# 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on 5 December 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 20 March 2021 in Östersund

## 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.

## 2019–20 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Émilien Jacquelin | 232 |
| Silver: | Martin Fourcade | 230 |
| Bronze: | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 230 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Kontiolahti (2) details | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 32:26.7 (0+0+0+1) | Fabien Claude France | 32:42.5 (2+1+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:46.2 (0+0+1+2) |
| Hochfilzen details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:38.7 (0+0+0+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 33:04.2 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Dale Norway | 33:28.2 (1+0+1+0) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 32:38.7 (0+0+1+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 31:23.4 (1+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:23.8 (0+0+1+0) |
| Oberhof details | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 32:38.7 (0+1+0+1) | Johannes Dale Norway | 32:17.4 (0+0+0+2) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 32:27.2 (0+0+0+3) |
| World Championships details | Émilien Jacquelin France | 31:22.1 (0+0+0+0) | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 31:29.4 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:30.2 (0+1+1+0) |
| Nové Město details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 28:17.3 (1+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 28:25.5 (2+0+0+0) | Simon Desthieux France | 28:28.8 (0+2+0+0) |
| Nové Město (2) details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 28:46.7 (1+1+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 28:54.7 (1+0+0+1) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 29:01.2 (0+0+1+0) |
| Östersund details | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 32:40.5 (1+0+1+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 33:03.1 (0+0+0+3) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 33:12.9 (1+0+2+1) |

## Standings

6 of 8 competitions scored
| # | Name | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 1 | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) | 43 | 38 | 60 | 60 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 60 | 306 |
| 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 48 | 43 | 48 | 34 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 306 |
| 3 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 34 | 54 | 54 | 28 | 60 | 36 | 48 | 27 | 286 |
| 4 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 31 | 60 | 34 | – | 43 | 38 | 60 | 14 | 266 |
| 5 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 60 | 31 | 24 | 36 | 54 | 29 | 21 | 43 | 253 |
| 6 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 29 | 36 | 36 | 48 | 27 | 60 | 38 | 31 | 249 |
| 7 | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 32 | 48 | 38 | 54 | 30 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 234 |
| 8 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 54 | 40 | 27 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 218 |
| 9 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 26 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 29 | 32 | 211 |
| 10 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 25 | 24 | 15 | 40 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 48 | 209 |
| 11 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 38 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 43 | 34 | 25 | 209 |
| 12 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 27 | 23 | 40 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 185 |
| 13 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 28 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 182 |
| 14 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 36 | 29 | 43 | – | – | 3 | 30 | 36 | 177 |
| 15 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 40 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 171 |
| 16 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 22 | 25 | 21 | 30 | – | 26 | 27 | 40 | 170 |
| 17 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 12 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 145 |
| 18 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 13 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 142 |
| 19 | Alexander Loginov (RUS) | 17 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 141 |
| 20 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 23 | – | 17 | 31 | 21 | 31 | 14 | – | 137 |
| 21 | Eduard Latypov (RUS) | 20 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 136 |
| 22 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 21 | 14 | 7 | – | 19 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 129 |
| 23 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 18 | 18 | 29 | 21 | – | 15 | 2 | 18 | 119 |
| 24 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 3 | – | 20 | DNS | 13 | 32 | 18 | 28 | 114 |
| 25 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 0 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 105 |
| 26 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 6 | 28 | – | 3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 100 |
| 27 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | – | 27 | 16 | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 29 | 81 |
| 28 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 19 | – | – | 79 |
| 29 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | – | 72 |
| 30 | Anton Smolski (BLR) | 5 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 69 |
| # | Name | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 31 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 32 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 34 | DNS | DNS | – | 62 |
| 33 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | – | 0 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 34 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | – | 16 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 35 | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 59 |
| 36 | Roman Rees (GER) | 14 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 21 | 58 |
| 37 | David Komatz (AUT) | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 17 | – | – | 0 | 53 |
| 38 | Endre Strømsheim (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 23 | 0 | 51 |
| 39 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | – | – | 1 | – | 21 | 5 | 17 | 44 |
| 40 | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | – | 4 | – | 0 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| 41 | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 37 |
| 42 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 11 | – | – | 14 | 3 | 9 | – | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 12 | 34 |
| 44 | Philipp Horn (GER) | – | 21 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 33 |
| 45 | Bogdan Tsymbal (UKR) | – | – | – | – | 23 | – | – | 8 | 31 |
| 46 | Florent Claude (BEL) | 0 | – | – | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | 16 | 31 |
| 47 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 30 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 48 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 24 | DNS | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| 49 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 15 | 27 |
| 50 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 16 | 9 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 25 |
| 51 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | 14 | 6 | – | 25 |
| 52 | Said Karimulla Khalili (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 19 | – | 24 |
| 53 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| 54 | Didier Bionaz (ITA) | – | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 |
| 55 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 |
| 56 | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | – | – | – | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 57 | Jake Brown (USA) | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | – | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 58 | Artem Tyshchenko (UKR) | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 0 | 16 |
| 59 | Jakub Štvrtecký (CZE) | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 60 | Mikuláš Karlík (CZE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| # | Name | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 61 | Tuomas Harjula (FIN) | – | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | LAP | 0 | – | 14 |
| 62 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 0 | 10 | 4 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 14 |
| 63 | Martin Jäger (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | – | 13 |
| 64 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 65 | Justus Strelow (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| 66 | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | – | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 10 |
| 67 | Karol Dombrovski (LTU) | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 68 | David Zobel (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
| 69 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | – | – | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 9 |
| 70 | Sivert Guttorm Bakken (NOR) | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 71 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 72 | Filip Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| 73 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 0 | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 74 | Emilien Claude (FRA) | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | 2 |
| 75 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 76 | George Buta (ROU) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | DNS | 2 |
| 77 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | Rene Zahkna (EST) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| 79 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 79 | Paul Schommer (USA) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |