# 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 4 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Saturday 18 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 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.

## 2015–16 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 391 |
| Silver: | Anton Shipulin | 300 |
| Bronze: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 278 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Anton Babikov Russia | 31:22.3 (0+0+1+0) | Maxim Tsvetkov Russia | 31:32.8 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 31:37.5 (2+0+0+2) |
| Pokljuka details | Martin Fourcade France | 30:27.4 (0+0+0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 30:33.4 (0+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 30:33.6 (0+0+0+1) |
| Nové Město details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:53.6 (0+1+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 33:23.8 (0+0+1+1) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 33:31.9 (0+0+0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Martin Fourcade France | 36:45.7 (0+1+0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 37:55.6 (0+0+1+2) | Dominik Windisch Italy | 38:18.1 (0+0+3+2) |
| Ruhpolding details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:57.5 (0+2+1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 34:15.8 (0+0+0+0) | Michal Krčmář Czech Republic | 34:17.0 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Martin Fourcade France | 30:16.9 (0+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 30:39.7 (1+1+1+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 30:42.5 (0+0+0+1) |
| Pyeongchang details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:24.2 (0+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:58.7 (0+0+0+0) | Julian Eberhard Austria | 32:00.9 (0+2+0+1) |
| Kontiolahti details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 30:35.0 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 30:35.3 (0+0+1+1) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 30:37.3 (0+0+1+1) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 32:11.9 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 32:17.6 (1+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:33.5 (1+0+0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 48 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 54 | 502 |
| 2 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 34 | 48 | 54 | 25 | 43 | 43 | 54 | 31 | 60 | 392 |
| 3 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 43 | 29 | 15 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 60 | 15 | 298 |
| 4 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 31 | 43 | 40 | — | 26 | 54 | — | 36 | 48 | 278 |
| 5 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 25 | 54 | DNS | 43 | 54 | DNS | — | 48 | 25 | 249 |
| 6 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 32 | 40 | 43 | 21 | 36 | 31 | — | — | 30 | 233 |
| 7 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 14 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 48 | DNS | 38 | 232 |
| 8 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 18 | 25 | 10 | DNS | — | 29 | 43 | 54 | 36 | 215 |
| 9 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 16 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 200 |
| 10 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 40 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 28 | — | 13 | 199 |
| 11 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 26 | 23 | 32 | — | 15 | 38 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 198 |
| 12 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 8 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 197 |
| 13 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 36 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 48 | — | 0 | 9 | 28 | 196 |
| 14 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 11 | 15 | 30 | — | 16 | 21 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 194 |
| 15 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 23 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 40 | — | 43 | 34 | 191 |
| 16 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 20 | 14 | — | 11 | 38 | 20 | 36 | 18 | 29 | 186 |
| 17 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 29 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 22 | 12 | DNS | 183 |
| 18 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 30 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 30 | — | 1 | 175 |
| 19 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 10 | — | 36 | — | 31 | 4 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 171 |
| 20 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 54 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 2 | — | 21 | DNS | — | 169 |
| 21 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 1 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 3 | DNS | 31 | 38 | 40 | 166 |
| 22 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 60 | 7 | 7 | 38 | DNS | 2 | 26 | DNS | 17 | 157 |
| 23 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 27 | 26 | 18 | — | — | 14 | 38 | 29 | DNF | 152 |
| 24 | Michael Rösch (BEL) | 2 | 38 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 10 | — | 19 | — | 144 |
| 25 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 28 | 11 | 24 | — | 23 | 27 | 11 | 20 | — | 144 |
| 26 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | DNF | 21 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 16 | DNF | 14 | 143 |
| 27 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 19 | 22 | 22 | 36 | — | 11 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 142 |
| 28 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 17 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 14 | — | 8 | 5 | 20 | 128 |
| 29 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | — | — | 19 | 24 | 29 | 23 | DNS | 11 | 12 | 118 |
| 30 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 16 | 4 | — | 11 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 117 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 22 | — | — | 34 | 20 | — | 24 | — | 16 | 116 |
| 32 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 103 |
| 33 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 0 | 24 | — | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 95 |
| 34 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | 22 | 24 | — | 0 | 43 | 94 |
| 35 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 38 | 0 | — | — | 25 | — | 25 | — | 6 | 94 |
| 36 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 24 | 36 | 9 | — | DNS | — | — | 22 | 0 | 91 |
| 37 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | 30 | 27 | 89 |
| 38 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 29 | 34 | 11 | 88 |
| 39 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 7 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0 | — | 13 | — | 84 |
| 40 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 13 | 28 | 6 | — | 5 | — | — | 24 | — | 76 |
| 41 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 4 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 73 |
| 42 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 21 | 6 | 23 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 15 | 2 | 67 |
| 43 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 15 | — | 0 | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 65 |
| 44 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | 0 | 15 | 15 | — | 9 | 51 |
| 45 | Roman Rees (GER) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 27 | 0 | 50 |
| 46 | Tim Burke (USA) | 6 | 0 | — | 15 | 17 | 9 | — | — | — | 47 |
| 47 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 12 | DNF | — | 18 | 8 | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 |
| 48 | Christian Gow (CAN) | — | 10 | — | — | — | 18 | 9 | 4 | — | 41 |
| 49 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| 50 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | — | 0 | 0 | — | DNF | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| 51 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 52 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | — | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 53 | Florian Graf (GER) | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | 12 | 16 | — | 29 |
| 54 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 28 |
| 55 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 0 | — | 8 | — | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | 25 |
| 56 | Sean Doherty (USA) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 57 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 22 |
| 58 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 21 |
| 59 | Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 21 |
| 60 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 17 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 17 |
| 62 | Lorenz Wäger (AUT) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 8 | 15 |
| 63 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | DNS | — | 14 |
| 64 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 13 |
| 65 | Matthias Bischl (GER) | — | — | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 66 | Yury Shopin (RUS) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 10 |
| 67 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 10 |
| 68 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 9 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 69 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 70 | Adam Václavík (CZE) | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 9 |
| 71 | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | 0 | — | 8 |
| 72 | Giuseppe Montello (ITA) | — | — | — | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| 73 | Russell Currier (USA) | — | — | LAP | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 74 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 75 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 75 | Matthias Dorfer (GER) | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 77 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| 78 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov (BUL) | 0 | — | DNS | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | DNS | 3 |
| 79 | Dzmitry Abasheu (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 80 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | — | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | DNS | 3 |
| 81 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | DNF | 2 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 82 | Matej Kazár (SVK) | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 |
| 83 | Rok Tršan (SLO) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 84 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| 85 | Vegard Gjermundshaug (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |