# 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 3 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

## 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.

## 2016–17 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 502 |
| Silver: | Anton Shipulin | 392 |
| Bronze: | Arnd Peiffer | 298 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 30:12.2 (1+0+0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 30:53.0 (1+0+0+1) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 30:54.3 (1+0+0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 36:41.1 (2+0+1+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 37:39.9 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 37:51.1 (1+0+1+3) |
| Annecy details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:52.7 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 33:54.1 (0+0+1+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:03.2 (0+0+0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:23.6 (1+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:29.9 (1+1+1+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 32:54.5 (0+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:14.4 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 32:14.9 (1+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 32:32.9 (1+0+0+0) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:31.6 (1+0+1+0) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 31:49.7 (1+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:04.1 (1+2+0+1) |
| Tyumen details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:09.7 (0+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:57.6 (0+0+1+0) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 33:18.1 (0+0+0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 396 |
| 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 28 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 48 | 54 | 364 |
| 3 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 34 | 32 | 48 | 29 | 48 | 36 | 27 | 254 |
| 4 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 30 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 5 | 54 | 48 | 247 |
| 5 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 43 | 31 | 38 | 227 |
| 6 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 38 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 197 |
| 7 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 54 | 54 | 28 | 30 | DNS | 22 | 7 | 195 |
| 8 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 22 | 40 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 29 | 21 | 193 |
| 9 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 27 | 13 | 32 | — | 36 | 38 | 34 | 180 |
| 10 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 3 | 27 | 38 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 177 |
| 11 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 10 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 170 |
| 12 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 15 | 14 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 168 |
| 13 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 29 | 34 | — | 17 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 167 |
| 14 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 40 | 25 | 0 | 26 | — | 21 | 43 | 155 |
| 15 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 18 | 38 | — | 0 | 21 | 43 | 32 | 152 |
| 16 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 25 | 43 | 40 | DNS | DNS | 6 | 26 | 140 |
| 17 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 48 | 29 | — | 1 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 136 |
| 18 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 36 | 30 | DNS | 12 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 134 |
| 19 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 21 | 18 | 22 | — | 23 | 26 | 24 | 134 |
| 20 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 43 | — | — | 43 | 40 | — | — | 126 |
| 21 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 31 | 26 | 9 | — | 4 | 16 | 40 | 126 |
| 22 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | 29 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 36 | 121 |
| 23 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 6 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 9 | — | 30 | 121 |
| 24 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | 7 | 31 | — | 30 | 7 | 25 | 100 |
| 25 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 7 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 92 |
| 26 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | — | — | 26 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 92 |
| 27 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 12 | 15 | 17 | — | 2 | 27 | 18 | 91 |
| 28 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 24 | 5 | 27 | — | 6 | 13 | — | 75 |
| 29 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 2 | 16 | 19 | 34 | — | 0 | — | 71 |
| 30 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | — | 23 | — | 40 | 3 | 3 | — | 69 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 31 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 8 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 8 | — | — | 69 |
| 32 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 11 | — | 5 | 18 | — | 28 | — | 62 |
| 33 | Tim Burke (USA) | 0 | — | 15 | 27 | 20 | 0 | — | 62 |
| 34 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | — | 59 |
| 35 | Sean Doherty (USA) | — | 24 | 11 | — | — | 24 | — | 59 |
| 36 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 13 | DNS | — | 0 | 38 | — | 6 | 57 |
| 37 | Roman Rees (GER) | — | — | — | 22 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 53 |
| 38 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 20 | 0 | 12 | 20 | — | 0 | — | 52 |
| 39 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 15 | 51 |
| 40 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 32 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 48 |
| 41 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 17 | — | — | 16 | — | 15 | — | 48 |
| 42 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 5 | 20 | — | — | — | 0 | 22 | 47 |
| 43 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | — | — | — | 8 | 19 | 18 | DNS | 45 |
| 44 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | — | 2 | 20 | 11 | — | 11 | 0 | 44 |
| 45 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | — | — | 7 | — | 26 | 8 | 0 | 41 |
| 46 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 23 | 0 | — | 5 | — | — | 9 | 37 |
| 47 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | — | — | — | 24 | — | 0 | 11 | 35 |
| 48 | Florent Claude (BEL) | — | — | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | 33 |
| 49 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | — | 33 |
| 50 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | DNF | DNS | 10 | 19 | DNF | — | 3 | 32 |
| 51 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 31 |
| 52 | Michael Rösch (BEL) | 0 | 9 | — | — | 15 | 0 | — | 24 |
| 53 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 54 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 4 | 1 | DNS | — | 17 | — | — | 22 |
| 55 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 56 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 0 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| 57 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 58 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 14 |
| 59 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | — | — | 13 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 60 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | 0 | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | 14 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 61 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 62 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 63 | Petr Pashchenko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | 0 | — | 0 | 11 | — | 0 | 11 |
| 65 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 66 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 10 |
| 67 | Tero Seppaelae (FIN) | — | 0 | DNS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 68 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 69 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 0 | 8 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 70 | Adam Václavík (CZE) | — | 0 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 7 |
| 71 | Oskars Muiznieks (LAT) | — | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 72 | Ruslan Tkalenko (UKR) | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 73 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 74 | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 75 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | — | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 76 | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | DNS | 0 | — | 3 |
| 77 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | — | — | 0 | 3 | LAP | — | — | 3 |
| 78 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 80 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 81 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | — | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | 1 |