# 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday, December 5, 2015 in Östersund and finished in 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Martin Fourcade of France is the defending titlist.

## 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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2014–15 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 416 |
| Silver: | Anton Shipulin | 370 |
| Bronze: | Simon Schempp | 354 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:02.0 (1+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:53.6 (0+1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 24:57.2 (1+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Simon Schempp Germany | 23:52.3 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 24:02.2 (1+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:11.2 (0+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Simon Schempp Germany | 23:02.5 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 23:17.7 (0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 23:27.6 (0+0) |
| Ruhpolding details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 21:57.5 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 22:00.5 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 22:05.1 (0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Simon Schempp Germany | 23:01.2 (0+0) | Maxim Tsvetkov Russia | 23:07.0 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 23:12.0 (0+0) |
| Canmore details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:51.5 (0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 24:07.2 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 23:10.2 (0+0) |
| Presque Isle details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:38.8 (0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 25:06.7 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:07.7 (0+1) |
| World Championships details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:35.4 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 26:02.3 (0+0) | Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 26:03.0 (0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Julian Eberhard Austria | 24:18.6 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 24:19.7 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:41.6 (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | RU1 | ANT | CAN | PRE | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 54 | 40 | 43 | 13 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 1 | 379 |
| 2 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 0 | 60 | 60 | DNS | 60 | 48 | DNS | 34 | 54 | 316 |
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 38 | 27 | 0 | 60 | 34 | — | 60 | 43 | 36 | 298 |
| 4 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 54 | — | 0 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 262 |
| 5 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 9 | 43 | 38 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| 6 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 12 | 48 | 32 | 54 | 48 | — | 34 | 0 | 6 | 234 |
| 7 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 40 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 222 |
| 8 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 0 | 36 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 60 | 220 |
| 9 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 22 | 30 | — | 38 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 213 |
| 10 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 0 | 28 | — | 36 | 28 | 40 | — | 32 | 43 | 207 |
| 11 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 14 | 38 | 48 | 1 | 23 | 31 | — | 38 | 12 | 205 |
| 12 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 48 | 25 | 54 | — | 18 | — | — | 54 | 0 | 199 |
| 13 | Tim Burke (USA) | 0 | 11 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 38 | 189 |
| 14 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 36 | 31 | 30 | 48 | 14 | — | — | 24 | — | 183 |
| 15 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 43 | 22 | 40 | 172 |
| 16 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 48 | 27 | 167 |
| 17 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 43 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 165 |
| 18 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 164 |
| 19 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 21 | 32 | 161 |
| 20 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 159 |
| 21 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 20 | 32 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 151 |
| 22 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 0 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 137 |
| 23 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 137 |
| 24 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 0 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| 25 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 25 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 30 | 124 |
| 26 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 21 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 36 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 119 |
| 27 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | 23 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 114 |
| 28 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 28 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 114 |
| 29 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 32 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 10 | — | 0 | DNS | 108 |
| 30 | Sven Grosseger (AUT) | 30 | 2 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 107 |
| 31 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | — | 20 | 31 | 0 | 104 |
| 32 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR) | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 97 |
| 33 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 0 | 26 | 11 | 22 | — | — | 0 | 11 | 27 | 97 |
| 34 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 35 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 36 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 88 |
| 37 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 10 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 87 |
| 38 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 0 | 20 | 15 | 32 | 0 | — | 18 | — | — | 85 |
| 39 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 1 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | DNS | 0 | 16 | 84 |
| 40 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 34 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 80 |
| 41 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 16 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | 20 | 80 |
| 42 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 24 | 25 | 19 | — | 77 |
| 43 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | 31 | — | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 17 | 67 |
| 44 | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR) | 0 | — | — | 15 | 15 | 9 | 0 | — | 23 | 62 |
| 45 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 28 | 19 | 60 |
| 46 | Alexander Os (NOR) | — | — | DNS | 0 | — | 32 | 24 | — | — | 56 |
| 47 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | DNS | 55 |
| 48 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 7 | 40 | 3 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 54 |
| 49 | Macx Davies (CAN) | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 50 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 0 | 19 | 5 | — | 26 | — | — | 2 | — | 52 |
| 51 | Aliaksandr Darozhka (BLR) | — | — | 14 | — | — | 20 | — | 9 | 7 | 50 |
| 52 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | 26 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 |
| 53 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 25 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 9 | 44 |
| 54 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | — | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 41 |
| 55 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | — | — | 0 | 14 | 41 |
| 56 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 |
| 57 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 15 | 0 | 23 | — | 38 |
| 58 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 59 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 60 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 |
| 61 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 18 | — | 28 |
| 62 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | 27 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 |
| 63 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 26 |
| 64 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 65 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 66 | Tomas Kaukenas (LTU) | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 67 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — | 22 |
| 68 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | 0 | — | 22 |
| 69 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 70 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | — | 0 | 4 | — | DNS | 19 |
| 71 | Dmitriy Dyuzhev (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 15 | 16 |
| 72 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 73 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 15 |
| 74 | Lorenz Waeger (AUT) | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | — | 0 | 14 |
| 75 | Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 13 |
| 76 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 77 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 78 | Dzmitry Abasheu (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 79 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 80 | Maxim Braun (KAZ) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 81 | Florian Graf (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 82 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 |
| 83 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| 84 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 85 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 86 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 87 | Matthias Bischl (GER) | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 88 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| 89 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 90 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 91 | Martin Jäger (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |