# Biathlon World Championships 2023 – Men's pursuit

The men's 12.5 km pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2023 was held on 12 February 2023.

## Results

The race was started at 15:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 0:00 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 33:34.5 | |
| | 3 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Norway | 0:40 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 34:45.7 | +1:11.2 |
| | 11 | Sebastian Samuelsson | Sweden | 1:13 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 35:28.6 | +1:54.1 |
| 4 | 2 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 0:15 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | 35:31.8 | +1:57.3 |
| 5 | 6 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | 1:00 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 35:49.2 | +2:14.7 |
| 6 | 8 | Johannes Kühn | Germany | 1:05 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 36:01.6 | +2:27.1 |
| 7 | 4 | Johannes Dale | Norway | 0:44 | 5 (0+1+1+3) | 36:22.7 | +2:48.2 |
| 8 | 5 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 0:53 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 36:26.5 | +2:52.0 |
| 9 | 7 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 1:02 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 36:31.4 | +2:56.9 |
| 10 | 19 | Roman Rees | Germany | 1:50 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 36:39.0 | +3:04.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Justus Strelow | Germany | 1:15 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 36:45.0 | +3:10.5 |
| 12 | 9 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 1:09 | 7 (3+2+0+2) | 36:52.5 | +3:18.0 |
| 13 | 22 | Endre Strømsheim | Norway | 1:55 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | 36:53.0 | +3:18.5 |
| 14 | 10 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | 1:09 | 5 (0+2+2+1) | 36:55.5 | +3:21.0 |
| 15 | 55 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 2:48 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 36:58.3 | +3:23.8 |
| 16 | 20 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 1:51 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 37:06.1 | +3:31.6 |
| 17 | 25 | Niklas Hartweg | Switzerland | 2:03 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 37:09.9 | +3:35.4 |
| 18 | 18 | Martin Ponsiluoma | Sweden | 1:49 | 6 (1+1+1+3) | 37:25.0 | +3:50.5 |
| 19 | 14 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 1:44 | 4 (0+2+2+0) | 37:32.0 | +3:57.5 |
| 20 | 21 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | 1:54 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 37:33.7 | +3:59.2 |
| 21 | 16 | Fabien Claude | France | 1:47 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | 37:39.9 | +4:05.4 |
| 22 | 15 | Jakub Štvrtecký | Czech Republic | 1:45 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 37:41.7 | +4:07.2 |
| 23 | 45 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 2:41 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 37:43.6 | +4:09.1 |
| 24 | 47 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 2:42 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 37:45.6 | +4:11.1 |
| 25 | 27 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 2:05 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 37:49.0 | +4:14.5 |
| 26 | 43 | Anton Vidmar | Slovenia | 2:37 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 37:55.1 | +4:20.6 |
| 27 | 13 | David Komatz | Austria | 1:29 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 38:02.4 | +4:27.9 |
| 28 | 52 | Jeremy Finello | Switzerland | 2:46 | 6 (1+0+5+0) | 38:08.6 | +4:34.1 |
| 29 | 33 | Lovro Planko | Slovenia | 2:25 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 38:18.3 | +4:43.8 |
| 30 | 54 | Alex Cisar | Slovenia | 2:47 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 38:20.1 | +4:45.6 |
| 31 | 60 | Tomáš Mikyska | Czech Republic | 2:58 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | 38:28.1 | +4:53.6 |
| 32 | 49 | Éric Perrot | France | 2:44 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 38:37.1 | +5:02.6 |
| 33 | 38 | George Buta | Romania | 2:33 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 38:37.9 | +5:03.4 |
| 34 | 56 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 2:49 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 38:38.1 | +5:03.6 |
| 35 | 28 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 2:05 | 5 (1+0+3+1) | 38:38.8 | +5:04.3 |
| 36 | 41 | Alexandr Mukhin | Kazakhstan | 2:35 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 38:39.0 | +5:04.5 |
| 37 | 23 | Simon Eder | Austria | 1:59 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 38:45.7 | +5:11.2 |
| 38 | 26 | Timofey Lapshin | South Korea | 2:04 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | 38:55.0 | +5:20.5 |
| 39 | 44 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 2:37 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 39:10.4 | +5:35.9 |
| 40 | 29 | Bogdan Tsymbal | Ukraine | 2:08 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 39:13.3 | +5:38.8 |
| 41 | 35 | David Zobel | Germany | 2:30 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | 39:15.1 | +5:40.6 |
| 42 | 32 | George Coltea | Romania | 2:19 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | 39:19.6 | +5:45.1 |
| 43 | 17 | Tommaso Giacomel | Italy | 1:48 | 8 (3+4+1+0) | 39:30.0 | +5:55.5 |
| 44 | 59 | Dominic Unterweger | Austria | 2:57 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 39:32.1 | +5:57.6 |
| 45 | 46 | Campbell Wright | New Zealand | 2:41 | 6 (0+2+1+3) | 39:41.9 | +6:07.4 |
| 46 | 50 | Patrick Braunhofer | Italy | 2:44 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 39:42.6 | +6:08.1 |
| 47 | 57 | Pavel Magazeev | Moldova | 2:51 | 4 (0+2+0+2) | 39:43.2 | +6:08.7 |
| 48 | 39 | Jan Guńka | Poland | 2:33 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 39:48.4 | +6:13.9 |
| 49 | 42 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 2:36 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 39:55.7 | +6:21.2 |
| 50 | 30 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 2:10 | 7 (1+1+3+2) | 40:13.1 | +6:38.6 |
| 51 | 24 | Adam Václavík | Czech Republic | 1:59 | 11 (1+4+4+2) | 40:41.4 | +7:06.9 |
| 52 | 31 | Paul Schommer | United States | 2:10 | 8 (3+1+2+2) | 40:53.2 | +7:18.7 |
| 53 | 53 | Elia Zeni | Italy | 2:47 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 41:07.4 | +7:32.9 |
| 54 | 34 | Michal Šíma | Slovakia | 2:29 | 5 (0+1+1+3) | 41:10.4 | +7:35.9 |
| 55 | 51 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 2:44 | 8 (3+1+2+2) | 41:38.0 | +8:03.5 |
| 56 | 40 | Harald Lemmerer | Austria | 2:34 | 6 (0+0+3+3) | 42:44.1 | +9:09.6 |
| | 36 | Émilien Jacquelin | France | 2:32 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 37 | Sebastian Stalder | Switzerland | 2:32 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 48 | Matija Legović | Croatia | 2:43 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 58 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 2:55 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |