2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Oberhof and finished on Saturday, March 27, 2010, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist was Dominik Landertinger of Austria.

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, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m 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).

2008–09 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Dominik Landertinger208Silver: Ole Einar Bjørndalen199Bronze: Christoph Sumann197

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeOberhofdetailsOle Einar Bjørndalen 38:57.3(0+1+0+0)Tim Burke 40:00.2(0+1+1+0)Tomasz Sikora 40:37.9(0+0+1+2)RuhpoldingdetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 39:19.5(0+0+0+0)Evgeny Ustyugov 39:24.6(0+0+0+1)Simon Eder 39:29.4(0+0+1+0)2010 Winter OlympicsdetailsEvgeny Ustyugov 35:35.7(0+0+0+0)Martin Fourcade 35:46.2(2+0+0+1)Pavol Hurajt 35:52.3(0+0+0+0)OslodetailsIvan Tcherezov 40:10.1(0+0+0+0)Christoph Sumann 40:36.4(2+0+0+1)Emil Hegle Svendsen 40:44.7(0+1+0+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsDominik Landertinger 38:19.8(1+0+0+0)Arnd Peiffer 38:23.4(0+0+0+0)Halvard Hanevold 38:31.0(0+0+0+0)

Standings # Name OBE RUH OLY OSL KHA TotalStandings Mass start women 1 43 54 60 40 13 197 2 18 60 28 48 27 163 3 40 43 24 14 54 161 4 27 36 43 54 18 160 5 25 34 36 27 60 157 6 24 24 38 60 32 154 7 60 38 14 28 26 152 8 20 40 54 20 38 152 9 36 27 27 38 40 141 10 23 48 16 23 43 137 11 31 20 22 32 48 133 12 19 30 34 36 31 131 13 15 28 40 30 30 128 14 54 22 23 18 25 124 15 14 31 26 43 23 123 16 38 32 – 29 20 119 17 29 25 – 34 24 112 18 30 21 31 16 29 111 19 48 – 30 24 – 102 20 17 – 15 31 34 97 21 – 23 29 25 15 92 22 28 29 19 13 – 89 23 – – 48 12 28 88 24 26 12 13 26 22 87 25 13 26 – 22 11 72 26 22 19 11 17 14 72 27 – – 25 21 21 67 28 16 14 21 15 12 66 29 11 – 20 11 19 61 30 – – 18 19 17 54 31 34 13 – – – 47 32 12 18 – – 16 46 33 21 17 – – – 38 34 – – – – 36 36 35 – – 32 – – 32 36 32 – – – – 32 37 – – 17 – – 17 38 – 16 – – – 16 39 – 15 – – – 15 40 – – 12 – – 12 41 – 11 – – – 11

References