Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Individual
Men's biathlon individual at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Makomanai Biathlon Site | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 9 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:14:12.3 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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Individual | men |
Relay | men |
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.[1][2]
Summary
[edit]Alexander Tikhonov 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.
Solberg remains the only champion to defend his title.
Results
[edit]Penalties refer to minutes added, as described above, not (necessarily) number of targets missed.[1]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Ski Time | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Result | Deficit |
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28 | Magnar Solberg | ![]() |
1:13:55.50 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 1:15:55.50 | – |
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30 | Hansjörg Knauthe | ![]() |
1:15:07.60 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 1:16:07.60 | +12.10 |
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38 | Lars-Göran Arwidson | ![]() |
1:14:27.03 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 1:16:27.03 | +31.53 |
4 | 29 | Aleksandr Tikhonov | ![]() |
1:12:48.65 | 4 (3+1+0+0) | 1:16:48.65 | +53.15 |
5 | 9 | Yrjö Salpakari | ![]() |
1:14:51.43 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 1:16:51.43 | +55.93 |
6 | 40 | Esko Saira | ![]() |
1:12:34.80 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 1:17:34.80 | +1:39.30 |
7 | 15 | Viktor Mamatov | ![]() |
1:16:16.26 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 1:18:16.26 | +2:20.76 |
8 | 48 | Tor Svendsberget | ![]() |
1:15:26.54 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 1:18:26.54 | +2:31.04 |
9 | 36 | Aleksander Klima | ![]() |
1:17:00.86 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 1:19:00.86 | +3:05.36 |
10 | 24 | Daniel Claudon | ![]() |
1:18:14.67 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 1:19:14.67 | +3:19.17 |
11 | 41 | Keith Oliver | ![]() |
1:17:40.31 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 1:20:40.31 | +4:44.81 |
12 | 47 | Ivan Biakov | ![]() |
1:17:42.78 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 1:20:42.78 | +4:47.28 |
13 | 26 | Dieter Speer | ![]() |
1:13:43.63 | 7 (1+1+1+4) | 1:20:43.63 | +4:48.13 |
14 | 11 | Peter Karns | ![]() |
1:18:59.67 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 1:20:59.67 | +5:04.17 |
15 | 2 | Günter Bartnik | ![]() |
1:16:01.73 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 1:21:01.73 | +5:06.23 |
16 | 19 | Willy Bertin | ![]() |
1:16:03.04 | 5 (1+0+0+4) | 1:21:03.04 | +5:07.54 |
17 | 22 | Miki Shibuya | ![]() |
1:16:57.27 | 5 (1+1+0+3) | 1:21:57.27 | +6:01.77 |
18 | 3 | Kåre Hovda | ![]() |
1:16:20.37 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | 1:22:20.37 | +6:24.87 |
19 | 8 | Rinnat Safin | ![]() |
1:15:22.59 | 7 (3+2+1+1) | 1:22:22.59 | +6:27.09 |
