# 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.

## 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 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

## 2017–18 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 222 |
| Silver: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 202 |
| Bronze: | Jakov Fak | 166 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Pokljuka details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 30:20.4 (1+0+0+2) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 30:20.5 (0+0+0+0) | Alexandr Loginov Russia | 30:22.3 (0+0+1+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:22.3 (0+0+0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 32:36.0 (1+0+0+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 32:38.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:59.0 (1+0+2+1) | Alexandr Loginov Russia | 32:05.2 (1+1+1+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 32:22.9 (0+0+0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 34:29.8 (0+1+1+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 34:44.9 (1+0+0+0) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 34:45.6 (0+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:33.7 (1+1+0+1) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 32:08.5 (0+0+1+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:14.3 (1+0+0+1) |
| Soldier Hollow, Utah details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 30:55.8 (0+0+0+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 31:21.7 (0+1+0+0) | Simon Desthieux France | 31:43.1 (0+1+1+1) |
| World Championships details | Dmytro Pidruchnyi Ukraine | 31:54.1 (2+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:02.4 (0+1+1+3) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:11.8 (2+0+0+1) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:15.6 (0+2+0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 32:29.5 (0+0+0+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 32:33.8 (0+0+1+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SOL | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 60 | 32 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 43 | 54 | 60 | 429 |
| 2 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 54 | 21 | 36 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 29 | 315 |
| 3 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 48 | 36 | 54 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 28 | 305 |
| 4 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 26 | 30 | 43 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 9 | 34 | 271 |
| 5 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 38 | 29 | 48 | 28 | 26 | — | 43 | 54 | 266 |
| 6 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 16 | 54 | 25 | 54 | 38 | — | 28 | 48 | 263 |
| 7 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 31 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 54 | 24 | 36 | 27 | 253 |
| 8 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 34 | 40 | 24 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 38 | 245 |
| 9 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 43 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 241 |
| 10 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | DNF | 60 | 40 | 43 | 40 | — | 40 | — | 223 |
| 11 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 40 | 43 | 16 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 221 |
| 12 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 32 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 38 | 34 | — | 218 |
| 13 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | 48 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 18 | 40 | 202 |
| 14 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 23 | 24 | 22 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 36 | 202 |
| 15 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 1 | 15 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 60 | 11 | 181 |
| 16 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 29 | — | 32 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 168 |
| 17 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 36 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 21 | — | 31 | 156 |
| 18 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 17 | 2 | 28 | 31 | 21 | DNS | 32 | 24 | 155 |
| 19 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 20 | 11 | — | 22 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 43 | 135 |
| 20 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 2 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 131 |
| 21 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 21 | 23 | — | 0 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 129 |
| 22 | Emilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 25 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 128 |
| 23 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 0 | 18 | — | DNS | 20 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 125 |
| 24 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 9 | DNS | — | 15 | 18 | 22 | 38 | 20 | 122 |
| 25 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 12 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 0 | — | 6 | 32 | 104 |
| 26 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 24 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 101 |
| 27 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 19 | 28 | 17 | — | — | — | 15 | 22 | 101 |
| 28 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 22 | 6 | 31 | 2 | — | — | 25 | 13 | 99 |
| 29 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 18 | 13 | 23 | 24 | DNS | — | — | 21 | 99 |
| 30 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 27 | — | 20 | 14 | — | 34 | — | — | 95 |
| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SOL | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 84 |
| 32 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 14 | — | — | — | 22 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 73 |
| 33 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | — | — | — | 25 | 17 | 26 | — | — | 68 |
| 34 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | 0 | 12 | 21 | 14 | — | 11 | 7 | 65 |
| 35 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 10 | — | 29 | 4 | 11 | — | 8 | 0 | 62 |
| 36 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 30 | 0 | 7 | DNF | 15 | — | — | 0 | 52 |
| 37 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | — | 20 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 5 | 19 | 52 |
| 38 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 6 | — | — | 13 | 31 | — | — | 0 | 50 |
| 39 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 15 | 34 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 49 |
| 40 | Florent Claude (BEL) | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | — | — | 48 |
| 41 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | — | 23 | 2 | 48 |
| 42 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | DNS | 22 | — | 18 | — | — | 7 | DNS | 47 |
| 43 | Johannes Dale (NOR) | — | — | 13 | — | — | 30 | — | — | 43 |
| 44 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 45 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | — | 26 | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
| 46 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 16 | 41 |
| 47 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 19 | 15 | 5 | DNF | — | 2 | DNS | 41 |
| 48 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 7 | 0 | 27 | — | DNS | — | — | 5 | 39 |
| 49 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 5 | — | 16 | 10 | 4 | — | 38 |
| 50 | Sindre Pettersen (NOR) | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 |
| 51 | Roman Rees (GER) | — | — | 4 | — | DNS | 23 | — | — | 27 |
| 52 | Lucas Fratzscher (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 26 |
| 53 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 24 |
| 54 | Philipp Horn (GER) | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 21 |
| 55 | Martin Jäger (SUI) | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | — | 20 |
| 56 | Tero Seppala (FIN) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 57 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | — | 0 | — | DNS | — | — | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 58 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 59 | Scott Gow (CAN) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 16 |
| 60 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | 0 | 9 | — | 7 | — | — | 0 | — | 16 |
| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SOL | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | — | — | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 16 |
| 62 | Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | — | — | 15 |
| 63 | Rene Zahkna (EST) | — | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | 14 |
| 64 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 3 | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 65 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 11 | DNS | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11 |
| 66 | Torstein Stenersen (SWE) | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 67 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 68 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 0 | — | 8 |
| 69 | Tuomas Grönman (FIN) | 0 | 7 | DNF | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 70 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| 71 | Jules Burnotte (CAN) | — | — | 6 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 72 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| 73 | Roman Yeremin (KAZ) | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | DNS | 0 | 5 |
| 74 | Thierry Chenal (ITA) | 4 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| 75 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| 76 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 77 | Miha Dovzan (SLO) | 0 | — | 3 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| 78 | Ruslan Tkalenko (UKR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 79 | Aidan Millar (CAN) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| 80 | Matej Kazár (SVK) | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | 1 |
| 81 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | DNF | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 81 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |