The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 4 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Saturday 18 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Martin Fourcade of France.

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.

2015–16 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 391Silver: Anton Shipulin 300Bronze: Johannes Thingnes Bø 278

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Anton Babikov 31:22.3 Maxim Tsvetkov 31:32.8 Martin Fourcade 31:37.5 Pokljukadetails Martin Fourcade 30:27.4 Emil Hegle Svendsen 30:33.4 Anton Shipulin 30:33.6 Nové Městodetails Martin Fourcade 32:53.6 Anton Shipulin 33:23.8 Quentin Fillon Maillet 33:31.9 Oberhofdetails Martin Fourcade 36:45.7 Arnd Peiffer 37:55.6 Dominik Windisch 38:18.1 Ruhpoldingdetails Martin Fourcade 33:57.5 Emil Hegle Svendsen 34:15.8 Michal Krčmář 34:17.0 World Championshipsdetails Martin Fourcade 30:16.9 Johannes Thingnes Bø 30:39.7 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 30:42.5 Pyeongchangdetails Martin Fourcade 31:24.2 Anton Shipulin 31:58.7 Julian Eberhard 32:00.9 Kontiolahtidetails Arnd Peiffer 30:35.0 Simon Eder 30:35.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen 30:37.3 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Anton Shipulin 32:11.9 Martin Fourcade 32:17.6 Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:33.5

Standings # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total Men's Pursuit 1 48 60 60 60 60 60 60 40 54 502 2 34 48 54 25 43 43 54 31 60 392 3 43 29 15 54 40 22 20 60 15 298 4 31 43 40 — 26 54 — 36 48 278 5 25 54 DNS 43 54 DNS — 48 25 249 6 32 40 43 21 36 31 — — 30 233 7 14 20 28 22 28 34 48 DNS 38 232 8 18 25 10 DNS — 29 43 54 36 215 9 16 12 16 48 30 16 19 17 26 200 10 40 30 17 40 18 13 28 — 13 199 11 26 23 32 — 15 38 32 14 18 198 12 8 19 26 17 19 30 34 21 23 197 13 36 31 31 13 48 — 0 9 28 196 14 11 15 30 — 16 21 40 29 32 194 15 23 27 0 20 4 40 — 43 34 191 16 20 14 — 11 38 20 36 18 29 186 17 29 32 29 4 7 48 22 12 DNS 183 18 30 2 34 26 24 28 30 — 1 175 19 10 — 36 — 31 4 27 32 31 171 20 54 34 27 31 2 — 21 DNS — 169 21 1 13 11 29 3 DNS 31 38 40 166 22 60 7 7 38 DNS 2 26 DNS 17 157 23 27 26 18 — — 14 38 29 DNF 152 24 2 38 38 27 10 10 — 19 — 144 25 28 11 24 — 23 27 11 20 — 144 26 DNF 21 48 16 9 19 16 DNF 14 143 27 19 22 22 36 — 11 17 8 7 142 28 17 18 14 32 14 — 8 5 20 128 29 — — 19 24 29 23 DNS 11 12 118 30 0 16 4 — 11 36 6 25 19 117 # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total 31 22 — — 34 20 — 24 — 16 116 32 0 17 20 12 0 26 4 0 24 103 33 0 24 — 30 21 0 0 10 10 95 34 3 — 2 0 22 24 — 0 43 94 35 38 0 — — 25 — 25 — 6 94 36 24 36 9 — DNS — — 22 0 91 37 — — — — — 32 — 30 27 89 38 — — — 14 — — 29 34 11 88 39 7 0 13 19 32 0 — 13 — 84 40 13 28 6 — 5 — — 24 — 76 41 4 9 25 1 34 — — — — 73 42 21 6 23 — 0 — 0 15 2 67 43 15 — 0 23 27 — — — — 65 44 0 0 12 — 0 15 15 — 9 51 45 5 — — — — — 18 27 0 50 46 6 0 — 15 17 9 — — — 47 47 12 DNF — 18 8 — 0 6 0 44 48 — 10 — — — 18 9 4 — 41 49 0 8 0 0 13 12 0 7 0 40 50 — 0 0 — DNF 25 3 1 3 32 51 — — — — — — — 26 4 30 52 — 0 — 5 0 1 23 0 0 29 53 0 1 — 0 — — 12 16 — 29 54 — — — 28 — — 0 0 — 28 55 0 — 8 — 12 — 5 — — 25 56 — — — — 0 0 — 23 0 23 57 — — — — — — — — 22 22 58 — — 21 — — — — — 0 21 59 — — — — — — — — 21 21 60 — 0 0 — — 17 — — — 17 # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total 61 — 3 — — — — 14 — — 17 62 — — — — — — 7 — 8 15 63 — — 0 0 6 8 0 DNS — 14 64 — — — — — 0 13 0 — 13 65 — — 5 6 0 — — — — 11 66 — — — 10 — — 0 — — 10 67 — 0 — — — — 10 — — 10 68 9 — — — 0 0 — — — 9 69 — — — 9 — — — — — 9 70 0 0 — 8 1 0 0 — 0 9 71 0 0 3 — — 5 — 0 — 8 72 — — — 0 — 7 0 — — 7 73 — — LAP 7 — — — — — 7 74 — — — — — 6 — — — 6 75 — — — — — — — — 5 5 75 — 5 — — — — — — — 5 77 0 4 0 — — 0 0 — — 4 78 0 — DNS 3 — — 0 0 DNS 3 79 — — — — — — — 3 0 3 80 — 0 — — — 3 — — DNS 3 81 — 0 0 — — DNF 2 — 0 2 82 — — 0 2 — — — — 0 2 83 0 — — — — — — 2 0 2 84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 — — 1 85 — — — — — — 1 — — 1

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