# 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 2 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Thursday 22 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

## 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.

## 2016–17 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 484 |
| Silver: | Julian Eberhard | 345 |
| Bronze: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 276 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 22:40.6 (0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 22:41.3 (1+0) | Erik Lesser Germany | 22:44.3 (0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:18.4 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 24:30.5 (0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 24:53.8 (0+0) |
| Annecy details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 22:16.9 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 22:38.0 (0+0) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 22:51.6 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:03.3 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:11.4 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 25:13.5 (2+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:19.3 (1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:32.1 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:01.5 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 23:51.6 (0+0) | Andrejs Rastorgujevs Latvia | 23:57.4 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 24:08.9 (0+0) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Henrik L'Abée-Lund Norway | 26:10.3 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 26:16.4 (0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 26:17.2 (0+0) |
| Tyumen details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:49.0 (0+0) | Simon Desthieux France | 26:22.2 (0+0) | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 26:22.5 (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 54 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 54 | DNS | 48 | 60 | 384 |
| 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 30 | 60 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 43 | 54 | 27 | 382 |
| 3 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 13 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 259 |
| 4 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 16 | 32 | 38 | 13 | 43 | 60 | 23 | 31 | 256 |
| 5 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 34 | 23 | 17 | — | 27 | 54 | 26 | 43 | 224 |
| 6 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 2 | 20 | 40 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 54 | 223 |
| 7 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 40 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 212 |
| 8 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 31 | 48 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 205 |
| 9 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 18 | 26 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 197 |
| 10 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 60 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 194 |
| 11 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 20 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 43 | 26 | 191 |
| 12 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 23 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 190 |
| 13 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 48 | 34 | 0 | — | 26 | 36 | 5 | 40 | 189 |
| 14 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 12 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 38 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 185 |
| 15 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | 28 | 25 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 175 |
| 16 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 34 | 38 | 168 |
| 17 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 11 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 32 | 19 | 161 |
| 18 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 0 | 40 | DNS | 3 | 3 | 30 | 60 | 16 | 152 |
| 19 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 137 |
| 20 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 36 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — | 0 | 30 | 48 | 131 |
| 21 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 32 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 124 |
| 22 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 24 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| 23 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 27 | 6 | 15 | — | 23 | DNS | 22 | 14 | 107 |
| 24 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 43 | — | — | 54 | 9 | — | — | — | 106 |
| 25 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 12 | — | 105 |
| 26 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 6 | 21 | DNS | 0 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 100 |
| 27 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 14 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 99 |
| 28 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | 48 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 98 |
| 29 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 0 | 29 | — | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — | 80 |
| 30 | Tim Burke (USA) | 0 | 0 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 77 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 31 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 76 |
| 32 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | — | 76 |
| 33 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 9 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 74 |
| 34 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 14 | 9 | 72 |
| 35 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 24 | — | 71 |
| 36 | Roman Rees (GER) | — | — | — | 11 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 65 |
| 37 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 25 | 23 | 63 |
| 38 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 38 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 60 |
| 39 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | DNS | — | 0 | — | 6 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 60 |
| 40 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | 0 | 16 | — | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 60 |
| 41 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 25 | 0 | 25 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 59 |
| 42 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 0 | 15 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 58 |
| 43 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 10 | 13 | — | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
| 44 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | — | 20 | 6 | — | 53 |
| 45 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 19 | 0 | 6 | — | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | 50 |
| 46 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 0 | — | — | 23 | — | 10 | 3 | 11 | 47 |
| 47 | Emilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 48 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | — | — | 43 |
| 49 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 50 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 17 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 |
| 51 | Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR) | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 36 |
| 52 | Tero Seppaelae (FIN) | 0 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 53 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | 0 | 5 | — | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 |
| 54 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 55 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | 33 |
| 56 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| 57 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | — | 32 |
| 58 | Roman Yeremin (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 59 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| 60 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 15 | 0 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 31 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 61 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 62 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 24 | 0 | — | 24 |
| 63 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| 64 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | — | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 |
| 65 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 66 | Florent Claude (BEL) | — | — | 5 | 15 | — | 0 | — | — | 20 |
| 67 | Tuomas Grönman (FIN) | — | — | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 68 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | — | — | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 16 |
| 69 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | DNS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 70 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 |
| 71 | Michael Rösch (BEL) | 0 | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 72 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 73 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | 10 | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 12 |
| 74 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 75 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 76 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 77 | Mikito Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 78 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 79 | Miha Dovzan (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 80 | Rene Zahkna (EST) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 82 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 7 |
| 83 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 84 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 85 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 0 | 4 |
| 86 | Ruslan Tkalenko (UKR) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 |
| 87 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | DNS | — | — | 3 |
| 88 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |