Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Sprint

Men's biathlon sprint
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre
Dates23 February 1988
Competitors72 from 22 nations
Winning time25:08.1
Medalists
Frank-Peter Roetsch  East Germany
Valeriy Medvedtsev  Soviet Union
Sergei Tchepikov  Soviet Union

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.