# 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 19 March 2021 in Östersund

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2019–20 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 360 |
| Silver: | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 324 |
| Bronze: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 323 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Kontiolahti details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:53.0 (0+0) | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 24:37.1 (1+0) | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 24:40.9 (1+0) |
| Kontiolahti (2) details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:03.7 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:17.6 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:33.1 (1+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Dale Norway | 23:32.5 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 23:49.6 (0+0) | Fabien Claude France | 24:01.5 (0+1) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 23:04.9 (0+0) | Johannes Dale Norway | 23:12.8 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:24.8 (2+0) |
| Oberhof details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 25:12.0 (0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 25:22.8 (0+0) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 25:33.6 (0+0) |
| Oberhof (2) details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:43.6 (0+0) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 24:56.0 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:11.5 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 24:41.1 (0+0) | Simon Desthieux France | 24:52.3 (0+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 24:54.0 (1+0) |
| Nové Město details | Simon Desthieux France | 22:58.0 (0+0) | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 23:00.4 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 23:02.4 (0+0) |
| Nové Město (2) details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 22:07.2 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 22:18.5 (0+0) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 22:22.0 (0+0) |
| Östersund details | Lukas Hofer Italy | 22:27.1 (0+0) | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 22:31.1 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 22:41.5 (0+0) |

## Standings

7 of 10 competitions scored
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 60 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 359 |
| 2 | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) | 23 | 19 | 32 | 60 | 48 | 54 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 319 |
| 3 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 26 | 60 | 30 | 27 | 54 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 54 | 48 | 318 |
| 4 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 54 | 23 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 54 | 36 | 54 | 312 |
| 5 | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 28 | 36 | 60 | 54 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 23 | 34 | 34 | 307 |
| 6 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 38 | 11 | 54 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 60 | 40 | 302 |
| 7 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 30 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 274 |
| 8 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 24 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 54 | 60 | 20 | 43 | 269 |
| 9 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 48 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 32 | 60 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 269 |
| 10 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 34 | 2 | 38 | 34 | 27 | 27 | 48 | 34 | 43 | 17 | 258 |
| 11 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 36 | 54 | DNS | 19 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 48 | 28 | – | 238 |
| 12 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 40 | 38 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 224 |
| 13 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 43 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 0 | 25 | – | 17 | 21 | 29 | 223 |
| 14 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 9 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 206 |
| 15 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 32 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 196 |
| 16 | Eduard Latypov (RUS) | 21 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 177 |
| 17 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 16 | 30 | 48 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 176 |
| 18 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 15 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 38 | 0 | 174 |
| 19 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 19 | 43 | 15 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 166 |
| 20 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 3 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 160 |
| 21 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 159 |
| 22 | Alexander Loginov (RUS) | 29 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 158 |
| 23 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 25 | 31 | 10 | 9 | – | – | 30 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 157 |
| 24 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 137 |
| 25 | Anton Smolski (BLR) | 7 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 113 |
| 26 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 0 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 111 |
| 27 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 13 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 13 | DNS | 23 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 110 |
| 28 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 26 | 24 | DNS | – | 103 |
| 28 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 12 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 97 |
| 30 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 17 | 40 | 16 | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | 94 |
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 31 | Roman Rees (GER) | 6 | 14 | 24 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | 31 | 89 |
| 32 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | – | – | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 11 | 30 | 85 |
| 33 | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 0 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| 34 | David Komatz (AUT) | 4 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 76 |
| 35 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 0 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 36 | Jake Brown (USA) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 67 |
| 37 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 38 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 39 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 63 |
| 40 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 20 | 4 | 7 | 31 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 62 |
| 41 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 52 |
| 42 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | 2 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| 43 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 44 | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 45 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 31 | 0 | 3 | 14 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 48 |
| 46 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 46 |
| 47 | Florent Claude (BEL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 48 | Thierry Langer (BEL) | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 43 |
| 49 | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 42 |
| 50 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 51 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| 52 | Philipp Horn (GER) | – | – | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 53 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | – | – | – | 35 |
| 54 | Jakub Štvrtecký (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 55 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 56 | Endre Strømsheim (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 57 | Said Karimulla Khalili (RUS) | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| 58 | Kirill Streltsov (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 14 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 59 | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 60 | Alexandr Mukhin (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 61 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| 62 | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 63 | Didier Bionaz (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 64 | Michal Šíma (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 65 | Mihail Usov (MDA) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 66 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 67 | Sivert Guttorm Bakken (NOR) | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 |
| 68 | Tsukasa Kobonoki (JPN) | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| 69 | Harald Lemmerer (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 70 | Rok Tršan (SLO) | – | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 71 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 72 | Bogdan Tsymbal (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 73 | Karol Dombrovski (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 74 | Pavel Magazeev (MDA) | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 75 | Martin Jäger (SUI) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 76 | Emilien Claude (FRA) | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 77 | Mikuláš Karlík (CZE) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 78 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 79 | Artem Tyshchenko (UKR) | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 80 | Semen Suchilov (RUS) | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 81 | Justus Strelow (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 82 | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 83 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov (BUL) | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 |
| 84 | Šimon Bartko (SVK) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |