2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday 17 December 2017 in Annecy and will finish on Sunday 25 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is 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.

2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 248Silver: Simon Schempp 231Bronze: Anton Shipulin 177

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Annecydetails Martin Fourcade 36:30.3 Johannes Thingnes Bø 36:34.2 Erik Lesser 36:36.5 Ruhpoldingdetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:11.2(0+0+0+1)Martin Fourcade 37:15.7(0+0+2+0)Antonin Guigonnat 37:19.6(0+0+0+0) Antholz-AnterselvadetailsMartin Fourcade 40:18.6 Tarjei Bø 40:21.4 Erlend Bjøntegaard 40:23.7 Kontiolahtidetails Julian Eberhard38:04.8(0+0+1+1)Martin Fourcade 38:11.7(2+0+0+0)Anton Shipulin 38:24.1(0+1+0+0) TyumendetailsMaxim Tsvetkov37:37.3(0+0+0+0)Erlend Bjøntegaard37:40.0(0+0+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:53.9(1+0+1+0)

Standings # Name ANN RUH ANT KON TYU Total Men's Mass start 1 60 54 60 54 22 250 2 54 60 38 22 48 222 3 23 32 43 43 43 184 4 30 40 54 21 38 183 5 43 26 32 48 25 174 6 48 23 24 40 32 167 7 38 36 22 38 31 165 8 34 31 29 29 30 153 9 31 — 48 8 54 141 10 21 43 20 31 24 139 11 24 30 31 20 29 134 12 36 4 34 36 21 131 13 18 48 16 30 18 130 14 26 27 12 28 36 129 15 29 29 26 — 20 104 16 27 22 — 26 28 103 17 — 24 4 60 12 100 18 4 2 30 23 40 99 19 — 12 40 4 34 90 20 32 8 23 — 27 90 21 — 25 25 34 — 84 22 28 — 14 16 26 84 23 20 — — — 60 80 24 40 — 28 10 2 80 25 12 38 — 25 4 79 26 25 16 10 12 10 73 27 — 6 27 32 — 65 28 8 21 8 18 8 63 29 — 14 36 — — 50 30 22 — — — 23 45 31 16 — — 27 — 43 32 — 18 — 24 — 42 33 — 20 18 — — 38 34 — 34 — — — 34 35 — 28 — — — 28 36 — — 21 — — 21 37 6 — — 14 — 20 38 — — — — 16 16 39 14 — — — 14 39 — — — — 14 14 41 10 — — — — 10 41 — 10 — — — 10 43 — — — 6 — 6 43 — — — — 6 6 43 — — 6 — — 6 46 — — — 2 — 2 46 — — 2 — — 2 46 2 — — — — 2

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