Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Individual
The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.Results
The defending world champion, Frank-Peter Roetsch, had the fastest ski time by more than a full minute, and despite three missed shots, he held off the field to win by 20 seconds. 1986 World champion Valeriy Medvedtsev and Norway's Eirik Kvalfoss finished with the joint second-fastest ski time, but while Medvedtsev's two misses saw him win silver, Kvalfoss missed three and finished 6th. Italy's Johann Passler, the fourth-fastest skier, held off Sergei Tchepikov, who had the best shooting score, to win bronze.
| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Time | Penalties | Result | Deficit |
| Frank-Peter Roetsch | | 53:33.3 | 3 | 56:33.3 | – |
| Valeriy Medvedtsev | | 54:54.6 | 2 | 56:54.6 | +0:21.3 |
| Johann Passler | | 55:10.1 | 2 | 57:10.1 | +0:36.8 |
| 4 | Sergei Tchepikov | | 56:17.5 | 1 | 57:17.5 | +0:44.2 |
| 5 | Juri Kashkarov | | 55:43.1 | 2 | 57:43.1 | +1:09.8 |
| 6 | Eirik Kvalfoss | | 54:54.6 | 3 | 57:54.6 | +1:21.3 |
| 7 | André Sehmisch | | 55:11.4 | 3 | 58:11.4 | +1:38.1 |
| 8 | Tapio Piipponen | | 55:18.3 | 3 | 58:18.3 | +1:45.0 |
| 9 | Matthias Jacob | | 55:20.1 | 3 | 58:20.1 | +1:46.8 |
| 10 | Peter Angerer | | 55:46.7 | 3 | 58:46.7 | +2:13.4 |
| 11 | Gottlieb Taschler | | 55:53.6 | 3 | 58:53.6 | +2:20.3 |
| 12 | Alexandr Popov | | 56:24.0 | 3 | 59:24.0 | +2:50.7 |
| 13 | Mike Dixon | | 57:32.4 | 2 | 59:32.4 | +2:59.1 |
| 14 | Jan Matouš | | 56:35.3 | 3 | 59:35.3 | +3:02.0 |
| 15 | Khristo Vodenicharov | | 58:20.8 | 2 | 60:20.8 | +3:47.5 |
| 16 | Jürgen Wirth | | 57:25.9 | 3 | 60:25.9 | +3:52.6 |
| 17 | Herbert Fritzenwenger | | 56:27.8 | 4 | 60:27.8 | +3:54.5 |
| 18 | Jean-Paul Giachino | | 57:43.7 | 3 | 60:43.7 | +4:10.4 |
| 19 | Vasil Bozhilov | | 56:49.8 | 4 | 60:49.8 | +4:16.5 |
| 20 | Frode Løberg | | 56:52.7 | 4 | 60:52.7 | +4:19.4 |
| 21 | Vladimir Velichkov | | 56:56.5 | 4 | 60:56.5 | +4:23.2 |
| 22 | Tomáš Kos | | 58:02.7 | 3 | 61:02.7 | +4:29.4 |
| 23 | Fritz Fischer | | 56:04.5 | 5 | 61:04.5 | +4:31.2 |
| 24 | Bruno Hofstätter | | 57:05.1 | 4 | 61:05.1 | +4:31.8 |
| 25 | Josh Thompson | | 56:29.4 | 5 | 61:29.4 | +4:56.1 |
| 26 | Alfred Eder | | 55:39.7 | 6 | 61:39.7 | +5:06.4 |
| 27 | Egon Leitner | | 58:52.3 | 3 | 61:52.3 | +5:19.0 |
| 28 | Carl Davies | | 58:54.1 | 3 | 61:54.1 | +5:20.8 |
| 29 | Ernst Reiter | | 56:54.8 | 5 | 61:54.8 | +5:21.5 |
