# 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on 29 November 2022 in Kontiolahti and will conclude on 9 March 2023 in Östersund.

## Competition format

The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.

## 2022–23 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 119 |
| Silver: | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 111 |
| Bronze: | Niklas Hartweg | 105 |

## Events summary

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Kontiolahti details | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 49:36.5 (0+1+0+0) | Niklas Hartweg Switzerland | 50:13.7 (0+0+0+0) | David Zobel Germany | 50:35.8 (0+0+0+2) |
| Ruhpolding details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 48:48.4 (1+0+0+1) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 48:58.3 (0+0+0+1) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 49:17.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| Östersund details | Benedikt Doll Germany | 48:43.4 (0+0+0+0) | Tommaso Giacomel Italy | 49:52.3 (0+1+0+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 49:54.7 (0+1+0+0) |

## Standings

Final standings.
| # | Name | KON | RUH | OST | Total |
| 1. | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 36 | 75 | 60 | 171 |
| 2. | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 21 | 40 | 90 | 151 |
| 3. | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 90 | 8 | 34 | 132 |
| 4. | Roman Rees (GER) | 50 | 28 | 45 | 123 |
| 5. | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | 0 | 45 | 75 | 120 |
| 6. | Niklas Hartweg (SUI) | 75 | 30 | 15 | 120 |
| 7. | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 29 | 90 | – | 119 |
| 8. | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) | 40 | 50 | – | 90 |
| 9. | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 28 | 34 | 28 | 90 |
| 10. | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 25 | 29 | 30 | 84 |
| 11. | David Zobel (GER) | 60 | 18 | 0 | 78 |
| 12. | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | 23 | 3 | 50 | 76 |
| 13. | Éric Perrot (FRA) | 16 | 20 | 40 | 76 |
| 14. | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 27 | 23 | 26 | 76 |
| 15. | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 12 | 60 | – | 72 |
| 16. | Sebastian Stalder (SUI) | 22 | 14 | 36 | 72 |
| 17. | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 32 | 22 | 18 | 72 |
| 18. | Simon Eder (AUT) | 8 | 26 | 32 | 66 |
| 19. | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 15 | 24 | 23 | 62 |
| 20. | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 26 | 32 | – | 58 |
| 21. | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 45 | 11 | – | 56 |
| 22. | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | DNS | 36 | 20 | 56 |
| 23. | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 30 | 21 | 0 | 51 |
| 24. | David Komatz (AUT) | 7 | 27 | 14 | 48 |
| 25. | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 34 | 9 | 0 | 43 |
| 26. | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | 11 | – | 29 | 40 |
| 27. | Patrick Braunhofer (ITA) | 17 | 0 | 22 | 39 |
| 28. | Justus Strelow (GER) | 24 | 0 | 13 | 37 |
| 29. | Jakub Štvrtecký (CZE) | 14 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| 30. | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| # | Name | KON | RUH | OST | Total |
| 31. | Florent Claude (FRA) | 0 | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| 32. | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 0 | 31 | – | 31 |
| 33. | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 31 | – | – | 31 |
| 33. | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | – | – | 31 | 31 |
| 35. | Denys Nasyko (UKR) | 0 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 36. | Endre Strømsheim (NOR) | – | – | 25 | 25 |
| 37. | Didier Bionaz (ITA) | DNS | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 38. | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 39. | Émilien Claude (FRA) | 4 | 16 | – | 20 |
| 40. | Anton Vidmar (SLO) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 41. | Adam Runnalls (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 42. | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 19 | 0 | DNS | 19 |
| 43. | Bogdan Tsymbal (UKR) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 44. | Filip Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | 18 | 0 | – | 18 |
| 45. | Alex Cisar (SLO) | 0 | 17 | DNS | 17 |
| 46. | Malte Stefansson (SWE) | – | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 47. | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 48. | Artem Tyshchenko (UKR) | – | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 49. | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 13 | – | – | 13 |
| 50. | Taras Lesiuk (UKR) | 1 | 12 | – | 13 |
| 51. | Christian Gow (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 52. | Mikito Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 53. | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 54. | Rok Tršan (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 55. | Raul Flore (ROU) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 56. | Jonáš Mareček (CZE) | 0 | – | 9 | 9 |
| 57. | Thierry Langer (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 58. | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 59. | George Buta (ROU) | 0 | – | 5 | 5 |
| 60. | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | 5 | – | 5 |
| # | Name | KON | RUH | OST | Total |
| 61. | Oscar Lombardot (FRA) | – | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 62. | Emil Nykvist (SWE) | 3 | 0 | – | 3 |
| 63. | Campbell Wright (NZL) | 0 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 64. | Patrick Jakob (AUT) | 2 | – | | 2 |
| 65. | Elia Zeni (ITA) | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 65. | Paul Schommer (USA) | – | 1 | | 1 |