# 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men will start at Saturday December 5, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Friday February 26, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6,23 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.

## 2008–09 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 372 |
| Silver: | Tomasz Sikora | 337 |
| Bronze: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 318 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 23:30.1 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:55.2 (0+1) | Tim Burke United States | 24:07.3 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 26:14.0 (0+0) | Nikolay Kruglov Russia | 26:20.7 (0+0) | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 26:24.1 (0+1) |
| Pokljuka details | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 28:10.0 (0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 28:21.1 (1+0) | Thomas Frei Switzerland | 28:52.4 (1+0) |
| Oberhof details | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 28:45.0 (0+3) | Michael Greis Germany | 28:47.8 (0+2) | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 28:53.2 (0+0) |
| Ruhpolding details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:27.5 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 23:30.7 (0+0) | Michael Greis Germany | 24:01.0 (0+0) |
| Antholz details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:27.4 (0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 24:33.4 (0+1) | Christoph Stephan Germany | 24:42.5 (0+0) |
| 2010 Winter Olympics details | Vincent Jay France | 24:07.8 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:20.0 (1+0) | Jakov Fak Croatia | 24:21.8 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 24:42.4 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:49.2 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:12.5 (1+1) |
| Oslo details | Martin Fourcade France | 26:08.1 (0+0) | Maxim Tchoudov Russia | 26:15.2 (0+0) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 26:17.5 (0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 24:24.3 (0+0) | Christian De Lorenzi Italy | 24:38.1 (0+0) | Andriy Deryzemlya Ukraine | 24:41.0 (1+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | OBE | RUH | ANT | OLY | KON | OSL | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 54 | 32 | – | 40 | 60 | – | 54 | 54 | 26 | 34 | 354 |
| 2 | Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) | – | 16 | 60 | 34 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 60 | 23 | 60 | 344 |
| 3 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 36 | 38 | 0 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 43 | 292 |
| 4 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 2 | 48 | 36 | 60 | 32 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 34 | 26 | 278 |
| 5 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 13 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 43 | 54 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 272 |
| 6 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 31 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 38 | 270 |
| 7 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 60 | 60 | – | 27 | 54 | – | 24 | – | 0 | 40 | 265 |
| 8 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 34 | 29 | – | 0 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 48 | 60 | 0 | 253 |
| 9 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 32 | 31 | 38 | 19 | 40 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 24 | 253 |
| 10 | Michael Greis (GER) | 40 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 48 | – | 20 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 251 |
| 11 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 28 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 226 |
| 12 | Tim Burke (USA) | 48 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 204 |
| 13 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 26 | 0 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 193 |
| 14 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 24 | 4 | 27 | 20 | – | 26 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 189 |
| 15 | Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 174 |
| 16 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 38 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 170 |
| 17 | Vincent Jay (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 167 |
| 18 | Christoph Stephan (GER) | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 167 |
| 19 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 0 | – | – | 162 |
| 20 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 0 | 20 | 21 | – | 12 | – | 34 | – | 38 | 31 | 156 |
| 21 | Alexander Os (NOR) | 23 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 16 | – | – | 30 | 0 | 19 | 152 |
| 22 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 25 | 24 | 9 | 48 | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 144 |
| 23 | Halvard Hanevold (NOR) | 11 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 14 | – | 17 | 0 | 17 | – | 136 |
| 24 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 0 | 22 | 0 | – | 5 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 54 | 134 |
| 25 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 131 |
| 26 | Nikolay Kruglov (RUS) | 0 | 54 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 29 | – | – | – | 0 | 126 |
| 27 | Vincent Defrasne (FRA) | 18 | 27 | 0 | 17 | – | 36 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 121 |
| 28 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | – | 23 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 113 |
| 29 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | – | – | 43 | 16 | 15 | – | – | 0 | 19 | 15 | 108 |
| 30 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | – | – | 22 | 25 | – | 28 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 104 |
| 31 | Tomasz Sikora (POL) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | 30 | 12 | 22 | 0 | – | 102 |
| 32 | Thomas Frei (SUI) | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| 33 | Sergei Novikov (BLR) | 0 | 14 | 26 | 30 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 101 |
| 34 | Jakov Fak (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 17 | 48 | 5 | 30 | – | 100 |
| 35 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 8 | – | 0 | 22 | 9 | 97 |
| 36 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 32 | 36 | 94 |
| 37 | Jeremy Teela (USA) | 0 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 24 | – | 32 | – | – | – | 94 |
| 38 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | – | 6 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 9 | – | 23 | 0 | 17 | 92 |
| 39 | Victor Vasilyev (RUS) | 16 | 23 | 18 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 28 | 87 |
| 40 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 17 | 40 | 0 | 28 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 41 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | 29 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 42 | Frode Andresen (NOR) | – | – | 24 | – | – | 34 | – | 25 | 0 | – | 83 |
| 43 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 | – | 3 | – | 7 | 12 | 81 |
| 44 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 76 |
| 45 | Aleksei Volkov (RUS) | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 43 | 0 | 75 |
| 46 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | 19 | 0 | – | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 75 |
| 47 | Simon Hallenbarter (SUI) | 3 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 25 | – | 12 | 1 | 74 |
| 48 | Rustam Valiullin (BLR) | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 72 |
| 49 | Ilmārs Bricis (LAT) | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | 28 | – | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| 50 | Janez Marič (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 65 |
| 51 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 64 |
| 52 | Matthias Simmen (SUI) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 62 |
| 53 | Ronny Hafsås (NOR) | 30 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | – | 61 |
| 54 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 58 |
| 55 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 21 | 17 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 52 |
| 56 | Alexander Wolf (GER) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | – | 0 | 5 | 6 | 47 |
| 57 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | 7 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – | 42 |
| 58 | Mattias Nilsson (SWE) | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | – | 42 |
| 59 | Claudio Böckli (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 60 | Magnús Jónsson (SWE) | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 61 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 38 | – | 0 | 38 |
| 62 | Markus Windisch (ITA) | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | – | 37 |
| 63 | Martten Kaldvee (EST) | – | – | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 36 |
| 64 | Hidenori Isa (JPN) | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 36 |
| 65 | Indrek Tobreluts (EST) | 14 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 36 |
| 66 | Alexandr Syman (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 67 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 68 | Paavo Puurunen (FIN) | 9 | 15 | 8 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 |
| 69 | Michael Rösch (GER) | 10 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 70 | Dušan Šimočko (SVK) | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 71 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 72 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | 0 | – | 13 | 14 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 |
| 73 | Tomáš Holubec (CZE) | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 74 | Roland Lessing (EST) | 0 | 0 | 25 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 25 |
| 75 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 76 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov (KAZ) | – | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 77 | Marc-André Bédard (CAN) | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 78 | Timo Antila (FIN) | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 |
| 79 | Vasja Rupnik (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 80 | Ted Armgren (SWE) | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 16 |
| 81 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 82 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 |
| 83 | Daniel Graf (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| 84 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 11 |
| 85 | Mikhail Siamionau (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 86 | Zhang Chengye (CHN) | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 87 | Priit Narusk (EST) | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 8 |
| 88 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 89 | Roman Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 90 | Kazuya Inomata (JPN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 91 | Junji Nagai (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 92 | Hans Martin Gjedrem (NOR) | – | – | 0 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 93 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 4 |
| 94 | Mattia Cola (ITA) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 95 | Jay Hakkinen (USA) | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 96 | Priit Viks (EST) | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 97 | Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 |
| 98 | Rune Brattsveen (NOR) | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |