# 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on 1 December 2019 in Östersund and was finished on 12 March 2020 in Kontiolahti.

## 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.

## 2018–19 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 514 |
| Silver: | Alexandr Loginov | 350 |
| Bronze: | Simon Desthieux | 338 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:18.3 (1+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:37.3 (0+1) | Matvey Eliseev Russia | 24:38.2 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 25:07.8 (0+1) | Simon Desthieux France | 25:15.6 (0+1) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 25:22.4 (0+0) |
| Le Grand-Bornand details | Benedikt Doll Germany | 23:22.1 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 23:31.5 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 23:33.4 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:27.2 (0+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 25:52.7 (0+1) | Johannes Kühn Germany | 26:00.2 (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Martin Fourcade France | 22:41.5 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 22:44.6 (0+0) | Benedikt Doll Germany | 22:53.5 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Alexander Loginov Russia | 22:48.1 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 22:54.6 (1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:07.6 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:56.8 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 25:19.6 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 25:57.9 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 22:27.8 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 22:48.9 (0+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 22:50.1 (0+0) |
| Oslo | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | RUH | ANT | NOV | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 40 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 54 | – | 360 |
| 2 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 29 | 27 | 48 | 22 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 36 | – | 324 |
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 60 | 60 | 43 | – | – | 40 | 60 | 60 | – | 323 |
| 4 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 54 | 38 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 40 | – | 307 |
| 5 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 27 | 54 | 34 | 38 | 40 | 23 | 34 | 34 | – | 284 |
| 6 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 30 | 23 | 21 | 54 | 29 | 38 | 31 | 48 | – | 274 |
| 7 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 43 | 48 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 60 | 0 | 23 | – | 274 |
| 8 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 17 | 30 | 60 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 29 | 38 | – | 249 |
| 9 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 48 | 43 | 13 | 43 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 27 | – | 230 |
| 10 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 38 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 32 | 1 | 30 | 20 | – | 217 |
| 11 | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 36 | 29 | 38 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0 | – | 199 |
| 12 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 0 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 43 | – | 188 |
| 13 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | – | 17 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 36 | 27 | 32 | – | 187 |
| 14 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 34 | 26 | 40 | 34 | 21 | 6 | – | 16 | – | 177 |
| 15 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 18 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 21 | – | 159 |
| 16 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 0 | 32 | 23 | – | 31 | 31 | 6 | 22 | – | 145 |
| 17 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 26 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 17 | – | 135 |
| 18 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 32 | 11 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 18 | – | – | 132 |
| 19 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 20 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 28 | – | 26 | 26 | – | 126 |
| 20 | Philipp Horn (GER) | 0 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 0 | – | 124 |
| 21 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 29 | – | 122 |
| 22 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 28 | – | 116 |
| 23 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 40 | – | 0 | 30 | – | 115 |
| 24 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 11 | – | 109 |
| 25 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 19 | – | 108 |
| 26 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 23 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 3 | – | 100 |
| 27 | Anton Smolski (BLR) | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 25 | – | 90 |
| 28 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 89 |
| 29 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | – | 82 |
| 30 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 18 | – | 72 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | RUH | ANT | NOV | KON | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | 0 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | – | 70 |
| 32 | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 9 | – | 68 |
| 33 | Florent Claude (BEL) | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | – | 66 |
| 34 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 | – | 64 |
| 35 | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | – | 63 |
| 36 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 15 | – | 62 |
| 37 | Sturla Holm Laegreid (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 31 | – | 59 |
| 38 | Jakub Štvrtecký (CZE) | 2 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 59 |
| 39 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 9 | – | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 58 |
| 40 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 0 | – | 15 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 21 | – | – | 58 |
| 41 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 12 | DNS | – | 58 |
| 42 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 19 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | – | 55 |
| 43 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 31 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 54 |
| 44 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | – | 53 |
| 45 | Eduard Latypov (RUS) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 24 | 5 | – | 48 |
| 46 | Nikita Porshnev (RUS) | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | – | 48 |
| 47 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | – | 47 |
| 48 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | 47 |
| 49 | Cheng Fangming (CHN) | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | – | 39 |
| 50 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 37 |
| 51 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | – | 37 |
| 52 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | 36 |
| 53 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | – | 36 |
| 54 | Thierry Langer (BEL) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 |
| 55 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | – | – | 28 |
| 56 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 |
| 57 | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 |
| 58 | Roman Rees (GER) | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| 59 | Sergii Semenov (UKR) | – | – | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | – | 22 |
| 60 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | RUH | ANT | NOV | KON | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | 0 | – | DNS | 0 | – | 16 | 4 | – | 20 |
| 62 | Roman Yeremin (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 63 | Adam Václavík (CZE) | 15 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 |
| 64 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | – | 18 |
| 65 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 66 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 67 | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | – | 14 |
| 68 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | – | 13 |
| 69 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 0 | DNS | 0 | – | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 |
| 70 | Rok Trsan (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 |
| 71 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 11 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 72 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 5 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 11 |
| 73 | Tomas Kaukėnas (LTU) | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 |
| 74 | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 8 |
| 75 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 76 | Tomas Krupcik (CZE) | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 77 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 78 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 79 | Mikita Labastau (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| 80 | Karol Dombrovski (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 81 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | DNS | – | – | 3 |
| 82 | Ruslan Tkalenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | DNS | 0 | – | 2 |
| 83 | Torstein Stenersen (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |