2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men Explained

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 19 March 2021 in Östersund

Competition format

The 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 . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2019–20 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	360
Silver:	Quentin Fillon Maillet	324
Bronze:	Johannes Thingnes Bø	323

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Kontiolahti details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	23:53.0 (0+0)	Sebastian Samuelsson	24:37.1 (1+0)	Martin Ponsiluoma	24:40.9 (1+0)
Kontiolahti (2) details	Tarjei Bø	24:03.7 (0+0)	Arnd Peiffer	24:17.6 (0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	24:33.1 (1+0)
Hochfilzen details	Johannes Dale	23:32.5 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	23:49.6 (0+0)	Fabien Claude	24:01.5 (0+1)
Hochfilzen (2) details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	23:04.9 (0+0)	Johannes Dale	23:12.8 (0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	23:24.8 (2+0)
Oberhof details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	25:12.0 (0+1)	Tarjei Bø	25:22.8 (0+0)	Sturla Holm Lægreid	25:33.6 (0+0)
Oberhof (2) details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	24:43.6 (0+0)	Sturla Holm Lægreid	24:56.0 (0+0)	Arnd Peiffer	25:11.5 (0+0)
World Championships details	Martin Ponsiluoma	24:41.1 (0+0)	Simon Desthieux	24:52.3 (0+0)	Émilien Jacquelin	24:54.0 (1+0)
Nové Město details	Simon Desthieux	22:58.0 (0+0)	Sebastian Samuelsson	23:00.4 (0+0)	Arnd Peiffer	23:02.4 (0+0)
Nové Město (2) details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	22:07.2 (0+0)	Tarjei Bø	22:18.5 (0+0)	Lukas Hofer	22:22.0 (0+0)
Östersund details	Lukas Hofer	22:27.1	Sebastian Samuelsson	22:31.1 (0+0)	Tarjei Bø	22:41.5 (0+0)

Standings

7 of 10 competitions scored ^[1]

	Name	KON										Total
1		60	48	43	48	60	60	40	30	32	36	359
2		23	19	32	60	48	54	36	43	40	38	319
3		26	60	30	27	54	28	32	40	54	48	318
4		54	23	40	40	23	23	34	54	36	54	312
5		28	36	60	54	40	40	43	23	34	34	307
6		38	11	54	36	0	34	38	36	60	40	302
7		30	27	0	26	43	38	28	20	48	60	274
8		24	29	0	23	36	14	54	60	20	43	269
9		48	32	26	32	38	32	60	21	27	27	269
10		34	2	38	34	27	27	48	34	43	17	258
11		36	54	DNS	19	0	48	5	48	28	–	238
12		40	38	13	30	29	24	6	32	31	9	224
13		43	26	36	43	0	25	–	17	21	29	223
14		9	34	34	18	26	30	2	38	26	10	206
15		32	25	31	0	16	43	0	27	22	8	196
16		21	0	20	11	30	26	31	31	16	18	177
17		16	30	48	29	34	0	0	0	19	0	176
18		15	20	27	0	19	15	27	28	38	0	174
19		19	43	15	25	32	17	0	5	15	12	166
20		3	0	28	16	20	0	25	13	30	28	160
21		27	8	9	3	25	31	22	7	25	20	159
22		29	7	21	24	22	20	15	18	24	15	158
23		25	31	10	9	–	–	30	2	29	23	157
24		0	6	0	38	0	36	18	26	6	7	137
25		7	6	17	15	7	0	8	19	23	24	113
26		0	24	29	0	4	22	0	11	0	21	111
27		13	12	8	22	13	DNS	23	9	18	5	110
28		18	0	5	0	1	29	26	24	DNS	–	103
28		12	28	0	13	28	0	9	0	5	2	97
30		17	40	16	–	–	21	–	–	–	–	94
	Name	KON										Total
31		6	14	24	0	–	0	–	0	14	31	89
32		–	–	12	28	0	0	–	4	11	30	85
33		0	10	25	10	0	10	13	15	1	0	84
34		4	0	19	20	24	0	3	0	0	6	76
35		0	15	22	0	5	18	10	0	0	0	70
36		11	0	0	0	–	0	29	0	8	19	67
37		0	16	0	4	12	0	24	10	0	0	66
38		0	21	11	2	11	0	21	0	0	0	66
39		–	0	0	0	10	19	7	0	13	14	63
40		20	4	7	31	–	–	0	–	–	–	62
41		0	1	0	0	3	–	0	16	0	32	52
42		2	22	0	8	0	0	17	0	0	1	50
43		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	10	16	50
44		14	0	0	0	21	14	0	0	0	0	49
45		31	0	3	14	–	0	0	0	0	–	48
46		10	0	0	5	31	0	–	–	–	–	46
47		1	3	0	0	0	7	19	14	0	0	44
48		8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	43
49		–	–	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	25	42
50		22	13	6	0	–	1	0	DNF	0	0	42
51		–	0	4	0	15	6	14	0	2	0	41
52		–	–	18	0	18	0	–	–	0	0	36
53		0	0	23	0	0	–	12	–	–	–	35
54		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	22	34
55		0	0	1	0	6	5	0	12	9	0	33
56		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	0	0	29
57		–	–	0	0	–	–	0	25	3	0	28
58		–	–	–	–	14	11	–	0	0	0	25
59		0	0	0	0	0	4	16	0	4	0	24
60		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	11	23
	Name	KON										Total
61		0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22
62		–	0	0	21	–	0	0	0	0	0	21
63		0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	21
64		0	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	20
65		–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
66		0	17	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	–	17
67		–	–	–	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	17
68		–	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0	13	16
69		0	0	0	6	0	9	–	0	0	0	15
70		–	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
71		0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	14
72		0	0	0	0	–	–	11	0	0	0	11
73		0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	10
74		–	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	8
75		–	–	–	–	–	–	0	8	0	0	8
76		–	–	–	–	8	0	–	–	0	0	8
77		–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	7	0	7
78		–	0	0	7	0	–	0	–	–	–	7
79		–	–	–	–	0	0	–	6	0	0	6
80		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
81		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
82		–	–	–	–	0	3	–	0	0	0	3
83		–	–	2	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	2
84		0	–	0	–	0	–	0	1	0	0	1

Notes and References

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