2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at Sunday December 2, 2012 in Östersund and will finish Sunday March 17, 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

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.[1] 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.

2011-12 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	384
Silver:	Emil Hegle Svendsen	348
Bronze:	Arnd Peiffer	257

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Östersund details	Martin Fourcade  France	33:03.5 (0+0+1+0)	Andreas Birnbacher  Germany	33:04.2 (0+0+1+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	33:06.8 (0+0+1+0)
Hochfilzen details	Jakov Fak  Slovenia	34:14.8 (0+0+1+1)	Dmitry Malyshko  Russia	34:15.7 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	34:23.4 (0+2+0+1)
Pokljuka details	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	32:49.2 (0+0+0+1)	Ondřej Moravec  Czech Republic	32:53.0 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	33:06.6 (0+0+0+2)
Oberhof details	Dmitry Malyshko  Russia	32:22.9 (0+0+0+0)	Evgeniy Garanichev  Russia	33:05.0 (0+0+0+1)	Ondřej Moravec  Czech Republic	33:12.8 (0+0+0+0)
Antholz details	Anton Shipulin  Russia	31:24.2 (0+1+1+0)	Jakov Fak  Slovenia	31:46.8 (0+0+1+0)	Daniel Mesotitsch  Austria	31:50.0 (1+0+0+0)
Biathlon World Championships 2013 details	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	32:35.5 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	32:35.6 (0+1+1+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	32:39.1 (0+0+1+0)
Holmenkollen details	Martin Fourcade  France	33:48.2 (0+1+0+1)	Tarjei Bø  Norway	34:15.9 (0+2+0+1)	Alexandr Loginov  Russia	34:23.7 (0+2+0+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Christoph Sumann  Austria	34:47.9 (0+0+0+0)	Simon Fourcade  France	35:23.6 (0+0+0+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	35:28.3 (1+1+2+1)
					Michal Šlesingr  Czech Republic	35:28.3 (0+0+1+2)

