Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit
The men's pursuit competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 10 February 2014.
Martin Fourcade won the gold medal.Qualification
Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.
During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria.
For the pursuit race the top 60 athletes in the sprint race qualified to compete.Schedule
All dates and times are.
Results
The race was started at 19:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Penalties | Deficit |
| 6 | Martin Fourcade | | 0:12 | 33:48.6 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Ondřej Moravec | | 0:15 | 34:02.7 | 0 | +14.1 |
| 14 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | | 0:39 | 34:12.8 | 1 | +24.2 |
| 1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | | 0:00 | 34:14.5 | 3 | +25.9 |
| 16 | Evgeny Ustyugov | | 0:46 | 34:25.3 | 1 | +36.7 |
| 15 | Simon Schempp | | 0:43 | 34:27.7 | 1 | +39.1 |
| 9 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | | 0:29 | 34:28.8 | 1 | +40.2 |
| 7 | Simon Eder | | 0:14 | 34:28.9 | 2 | +40.3 |
| 17 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | | 0:47 | 34:36.9 | 1 | +48.3 |
| 10 | 2 | Dominik Landertinger | | 0:01 | 34:37.5 | 3 | +48.9 |
| 11 | 13 | Nathan Smith | | 0:36 | 34:37.7 | 1 | +49.1 |
| 12 | 20 | Christoph Sumann | | 0:52 | 34:43.0 | 0 | +54.4 |
| 13 | 18 | Fredrik Lindström | | 0:48 | 34:45.7 | 3 | +57.1 |
| 14 | 4 | Anton Shipulin | | 0:06 | 34:47.1 | 3 | +58.5 |
| 15 | 27 | Evgeniy Garanichev | | 1:10 | 34:47.7 | 1 | +59.1 |
| 16 | 21 | Erik Lesser | | 0:53 | 34:53.1 | 3 | +1:04.5 |
| 17 | 12 | Lukas Hofer | | 0:35 | 34:53.1 | 2 | +1:04.5 |
| 18 | 36 | Simon Fourcade | | 1:31 | 35:15.0 | 1 | +1:26.4 |
| 19 | 34 | Arnd Peiffer | | 1:28 | 35:21.4 | 1 | +1:32.8 |
| 20 | 3 | Jaroslav Soukup | | 0:06 | 35:35.0 | 4 | +1:46.4 |
| 21 | 46 | Simon Desthieux | | 1:45 | 35:35.6 | 1 | +1:47.0 |
| 22 | 19 | Tim Burke | | 0:50 | 35:37.0 | 2 | +1:48.4 |
| 23 | 37 | Matej Kazár | | 1:31 | 35:38.4 | 3 | +1:49.8 |
| 24 | 26 | Klemen Bauer | | 1:07 | 35:39.8 | 4 | +1:51.2 |
| 25 | 11 | Dominik Windisch | | 0:34 | 35:40.0 | 4 | +1:51.4 |
| 26 | 5 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | | 0:10 | 35:45.3 | 3 | +1:56.7 |
| 27 | 39 | Tarjei Bø | | 1:37 | 35:50.5 | 2 | +2:01.9 |
| 28 | 42 | Tobias Arwidson | | 1:38 | 35:51.2 | 0 | +2:02.6 |
| 29 | 43 | Yan Savitskiy | | 1:40 | 35:57.0 | 1 | +2:08.4 |
| 30 | 25 | Björn Ferry | | 1:03 | 36:06.9 | 3 | +2:18.3 |
| 31 | 10 | Jakov Fak | | 0:33 | 36:11.2 | 6 | +2:22.6 |
| 32 | 55 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | | 2:18 | 36:12.4 | 1 | +2:23.8 |
| 33 | 28 | Dmitry Malyshko | | 1:15 | 36:17.0 | 2 | +2:28.4 |
| 34 | 24 | Carl Johan Bergman | | 1:02 | 36:20.9 | 3 | +2:32.3 |
| 35 | 23 | Brendan Green | | 0:58 | 36:21.2 | 4 | +2:32.6 |
| 36 | 22 | Andriy Deryzemlya | | 0:56 | 36:21.5 | 3 | +2:32.9 |
| 37 | 38 | Daniel Mesotitsch | | 1:33 | 36:23.4 | 3 | +2:34.8 |
| 38 | 35 | Lowell Bailey | | 1:31 | 36:34.8 | 3 | +2:46.2 |
| 39 | 41 | Serhiy Semenov | | 1:37 | 36:48.1 | 3 | +2:59.5 |
| 40 | 48 | Tomas Kaukėnas | | 1:53 | 36:49.8 | 3 | +3:01.2 |
| 41 | 29 | Vladimir Chepelin | | 1:16 | 36:57.2 | 1 | +3:08.6 |
| 42 | 47 | Christian De Lorenzi | | 1:52 | 36:58.2 | 2 | +3:09.6 |
| 43 | 58 | Christoph Stephan | | 2:22 | 37:18.8 | 1 | +3:30.2 |
| 44 | 32 | Artem Pryma | | 1:24 | 37:39.3 | 4 | +3:50.7 |
| 45 | 53 | Indrek Tobreluts | | 2:13 | 38:00.5 | 3 | +4:11.9 |
| 46 | 54 | Kauri Kõiv | | 2:14 | 38:10.2 | 3 | +4:21.6 |
| 47 | 30 | Cornel Puchianu | | 1:17 | 38:19.8 | 6 | +4:31.2 |
| 48 | 49 | Krasimir Anev | | 1:55 | 38:47.6 | 5 | +4:59.0 |
| 49 | 51 | Janez Marič | | 2:08 | 38:58.4 | 3 | +5:09.8 |
| 50 | 33 | Sergey Novikov | | 1:27 | 38:59.5 | 3 | +5:10.9 |
| 51 | 56 | Evgeny Abramenko | | 2:22 | 39:11.5 | 5 | +5:22.9 |
| 52 | 52 | Pavol Hurajt | | 2:12 | 39:14.3 | 1 | +5:25.7 |
| 53 | 45 | Leif Nordgren | | 1:44 | 39:31.4 | 7 | +5:42.8 |
| 54 | 44 | Serguei Sednev | | 1:43 | 39:33.8 | 3 | +5:45.2 |
| 55 | 60 | Vladimir Iliev | | 2:22 | 39:44.6 | 7 | +5.56.0 |
| 56 | 57 | Yuryi Liadov | | 2:22 | 39:46.2 | 4 | +5:57.6 |
| 57 | 40 | Serafin Wiestner | | 1:37 | 39:48.1 | 7 | +5:59.5 |
| 58 | 59 | Sergey Naumik | | 2:22 | 40:06.5 | 4 | +6:17.9 |
| 59 | 50 | Daniil Steptšenko | | 2:07 | 40:52.0 | 7 | +7:03.4 |
| 31 | Michal Šlesingr | | 1:18 | DNS | | |
