# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Saturday March 21, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Martin Fourcade of France successfully defended his title.

## 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.

## 2013-14 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 294 |
| Silver: | Simon Eder | 235 |
| Bronze: | Anton Shipulin | 234 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:54.9 (2+1+0+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:04.9 (0+0+1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 34:21.2 (0+1+0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:53.7 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 32:57.8 (0+0+0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 33:04.6 (0+0+0+1) |
| Pokljuka details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 30:43.3 (0+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:01.1 (0+1+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 31:42.8 (0+0+1+0) |
| Antholz details | Simon Schempp Germany | 31:27.9 (1+1+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 31:28.0 (0+1+0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 31:29.0 (0+0+1+0) |
| Nové Město details | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 37:24.9 (0+0+0+1) | Simon Schempp Germany | 37:29.3 (0+1+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 37:38.2 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Erik Lesser Germany | 30:47.9 (0+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 31:04.9 (0+1+0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 31:06.6 (0+0+1+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Nathan Smith Canada | 32:04.9 (0+0+0+1) | Benedikt Doll Germany | 32:28.9 (0+0+1+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 32:40.6 (1+1+0+2) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | ANT | NOV | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 60 | 48 | 40 | 48 | 36 | 43 | 335 |
| 2 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 54 | 40 | 54 | 28 | 27 | 54 | 48 | 305 |
| 3 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 43 | 48 | 30 | 36 | 60 | 34 | 31 | 282 |
| 4 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 38 | 54 | 22 | 60 | 54 | — | DNS | 228 |
| 5 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 18 | 23 | 18 | 38 | 34 | 60 | 16 | 207 |
| 6 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 48 | 27 | 60 | 24 | 18 | 22 | DNF | 199 |
| 7 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 27 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 183 |
| 8 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 28 | 19 | 29 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 181 |
| 9 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 30 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 179 |
| 10 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 25 | 0 | 19 | — | 40 | 28 | 60 | 172 |
| 11 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 7 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 166 |
| 12 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 21 | 32 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 157 |
| 13 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 23 | 0 | — | 31 | 32 | 27 | 38 | 151 |
| 14 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 40 | 34 | 43 | — | 7 | 26 | — | 150 |
| 15 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 11 | 43 | 34 | 19 | 29 | 10 | — | 146 |
| 16 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | 8 | 29 | 13 | 29 | 24 | — | 40 | 143 |
| 17 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 32 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 142 |
| 18 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 17 | 25 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 140 |
| 19 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 31 | — | — | 43 | 6 | 40 | 14 | 134 |
| 20 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 22 | — | 4 | 0 | 30 | 43 | 32 | 131 |
| 21 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 36 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 36 | — | — | 130 |
| 22 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 121 |
| 23 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | — | 21 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 117 |
| 24 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 5 | 6 | — | — | 43 | 30 | 25 | 109 |
| 25 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | — | — | — | 18 | 20 | 13 | 54 | 105 |
| 26 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | 10 | 28 | 38 | 27 | — | 1 | 0 | 104 |
| 27 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 13 | 24 | 0 | 6 | — | 16 | 34 | 93 |
| 28 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 16 | 22 | 11 | 12 | — | 15 | 17 | 93 |
| 29 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 9 | — | 31 | 11 | — | 11 | 27 | 89 |
| 30 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 15 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 0 | DNS | 86 |
| 31 | Brendan Green (CAN) | — | 0 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 85 |
| 32 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 24 | 9 | 12 | 10 | — | 5 | 19 | 79 |
| 33 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 19 | 18 | 10 | DNS | 19 | 0 | 9 | 75 |
| 34 | Tim Burke (USA) | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 68 |
| 35 | Alexander Os (NOR) | 34 | 8 | 14 | 7 | — | — | — | 63 |
| 36 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 0 | 31 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 20 | 58 |
| 37 | Sven Grossegger (AUT) | 0 | — | 17 | 14 | 23 | — | 2 | 56 |
| 38 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | — | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 54 |
| 39 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 40 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 12 | 20 | 6 | — | 13 | — | 0 | 51 |
| 41 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | 24 | 49 |
| 42 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | — | 10 | 5 | 32 | DNS | 0 | — | 47 |
| 43 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 16 | DNS | 26 | — | — | 43 |
| 44 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 10 | 38 |
| 45 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 29 | 5 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| 46 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | — | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 47 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | — | — | — | 0 | 10 | 23 | — | 33 |
| 48 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | — | — | — | 3 | DNS | 3 | 26 | 32 |
| 49 | Michael Roesch (BEL) | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 31 |
| 50 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | — | 27 | — | 3 | — | DNS | 30 |
| 51 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 3 | 12 | — | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 30 |
| 52 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 26 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 28 |
| 53 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | — | — | — | 8 | DNS | 20 | — | 28 |
| 54 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | — | — | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 55 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 |
| 56 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | 2 | 0 | — | DNS | DNS | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| 57 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 58 | Florian Graf (GER) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 23 |
| 59 | Tomas Krupcik (CZE) | 20 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| 60 | Alexei Slepov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 13 | 18 |
| 61 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 16 |
| 62 | Ivan Joller (SUI) | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 63 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | 14 |
| 63 | Matvei Elissev (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| 65 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | — | — | — | DNS | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 66 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 11 |
| 68 | Aleksandr Pechenkin (RUS) | 0 | 7 | — | DNS | — | — | — | 7 |
| 69 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| 70 | David Komatz (AUT) | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 71 | Kauri Koiv (EST) | — | 0 | DNS | — | — | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 72 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |