The men's sprint competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 8 February 2014.

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.

[4] Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the event with a time of 24:33.5, 1.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Dominik Landertinger.

[6] At 40 years old, he is also the oldest man ever to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event at the Winter Games.

[7][8] Bjørndalen won his 3rd gold medal in the Olympic men's sprint.