished more than twenty seconds clear of the medalists. The winner was the defending Olympic champion Magnar Solberg. Solberg led early, and limited his penalties to only two, one of the better rounds of the day. Silver went to Hansjörg Knauthe, who was one of only two men to receive only one shooting penalty. Lars-Göran Arwidson took bronze, holding off Tikhonov by 30 seconds. Finland's Esko Saira skied even quicker than Tikhonov, but had five minutes in penalties, and ended up 6th.
RankNameCountrySki TimePenaltiesResultDeficit
Magnar Solberg1:13:55.5021:15:55.50-
Hansjörg Knauthe1:15:07.6011:16:07.60+0:12.10
Lars-Göran Arwidson1:14:27.0321:16:27.03+0:31.53
4Aleksandr Tikhonov1:12:48.6541:16:48.65+0:53.15
5Yrjö Salpakari1:14:51.4321:16:51.43+0:55.93
6Esko Saira1:12:34.8051:17:34.80+1:39.30
7Viktor Mamatov1:16:16.2621:18:16.26+2:20.76
8Tor Svendsberget1:15:26.5431:18:26.54+2:31.04
9Aleksander Klima1:17:00.8621:19:00.86+3:05.36
10Daniel Claudon1:18:14.6711:19:14.67+3:19.17
11Keith Oliver1:17:40.3131:20:40.31+4:44.81
12Ivan Biakov1:17:42.7831:20:42.78+4:47.28
13Dieter Speer1:13:43.6371:20:43.63+4:48.13
14Peter Karns1:18:59.6721:20:59.67+5:04.17
15Günter Bartnik1:16:01.7351:21:01.73+5:06.23
16Willy Bertin1:16:03.0451:21:03.04+5:07.54
17Miki Shibuya1:16:57.2751:21:57.27+6:01.77
18Kåre Hovda1:16:20.3761:22:20.37+6:24.87
19Rinnat Safin1:15:22.5971:22:22.59+6:27.09
20Horst Koschka1:17:24.5851:22:24.58+6:29.08
21Holmfrid Olsson1:19:28.7831:22:28.78+6:33.28
22Giovanni Astegiano1:16:45.9061:22:45.90+6:50.40
23Shozo Sasaki1:18:05.5451:23:05.54+7:10.04
24Dennis Donahue1:19:20.3941:23:20.39+7:24.89
25Isao Ono1:16:26.8371:23:26.83+7:31.33
26Jeffrey Stevens1:19:28.9541:23:28.95+7:33.45
27Mauri Röppänen1:16:45.8871:23:45.88+7:50.38
28Victor Fontana1:19:17.8551:24:17.85+8:22.35
29Ragnar Tveiten1:17:19.9171:24:19.91+8:24.41
30Juhani Suutarinen1:14:26.99101:24:26.99+8:30.49
31Pierantonio Clementi1:19:28.7461:25:28.74+9:33.24
32Vilmoş Gheorghe1:17:52.2781:25:52.27+9:56.77
33Andrzej Rapacz1:17:21.0291:26:21.02+10:25.52
34Nicolae Veştea1:21:08.2161:27:08.21+11:12.71
35Józef Stopka1:19:18.6681:27:18.66+11:23.16
36Ladislav Žižka1:16:36.81111:27:36.81+11:41.31
37René Arpin1:19:52.6481:27:52.64+11:57.14
38Kazuo Sasakubo1:19:07.4391:28:07.43+12:11.93
39Arnošt Hájek1:19:22.3791:28:22.37+12:26.87
40Lino Jordan1:16:26.09121:28:26.09+12:30.59
41Terry Morse1:21:40.1471:28:40.14+12:44.64
42Olle Petrusson1:16:40.58121:28:40.58+12:45.08
43Alan Notley1:21:48.7271:28:48.72+12:53.22
44Stanislav Fajstavr1:19:53.3391:28:53.33+12:57.83
45Jay Bowerman1:22:13.7171:29:13.71+13:18.21
46Josef Niedermeier1:21:26.4481:29:26.44+13:30.94
47Pavel Ploc1:18:38.79111:29:38.79+13:43.29
48Andrzej Fiedor1:19:17.25111:30:17.25+14:21.75
49Torsten Wadman1:17:17.56131:30:17.56+14:22.06
50Theo Merkel1:19:58.17111:30:58.17+15:02.67
51Aimé Gruet-Masson1:18:44.41151:33:44.41+17:48.91
52Constantin Carabela1:22:45.95111:33:45.95+17:50.45
53Malcolm Hirst1:20:55.59141:34:55.59+19:00.09
-Paul ChassagneDNF---