The current world champion in the sprint, who started first, overcame the distance in 31 minutes 39.1 seconds, having made one miss at the firing lines.
The victory was won by Frenchman Emilienne Jacqueline. Norwegian Johannes Boe finished second.
The Russian Evgeny Garanichev took the 34th place with three misses, Nikita Porshnev, who made five misses - the 39th, and Matvey Eliseev, with seven misses, finished the race 55th.
RT led a text online broadcast of the race.