# 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 3 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Friday 17 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was 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.

## 2015–16 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 379 |
| Silver: | Simon Schempp | 316 |
| Bronze: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 298 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:31.9 (0+0) | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 24:13.4 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:15.5 (0+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:11.7 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:25.4 (0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 23:26.8 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:48.0 (0+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 23:49.6 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:54.4 (0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Julian Eberhard Austria | 27:26.8 (1+0) | Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic | 27:37.6 (0+1) | Dominik Windisch Italy | 28:07.1 (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Martin Fourcade France | 22:34.2 (0+0) | Julian Eberhard Austria | 22:52.2 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:13.9 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Benedikt Doll Germany | 23:27.4 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:28.1 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:50.5 (1+1) |
| Pyeongchang details | Julian Eberhard Austria | 23:11.1 (0+0) | Lowell Bailey United States | 23:51.8 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:56.5 (1+1) |
| Kontiolahti details | Martin Fourcade France | 22:17.0 (0+1) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 22:17.6 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 22:26.4 (0+0) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:53.3 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:06.9 (0+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 25:14.6 (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 34 | 60 | 48 | 48 | 60 | 54 | 484 |
| 2 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 40 | 0 | 32 | 60 | 54 | 36 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 345 |
| 3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 27 | 43 | 48 | 36 | 48 | 5 | — | 48 | 21 | 276 |
| 4 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 48 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 40 | 27 | 275 |
| 5 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 11 | 54 | 43 | DNS | 4 | 54 | — | 43 | 60 | 269 |
| 6 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 13 | 48 | 54 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 48 | 248 |
| 7 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 43 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 222 |
| 8 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 29 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 218 |
| 9 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 28 | 23 | 21 | — | 23 | 43 | 54 | 25 | 0 | 217 |
| 10 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 8 | 0 | — | 30 | 32 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 43 | 210 |
| 11 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 20 | 38 | 24 | 38 | 40 | 32 | — | — | 17 | 209 |
| 12 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 6 | 10 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 40 | — | 54 | 36 | 202 |
| 13 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 38 | 0 | 20 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 192 |
| 14 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 26 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 40 | — | 0 | 184 |
| 15 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 34 | 38 | 29 | 167 |
| 16 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 23 | 0 | 38 | — | 19 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 18 | 160 |
| 17 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 24 | 26 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 155 |
| 18 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 31 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 0 | DNS | 153 |
| 19 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 0 | — | 7 | 30 | 17 | 32 | 147 |
| 20 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 22 | 31 | 32 | 18 | 34 | 143 |
| 21 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 32 | 0 | 19 | DNS | 36 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 140 |
| 22 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 4 | 16 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 40 | 139 |
| 23 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 18 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 135 |
| 24 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 128 |
| 25 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 0 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 128 |
| 26 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 15 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 127 |
| 27 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 54 | — | 0 | 7 | 28 | 11 | — | 0 | 26 | 126 |
| 28 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 120 |
| 29 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 3 | 32 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 120 |
| 30 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 113 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 15 | 3 | — | 11 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 110 |
| 32 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 16 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 110 |
| 33 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 36 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| 34 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 5 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 99 |
| 35 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 19 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 20 | — | 0 | — | — | 84 |
| 36 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 22 | 11 | 28 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 82 |
| 37 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 10 | 80 |
| 38 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 21 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6 | — | 31 | 0 | 2 | 80 |
| 39 | Michael Rösch (BEL) | 0 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 79 |
| 40 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 14 | 9 | 5 | — | 31 | — | — | 20 | — | 79 |
| 41 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 10 | — | 0 | 30 | 38 | — | — | 0 | — | 78 |
| 42 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 9 | 38 | 74 |
| 43 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| 44 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 31 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 45 | Roman Rees (GER) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 29 | 5 | 62 |
| 46 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 23 | 28 | 0 | 61 |
| 47 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| 48 | Tim Burke (USA) | 12 | 0 | DNS | 6 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | 48 |
| 49 | Matthias Bischl (GER) | — | — | 0 | 19 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| 50 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 |
| 51 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 39 |
| 52 | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR) | 7 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 39 |
| 53 | Florian Graf (GER) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 12 | 22 | — | 34 |
| 54 | Adam Václavík (CZE) | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 55 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 32 |
| 56 | Tomas Kaukėnas (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 57 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 58 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 59 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 30 |
| 60 | Lorenz Wäger (AUT) | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 62 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 63 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | 22 |
| 64 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 65 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | — | 22 |
| 66 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 67 | Remus Faur (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 68 | Christian Gow (CAN) | 0 | 8 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 69 | Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR) | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 16 | 16 |
| 70 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 71 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 72 | David Komatz (AUT) | — | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 12 |
| 73 | Martin Jäger (SUI) | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 12 |
| 74 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 12 |
| 75 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 76 | Sean Doherty (USA) | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 77 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 78 | Yury Shopin (RUS) | — | 0 | — | 8 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| 79 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 80 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 | Miha Dovzan (SLO) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 82 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 |
| 83 | Giuseppe Montello (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 84 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 85 | Krešimir Crnković (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 86 | Matthias Dorfer (GER) | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 87 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 88 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 89 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 89 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 89 | Michael Willeitner (GER) | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 92 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 93 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 | Vegard Gjermundshaug (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |