2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

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World Cup events

Östersund | Hochfilzen | Pokljuka | Ruhpolding | Ruhpolding (2) Antholz | Canmore | Presque Isle | Khanty-Mansiysk

World Championships

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and will finish in March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

Competition format

The 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

2014–15 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	335
Silver:	Anton Shipulin	305
Bronze:	Jakov Fak	282

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Östersund details	Martin Fourcade  France	31:22.4 (1+0+1+1)	Arnd Peiffer  Germany	31:57.5 (0+1+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	32:17.6 (0+0+1+1)
Hochfilzen details	Martin Fourcade  France	31:19.9 (0+2+0+0)	Simon Schempp  Germany	31:28.8 (0+0+1+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	31:39.0 (0+0+2+0)
Pokljuka details	Simon Schempp  Germany	30:46.5 (0+0+0+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	31:03.1 (0+0+0+1)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	31:09.9 (0+1+1+0)
Ruhpolding details	Simon Eder  Austria	33:19.1 (1+0+0+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	33:23.3 (0+0+1+1)	Michal Šlesingr  Czech Republic	33:24.2 (0+0+0+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Anton Shipulin  Russia	31:51.9 (0+1+0+1)	Simon Schempp  Germany	32:02.2 (0+0+0+1)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	32:06.0 (2+0+1+0)
Presque Isle details	Martin Fourcade  France	31:04.4 (1+1+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	31:29.2 (1+0+0+2)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	32:15.9 (1+0+0+1)
World Championships details	Martin Fourcade  France	32:56.5 (0+0+1+2)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	33:16.6 (1+0+0+1)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	33:27.7 (0+0+0+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk [details]

Standings

#	Name	ÖST	HOC	POK	RU1	ANT	PRE	WCH	KHA	Total[1]
	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	60	60	54	54	43	60	60		391
2	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	26	48	48	17	60	48	32		279
3	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	43	43	43	43	34	22	10		238
4	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	40	36	36	40	29	—	48		229
5	Simon Eder (AUT)	29	29	—	60	38	43	25		224
6	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	25	18	—	36	48	54	43		224
7	Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS)	34	27	38	32	31	—	30		192
8	Simon Schempp (GER)	—	54	60	—	54	—	23		191
9	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	48	34	40	22	DNS	DNF	31		175
10	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	30	38	34	—	11	—	54		167
11	Andreas Birnbacher (GER)	23	32	30	26	27	26	—		164
12	Erik Lesser (GER)	14	16	29	7	23	28	36		153
13	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)	21	—	5	48	9	38	29		150
14	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	54	—	14	13	40	DNF	28		149
15	Tim Burke (USA)	2	14	32	15	19	36	24		142
16	Benedikt Doll (GER)	38	22	28	—	18	29	2		137
17	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)	0	40	—	30	32	—	27		129
18	Nathan Smith (CAN)	31	23	6	38	0	—	26		124
19	Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)	5	15	20	29	20	20	14		123
20	Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS)	10	30	24	24	30	DNS	0		118
21	Simon Desthieux (FRA)	20	19	17	16	DNS	2	38		112
22	Jakov Fak (SLO)	0	31	10	—	26	—	40		107
23	Serhiy Semenov (UKR)	0	26	2	6	22	16	34		106'
24	Lowell Bailey (USA)	—	28	12	19	13	27	5		104
25	Julian Eberhard (AUT)	0	11	18	23	15	19	15		101
26	Krasimir Anev (BUL)	15	4	19	25	24	—	12		99
27	Michal Krčmář (CZE)	17	—	0	20	28	13	19		97
28	Simon Fourcade (FRA)	27	—	31	28	DNF	6	1		93
29	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	22	21	15	34	0	—	DNS		92
30	Vladimir Iliev (BUL)	24	—	4	DNF	8	34	17		87
31	Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR)	32	0	22	31	DNS	—	DNS		85
32	Fredrik Lindström (SWE)	4	24	27	18	—	DNS	7		80
33	Alexey Slepov (RUS)	28	12	16	0	21	—	—		77
34	Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)	36	25	8	5	—	DNS	—		74
35	Sven Grossegger (AUT)	18	10	0	27	DNS	18	0		73
36	Jean Guillaume Beatrix (FRA)	13	13	26	11	DNF	9	—		72
37	Benjamin Weger (SUI)	0	17	3	0	25	24	DNF		69
38	Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR)	—	—	1	1	17	25	16		60
39	Klemen Bauer (SLO)	12	9	21	—	—	15	0		57
40	Anton Babikov (RUS)	—	—	—	—	36	—	20		56
41	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	—	—	—	14	—	40	—		54
42	Dominik Windisch (ITA)	—	0	23	—	14	0	13		50
43	Artem Pryma (UKR)	0	3	—	—	5	32	9		49
44	Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR)	16	DNS	—	21	—	11	—		48
45	Serafin Wiestner (SUI)	—	—	0	8	4	14	21		47
46	Matej Kazár (SVK)	6	0	0	—	12	23	0		41
47	Lukas Hofer (ITA)	—	20	9	0	7	3	—		39
48	Brendan Green (CAN)	3	7	11	—	10	—	8		39
49	Vladimir Chepelin (BLR)	—	—	0	2	6	12	18		38
50	Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	31	—		31
51	Kalev Ermits (EST)	—	0	—	—	—	30	—		30
52	Yan Savitskiy (KAZ)	0	—	—	—		5	22		27
53	Sean Doherty (USA)	0	6	—	—	DNS	21	0		27
54	Alexey Volkov (RUS)	—	—	25	—	—	—	—		25
55	Tomáš Hasilla (SVK)	19	—	—	—	—	—	—		19
56	Alexander Os (NOR)	—	—	—	9	—	10	—		19
57	Mario Dolder (SUI)	—	—	—	—	—	17	—		17
58	Daniel Böhm (GER)	9	0	—	4	—	4	—		17
59	Tomáš Krupčík (CZE)	0	—	—	0	16	—	—		16
60	Martin Otčenáš (SVK)	0	5	0	0	—	—	11		16
61	Christian de Lorenzi (ITA)	7	8	—	—	0	0	0		15
62	Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR)	—	—	—	12	2	—	—		14
63	Aliaksandr Darozhka (BLR)	—	—	13	—	—	—	0		13
64	Macx Davies (CAN)	11	—	0	0	—	—	0		11
65	Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)	0	1	7	—	3	—	0		11
66	Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)	—	—	—	10	0	—	—		10
67	Timofey Lapshin (RUS)	8	0	—	—	—	—	—		8
68	Dmytro Rusinov (UKR)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—		8
69	Yuryi Liadov (BLR)	—	—	—	—	—	7	—		7
70	Roland Lessing (EST)	—	—	—	—	—	—	6		6
71	Thomas Bormolini (ITA)	—	—	—	0	—	1	4		5
72	Jesper Nelin (SWE)	0	—	—	—	—	—	3		3
73	Matvey Eliseev (RUS)	—	—	—	3	—	—	—		3
74	Christian Gow (CAN)	—	2	DNF	0	—	—	—		2
75	Vladimir Semakov (UKR)	1	—	0	—	—	—	—		1
76	Rene Zahkna (EST)	—	—	—	—	1	—	—		1

References

1. Pursuit Men