# 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on 14 December 2019 in Hochfilzen and was finished on 14 March 2020 in Kontiolahti.

## 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.

## 2018–19 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 429 |
| Silver: | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 315 |
| Bronze: | Alexandr Loginov | 305 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:27.0 (0+0+0+0) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 32:00.5 (0+0+0+0) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 32:07.5 (0+0+0+0) |
| Le Grand-Bornand details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 30:07.8 (1+0+0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 30:29.8 (0+0+0+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 31:07.8 (0+0+1+0) |
| Rupholding details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:26.8 (0+0+0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 31:44.4 (0+0+1+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 32:02.8 (0+0+0+1) |
| World Championships details | Émilien Jacquelin France | 31:15.2 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:15.6 (1+1+0+0) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 31:29.1 (0+0+0+1) |
| Kontiolahti details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:25.4 (0+0+1+2) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 31:28.3 (1+0+0+1) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 31:29.9 (0+0+1+3) |
| 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 | HOC | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 48 | 38 | 38 | 60 | 48 | – | 232 |
| 2 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 31 | 36 | 60 | 43 | 60 | – | 230 |
| 3 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 32 | 54 | 54 | 36 | 54 | – | 230 |
| 4 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 60 | 60 | – | 54 | 43 | – | 217 |
| 5 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 54 | 28 | 31 | 48 | 36 | – | 197 |
| 6 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 38 | 43 | 36 | 38 | 23 | – | 178 |
| 7 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 40 | 26 | 43 | 34 | 28 | – | 171 |
| 8 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 10 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 32 | – | 169 |
| 9 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 28 | 32 | 27 | 40 | 40 | – | 167 |
| 10 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 24 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 38 | – | 147 |
| 11 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 27 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 22 | – | 141 |
| 12 | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 26 | 29 | 32 | 24 | – | – | 111 |
| 13 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 36 | 17 | – | 21 | 31 | – | 105 |
| 14 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 34 | 7 | 26 | – | 29 | – | 96 |
| 15 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 43 | – | 28 | 20 | 3 | – | 94 |
| 16 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 29 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | – | 90 |
| 17 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 19 | 25 | 16 | 27 | – | – | 87 |
| 18 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 14 | 30 | 17 | 24 | – | 85 |
| 19 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 25 | 21 | DNF | 11 | 25 | – | 82 |
| 20 | Philipp Horn (GER) | 23 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 0 | – | 80 |
| 21 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 12 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 5 | – | 78 |
| 22 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 0 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 34 | – | 74 |
| 23 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 20 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 19 | – | 71 |
| 24 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 15 | 0 | 34 | – | 21 | – | 70 |
| 25 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 7 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 26 | – | 64 |
| 26 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 14 | – | 62 |
| 27 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 30 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | – | 59 |
| 28 | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 21 | 0 | 5 | 32 | DNS | – | 58 |
| 29 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | – | 23 | 19 | 12 | – | 54 |
| 30 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | – | 1 | 2 | 30 | 18 | – | 51 |
| # | Name | HOC | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 22 | 8 | 15 | – | 6 | – | 51 |
| 32 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 13 | 31 | – | – | 0 | – | 44 |
| 33 | Simon Eder (AUT) | – | 15 | – | 29 | – | – | 44 |
| 34 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | 5 | 20 | DNF | 0 | 17 | – | 42 |
| 35 | Rok Trsan (SLO) | – | 16 | 10 | 16 | 0 | – | 42 |
| 36 | Florent Claude (BEL) | 1 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 4 | – | 33 |
| 37 | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | – | – | 33 |
| 38 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | – | 6 | 0 | 25 | – | – | 31 |
| 39 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 8 | 23 | – | 0 | DNS | – | 31 |
| 40 | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | 31 |
| 41 | Sturla Holm Laegreid (NOR) | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | 30 |
| 42 | Anton Smolski (BLR) | – | – | 0 | 3 | 27 | – | 30 |
| 43 | Mikita Labastau (BLR) | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | – | – | 30 |
| 44 | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | 29 |
| 45 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | – | – | – | 28 | DNS | – | 28 |
| 46 | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | 14 | – | 13 | – | – | – | 27 |
| 47 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | – | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | – | 24 |
| 48 | Roman Rees (GER) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | 22 |
| 49 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | 21 |
| 50 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | DSQ | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | – | 20 |
| 51 | Thierry Langer (BEL) | 18 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 18 |
| 52 | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 0 | – | DNS | 10 | 8 | – | 18 |
| 53 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 54 | Said Karimulla Khalili (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 16 |
| 55 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | DNF | – | – | 15 | – | – | 15 |
| 56 | Nikita Porshnev (RUS) | 3 | 10 | – | 2 | – | – | 15 |
| 57 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | – | – | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 |
| 58 | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | 6 | 0 | – | – | 7 | – | 13 |
| 59 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 0 | 3 | – | – | 9 | – | 12 |
| 60 | Adam Václavík (CZE) | – | 0 | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| # | Name | HOC | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 |
| 62 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 9 |
| 63 | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | – | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 9 |
| 64 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | DNF | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 |
| 65 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | – | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| 66 | Scott Gow (CAN) | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 67 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | DNS | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 68 | Joscha Burkhalter (SUI) | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 69 | Eduard Latypov (RUS) | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 3 |
| 70 | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 71 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 |