2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at December 9, 2013 in Hochfilzen and will finish March 22, 2014 in Holmenkollen. 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.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. The contestants ski a distance of over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of . 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.

2012-13 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade 388Silver: Emil Hegle Svendsen 287Bronze: Anton Shipulin 247

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeHochfilzendetailsMartin Fourcade 32.43.3(0+0+1+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 32.51.0(0+0+1+0)Tarjei Bø 33.00.9(1+0+1+0)AnnecydetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø31:43.7(0+1+0+0)Erik Lesser32:21.2(0+0+0+0)Anton Shipulin32:22.8(0+0+1+0)OberhofdetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 34:47.7(1+0+0+0)Ole Einar Bjørndalen35:23.3(0+0+0+2)Martin Fourcade35:47.7(0+0+1+1)RuhpoldingdetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 32:38.2(0+0+0+0)Jakov Fak 32:56.2(0+0+0+0)Evgeniy Garanichev 32:59.6(1+0+0+0)Antholzdetails Simon Schempp31:20.6(1+0+1+0)Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 31:22.1(0+0+0+1)Henrik L'Abée-Lund 31:25.4(0+0+2+0)PokljukadetailsAnton Shipulin 31:02.8(1+0+0+0)Björn Ferry 31:11.4(1+1+0+0)Ole Einar Bjørndalen 31:30.2(0+1+0+1) KontiolahtidetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø33:37.1(0+0+1+4)Martin Fourcade33:53.4(0+0+2+1)Björn Ferry33:57.5(0+0+1+2)HolmenkollendetailsSimon Eder32:23.4(0+0+0+0)Alexander Loginov32:36.1(0+0+0+1)Björn Ferry32:44.1(0+0+0+1)

Standings # Name HOC ANN OBE RUH ANT POK KON HOL TotalPursuit Men 1 60 24 48 — 32 36 54 40 294 2 18 28 18 43 20 34 14 60 235 3 24 48 36 15 — 60 26 25 234 4 5 21 — 19 38 54 48 48 233 5 — 60 38 23 — 14 60 29 224 6 38 22 19 30 60 — 32 17 218 7 54 — 60 60 — 21 0 21 216 8 2 19 32 36 34 40 34 8 205 9 40 — 54 — 43 48 — 9 194 10 25 — — 54 24 38 16 34 191 11 32 10 43 22 — 32 38 14 191 12 30 0 29 3 40 22 29 36 189 13 29 27 26 32 — 43 22 — 179 14 11 26 — 20 29 31 27 27 171 15 31 7 22 — 54 19 8 19 160 16 — 38 16 27 — — 17 54 152 17 36 17 — 34 12 — 30 18 147 18 7 32 0 48 16 0 11 32 146 19 13 23 — 21 3 29 28 28 145 20 43 — 31 28 — 27 10 0 139 21 22 18 23 24 — 12 — 38 137 22 48 — 28 38 — 18 — — 132 23 0 29 27 26 28 7 0 12 129 24 14 34 — 25 15 5 31 0 124 25 28 — 21 18 8 25 — 23 123 26 — 31 3 0 21 20 25 22 122 27 12 15 24 10 19 8 23 6 117 28 0 43 — — — 9 12 43 107 29 20 25 — 7 — 28 24 — 104 30 1 0 11 29 — 30 0 31 102 # Name HOC ANN OBE RUH ANT POK KON HOL Total 31 — 54 — 12 25 — 4 3 98 32 15 40 34 0 5 — 0 2 96 33 26 14 25 17 14 — — — 96 34 — — 20 40 31 0 — — 91 35 34 11 14 31 — — — — 90 36 23 0 0 16 — 11 9 30 89 37 6 — — 0 36 24 20 — 86 38 27 20 — — — — 18 20 85 39 8 30 — 5 4 6 15 16 84 40 — 3 17 0 — 23 40 — 83 41 4 12 12 4 48 — — — 80 42 — — — — — — 43 26 69 43 — 36 30 — — — — 1 67 44 — 16 — — 13 26 0 4 59 45 0 — — — 23 15 21 0 59 46 16 0 — — — 17 13 11 57 47 — — 40 14 — — — — 54 48 — 4 0 0 27 — 0 15 46 49 17 — 10 — — 16 1 — 44 50 — — — — — 3 36 0 39 51 — — 6 — — 0 6 24 36 52 19 9 7 0 — — — — 35 53 — 1 — — 22 — — 10 33 54 — — — 0 — 13 19 0 32 55 — — — — 30 — — — 30 56 21 0 — — — 1 2 5 29 57 0 0 — — 26 0 0 0 26 58 9 8 — 9 — — — — 26 59 — — 15 2 — 2 5 0 24 60 — 6 — — 17 — — — 23 # Name HOC ANN OBE RUH ANT POK KON HOL Total 61 — — — — 18 — — — 18 62 — 5 0 13 — — — — 18 63 — — 0 0 — 10 7 — 17 64 10 — 5 — — — — 0 15 65 0 — 13 — 0 — — — 13 66 — — 0 — — — — 13 13 67 — 13 — — — — — — 13 68 — — — — 6 — — 7 13 69 0 0 — 11 0 — — — 11 70 — 0 — — 11 — — — 11 71 0 — — 0 10 — — — 10 72 — 0 0 1 9 — — — 10 73 — 0 9 — — 0 0 0 9 74 — 0 — 8 — — — — 8 75 — — 8 — — — — — 8 76 — — — — 7 — — — 7 77 — 0 — 6 — — — — 6 78 — 2 — — — — 0 3 5 79 0 0 0 — — 4 — 0 4 80 — — 4 — — — — — 4 81 3 0 — — — — — — 3 82 — — 2 — 0 0 — — 2 83 — — — — 2 — — — 2 84 — — 1 0 — — — — 1 85 — — — 0 1 — — — 1

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