2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men Explained

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on 5 December 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 20 March 2021 in Östersund

Competition format

The 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 penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

2019–20 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Émilien Jacquelin	232
Silver:	Martin Fourcade	230
Bronze:	Quentin Fillon Maillet	230

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Kontiolahti (2) details	Sebastian Samuelsson	32:26.7 (0+0+0+1)	Fabien Claude	32:42.5 (2+1+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	32:46.2 (0+0+1+2)
Hochfilzen details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	32:38.7 (0+0+0+0)	Émilien Jacquelin	33:04.2 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Dale	33:28.2 (1+0+1+0)
Hochfilzen (2) details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	32:38.7 (0+0+1+0)	Émilien Jacquelin	31:23.4 (1+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	31:23.8 (0+0+1+0)
Oberhof details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	32:38.7 (0+1+0+1)	Johannes Dale	32:17.4 (0+0+0+2)	Tarjei Bø	32:27.2 (0+0+0+3)
World Championships details	Émilien Jacquelin	31:22.1	Sebastian Samuelsson	31:29.4	Johannes Thingnes Bø	31:30.2
Nové Město details	Tarjei Bø	28:17.3 (1+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	28:25.5 (2+0+0+0)	Simon Desthieux	28:28.8 (0+2+0+0)
Nové Město (2) details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	28:46.7 (1+1+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	28:54.7 (1+0+0+1)	Émilien Jacquelin	29:01.2 (0+0+1+0)
Östersund details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	32:40.5 (1+0+1+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	33:03.1 (0+0+0+3)	Lukas Hofer	33:12.9 (1+0+2+1)

Standings

6 of 8 competitions scored ^[1]

	Name									Total
1		43	38	60	60	38	40	43	60	306
2		48	43	48	34	48	54	54	54	306
3		34	54	54	28	60	36	48	27	286
4		31	60	34	–	43	38	60	14	266
5		60	31	24	36	54	29	21	43	253
6		29	36	36	48	27	60	38	31	249
7		32	48	38	54	30	6	32	13	234
8		54	40	27	43	29	0	25	24	218
9		26	5	30	32	40	48	29	32	211
10		25	24	15	40	26	30	40	48	209
11		38	19	31	38	6	43	34	25	209
12		27	23	40	29	28	7	22	38	185
13		28	34	32	16	32	4	26	30	182
14		36	29	43	–	–	3	30	36	177
15		40	30	28	22	10	34	17	5	171
16		22	25	21	30	–	26	27	40	170
17		12	32	25	4	20	20	36	0	145
18		13	22	23	25	24	17	31	0	142
19		17	20	19	24	25	22	24	26	141
20		23	–	17	31	21	31	14	–	137
21		20	17	12	19	36	18	20	23	136
22		21	14	7	–	19	27	28	20	129
23		18	18	29	21	–	15	2	18	119
24		3	–	20	DNS	13	32	18	28	114
25		0	26	26	10	12	23	8	0	105
26		6	28	–	3	0	25	4	34	100
27		–	27	16	0	–	0	9	29	81
28		9	11	9	0	31	19	–	–	79
29		8	6	10	27	11	10	3	–	72
30		5	12	8	15	7	0	0	22	69
	Name									Total
31		2	0	14	26	0	24	0	0	66
32		15	0	2	11	34	DNS	DNS	–	62
33		–	0	13	20	5	11	12	1	62
34		–	16	5	17	22	0	0	0	60
35		4	15	0	0	9	8	16	7	59
36		14	13	–	–	–	–	10	21	58
37		0	7	11	18	17	–	–	0	53
38		–	–	–	–	–	28	23	0	51
39		0	–	–	1	–	21	5	17	44
40		–	4	–	0	18	13	7	0	42
41		–	–	18	–	–	–	–	19	37
42		11	–	–	14	3	9	–	0	37
43		10	8	0	0	4	–	–	12	34
44		–	21	–	12	–	–	–	–	33
45		–	–	–	–	23	–	–	8	31
46		0	–	–	0	15	0	–	16	31
47		30	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	30
48		24	DNS	3	–	–	–	–	–	27
49		–	–	–	–	–	12	–	15	27
50		16	9	0	–	0	–	–	–	25
51		0	0	0	5	–	14	6	–	25
52		–	–	–	–	–	5	19	–	24
53		–	0	0	23	–	–	–	–	23
54		–	0	22	0	0	1	0	–	23
55		19	0	0	–	0	2	0	–	21
56		–	–	–	7	–	0	11	2	20
57		0	–	–	–	16	–	0	3	19
58		–	–	–	–	–	16	–	0	16
59		0	0	–	6	–	0	0	10	16
60		–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0	15
	Name									Total
61		–	–	0	0	14	LAP	0	–	14
62		0	10	4	–	0	–	–	–	14
63		–	–	–	–	0	0	13	–	13
64		0	–	0	13	–	–	0	0	13
65		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	11
66		–	0	6	–	–	–	–	4	10
67		0	–	0	9	0	–	–	–	9
68		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	9
69		–	–	1	0	8	0	–	–	9
70		–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	8
71		7	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
72		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
73		0	3	–	–	0	–	–	–	3
74		–	–	–	2	–	–	0	–	2
75		0	2	–	0	–	–	–	–	2
76		–	–	–	–	2	–	–	DNS	2
77		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1
78		–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	1
79		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
79		–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

Notes and References

1. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2021/BT/SWRL/SMPU.pdf Men's Pursuit standings