# 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

## Competition format

This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski a distance of 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

## 2008–09 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 342 |
| Silver: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 308 |
| Bronze: | Tomasz Sikora | 276 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Hochfilzen details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 34:36.7 (0+0+0+1) | Simon Eder Austria | 34:38.3 (0+1+0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 34:39.8 (0+1+2+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 34:50.9 (0+1+1+0) | Roland Lessing Estonia | 35:00.2 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 35:01.8 (1+0+0+1) |
| Antholz details | Daniel Mesotitsch Austria | 31:50.4 (0+0+0+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 31:52.1 (0+1+0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 32:10.1 (1+1+1+0) |
| 2010 Winter Olympics details | Björn Ferry Sweden | 33:38.4 (0+0+0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 33:54.9 (0+0+1+1) | Vincent Jay France | 34:06.6 (0+0+1+1) |
| Kontiolahti details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:35.1 (1+0+0+0) | Christian De Lorenzi Italy | 32:45.2 (0+0+0+1) | Vincent Jay France | 32:50.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| Oslo details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:46.9 (1+0+1+1) | Simon Schempp Germany | 33:55.9 (0+0+0+0) | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 34:13.1 (0+0+0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | HOC | POK | ANT | OLY | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 27 | – | 43 | 7 | 60 | 60 | 197 |
| 2 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 54 | 48 | 23 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 196 |
| 3 | Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) | 19 | 34 | 29 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 189 |
| 4 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 40 | 60 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 38 | 184 |
| 5 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 21 | 43 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 40 | 184 |
| 6 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 43 | – | 30 | 54 | 25 | 27 | 179 |
| 7 | Vincent Jay (FRA) | – | 30 | 25 | 48 | 48 | 23 | 174 |
| 8 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 60 | – | – | 34 | 36 | 43 | 173 |
| 9 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 14 | 40 | 54 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 160 |
| 10 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 36 | 27 | – | 60 | – | 34 | 157 |
| 11 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 34 | 32 | 34 | – | 22 | 32 | 154 |
| 12 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 25 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 135 |
| 13 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 8 | 31 | – | – | 29 | 54 | 122 |
| 14 | Tomasz Sikora (POL) | – | 25 | 38 | 23 | 30 | – | 116 |
| 15 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 13 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 25 | 114 |
| 16 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 48 | – | – | 36 | – | 24 | 108 |
| 17 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 20 | 4 | – | 22 | 43 | 9 | 98 |
| 18 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | – | 36 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 95 |
| 19 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 29 | – | 11 | – | 54 | 0 | 94 |
| 20 | Sergey Novikov (BLR) | 23 | 19 | – | 20 | 13 | 18 | 93 |
| 21 | Tim Burke (USA) | 31 | 38 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 86 |
| 22 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | – | 23 | 32 | 31 | 0 | – | 86 |
| 23 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 11 | 16 | 36 | 21 | – | – | 84 |
| 24 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | – | 28 | 8 | 30 | 16 | – | 82 |
| 25 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | 0 | – | 14 | 25 | 34 | 7 | 80 |
| 26 | Nikolay Kruglov (RUS) | 38 | 15 | 26 | – | – | – | 79 |
| 27 | Jakov Fak (CRO) | – | – | 24 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 77 |
| 28 | Michael Greis (GER) | 15 | – | – | 40 | – | 21 | 76 |
| 29 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 32 | 26 | – | 18 | 0 | – | 76 |
| 30 | Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) | 28 | – | 0 | – | 19 | 26 | 73 |
| 31 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 19 | 71 |
| 32 | Halvard Hanevold (NOR) | 30 | 17 | – | 24 | 0 | – | 71 |
| 33 | Vincent Defrasne (FRA) | 22 | – | 19 | 19 | 6 | – | 66 |
| 34 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | 18 | 18 | 13 | – | 17 | 0 | 66 |
| 35 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 0 | 21 | – | 8 | – | 31 | 60 |
| 36 | Roland Lessing (EST) | – | 54 | – | – | – | 0 | 54 |
| 37 | Alexander Os (NOR) | 0 | 24 | – | – | 27 | 2 | 53 |
| 38 | Christoph Stephan (GER) | – | – | 40 | 11 | – | 0 | 51 |
| 39 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 17 | 8 | 22 | 0 | – | 3 | 50 |
| 40 | Janez Maric (SLO) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 45 |
| 41 | Frode Andresen (NOR) | – | 22 | 18 | – | 4 | – | 44 |
| 42 | Alexander Wolf (GER) | – | 11 | 17 | – | 0 | 16 | 44 |
| 43 | Thomas Frei (SUI) | – | 0 | – | 29 | 14 | – | 43 |
| 44 | Simon Hallenbarter (SUI) | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | – | 22 | 43 |
| 45 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | 0 | – | 31 | – | – | 11 | 42 |
| 46 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | – | 20 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 47 | Victor Vasilyev (RUS) | 10 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 15 | 40 |
| 48 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 15 | – | – | 40 |
| 49 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 27 | – | – | 12 | 39 |
| 50 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 36 | 37 |
| 51 | Paavo Puurunen (FIN) | 16 | 14 | 7 | – | – | 0 | 37 |
| 52 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 26 | – | 9 | 0 | – | – | 35 |
| 53 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | – | 29 | – | – | – | 4 | 33 |
| 54 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov (KAZ) | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | 32 |
| 55 | Magnús Jónsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | – | – | 31 | – | 31 |
| 56 | Mattias Nilsson (SWE) | 24 | – | – | – | 5 | – | 29 |
| 57 | Jeremy Teela (USA) | – | 10 | – | 17 | – | – | 27 |
| 58 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 59 | Rustam Valiullin (BLR) | 6 | – | – | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 60 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 21 |
| 61 | Hans Martin Gjedrem (NOR) | – | 0 | 20 | – | – | – | 20 |
| 62 | Matthias Simmen (SUI) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 63 | Dušan Šimočko (SVK) | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | 16 |
| 64 | Mattia Cola (ITA) | – | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 15 |
| 65 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | – | 14 |
| 66 | Tomas Holubec (CZE) | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 14 |
| 67 | Ted Armgren (SWE) | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 68 | Alexandr Syman (BLR) | 1 | – | – | 10 | – | – | 11 |
| 69 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | – | – | 10 |
| 70 | Kazuya Inomata (JPN) | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| 71 | Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 10 |
| 72 | Ilmārs Bricis (ITA) | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | – | 9 |
| 73 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | – | 9 |
| 74 | Zhang Chengye (CHN) | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 75 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | – | – | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 |
| 76 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| 77 | Vasja Rupnik (SLO) | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 78 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | – | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 79 | Tanguy Roche (FRA) | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| 79 | Vitali Tsvetau (BLR) | – | – | 5 | – | – | | 5 |
| 81 | Claudio Böckli (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 82 | Michael Rösch (GER) | 3 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 83 | Ronny Hafsås (NOR) | 0 | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | 3 |
| 84 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |