# 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on 4 December 2022 in Kontiolahti and will conclude on 18 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen.

## 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.

## 2022–23 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 420 |
| Silver: | Sturla Holm Lægreid | 365 |
| Bronze: | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 220 |

## Events summary

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Kontiolahti details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:44.4 (0+0+1+2) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 33:03.6 (0+0+1+1) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 33:31.7 (0+0+0+2) |
| Hochfilzen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 33:50.7 (0+1+0+1) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 34:38.6 (0+0+1+1) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 35:04.6 (0+1+1+1) |
| Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand details | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 29:44.1 (0+0+1+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 30:08.7 (0+0+0+2) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 30:19.9 (1+0+1+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:43.2 (0+1+1+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:48.1 (0+0+0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 32:49.8 (0+0+0+1) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:24.4 (0+0+1+1) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 32:04.6 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 32:26.5 (1+1+0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:25.1 (0+0+1+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 31:59.7 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 32:36.1 (0+3+1+1) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:34.0 (0+0+1+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 33:06.7 (0+0+0+0) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 33:23.1 (0+0+0+1) |

## Standings

Final standings after 7 competitions.
| # | Name | KON | HOC | LGB | POK | ANT | NOV | OSL | Total |
| 1. | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 90 | 90 | 60 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 600 |
| 2. | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) | 75 | 75 | 90 | 50 | 75 | – | 60 | 425 |
| 3. | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 31 | 50 | 36 | 75 | 28 | DNS | 75 | 295 |
| 4. | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 32 | 25 | 26 | 60 | 30 | 75 | 29 | 277 |
| 5. | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 36 | 30 | 50 | 28 | 18 | 45 | 45 | 252 |
| 6. | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 25 | 14 | 75 | 40 | 40 | 34 | 9 | 237 |
| 7. | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 29 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 50 | 50 | 236 |
| 8. | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 5 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 60 | 36 | 232 |
| 9. | Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | 11 | 40 | 32 | 45 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 214 |
| 10. | Roman Rees (GER) | 45 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 50 | 32 | 21 | 207 |
| 11. | Niklas Hartweg (SUI) | 24 | 45 | DNS | 31 | 36 | 29 | 40 | 205 |
| 12. | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 50 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 23 | 36 | – | 203 |
| 13. | Johannes Dale (NOR) | 0 | 34 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 21 | 26 | 185 |
| 14. | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 18 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 178 |
| 15. | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 60 | 60 | 11 | – | 27 | – | – | 158 |
| 16. | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 8 | 26 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 18 | 151 |
| 17. | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 20 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 26 | – | 28 | 141 |
| 18. | Simon Eder (AUT) | 15 | 7 | – | 27 | 32 | 22 | 34 | 137 |
| 19. | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 40 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 132 |
| 20. | Florent Claude (BEL) | 27 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 31 | – | 129 |
| 21. | Filip Fjeld Andersen (NOR) | 26 | 21 | 45 | 36 | 0 | – | – | 128 |
| 22. | Sebastian Stalder (SUI) | 0 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 115 |
| 23. | Justus Strelow (GER) | 28 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 24 | DNS | 108 |
| 24. | Tero Seppälä (FIN) | 0 | 24 | 21 | – | 5 | 26 | 31 | 107 |
| 25. | David Zobel (GER) | 34 | 0 | 3 | – | 21 | 23 | 14 | 95 |
| 26. | Johannes Kühn (GER) | 12 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 90 |
| 27. | Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) | 14 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 22 | – | 11 | 89 |
| 28. | Philipp Nawrath (GER) | 19 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 30 | 27 | 83 |
| 29. | Vytautas Strolia (LTU) | 30 | DNF | 20 | 11 | 10 | – | 7 | 78 |
| 30. | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | – | 6 | – | 6 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 73 |
| # | Name | KON | HOC | LGB | POK | ANT | NOV | OSL | Total |
| 31. | Felix Leitner (AUT) | 13 | 28 | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | 65 |
| 32. | David Komatz (AUT) | 22 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | 25 | 58 |
| 33. | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) | 23 | 18 | 10 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 58 |
| 34. | Sean Doherty (USA) | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 22 | 57 |
| 35. | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | – | 10 | 14 | 32 | – | DNF | DNS | 56 |
| 36. | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | – | 31 | – | 17 | 2 | 4 | 54 |
| 37. | Tuomas Harjula (FIN) | – | 27 | 22 | – | 0 | – | – | 49 |
| 38. | Tomáš Mikyska (CZE) | 9 | 12 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 17 | 47 |
| 39. | Endre Strømsheim (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 15 | 43 |
| 40. | Alex Cisar (SLO) | 16 | 3 | – | 7 | 0 | 16 | – | 42 |
| 41. | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | – | 16 | – | – | 0 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 42. | Christian Gow (CAN) | – | 9 | – | – | 19 | 12 | DNS | 40 |
| 43. | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 39 |
| 44. | Miha Dovžan (SLO) | – | – | 8 | 15 | 9 | – | – | 32 |
| 45. | Anton Vidmar (SLO) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 46. | Didier Bionaz (ITA) | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 12 | – | – | 29 |
| 47. | Jeremy Finello (SUI) | 0 | – | 12 | 16 | – | – | – | 28 |
| 48. | Éric Perrot (FRA) | 4 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 | 26 |
| 49. | Adam Runnalls (CAN) | DNS | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | – | 10 | 23 |
| 50. | Bogdan Tsymbal (UKR) | 7 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 51. | Campbell Wright (NZL) | 0 | – | – | 14 | 8 | – | – | 22 |
| 52. | Jake Brown (USA) | 21 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 21 |
| 53. | Paul Schommer (USA) | – | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | – | – | 21 |
| 54. | Lucas Fratzscher (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 20 |
| 55. | Otto Invenius (FIN) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 56. | Joscha Burkhalter (SUI) | – | – | 18 | – | – | 1 | – | 19 |
| 57. | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | – | – | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 58. | Émilien Claude (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 17 |
| 59. | Jakub Štvrtecký (CZE) | – | 11 | 0 | DNS | – | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 60. | Rene Zakhna (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 14 |
| # | Name | KON | HOC | LGB | POK | ANT | NOV | OSL | Total |
| 61. | Dominic Unterweger (AUT) | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | 14 |
| 62. | George Colțea (ROU) | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 13 |
| 63. | Grzegorz Guzik (POL) | – | – | 0 | – | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| 64. | Mikito Tachizaki (JPN) | 10 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 |
| 65. | Oscar Lombardot (FRA) | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | – | – | 9 |
| 66. | Dmitrii Shamaev (ROU) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | DNS | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 67. | Alexandr Mukhin (KAZ) | – | 8 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 8 |
| 68. | Vebjørn Sørum (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| 68. | Malte Stefansson (SWE) | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 70. | Thierry Langer (BEL) | 3 | – | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 71. | Karol Dombrovski (LTU) | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 7 |
| 72. | Krešimir Crnković (CRO) | – | – | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 5 |
| 73. | Patrick Braunhofer (ITA) | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| 74. | Emil Nykvist (SWE) | – | 0 | LAP | 1 | LAP | – | – | 1 |
| 75. | Taras Lesiuk (UKR) | 1 | DNS | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| 76. | Oskar Brandt (SWE) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| 77. | Einar Hedegart (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |