The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.
Competition format This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race.To be precise; the pursuit competition start intervals are determined by common rounding to the nearest whole second of the biathletes' time differences from the previous race – the amount of time each biathlete lagged after the winner to the finish line. The contestants ski a distance of over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of . There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.
2008–09 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Ole Einar Bjørndalen342Silver: Emil Hegle Svendsen308Bronze: Tomasz Sikora276
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeHochfilzendetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 34:36.7(0+0+0+1)Simon Eder 34:38.3(0+1+0+0)Ole Einar Bjørndalen 34:39.8(0+1+2+0)PokljukadetailsEvgeny Ustyugov 34:50.9(0+1+1+0)Roland Lessing 35:00.2(0+0+0+0)Simon Eder 35:01.8(1+0+0+1)AntholzdetailsDaniel Mesotitsch 31:50.4(0+0+0+1)Arnd Peiffer 31:52.1(0+1+0+0)Dominik Landertinger 32:10.1(1+1+1+0)2010 Winter OlympicsdetailsBjörn Ferry 33:38.4(0+0+0+1)Christoph Sumann 33:54.9(0+0+1+1)Vincent Jay 34:06.6(0+0+1+1)KontiolahtidetailsMartin Fourcade 32:35.1(1+0+0+0)Christian De Lorenzi 32:45.2(0+0+0+1)Vincent Jay 32:50.7(0+0+0+0)OslodetailsMartin Fourcade 33:46.9 (1+0+1+1)Simon Schempp 33:55.9 (0+0+0+0)Ivan Tcherezov 34:13.1 (0+0+0+1)
Standings # Name HOC POK ANT OLY KON OSL TotalStandings Pursuit men 1 27 – 43 7 60 60 197 2 54 48 23 43 28 13 196 3 19 34 29 38 40 48 189 4 40 60 2 26 20 38 184 5 21 43 48 27 26 40 184 6 43 – 30 54 25 27 179 7 – 30 25 48 48 23 174 8 60 – – 34 36 43 173 9 14 40 54 4 32 20 160 10 36 27 – 60 – 34 157 11 34 32 34 – 22 32 154 12 25 12 60 0 9 29 135 13 8 31 – – 29 54 122 14 – 25 38 23 30 – 116 15 13 2 28 28 18 25 114 16 48 – – 36 – 24 108 17 20 4 – 22 43 9 98 18 – 36 3 32 24 0 95 19 29 – 11 – 54 0 94 20 23 19 – 20 13 18 93 21 31 38 – 0 0 17 86 22 – 23 32 31 0 – 86 23 11 16 36 21 – – 84 24 – 28 8 30 16 – 82 25 0 – 14 25 34 7 80 26 38 15 26 – – – 79 27 – – 24 16 7 30 77 28 15 – – 40 – 21 76 29 32 26 – 18 0 – 76 30 28 – 0 – 19 26 73 31 2 0 0 12 38 19 71 32 30 17 – 24 0 – 71 33 22 – 19 19 6 – 66 34 18 18 13 – 17 0 66 35 0 21 – 8 – 31 60 36 – 54 – – – 0 54 37 0 24 – – 27 2 53 38 – – 40 11 – 0 51 39 17 8 22 0 – 3 50 40 0 6 0 0 11 28 45 41 – 22 18 – 4 – 44 42 – 11 17 – 0 16 44 43 – 0 – 29 14 – 43 44 0 – 21 0 – 22 43 45 0 – 31 – – 11 42 46 – 20 0 2 12 6 40 47 10 0 – – 15 15 40 48 12 7 6 15 – – 40 49 0 0 27 – – 12 39 50 – – – – 1 36 37 51 16 14 7 – – 0 37 52 26 – 9 0 – – 35 53 – 29 – – – 4 33 54 9 13 0 0 10 – 32 55 0 0 – – 31 – 31 56 24 – – – 5 – 29 57 – 10 – 17 – – 27 58 – – – – 23 1 24 59 6 – – 0 8 8 22 60 – – – – 21 – 21 61 – 0 20 – – – 20 62 4 0 0 13 0 0 17 63 – – 16 – – – 16 64 – 0 15 0 – – 15 65 0 – – 14 0 – 14 66 0 – – – – 14 14 67 – – 12 – – – 12 68 1 – – 10 – – 11 69 0 0 10 – – – 10 70 – – – – – 10 10 71 7 – 1 – 2 – 10 72 – – – 9 0 – 9 73 – 9 – 0 – – 9 74 – 0 – 6 – – 6 75 – – 0 3 3 – 6 76 5 – – 0 – – 5 77 0 5 – 0 0 – 5 78 – 0 – 5 0 – 5 79 – – – – – 5 5 79 – – 5 – – 5 81 0 0 4 – 0 0 4 82 3 – 0 – – – 3 83 0 3 – – 0 – 3 84 – 1 – 1 – – 2
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