2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – mass start men

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – mass start men started on Sunday 18 December 2016 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 19 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 In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.

2015–16 top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 242Silver: Quentin Fillon Maillet 162Bronze: Anton Shipulin 155

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Nové Městodetails Martin Fourcade 36:18.9 Simon Schempp 36:27.2 Anton Babikov 36:28.3 Oberhofdetails Simon Schempp 38:30.9 Erik Lesser 38:31.3 Martin Fourcade 38:31.3 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:04.3 Quentin Fillon Maillet 37:08.0 Anton Shipulin 37:26.0 World Championshipsdetails Simon Schempp 35:38.3 Johannes Thingnes Bø 35:47.3 Simon Eder 35:48.4 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Martin Fourcade 37:32.2 Andrejs Rastorgujevs 37:49.6 Simon Eder 38:04.6

Standings # Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total Men's Mass start 1 60 48 40 40 60 248 2 54 60 36 60 21 231 3 29 27 48 43 30 177 4 28 43 38 23 36 168 5 30 54 34 20 27 165 6 32 — 60 54 4 150 7 36 40 31 16 24 147 8 27 23 20 31 40 141 9 48 34 27 — 31 140 10 14 38 22 32 28 134 11 34 DNF 54 26 18 132 12 — 36 43 6 43 128 13 43 28 16 25 14 126 14 16 — — 48 48 112 15 22 32 6 18 32 110 16 20 — 25 38 26 109 17 23 18 32 22 10 105 18 25 6 29 14 22 96 19 18 30 28 10 6 92 20 24 16 23 8 20 91 21 — 29 — 36 25 90 22 — — 26 30 34 90 23 2 4 14 28 38 86 24 — — 24 34 23 81 25 40 8 18 12 — 78 26 12 — 10 — 54 76 27 31 10 21 — 12 74 28 38 26 — — — 64 29 26 — 30 — — 56 30 — — — 27 29 56 # Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total 31 6 20 — 21 — 47 32 — 31 8 — — 39 33 — — — 29 8 37 34 10 22 — — — 32 35 — 25 — — 2 27 36 — 24 — — — 24 36 — — — 24 — 24 38 — 12 12 — — 24 39 21 — — — — 21 39 — 21 — — — 21 41 — — — — 16 16 42 — 14 — — — 14 43 8 — — — — 8 44 — — 4 — — 4 44 4 — — — — 4 44 — — — 4 — 4 47 — — — 2 — 2 47 — — 2 — — 2

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