2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Thursday March 19, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Martin Fourcade of France successfully defended his title.

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 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2013–14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade400Silver: Arnd Peiffer 286Bronze: Johannes Thingnes Bø277

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsMartin Fourcade 24:46.6(0+0)Ondřej Moravec 25:14.9(0+0)Jakov Fak 25:15.3(0+0)HochfilzendetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 24:34.9(0+0)Simon Schempp 24:49.2(0+0)Andreas Birnbacher 24:52.8(0+0)PokljukadetailsAnton Shipulin 23:18.6(0+0)Dominik Landertinger 23:30.5(0+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 23:42.7(0+0)OberhofdetailsMartin Fourcade 27:02.5(1+0)Ole Einar Bjørndalen 27:06.9(0+1)Timofey Lapshin 27:20.0(0+1)RuhpoldingdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 23:59.2(0+0)Simon Schempp 24:23.7(0+0)Arnd Peiffer 24:57.1(0+1)AntholzdetailsSimon Schempp 23:18.8(0+0)Evgeniy Garanichev 23:32.8(0+0)Jakov Fak 23:38.9(0+1)Nové MěstodetailsJakov Fak 24:09.9(0+0)Simon Schempp 24:22.7(0+0)Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 24:35.9(0+0)HolmenkollendetailsArnd Peiffer 24:57.0(0+0)Martin Fourcade 25:00.3(0+0)Anton Shipulin 25:12.4(0+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 24:12.8(0+1)Nathan Smith 24:24.9(0+1)Tarjei Bø 24:38.1(0+0)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsMartin Fourcade 23:47.0(0+0)Anton Shipulin 24:00.0(0+0)Benedikt Doll 24:05.3(0+1)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK OBE RUH ANT NOV HOL WCH KHA TotalSprint Men 1 60 36 43 60 15 16 43 54 29 60 416 2 38 30 60 0 43 36 38 48 23 54 370 3 30 54 38 11 54 60 54 28 0 25 354 4 48 40 17 25 27 48 60 22 27 23 337 5 1 60 31 43 60 10 31 34 60 0 330 6 40 7 40 0 18 54 22 31 38 8 258 7 54 31 23 16 28 31 0 36 32 3 254 8 43 0 21 28 31 — 40 17 36 26 242 9 14 8 0 0 48 30 32 60 11 38 241 10 0 29 14 40 36 43 12 15 28 22 239 11 — — — 34 38 15 21 30 31 48 217 12 29 12 8 15 16 22 28 27 40 15 212 13 32 0 16 6 6 0 36 19 54 40 209 14 34 1 — 54 26 32 6 — 22 32 207 15 27 26 28 5 32 11 30 11 — 30 200 16 17 11 0 22 19 23 18 9 43 34 196 17 36 32 48 — 29 13 0 — 5 28 191 18 21 3 27 0 17 24 48 20 2 29 191 19 28 17 0 38 40 20 – 0 0 43 186 20 0 22 24 27 24 27 5 14 34 7 184 21 31 16 30 29 11 34 15 10 0 0 176 22 11 43 54 — 0 0 29 32 2 — 171 23 19 48 3 21 0 4 23 43 — — 161 24 5 0 18 4 20 21 26 7 21 36 158 25 26 38 36 — — 0 0 — 48 0 148 26 — 0 34 25 4 12 20 38 3 0 136 27 20 34 12 18 3 26 – 6 7 1 127 28 — 0 7 — 25 40 19 2 20 11 124 29 3 24 9 32 34 0 0 0 0 21 123 30 0 25 0 48 2 25 – 0 14 0 114 31 10 18 32 0 — — 1 23 — 27 111 32 18 24 25 7 0 9 — 0 24 0 107 33 25 15 0 14 30 17 — 3 — — 104 34 13 9 0 — — 0 34 26 15 5 102 35 — 6 5 0 0 14 13 25 13 24 100 36 24 28 15 0 0 0 3 0 26 0 96 37 0 4 22 10 10 0 17 0 30 DNF 93 38 4 0 0 30 21 — 0 0 25 12 92 39 0 5 0 — — 28 27 29 0 — 89 40 9 27 10 17 0 0 – 24 0 0 87 41 — — 19 19 22 — 14 DNS — 2 76 42 16 21 0 3 0 7 0 — 8 13 68 43 — — — — 23 38 0 0 6 0 67 44 0 0 2 23 13 8 0 4 0 16 66 45 0 0 29 8 7 2 – 0 18 0 64 46 15 0 0 26 0 DNS 17 0 0 4 62 47 7 0 26 — 0 7 – 1 17 0 58 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 12 0 20 57 49 22 14 0 — — 19 0 0 0 0 55 50 — — — — 0 29 0 0 0 19 48 51 23 19 0 — — 5 — — — — 47 52 0 10 13 0 9 0 7 8 — — 47 53 — 0 0 36 — 0 – 0 10 — 46 54 0 0 0 31 12 0 0 0 — 0 43 55 — 2 — — — — – 40 — 0 42 56 0 0 — 9 5 0 2 0 20 0 36 57 — — 4 — — — — — — 31 35 58 — 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 12 9 34 59 — 0 6 0 0 18 9 0 0 0 33 60 0 — — — 0 0 11 21 0 — 32 61 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 28 62 — — — — 0 0 24 — — 0 24 63 — — 0 — – 0 4 13 — 6 23 64 0 20 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 20 64 0 0 — 20 0 0 — 0 0 0 20 64 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 20 67 — — — — 14 0 — 5 0 — 19 68 — — — — — — 0 18 — 0 18 68 0 — — — — — — — — 18 18 70 — — — 1 0 — — — — 17 18 71 — — — — 1 0 0 0 16 — 17 72 — — — — — — 0 16 — — 16 73 0 — 1 0 — — 0 0 5 10 16 74 12 0 0 — — 3 – 0 — 0 15 75 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 14 14 76 0 0 0 12 0 — — — 0 DNS 12 77 — — 11 0 — — — — — — 11 78 — — — — – – 10 0 0 0 10 79 — — — — 9 0 — — 0 0 9 80 8 0 0 0 — 0 – 0 — 0 8 80 — — 0 — – – 8 0 0 — 8 82 2 0 — 0 — — — — — — 2 82 — 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 84 — — — — 0 1 0 0 0 — 1

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