# 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men will start at January 8, 2012 in Oberhof. Defending titlist is Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway.

## Competition format

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15.0 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).

## 2010–11 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 244 |
| Silver: | Martin Fourcade | 230 |
| Bronze: | Tarjei Bø | 211 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Oberhof details | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 38:34.6 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Fourcade France | 38:38.9 (0+1+0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 39:04.2 (0+1+2+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 38:45.7 (0+0+1+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 38:45.8 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 38:46.0 (0+0+0+1) |
| Holmenkollen details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 40:44.1 (0+1+1+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 40:50.4 (0+0+0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 41:01.9 (0+0+1+1) |
| World Championships details | Martin Fourcade France | 38:25.4 (0+1+1+0) | Björn Ferry Sweden | 38:38.4 (0+0+0+0) | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 38:28.8 (0+1+1+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 40:44.1 (0+1+0+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 40:50.4 (1+1+1+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 41:01.9 (0+0+2+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | OBE | ANT | HOL | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 60 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 43 | 260 |
| 2 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 48 | 27 | 60 | 23 | 60 | 218 |
| 3 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 28 | 48 | 40 | 60 | 26 | 202 |
| 4 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 40 | 43 | 14 | 48 | 30 | 175 |
| 5 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 32 | 54 | 26 | 12 | 48 | 172 |
| 6 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 54 | 29 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 159 |
| 7 | Dimitry Malyshko (RUS) | 23 | 38 | 43 | — | 38 | 142 |
| 8 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 36 | 14 | — | 36 | 54 | 140 |
| 9 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 31 | 24 | 18 | 38 | 29 | 140 |
| 10 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | — | 25 | 48 | 32 | 31 | 136 |
| 11 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 19 | 40 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 136 |
| 12 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 27 | 23 | — | 54 | 23 | 127 |
| 13 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 17 | 22 | 38 | 31 | 16 | 124 |
| 14 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 22 | 36 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 117 |
| 15 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 38 | 34 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 113 |
| 16 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 43 | 32 | 36 | — | — | 111 |
| 17 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | — | 31 | 24 | 34 | 21 | 110 |
| 18 | Florian Graf (GER) | 18 | 26 | 23 | — | 40 | 107 |
| 19 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 34 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 107 |
| 20 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | — | 19 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 107 |
| 21 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 25 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 105 |
| 22 | Tim Burke (USA) | — | 21 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 92 |
| 23 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 13 | 11 | — | 25 | 36 | 85 |
| 24 | Andrei Makoveev (RUS) | 29 | 18 | — | 13 | 22 | 82 |
| 25 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 16 | 30 | 30 | 0 | — | 76 |
| 26 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | 26 | — | — | — | 34 | 60 |
| 27 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 20 | — | 25 | 15 | — | 60 |
| 28 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | — | — | — | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| 29 | Simon Hallenbarter (SUI) | — | 13 | 16 | — | 25 | 54 |
| 30 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 21 | — | — | 20 | 13 | 54 |
| 31 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | — | 15 | 19 | — | 15 | 49 |
| 32 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | 17 | 28 | — | — | 45 |
| 33 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | — | — | — | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 34 | Markus Windisch (ITA) | — | — | 11 | 21 | — | 32 |
| 35 | Brendan Green (CAN) | — | — | 31 | — | — | 31 |
| 36 | Michael Rösch (GER) | 30 | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| 37 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | — | — | 29 | — | — | 29 |
| 38 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | — | 28 | — | — | — | 28 |
| 39 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 24 | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| 39 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | — | — | — | — | 24 | 24 |
| 41 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | 24 |
| 42 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | — | — | 21 | — | — | 21 |
| 43 | Michael Greis (GER) | — | — | — | 19 | — | 19 |
| 44 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | — | — | — | 17 | — | 17 |
| 45 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 15 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 46 | Sergey Novikov (BLR) | — | — | — | 14 | — | 14 |
| 47 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 48 | Rune Brattsveen (NOR) | — | — | 13 | — | — | 13 |
| 49 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 11 | — | — | — | — | 11 |