| 30 | Gisle Fenne | | 56:56.5 | 5 | 61:56.5 | +5:23.2 |
| 31 | Peter Sjödén | | 59:07.8 | 3 | 62:07.8 | +5:34.5 |
| 32 | Jiří Holubec | | 57:08.3 | 5 | 62:08.3 | +5:35.0 |
| 33 | Ken Karpoff | | 59:19.7 | 3 | 62:19.7 | +5:46.4 |
| 34 | Glenn Rupertus | | 56:10.4 | 7 | 63:10.4 | +6:37.1 |
| 35 | Jure Velepec | | 59:15.6 | 4 | 63:15.6 | +6:42.3 |
| 36 | Franz Schuler | | 55:24.5 | 8 | 63:24.5 | +6:51.2 |
| 37 | Leif Andersson | | 58:27.3 | 5 | 63:27.3 | +6:54.0 |
| 38 | Juha Tella | | 57:39.0 | 6 | 63:39.0 | +7:05.7 |
| 39 | Sylfest Glimsdal | | 55:46.9 | 8 | 63:46.9 | +7:13.6 |
| 40 | Misao Kodate | | 57:51.0 | 6 | 63:51.0 | +7:17.7 |
| 41 | Thierry Gerbier | | 57:51.7 | 6 | 63:51.7 | +7:18.4 |
| 42 | Darin Binning | | 59:54.8 | 4 | 63:54.8 | +7:21.5 |
| 43 | Werner Kiem | | 57:00.3 | 7 | 64:00.3 | +7:27.0 |
| 44 | František Chládek | | 60:01.3 | 4 | 64:01.3 | +7:28.0 |
| 45 | Éric Claudon | | 58:16.8 | 6 | 64:16.8 | +7:43.5 |
| 46 | Charles Plamondon | | 59:27.5 | 5 | 64:27.5 | +7:54.2 |
| 47 | Trevor King | | 58:37.9 | 6 | 64:37.9 | +8:04.6 |
| 48 | Tadashi Nakamura | | 57:01.3 | 8 | 65:01.3 | +8:28.0 |
| 49 | Bill Carow | | 60:10.1 | 5 | 65:10.1 | +8:36.8 |
| 50 | Harri Eloranta | | 58:10.6 | 7 | 65:10.6 | +8:37.3 |
| 51 | Mikael Löfgren | | 58:12.0 | 7 | 65:12.0 | +8:38.7 |
| 52 | Curt Schreiner | | 60:22.7 | 5 | 65:22.7 | +8:49.4 |
| 53 | Mark Langin | | 61:50.3 | 4 | 65:50.3 | +9:17.0 |
| 54 | Zsolt Kovács | | 62:15.2 | 4 | 66:15.2 | +9:41.9 |
| 55 | Khristo Kovachki | | 59:15.6 | 7 | 66:15.6 | +9:42.3 |
| 56 | Hervé Flandin | | 59:50.9 | 7 | 66:50.9 | +10:17.6 |
| 57 | Andrew Paul | | 62:59.3 | 6 | 68:59.3 | +12:26.0 |
| 58 | Arto Jääskeläinen | | 58:29.5 | 11 | 69:29.5 | +12:56.2 |
| 59 | Jamie Kallio | | 63:13.1 | 7 | 70:13.1 | +13:39.8 |
| 60 | Koichi Sato | | 62:18.7 | 8 | 70:18.7 | +13:45.4 |
| 61 | Akihiro Takizawa | | 63:38.0 | 7 | 70:38.0 | +14:04.7 |
| 62 | Hong Byung-sik | | 66:03.2 | 8 | 74:03.2 | +17:29.9 |
| 63 | Joo Young-dai | | 66:27.5 | 8 | 74:27.5 | +17:54.2 |
| 64 | Alejandro Giró | | 71:34.4 | 5 | 76:34.4 | +20:01.1 |
| 65 | Kim Yong-woon | | 68:23.0 | 9 | 77:23.0 | +20:49.7 |
| 66 | Shin Young-sun | | 68:44.5 | 9 | 77:44.5 | +21:11.2 |
| 67 | Luis Argel | | 72:47.6 | 11 | 83:47.6 | +27:14.3 |
| 68 | Elliot Archilla | | 98:57.6 | 13 | 111:57.6 | +55:24.3 |
| – | Roger Westling | | DNF | – | – | – |
| – | Andreas Zingerle | | DQ | – | – | – |
| – | Gustavo Giró | | DQ | – | – | – |
