Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway won the gold medal in the Men’s 15 km Mass Start Biathlon on Tuesday. He nearly gave the gold away by celebrating early allowing Martin Fourcade of France to run up to him at the end and almost take the top spot.
Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic took the bronze medal.
How close was it? Take a look for yourself.
Men’s 15 km Mass Start, Full Results
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Emil Hegle SVENDSEN | 42:29.1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | FRA | Martin FOURCADE | 42:29.1 | 0.0 |
| 3 | CZE | Ondrej MORAVEC | 42:42.9 | +13.8 |
| 4 | SLO | Jakov FAK | 42:57.2 | +28.1 |
| 5 | RUS | Evgeniy GARANICHEV | 43:25.3 | +56.2 |
| 6 | SWE | Fredrik LINDSTROEM | 43:30.5 | +1:01.4 |
| 7 | AUT | Dominik LANDERTINGER | 43:32.8 | +1:03.7 |
| 8 | NOR | Johannes Thingnes BOE | 43:34.2 | +1:05.1 |
| 9 | CAN | Brendan GREEN | 43:38.3 | +1:09.2 |
| 10 | CAN | Jean-Philippe LE GUELLEC | 43:41.6 | +1:12.5 |
| 11 | RUS | Anton SHIPULIN | 43:48.2 | +1:19.1 |
| 12 | SWE | Bjoern FERRY | 43:48.3 | +1:19.2 |
| 13 | GER | Simon SCHEMPP | 43:48.3 | +1:19.2 |
| 14 | LAT | Andrejs RASTORGUJEVS | 43:53.1 | +1:24.0 |
| 15 | SVK | Matej KAZAR | 44:25.6 | +1:56.5 |
| 16 | AUT | Simon EDER | 44:30.7 | +2:01.6 |
| 17 | FRA | Jean Guillaume BEATRIX | 44:34.2 | +2:05.1 |
| 18 | GER | Arnd PEIFFER | 44:35.0 | +2:05.9 |
| 19 | RUS | Evgeny USTYUGOV | 44:37.3 | +2:08.2 |
| 20 | RUS | Dmitry MALYSHKO | 44:42.9 | +2:13.8 |
| 21 | USA | Tim BURKE | 44:55.9 | +2:26.8 |
| 22 | NOR | Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN | 45:08.3 | +2:39.2 |
| 23 | USA | Lowell BAILEY | 45:19.2 | +2:50.1 |
| 24 | CZE | Jaroslav SOUKUP | 45:22.2 | +2:53.1 |
| 25 | ITA | Dominik WINDISCH | 45:28.4 | +2:59.3 |
| 26 | GER | Erik LESSER | 45:34.2 | +3:05.1 |
| 27 | AUT | Christoph SUMANN | 45:39.0 | +3:09.9 |
| ITA | Lukas HOFER | DNF | ||
| CAN | Nathan SMITH | DNF | ||
| FRA | Simon FOURCADE | DNF |
