# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Thursday March 19, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Martin Fourcade of France successfully defended his title.

## 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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2013–14 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 400 |
| Silver: | Arnd Peiffer | 286 |
| Bronze: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 277 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:46.6 (0+0) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 25:14.9 (0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 25:15.3 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:34.9 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 24:49.2 (0+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 24:52.8 (0+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 23:18.6 (0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 23:30.5 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:42.7 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Martin Fourcade France | 27:02.5 (1+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 27:06.9 (0+1) | Timofey Lapshin Russia | 27:20.0 (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:59.2 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 24:23.7 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:57.1 (0+1) |
| Antholz details | Simon Schempp Germany | 23:18.8 (0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 23:32.8 (0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 23:38.9 (0+1) |
| Nové Město details | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 24:09.9 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 24:22.7 (0+0) | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix France | 24:35.9 (0+0) |
| Holmenkollen details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:57.0 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:00.3 (0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 25:12.4 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:12.8 (0+1) | Nathan Smith Canada | 24:24.9 (0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:38.1 (0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:47.0 (0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 24:00.0 (0+0) | Benedikt Doll Germany | 24:05.3 (0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | OBE | RUH | ANT | NOV | HOL | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 36 | 43 | 60 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 54 | 29 | 60 | 416 |
| 2 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 38 | 30 | 60 | 0 | 43 | 36 | 38 | 48 | 23 | 54 | 370 |
| 3 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 30 | 54 | 38 | 11 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 354 |
| 4 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 48 | 40 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 48 | 60 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 337 |
| 5 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 1 | 60 | 31 | 43 | 60 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 60 | 0 | 330 |
| 6 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 40 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 54 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 8 | 258 |
| 7 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 54 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 254 |
| 8 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 43 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 31 | — | 40 | 17 | 36 | 26 | 242 |
| 9 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 32 | 60 | 11 | 38 | 241 |
| 10 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 0 | 29 | 14 | 40 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 239 |
| 11 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | — | — | — | 34 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 48 | 217 |
| 12 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 29 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 40 | 15 | 212 |
| 13 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | 32 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 54 | 40 | 209 |
| 14 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 34 | 1 | — | 54 | 26 | 32 | 6 | — | 22 | 32 | 207 |
| 15 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | 27 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 11 | — | 30 | 200 |
| 16 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 17 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 196 |
| 17 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 36 | 32 | 48 | — | 29 | 13 | 0 | — | 5 | 28 | 191 |
| 18 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 21 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 48 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 191 |
| 19 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 28 | 17 | 0 | 38 | 40 | 20 | – | 0 | 0 | 43 | 186 |
| 20 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 184 |
| 21 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 31 | 16 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
| 22 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 11 | 43 | 54 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 32 | 2 | — | 171 |
| 23 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 19 | 48 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 43 | — | — | 161 |
| 24 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 36 | 158 |
| 25 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 26 | 38 | 36 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | 148 |
| 26 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | — | 0 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 136 |
| 27 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 20 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 26 | – | 6 | 7 | 1 | 127 |
| 28 | Brendan Green (CAN) | — | 0 | 7 | — | 25 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 124 |
| 29 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 3 | 24 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 123 |
| 30 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | 0 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 25 | – | 0 | 14 | 0 | 114 |
| 31 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 10 | 18 | 32 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 23 | — | 27 | 111 |
| 32 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 18 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 9 | — | 0 | 24 | 0 | 107 |
| 33 | Alexander Os (NOR) | 25 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 17 | — | 3 | — | — | 104 |
| 34 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 13 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 102 |
| 35 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 100 |
| 36 | Tim Burke (USA) | 24 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 96 |
| 37 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 30 | DNF | 93 |
| 38 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 92 |
| 39 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 27 | 29 | 0 | — | 89 |
| 40 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 9 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 41 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | — | — | 19 | 19 | 22 | — | 14 | DNS | — | 2 | 76 |
| 42 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 16 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 8 | 13 | 68 |
| 43 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | — | — | — | — | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 67 |
| 44 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 66 |
| 45 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 2 | – | 0 | 18 | 0 | 64 |
| 46 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | DNS | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 |
| 47 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 7 | 0 | 26 | — | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | 17 | 0 | 58 |
| 48 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 57 |
| 49 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 22 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| 50 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 48 |
| 51 | Aleksandr Pechenkin (RUS) | 23 | 19 | 0 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 47 |
| 52 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | — | 47 |
| 53 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | — | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | — | 46 |
| 54 | Artem Tyshchenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 43 |
| 55 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | – | 40 | — | 0 | 42 |
| 56 | Michael Roesch (BEL) | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
| 57 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 35 |
| 58 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 59 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 60 | Kalev Ermits (EST) | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | — | 32 |
| 61 | Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 62 | Matvei Eliseev (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | — | 0 | 24 |
| 63 | Sven Grosseger (AUT) | — | — | 0 | — | – | 0 | 4 | 13 | — | 6 | 23 |
| 64 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 64 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 64 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 67 | Scott Gow (CAN) | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 19 |
| 68 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 18 | — | 0 | 18 |
| 68 | Florian Graf (GER) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 18 |
| 70 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 18 |
| 71 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | 17 |
| 72 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 16 | — | — | 16 |
| 73 | Ivan Joller (SUI) | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 74 | David Komatz (AUT) | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | – | 0 | — | 0 | 15 |
| 75 | Kauri Koiv (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Christofer Eriksson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | DNS | 12 |
| 77 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | — | — | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 78 | Dmitri Dyuzhev (BLR) | — | — | — | — | – | – | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 79 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR) | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 80 | Tomas Krupcik (CZE) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | – | 0 | — | 0 | 8 |
| 80 | Ted Armgren (SWE) | — | — | 0 | — | – | – | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 |
| 82 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 82 | Miroslav Matiaško (SVK) | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 84 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |