2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start on Sunday December 2, 2012 in Östersund and will finish Sunday March 17, 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending title 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.

2011-12 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade384Silver: Emil Hegle Svendsen 348Bronze: Arnd Peiffer257

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsMartin Fourcade 33:03.5(0+0+1+0)Andreas Birnbacher 33:04.2(0+0+1+0)Anton Shipulin 33:06.8(0+0+1+0)HochfilzendetailsJakov Fak 34:14.8(0+0+1+1)Dmitry Malyshko 34:15.7(0+0+0+1)Martin Fourcade 34:23.4(0+2+0+1)PokljukadetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 32:49.2 (0+0+0+1)Ondřej Moravec 32:53.0(0+0+0+1)Martin Fourcade 33:06.6(0+0+0+2)OberhofdetailsDmitry Malyshko 32:22.9(0+0+0+0)Evgeniy Garanichev33:05.0(0+0+0+1)Ondřej Moravec33:12.8(0+0+0+0)AntholzdetailsAnton Shipulin 31:24.2(0+1+1+0)Jakov Fak 31:46.8(0+0+1+0)Daniel Mesotitsch 31:50.0(1+0+0+0)Biathlon World Championships 2013detailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 32:35.5(0+0+0+1)Martin Fourcade 32:35.6(0+1+1+0)Anton Shipulin 32:39.1(0+0+1+0)HolmenkollendetailsMartin Fourcade 33:48.2(0+1+0+1)Tarjei Bø 34:15.9(0+2+0+1)Alexandr Loginov 34:23.7(0+2+0+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsChristoph Sumann 34:47.9(0+0+0+0)Simon Fourcade 35:23.6(0+0+0+0)Martin Fourcade 35:28.3(1+1+2+1)Michal Šlesingr 35:28.3(0+0+1+2)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK OBE ANT WCH HOL KHA TotalPursuit Men 1 60 48 48 27 43 54 60 48 388 2 40 27 60 43 40 60 — 17 287 3 48 38 — 30 60 48 — 23 247 4 16 43 40 29 29 36 36 11 240 5 36 54 22 60 16 43 — — 231 6 24 34 14 — 36 40 30 40 218 7 32 28 43 54 38 13 — 9 217 8 34 32 38 38 23 25 — 25 215 9 4 60 19 8 54 38 31 — 214 10 54 40 28 — — 19 18 22 181 11 30 2 21 21 11 29 38 27 179 12 26 18 36 11 27 9 26 26 179 13 2 26 34 23 32 15 27 20 179 14 — 25 54 48 9 10 13 19 178 15 43 16 — 12 0 20 43 34 168 16 22 36 23 26 — 31 29 — 167 17 14 0 30 31 20 — 21 48 164 18 38 30 — 36 18 34 — — 156 19 20 31 13 0 25 28 7 31 155 20 27 23 25 — 30 32 — 16 153 21 — 22 0 13 28 30 17 36 146 22 23 21 29 5 6 7 — 38 129 23 — — — 24 — 18 32 54 128 24 13 — — — 48 14 23 29 127 25 — — — 19 — 24 54 28 125 26 17 29 0 20 31 — 11 12 120 27 31 13 — 34 — — 40 0 118 28 28 0 26 28 5 27 2 0 116 29 19 12 8 — 13 — 25 32 109 30 29 24 20 — 22 — 14 — 109 31 — 19 24 22 17 — 15 10 107 32 21 15 32 15 0 23 — — 106 33 3 5 17 — — 11 34 24 94 34 12 17 31 — — — 28 0 88 35 11 — 9 — — — — 60 80 36 0 8 0 17 — 22 22 0 69 37 18 20 — — — — — 30 68 38 8 0 11 25 — 21 — — 65 39 — 7 4 32 4 17 0 — 64 40 25 10 — 0 2 26 — — 63 41 10 — 0 40 1 6 — 0 57 42 0 — 7 16 34 — — — 57 43 — 11 6 18 7 0 — 13 55 44 0 0 0 0 12 12 12 14 50 45 15 — 27 7 — — — — 49 46 — — — — — — 48 — 48 47 — 6 0 — 26 16 0 0 48 48 0 — 18 0 10 2 3 7 40 49 — — — — — — 16 21 37 50 — — — 10 24 0 — — 34 51 — 0 0 3 21 8 0 — 32 52 0 — 16 0 15 — — — 31 53 — 4 — — — — 24 — 28 54 6 14 0 — — 0 8 0 28 55 0 — — 14 — — 10 — 24 56 — 0 — — — 4 — 18 22 57 0 0 12 6 — — 0 4 22 58 — — — 2 19 0 0 — 21 59 — — — — — — 20 0 20 60 — — — — — — 19 — 19 61 — 3 — — 14 0 0 — 17 62 — — — 9 8 0 — 0 17 63 — — — — — — 1 15 16 64 — — 15 0 0 — — — 15 65 5 0 10 — 0 — 0 — 15 66 0 0 1 0 — 5 — 8 14 67 7 — 5 — — — — 0 12 68 — 0 0 0 — — 9 — 9 69 9 — — 0 — — 0 — 9 70 — 9 — 0 0 — — — 9 71 0 — — 0 3 0 0 6 9 72 — — — 1 — 0 6 — 7 73 0 — 0 — — 3 — 3 6 74 — — — — — — 5 — 5 74 — — — — — — — 5 5 76 — — — 4 — — — — 4 76 — — — — — — 4 — 4 78 — — 3 — 0 — — 0 3 79 — — 2 — — 0 — — 2 80 — — — — — — — — 2 81 1 0 0 — — — — — 1 82 — — — 0 0 — 0 1 1 83 — 1 — — — — — 0 1 84 — — — — — 1 — — 1

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