title: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's 12.5 kilometres
text: # Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's 12.5 kilometres
  
  The men's 12.5 km competition of the Sochi 2014 Paralympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi. The competition took place on 11 March.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Russia)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS)* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
  
  ## Visually Impaired
  
  In biathlon, visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Misses | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 39 | Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar | Ukraine | 0+0+0+0 | 31:04.0 | 31:04.0 | - |
  | | 40 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev | Russia | 0+0+1+0 | 31:52.6 | 31:14.3 | +10.3 |
  | | 33 | Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikhail Lebedzeu | Belarus | 2+1+0+1 | 32:38.2 | 31:59.0 | +55.0 |
  | 4 | 36 | Iurii Utkin Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov | Ukraine | 0+0+0+0 | 32:04.5 | 32:04.5 | +1:00.5 |
  | 5 | 35 | Oleg Ponomarev Guide: Andrei Romanov | Russia | 0+0+0+0 | 32:57.7 | 32:57.7 | +1:53.7 |
  | 6 | 32 | Iaroslav Reshetynskiy Guide: Dmytro Khurtyk | Ukraine | 0+0+0+0 | 33:21.9 | 33:21.9 | +2:17.9 |
  | 7 | 31 | Dmytro Shulga Guide: Artur Gergardt | Ukraine | 0+0+0+0 | 36:27.7 | 35:43.9 | +4:39.9 |
  | DNF | 38 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | Ukraine | 0+0+3 | | | |
  | DNS | 34 | Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm | Germany | | | | |
  | DNS | 37 | Vladimir Udaltcov Guide: Ruslan Bogachev | Russia | | | | |
  
  ## Sitting
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Misses | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 69 | Roman Petushkov | Russia | 0+0+0+0 | 34:48.8 | 34:48.8 | - |
  | | 66 | Alexey Bychenok | Russia | 0+0+0+0 | 35:29.7 | 35:29.7 | +40.9 |
  | | 67 | Grigory Murygin | Russia | 1+0+0+1 | 35:59.6 | 35:59.6 | +1:10.8 |
  | 4 | 62 | Ivan Goncharov | Russia | 0+0+0+0 | 37:50.6 | 36:42.5 | +1:53.7 |
  | 5 | 64 | Andrew Soule | United States | 0+0+0+0 | 37:04.7 | 37:04.7 | +2:15.9 |
  | 6 | 68 | Kozo Kubo | Japan | 0+0+0+0 | 39:57.8 | 37:33.9 | +2:45.1 |
  | 7 | 65 | Maksym Yarovyi | Ukraine | 0+1+2+3 | 43:42.6 | 37:35.4 | +2:46.6 |
  | 8 | 60 | Dzmitry Loban | Belarus | 0+0+0+0 | 37:51.7 | 37:51.7 | +3:02.9 |
  | 9 | 58 | Martin Fleig | Germany | 0+0+1+0 | 39:25.1 | 38:14.1 | 3:25.3 |
  | 10 | 59 | Mykhaylo Tkachenko | Ukraine | 0+1+0+1 | 38:48.4 | 38:48.4 | +3:59.6 |
  | 11 | 63 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 1+0+1+1 | 39:01.0 | 39:01.0 | +4:12.2 |
  | 12 | 56 | Sean Halsted | United States | 0+0+2+1 | 40:46.1 | 39:32.7 | +4:43.9 |
  | 13 | 53 | Kamil Rosiek | Poland | 0+2+0+1 | 40:25.0 | 40:25.0 | +5:36.2 |
  | 14 | 61 | Enzo Masiello | Italy | 1+1+1+2 | 43:02.4 | 40:27.5 | +5:38.7 |
  | 15 | 54 | Oleksandr Korniiko | Ukraine | 0+0+0+2 | 40:34.2 | 40:34.2 | +5:45.4 |
  | 16 | 55 | Jeremy Wagner | United States | 0+0+1+0 | 42:06.9 | 40:51.1 | +6:02.3 |
  | 17 | 57 | Trygve Steinar Larsen | Norway | 1+1+2+0 | 41:18.1 | 41:18.1 | +6:29.3 |
  | 18 | 52 | Vladimir Gajdiciar | Slovakia | 1+1+1+0 | 41:19.4 | 41:19.4 | +6:30.6 |
  | 19 | 51 | Augusto Jose Perez | United States | 1+0+2+4 | 48:40.9 | 48:40.9 | +13:52.1 |
  
  ## Standing
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Misses | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 18 | Azat Karachurin | Russia | 0+0+0+1 | 33:31.4 | 29:30.0 | - |
  | | 16 | Nils-Erik Ulset | Norway | 0+0+0+2 | 34:10.1 | 30:24.6 | +54.6 |
  | | 17 | Mark Arendz | Canada | 0+0+1+0 | 31:47.3 | 30:31.0 | +1:01.1 |
  | 4 | 11 | Aleksandr Pronkov | Russia | 0+0+0+2 | 34:48.3 | 30:37.7 | +1:07.7 |
  | 5 | 9 | Ivan Kodlozerov | Russia | 1+0+0+0 | 32:04.8 | 31:07.1 | +1:37.1 |
  | 6 | 12 | Kirill Mikhaylov | Russia | 1+0+1+1 | 32:07.1 | 31:09.3 | +1:39.3 |
  | 7 | 14 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 1+0+1+1 | 32:24.6 | 31:26.3 | +1:56.3 |
  | 8 | 13 | Aleksandr Iaremchuk | Russia | 0+1+0+1 | 32:48.0 | 31:29.3 | +1:59.3 |
  | 9 | 10 | Benjamin Daviet | France | 1+0+2+0 | 34:47.8 | 32:00.8 | +2:30.8 |
  | 10 | 8 | Keiichi Sato | Japan | 0+0+1+0 | 33:40.1 | 32:39.5 | +3:09.5 |
  | 11 | 5 | Siarhei Silchanka | Belarus | 1+1+1+0 | 34:08.7 | 33:07.2 | +3:37.2 |
  | 12 | 15 | Ihor Reptyukh | Ukraine | 2+1+2+3 | 34:16.6 | 33:14.9 | +3:44.9 |
  | 13 | 6 | Vitalii Sytnyk | Ukraine | 0+0+0+2 | 34:39.4 | 33:16.2 | +3:46.2 |
  | 14 | 7 | Vladyslav Maystrenko | Ukraine | 1+2+0+1 | 34:33.4 | 33:31.2 | +4:01.2 |
  | 15 | 4 | Michael Kurz | Austria | 4+2+0+0 | 38:42.3 | 34:50.1 | +5:20.1 |
  | 16 | 1 | Witold Skupien | Poland | 3+3+2+1 | 41:56.4 | 36:54.4 | +7:24.4 |
  | 17 | 3 | Omar Bermejo | United States | 0+1+1+0 | 38:56.3 | 37:22.8 | +7:52.8 |
  | 18 | 2 | Juha Harkonen | Finland | 3+1+3+0 | 40:20.4 | 39:07.8 | +9:37.8 |
  