20 | 52 | Horst Koschka | ![]() |
1:17:24.58 | 5 (0+3+0+2) | 1:22:24.58 | +6:29.08 |
21 | 46 | Holmfrid Olsson | ![]() |
1:19:28.78 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 1:22:28.78 | +6:33.28 |
22 | 37 | Giovanni Astegiano | ![]() |
1:16:45.90 | 6 (3+1+1+1) | 1:22:45.90 | +6:50.40 |
23 | 1 | Shozo Sasaki | ![]() |
1:18:05.54 | 5 (1+3+1+0) | 1:23:05.54 | +7:10.04 |
24 | 20 | Dennis Donahue | ![]() |
1:19:20.39 | 4 (1+0+3+0) | 1:23:20.39 | +7:24.89 |
25 | 31 | Isao Ono | ![]() |
1:16:26.83 | 7 (5+0+0+2) | 1:23:26.83 | +7:31.33 |
26 | 7 | Jeffrey Stevens | ![]() |
1:19:28.95 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 1:23:28.95 | +7:33.45 |
27 | 21 | Mauri Röppänen | ![]() |
1:16:45.88 | 7 (1+2+2+2) | 1:23:45.88 | +7:50.38 |
28 | 35 | Victor Fontana | ![]() |
1:19:17.85 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | 1:24:17.85 | +8:22.35 |
29 | 33 | Ragnar Tveiten | ![]() |
1:17:19.91 | 7 (2+3+0+2) | 1:24:19.91 | +8:24.41 |
30 | 49 | Juhani Suutarinen | ![]() |
1:14:26.99 | 10 (2+2+0+6) | 1:24:26.99 | +8:30.49 |
31 | 5 | Pierantonio Clementi | ![]() |
1:19:28.74 | 6 (3+1+0+2) | 1:25:28.74 | +9:33.24 |
32 | 27 | Vilmoş Gheorghe | ![]() |
1:17:52.27 | 8 (2+5+0+1) | 1:25:52.27 | +9:56.77 |
33 | 10 | Andrzej Rapacz | ![]() |
1:17:21.02 | 9 (2+4+0+3) | 1:26:21.02 | +10:25.52 |
34 | 42 | Nicolae Veştea | ![]() |
1:21:08.21 | 6 (0+1+1+4) | 1:27:08.21 | +11:12.71 |
35 | 25 | Józef Stopka | ![]() |
1:19:18.66 | 8 (2+2+1+3) | 1:27:18.66 | +11:23.16 |
36 | 13 | Ladislav Žižka | ![]() |
1:16:36.81 | 11 (6+1+1+3) | 1:27:36.81 | +11:41.31 |
37 | 39 | René Arpin | ![]() |
1:19:52.64 | 8 (1+3+1+3) | 1:27:52.64 | +11:57.14 |
38 | 43 | Kazuo Sasakubo | ![]() |
1:19:07.43 | 9 (3+4+1+1) | 1:28:07.43 | +12:11.93 |
39 | 16 | Arnošt Hájek | ![]() |
1:19:22.37 | 9 (3+3+2+1) | 1:28:22.37 | +12:26.87 |
40 | 45 | Lino Jordan | ![]() |
1:16:26.09 | 12 (2+3+2+5) | 1:28:26.09 | +12:30.59 |
41 | 32 | Terry Morse | ![]() |
1:21:40.14 | 7 (1+1+4+1) | 1:28:40.14 | +12:44.64 |
42 | 14 | Olle Petrusson | ![]() |
1:16:40.58 | 12 (2+0+5+5) | 1:28:40.58 | +12:45.08 |
43 | 18 | Alan Notley | ![]() |
1:21:48.72 | 7 (1+2+4+0) | 1:28:48.72 | +12:53.22 |
44 | 50 | Stanislav Fajstavr | ![]() |
1:19:53.33 | 9 (3+1+3+2) | 1:28:53.33 | +12:57.83 |
45 | 54 | Jay Bowerman | ![]() |
1:22:13.71 | 7 (1+3+1+2) | 1:29:13.71 | +13:18.21 |
46 | 23 | Josef Niedermeier | ![]() |
1:21:26.44 | 8 (2+0+3+3) | 1:29:26.44 | +13:30.94 |
47 | 34 | Pavel Ploc | ![]() |
1:18:38.79 | 11 (1+6+0+4) | 1:29:38.79 | +13:43.29 |
48 | 44 | Andrzej Fiedor | ![]() |
1:19:17.25 | 11 (3+4+3+1) | 1:30:17.25 | +14:21.75 |
49 | 17 | Torsten Wadman | ![]() |
1:17:17.56 | 13 (2+2+5+4) | 1:30:17.56 | +14:22.06 |
50 | 4 | Theo Merkel | ![]() |
1:19:58.17 | 11 (2+3+2+4) | 1:30:58.17 | +15:02.67 |
51 | 53 | Aimé Gruet-Masson | ![]() |
1:18:44.41 | 15 (2+6+4+3) | 1:33:44.41 | +17:48.91 |
52 | 6 | Constantin Carabela | ![]() |
1:22:45.95 | 11 (3+5+0+3) | 1:33:45.95 | +17:50.45 |
53 | 51 | Malcolm Hirst | ![]() |
1:20:55.59 | 14 (0+6+4+4) | 1:34:55.59 | +19:00.09 |
- | 12 | Paul Chassagne | ![]() |
DNF | - | - | - |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2019.