Standings

#	Name	ÖST	HOC	POK	OBE	ANT	WCH	HOL	KHA	Total[2]
	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	60	48	48	27	43	54	60	48	388
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	40	27	60	43	40	60	—	17	287
3	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	48	38	—	30	60	48	—	23	247
4	Fredrik Lindström (SWE)	16	43	40	29	29	36	36	11	240
5	Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)	36	54	22	60	16	43	—	—	231
6	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)	24	34	14	—	36	40	30	40	218
7	Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS)	32	28	43	54	38	13	—	9	217
8	Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS)	34	32	38	38	23	25	—	25	215
9	Jakov Fak (SLO)	4	60	19	8	54	38	31	—	214
10	Andreas Birnbacher (GER)	54	40	28	—	—	19	18	22	181
11	Simon Eder (AUT)	30	2	21	21	11	29	38	27	179
12	Tim Burke (USA)	26	18	36	11	27	9	26	26	179
13	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA)	2	26	34	23	32	15	27	20	179
14	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	—	25	54	48	9	10	13	19	178
15	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	43	16	—	12	0	20	43	34	168
16	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	22	36	23	26	—	31	29	—	167
17	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)	14	0	30	31	20	—	21	48	164
18	Alexis Bœuf (FRA)	38	30	—	36	18	34	—	—	156
19	Lowell Bailey (USA)	20	31	13	0	25	28	7	31	155
20	Björn Ferry (SWE)	27	23	25	—	30	32	—	16	153
21	Lukas Hofer (ITA)	—	22	0	13	28	30	17	36	146
22	Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)	23	21	29	5	6	7	—	38	129
23	Simon Fourcade (FRA)	—	—	—	24	—	18	32	54	128
24	Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)	13	—	—	—	48	14	23	29	127
25	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	—	—	—	19	—	24	54	28	125
26	Andrei Makoveev (RUS)	17	29	0	20	31	—	11	12	120
27	Aleksey Volkov (RUS)	31	13	—	34	—	—	40	0	118
28	Erik Lesser (GER)	28	0	26	28	5	27	2	0	116
29	Florian Graf (GER)	19	12	8	—	13	—	25	32	109
30	Friedrich Pinter (AUT)	29	24	20	—	22	—	14	—	109
31	Julian Eberhard (AUT)	—	19	24	22	17	—	15	10	107
32	Simon Schempp (GER)	21	15	32	15	0	23	—	—	106
33	Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)	3	5	17	—	—	11	34	24	94
34	Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)	12	17	31	—	—	—	28	0	88
35	Christoph Sumann (AUT)	11	—	9	—	—	—	—	60	80
36	Krasimir Anev (BUL)	0	8	0	17	—	22	22	0	69
37	Sjåstad Vetle Christiansen (NOR)	18	20	—	—	—	—	—	30	68
38	Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)	8	0	11	25	—	21	—	—	65
39	Klemen Bauer (SLO)	—	7	4	32	4	17	0	—	64
40	Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN)	25	10	—	0	2	26	—	—	63
41	Benjamin Weger (SUI)	10	—	0	40	1	6	—	0	57
42	Serguei Sednev (UKR)	0	—	7	16	34	—	—	—	57
43	Serhiy Semenov (UKR)	—	11	6	18	7	0	—	13	55
44	Matej Kazar (SVK)	0	0	0	0	12	12	12	14	50
45	Lars Berger (NOR)	15	—	27	7	—	—	—	—	49
46	Alexandr Loginov (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	—	48
47	Christian De Lorenzi (ITA)	—	6	0	—	26	16	0	0	48
48	Vladimir Iliev (BUL)	0	—	18	0	10	2	3	7	40
49	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	21	37
50	Christian Martinelli (ITA)	—	—	—	10	24	0	—	—	34
51	Dominik Windisch (ITA)	—	0	0	3	21	8	0	—	32
52	Mario Dolder (SUI)	0	—	16	0	15	—	—	—	31
53	Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR)	—	4	—	—	—	—	24	—	28
54	Zdeněk Vítek (CZE)	6	14	0	—	—	0	8	0	28
55	Olexander Bilanenko (UKR)	0	—	—	14	—	—	10	—	24
56	Pavol Hurajt (SVK)	—	0	—	—	—	4	—	18	22
57	Simon Desthieux (FRA)	0	0	12	6	—	—	0	4	22
58	Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)	—	—	—	2	19	0	0	—	21
59	Ivan Joller (SUI)	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	0	20
60	Aleksandr Pechenkin (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	19
61	Jarkko Kauppinen (FIN)	—	3	—	—	14	0	0	—	17
62	Yan Savitskiy (KAZ)	—	—	—	9	8	0	—	0	17
63	Daniel Böhm (GER)	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	15	16
64	Johannes Kühn (GER)	—	—	15	0	0	—	—	—	15
65	Scott Perras (CAN)	5	0	10	—	0	—	0	—	15
66	Artem Pryma (UKR)	0	0	1	0	—	5	—	8	14
67	Tobias Arwidson (SWE)	7	—	5	—	—	—	—	0	12
68	Evgeny Abramenko (BLR)	—	0	0	0	—	—	9	—	9
69	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	9	—	—	0	—	—	0	—	9
70	Simon Hallenbarter (SUI)	—	9	—	0	0	—	—	—	9
71	Leif Nordgren (USA)	0	—	—	0	3	0	0	6	9
72	Milanko Petrović (SRB)	—	—	—	1	—	0	6	—	7
73	Tomas Kaukėnas (LTU)	0	—	0	—	—	3	—	3	6
74	Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	5
74	Alexey Slepov (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
76	Marc-André Bédard (CAN)	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	4
76	Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	4
78	Indrek Tobreluts (EST)	—	—	3	—	0	—	—	0	3
79	Miroslav Matiaško (SVK)	—	—	2	—	—	0	—	—	2
80	Christoph Stephan (GER)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
81	Christoffer Eriksson (SWE)	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	1
82	Dušan Šimočko (SVK)	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	1	1
83	Benedikt Döll (GER)	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	0	1
84	Edgars Piksons (LAT)	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1

References

1. To be precise; the pursuit competition start intervals are determined by common rounding to the nearest whole second of the biathletes' time differences from the previous race – the amount of time each biathlete lagged after the winner to the finish line.
2. Pursuit Men Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine