The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 3 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is 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.

2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 502Silver: Anton Shipulin 392Bronze: Arnd Peiffer 298

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Martin Fourcade 30:12.2 Jakov Fak 30:53.0 Quentin Fillon Maillet 30:54.3 Hochfilzendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 36:41.1 Jakov Fak 37:39.9 Martin Fourcade 37:51.1 Annecydetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:52.7 Martin Fourcade 33:54.1 Anton Shipulin 34:03.2 Oberhofdetails Martin Fourcade 32:23.6 Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:29.9 Tarjei Bø 32:54.5 Antholz-AnterselvadetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø31:14.4(0+0+0+0)Martin Fourcade 32:14.9(1+0+0+0)Anton Shipulin 32:32.9(1+0+0+0) Oslo Holmenkollendetails Martin Fourcade 31:31.6(1+0+1+0)Lukas Hofer 31:49.7(1+0+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:04.1(1+2+0+1) TyumendetailsMartin Fourcade 32:09.7(0+0+0+1)Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:57.6(0+0+1+0)Lukas Hofer 33:18.1(0+0+0+0)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total Men's Pursuit 1 60 48 54 60 54 60 60 396 2 28 60 60 54 60 48 54 364 3 34 32 48 29 48 36 27 254 4 30 36 36 38 5 54 48 247 5 26 28 30 31 43 31 38 227 6 38 31 24 21 32 23 28 197 7 54 54 28 30 DNS 22 7 195 8 22 40 21 48 12 29 21 193 9 27 13 32 — 36 38 34 180 10 3 27 38 25 34 30 20 177 11 10 19 25 36 29 32 19 170 12 15 14 34 32 26 34 14 168 13 29 34 — 17 18 40 29 167 14 40 25 0 26 — 21 43 155 15 18 38 — 0 21 43 32 152 16 25 43 40 DNS DNS 6 26 140 17 48 29 — 1 28 14 16 136 18 36 30 DNS 12 31 17 8 134 19 21 18 22 — 23 26 24 134 20 43 — — 43 40 — — 126 21 31 26 9 — 4 16 40 126 22 — — 29 14 22 20 36 121 23 6 0 43 23 9 — 30 121 24 — 7 31 — 30 7 25 100 25 7 21 18 0 27 2 17 92 26 — — 26 0 24 19 23 92 27 12 15 17 — 2 27 18 91 28 24 5 27 — 6 13 — 75 29 2 16 19 34 — 0 — 71 30 — 23 — 40 3 3 — 69 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total 31 8 22 16 15 8 — — 69 32 11 — 5 18 — 28 — 62 33 0 — 15 27 20 0 — 62 34 19 0 0 28 0 12 — 59 35 — 24 11 — — 24 — 59 36 13 DNS — 0 38 — 6 57 37 — — — 22 1 25 5 53 38 20 0 12 20 — 0 — 52 39 16 0 0 7 13 — 15 51 40 32 — — — 16 — — 48 41 17 — — 16 — 15 — 48 42 5 20 — — — 0 22 47 43 — — — 8 19 18 DNS 45 44 — 2 20 11 — 11 0 44 45 — — 7 — 26 8 0 41 46 23 0 — 5 — — 9 37 47 — — — 24 — 0 11 35 48 — — 23 10 — — — 33 49 0 4 3 2 14 10 — 33 50 DNF DNS 10 19 DNF — 3 32 51 — — — — — — 31 31 52 0 9 — — 15 0 — 24 53 14 — — — — 9 0 23 54 4 1 DNS — 17 — — 22 55 1 11 0 0 — 0 10 22 56 0 17 4 — — — — 21 57 — — — — — 5 13 18 58 0 0 14 0 — 0 — 14 59 — — 13 0 — 0 1 14 60 0 — 8 6 — — — 14 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total 61 — — — 13 — — — 13 62 0 12 0 — — — — 12 63 — — — — — — 12 12 64 — 0 — 0 11 — 0 11 65 0 10 — — — — — 10 66 — — — — 10 — — 10 67 — 0 DNS 9 0 0 0 9 68 9 — 0 0 — — — 9 69 0 8 — 0 — — — 8 70 — 0 — — 7 — — 7 71 — 0 6 — — — — 6 72 — 6 0 — — — — 6 73 0 — 0 4 — — — 4 74 — 0 0 — — 0 4 4 75 — — 0 — — 4 0 4 76 0 3 0 — DNS 0 — 3 77 — — 0 3 LAP — — 3 78 — — — — — — 2 2 78 — — 2 — — — — 2 80 — — 0 — 0 1 — 1 81 — — 1 — 0 — — 1

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