The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 19 March 2021 in Östersund

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

2019–20 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 360Silver: Quentin Fillon Maillet 324Bronze: Johannes Thingnes Bø 323

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time KontiolahtidetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 23:53.0(0+0)Sebastian Samuelsson 24:37.1(1+0)Martin Ponsiluoma 24:40.9(1+0) Kontiolahti (2)detailsTarjei Bø 24:03.7(0+0)Arnd Peiffer 24:17.6(0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 24:33.1(1+0) HochfilzendetailsJohannes Dale 23:32.5(0+0)Quentin Fillon Maillet 23:49.6(0+0)Fabien Claude 24:01.5(0+1) Hochfilzen (2)detailsSturla Holm Lægreid 23:04.9(0+0)Johannes Dale 23:12.8(0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 23:24.8(2+0) OberhofdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 25:12.0(0+1)Tarjei Bø 25:22.8(0+0)Sturla Holm Lægreid 25:33.6(0+0) Oberhof (2)detailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 24:43.6(0+0)Sturla Holm Lægreid 24:56.0(0+0)Arnd Peiffer 25:11.5(0+0) World ChampionshipsdetailsMartin Ponsiluoma 24:41.1(0+0)Simon Desthieux 24:52.3(0+0)Émilien Jacquelin 24:54.0(1+0) Nové MěstodetailsSimon Desthieux 22:58.0(0+0)Sebastian Samuelsson 23:00.4(0+0)Arnd Peiffer 23:02.4(0+0) Nové Město (2)detailsQuentin Fillon Maillet 22:07.2(0+0)Tarjei Bø 22:18.5(0+0)Lukas Hofer 22:22.0(0+0) Östersunddetails Lukas Hofer 22:27.1 Sebastian Samuelsson 22:31.1(0+0)Tarjei Bø 22:41.5(0+0)

Standings 7 of 10 competitions scored Men's Sprint standings # Name KON KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH OBH 2 POK NME NME 2 OST Total 1 60 48 43 48 60 60 40 30 32 36359 2 23 19 32 60 48 54 36 43 40 38 319 3 26 60 30 27 54 28 32 40 54 48 318 4 54 23 40 40 23 23 34 54 36 54 312 5 28 36 60 54 40 40 43 23 34 34 307 6 38 11 54 36 0 34 38 36 60 40 302 7 30 27 0 26 43 38 28 20 48 60 274 8 24 29 0 23 36 14 54 60 20 43 269 9 48 32 26 32 38 32 60 21 27 27 269 10 34 2 38 34 27 27 48 34 43 17 258 11 36 54 DNS 19 0 48 5 48 28 – 238 12 40 38 13 30 29 24 6 32 31 9 224 13 43 26 36 43 0 25 – 17 21 29 223 14 9 34 34 18 26 30 2 38 26 10 206 15 32 25 31 0 16 43 0 27 22 8 196 16 21 0 20 11 30 26 31 31 16 18 177 17 16 30 48 29 34 0 0 0 19 0 176 18 15 20 27 0 19 15 27 28 38 0 174 19 19 43 15 25 32 17 0 5 15 12 166 20 3 0 28 16 20 0 25 13 30 28 160 21 27 8 9 3 25 31 22 7 25 20 159 22 29 7 21 24 22 20 15 18 24 15 158 23 25 31 10 9 – – 30 2 29 23 157 24 0 6 0 38 0 36 18 26 6 7 137 25 7 6 17 15 7 0 8 19 23 24 113 26 0 24 29 0 4 22 0 11 0 21 111 27 13 12 8 22 13 DNS 23 9 18 5 110 28 18 0 5 0 1 29 26 24 DNS – 103 28 12 28 0 13 28 0 9 0 5 2 97 30 17 40 16 – – 21 – – – – 94 # Name KON KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH OBH 2 POK NME NME 2 OST Total 31 6 14 24 0 – 0 – 0 14 31 89 32 – – 12 28 0 0 – 4 11 30 85 33 0 10 25 10 0 10 13 15 1 0 84 34 4 0 19 20 24 0 3 0 0 6 76 35 0 15 22 0 5 18 10 0 0 0 70 36 11 0 0 0 – 0 29 0 8 19 67 37 0 16 0 4 12 0 24 10 0 0 66 38 0 21 11 2 11 0 21 0 0 0 66 39 – 0 0 0 10 19 7 0 13 14 63 40 20 4 7 31 – – 0 – – – 62 41 0 1 0 0 3 – 0 16 0 32 52 42 2 22 0 8 0 0 17 0 0 1 50 43 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 10 16 50 44 14 0 0 0 21 14 0 0 0 0 49 45 31 0 3 14 – 0 0 0 0 – 48 46 10 0 0 5 31 0 – – – – 46 47 1 3 0 0 0 7 19 14 0 0 44 48 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 43 49 – – – 17 – – – – – 25 42 50 22 13 6 0 – 1 0 DNF 0 0 42 51 – 0 4 0 15 6 14 0 2 0 41 52 – – 18 0 18 0 – – 0 0 36 53 0 0 23 0 0 – 12 – – – 35 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 34 55 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 12 9 0 33 56 – – – – – – – 29 0 0 29 57 – – 0 0 – – 0 25 3 0 28 58 – – – – 14 11 – 0 0 0 25 59 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 0 4 0 24 60 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 23 # Name KON KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH OBH 2 POK NME NME 2 OST Total 61 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 62 – 0 0 21 – 0 0 0 0 0 21 63 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 21 64 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 0 0 20 65 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 66 0 17 0 0 – – 0 0 0 – 17 67 – – – – 17 – – – – – 17 68 – 0 0 0 – 0 0 3 0 13 16 69 0 0 0 6 0 9 – 0 0 0 15 70 – 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 71 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 72 0 0 0 0 – – 11 0 0 0 11 73 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 74 – 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 75 – – – – – – 0 8 0 0 8 76 – – – – 8 0 – – 0 0 8 77 – – – – – 0 0 – 7 0 7 78 – 0 0 7 0 – 0 – – – 7 79 – – – – 0 0 – 6 0 0 6 80 5 0 – – – – – – – – 5 81 – – – – – – – – – 4 4 82 – – – – 0 3 – 0 0 0 3 83 – – 2 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 2 84 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 1 0 0 1

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