# 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and will finish in March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. 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 penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

## 2014–15 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 335 |
| Silver: | Anton Shipulin | 305 |
| Bronze: | Jakov Fak | 282 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:22.4 (1+0+1+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 31:57.5 (0+1+0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:17.6 (0+0+1+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:19.9 (0+2+0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 31:28.8 (0+0+1+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:39.0 (0+0+2+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Simon Schempp Germany | 30:46.5 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 31:03.1 (0+0+0+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:09.9 (0+1+1+0) |
| Ruhpolding details | Simon Eder Austria | 33:19.1 (1+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 33:23.3 (0+0+1+1) | Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic | 33:24.2 (0+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:51.9 (0+1+0+1) | Simon Schempp Germany | 32:02.2 (0+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:06.0 (2+0+1+0) |
| Presque Isle details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:04.4 (1+1+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:29.2 (1+0+0+2) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 32:15.9 (1+0+0+1) |
| World Championships details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:56.5 (0+0+1+2) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 33:16.6 (1+0+0+1) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:27.7 (0+0+0+1) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Simon Schempp Germany | 33:27.8 (1+1+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 33:36.3 (0+0+0+1) | Erik Lesser Germany | 33:43.5 (0+0+1+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | RU1 | ANT | PRE | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 60 | 54 | 54 | 43 | 60 | 60 | DNS | 391 |
| 2 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 26 | 48 | 48 | 17 | 60 | 48 | 32 | 21 | 300 |
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 25 | 18 | — | 36 | 48 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 278 |
| 4 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 29 | 267 |
| 5 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 29 | 29 | — | 60 | 38 | 43 | 25 | 30 | 254 |
| 6 | Simon Schempp (GER) | — | 54 | 60 | — | 54 | — | 23 | 60 | 251 |
| 7 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 40 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 29 | — | 48 | — | 229 |
| 8 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 34 | 27 | 38 | 32 | 31 | — | 30 | 27 | 219 |
| 9 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 14 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 201 |
| 10 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 54 | — | 14 | 13 | 40 | DNF | 28 | 32 | 181 |
| 11 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 21 | — | 5 | 48 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 181 |
| 12 | Tim Burke (USA) | 2 | 14 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 24 | 38 | 180 |
| 13 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 38 | 22 | 28 | — | 18 | 29 | 2 | 40 | 177 |
| 14 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 48 | 34 | 40 | 22 | DNS | DNF | 31 | DNF | 175 |
| 15 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 30 | 38 | 34 | — | 11 | — | 54 | DNS | 167 |
| 16 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 23 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 26 | — | — | 164 |
| 17 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 0 | 40 | — | 30 | 32 | — | 27 | 34 | 163 |
| 18 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 5 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 28 | 151 |
| 19 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 34 | 26 | 132 |
| 20 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | DNS | 2 | 38 | 18 | 130 |
| 21 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 31 | 23 | 6 | 38 | 0 | — | 26 | — | 124 |
| 22 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 0 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 124 |
| 23 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | — | 28 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 123 |
| 24 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 17 | — | 0 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 121 |
| 25 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 10 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 30 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 26 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 4 | 24 | 27 | 18 | — | DNS | 7 | 36 | 116 |
| 27 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 24 | DNF | 43 | 112 |
| 28 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 22 | 21 | 15 | 34 | 0 | — | DNS | 16 | 108 |
| 29 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 0 | 31 | 10 | — | 26 | — | 40 | — | 107 |
| 30 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 15 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 24 | — | 12 | 4 | 103 |
| 31 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 27 | — | 31 | 28 | DNF | 6 | 1 | — | 93 |
| 32 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 21 | — | — | 14 | 91 |
| 33 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 24 | — | 4 | DNF | 8 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 87 |
| 34 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 32 | 0 | 22 | 31 | DNS | — | DNS | — | 85 |
| 35 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 5 | — | DNS | — | 8 | 82 |
| 36 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 82 |
| 37 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | — | 0 | 23 | — | 14 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 75 |
| 38 | Sven Grossegger (AUT) | 18 | 10 | 0 | 27 | DNS | 18 | 0 | — | 73 |
| 39 | Jean Guillaume Beatrix (FRA) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 11 | DNF | 9 | — | 0 | 72 |
| 40 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | — | 20 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 20 | 59 |
| 41 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 12 | 9 | 21 | — | — | 15 | 0 | — | 57 |
| 42 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 20 | — | 56 |
| 43 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | — | — | 14 | — | 40 | — | — | 54 |
| 44 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 32 | 9 | — | 49 |
| 45 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 16 | DNS | — | 21 | — | 11 | — | — | 48 |
| 46 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | — | — | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 21 | DNS | 47 |
| 47 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 3 | 7 | 11 | — | 10 | — | 8 | 5 | 44 |
| 48 | Matej Kazár (SVK) | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 23 | 0 | — | 41 |
| 49 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | — | — | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 50 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 6 | — | — | DNS | 21 | 0 | 9 | 36 |
| 51 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 35 |
| 52 | Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | 31 |
| 53 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | — | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | 30 |
| 54 | Aliaksandr Darozhka (BLR) | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | 0 | 17 | 30 |
| 55 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | — | — | — | | 5 | 22 | DNS | 27 |
| 56 | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR) | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 27 |
| 57 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 0 | 15 | 26 |
| 58 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 19 |
| 59 | Alexander Os (NOR) | — | — | — | 9 | — | 10 | — | — | 19 |
| 60 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 17 |
| 61 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | 9 | 0 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | 17 |
| 62 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | 16 |
| 63 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | — | 16 |
| 64 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 65 | Christian de Lorenzi (ITA) | 7 | 8 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 |
| 66 | Macx Davies (CAN) | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 11 |
| 67 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | 0 | — | — | — | — | DNS | — | 11 | 11 |
| 68 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 69 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | 9 |
| 70 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 71 | Dmytro Rusinov (UKR) | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 8 |
| 72 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 |
| 73 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 7 |
| 74 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 |
| 75 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | — | — | — | 0 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 5 |
| 76 | Dmitriy Dyuzhev (BLR) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | Torstein Stenersen (SWE) | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Christian Gow (CAN) | — | 2 | DNF | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 79 | Rene Zahkna (EST) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 80 | Petr Pashchenko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |