# 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at Sunday December 4, 2011 in Östersund and will finish Sunday March 17, 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Tarjei Bø 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.

## 2010-11 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Tarjei Bø | 334 |
| Silver: | Martin Fourcade | 320 |
| Bronze: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 304 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:56.0 (0+0+0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:21.5 (0+0+1+1) | Jaroslav Soukup Czech Republic | 33:22.9 (0+1+0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:09.0 (1+0+1+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 33:09.1 (0+0+1+0) | Benjamin Weger Switzerland | 33:13.9 (1+0+0+0) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 35:40.3 (0+0+0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 35:40.5 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Fourcade France | 35:41.6 (1+0+0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:50.8 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 35:01.9 (1+0+1+1) |
| Nové Město details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:50.8 (0+0+1+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 35:01.9 (1+0+1+1) |
| Holmenkollen details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 31:44.0 (0+0+0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 32:15.2 (0+1+0+1) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 32:20.3 (0+0+1+1) |
| Kontiolahti details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 33:43.8 (2+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 33:57.6 (0+1+0+2) | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 34:06.5 (1+0+1+0) |
| Biathlon World Championships 2012 details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:39.4 (1+1+0+2) | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 33:44.6 (0+1+1+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:01.5 (1+0+0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Martin Fourcade France | 34:47.1 (0+0+1+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 35:06.7 (0+0+0+1) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 35:21.8 (1+1+0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC1 | HOC2 | NOV | HOL | KON | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 384 |
| 2 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 54 | 60 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 348 |
| 3 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 19 | 32 | 14 | 54 | 60 | — | 24 | 54 | 257 |
| 4 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 43 | 54 | 43 | 20 | 21 | — | 36 | 40 | 257 |
| 5 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 14 | 40 | 54 | 26 | 31 | 60 | 14 | — | 239 |
| 6 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 38 | 26 | 60 | 29 | 30 | — | 29 | 27 | 239 |
| 7 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 36 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 25 | — | 230 |
| 8 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 40 | 43 | — | 34 | 22 | — | 54 | 34 | 227 |
| 9 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 18 | 36 | — | 60 | — | 34 | 48 | 28 | 224 |
| 10 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 12 | 6 | 48 | 43 | 23 | 31 | 38 | — | 201 |
| 11 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 28 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 185 |
| 12 | Andrei Makoveev (RUS) | 13 | 30 | 28 | 31 | — | 28 | 22 | 25 | 177 |
| 13 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | — | 9 | — | 36 | 48 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 176 |
| 14 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 27 | 31 | 24 | 24 | — | 12 | 30 | 26 | 174 |
| 15 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | 20 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 48 | — | 43 | 172 |
| 16 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 24 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 36 | — | — | 17 | 162 |
| 17 | Tim Burke (USA) | 32 | 0 | — | 25 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 20 | 158 |
| 18 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 20 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 40 | — | 34 | 30 | 154 |
| 19 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 29 | 13 | — | 9 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 150 |
| 20 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 26 | 4 | 0 | 38 | — | 6 | 31 | 31 | 136 |
| 21 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 30 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 13 | — | 32 | — | 132 |
| 22 | Florian Graf (GER) | 15 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 34 | — | 3 | 14 | 126 |
| 23 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 25 | 21 | 0 | 15 | — | 32 | 28 | 5 | 126 |
| 24 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 0 | 18 | 20 | — | 24 | — | 10 | 36 | 108 |
| 25 | Jay Hakkinen (USA) | 17 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 27 | — | 1 | 107 |
| 26 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 48 | 0 | 22 | 10 | — | — | 20 | 0 | 100 |
| 27 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 23 | 14 | 21 | — | 1 | 38 | 0 | — | 97 |
| 28 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 0 | 38 | 0 | — | 11 | — | 43 | — | 92 |
| 29 | Simon Hallenbarter (SUI) | 7 | 7 | 15 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 91 |
| 30 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 16 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 90 |
| 31 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 0 | 28 | 13 | 22 | 0 | — | 23 | — | 86 |
| 32 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | — | — | 29 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 85 |
| 33 | Markus Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 11 | — | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 85 |
| 34 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | — | 23 | 25 | — | 7 | 26 | — | 0 | 81 |
| 35 | Michael Greis (GER) | 31 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | 71 |
| 36 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | 29 | 70 |
| 37 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 22 | 0 | 38 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 67 |
| 38 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 28 | — | — | — | 67 |
| 39 | Jean Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | — | — | 34 | 0 | 15 | — | 15 | 0 | 64 |
| 40 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | 31 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 61 |
| 41 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | — | — | 0 | — | 14 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 61 |
| 42 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 34 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 54 |
| 43 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 17 | 11 | 52 |
| 44 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 47 |
| 45 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 21 | 45 |
| 46 | Vincent Jay (FRA) | 0 | — | 18 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | 45 |
| 47 | Rune Brattsveen (NOR) | 11 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 15 | — | — | 44 |
| 48 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | — | — | — | 8 | — | 25 | — | 7 | 40 |
| 49 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 50 | Daniel Graf (GER) | 21 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | 35 |
| 51 | Ivan Joller (SUI) | — | 3 | 26 | — | 5 | — | 0 | — | 34 |
| 52 | Erik Lesser (GER) | — | — | — | 12 | — | 19 | — | — | 31 |
| 53 | Magnús Jónsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 |
| 54 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | 2 | 16 | 12 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 30 |
| 55 | Michael Rösch (GER) | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 |
| 56 | Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | — | 0 | 27 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 27 |
| 57 | Russell Currier (USA) | — | — | — | 6 | — | 18 | — | 0 | 24 |
| 58 | Jarkko Kauppinen (FIN) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 20 | — | — | 22 |
| 59 | Sergey Novikov (BLR) | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | 16 | — | 22 |
| 60 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 19 |
| 61 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | — | 0 | — | 16 | — | 1 | — | — | 17 |
| 62 | Indrek Tobreluts (EST) | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | 13 | — | 0 | 16 |
| 63 | Scott Perras (CAN) | — | — | — | 0 | 8 | — | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 64 | Alexander Os (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | 0 | 14 |
| 65 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 10 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 14 |
| 66 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 |
| 67 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Janez Maric (SLO) | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | — | 11 |
| 69 | Martin Eng (NOR) | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 70 | Aliaksandr Babchyn (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| 71 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| 72 | Maksim Burtasov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 73 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 9 |
| 74 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 8 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 8 |
| 75 | Junji Nagai (JPN) | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| 76 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 77 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 8 |
| 78 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 79 | Tomasz Sikora (POL) | — | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 80 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 81 | Roman Pryma (UKR) | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | 7 |
| 82 | Sven Grossegger (AUT) | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 83 | Dušan Šimočko (SVK) | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 |
| 84 | Tomas Holubec (CZE) | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 85 | Lois Habert (FRA) | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 86 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| 87 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| 88 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
| 89 | Roland Lessing (EST) | — | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | 4 |
| 90 | Nathan Smith (CAN) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 91 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz (ITA) | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 92 | Vladimir Alenishko (BLR) | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 93 | Timo Antila (FIN) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| 94 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |