The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started at Wednesday November 28, 2012 in Östersund and will finish in Sochi. Defending titlist is Simon Fourcade of France.

Competition format The 20 kilometres (12 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2011-12 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Simon Fourcade125Silver: Jakov Fak 113Bronze: Emil Hegle Svendsen 108

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsMartin Fourcade 50:44.7(0+1+0+0)Dominik Landertinger 50:57.0(0+1+0+0)Erik Lesser 51:06.4(0+0+0+0)Biathlon World Championships 2013detailsMartin Fourcade 49:43.0(0+0+0+1)Tim Burke 50:06.5(0+0+0+1)Fredrik Lindström 50:16.7(0+0+0+1)SochidetailsMartin Fourcade 49:40.6(1+0+0+0)Andreas Birnbacher 49:47.5(0+0+0+0)Serhiy Semenov 50:12.5(0+0+0+0)

Standings # Name ÖST WCH SOC TotalStandings Individual Men 1 60 60 60 180 2 16 34 54 104 3 8 54 40 102 4 54 27 19 100 5 27 43 27 98 6 2 40 36 78 7 17 48 7 72 8 0 36 34 70 9 14 32 23 69 10 34 4 28 66 11 36 — 25 61 12 40 0 20 60 13 48 7 0 55 14 — 29 26 55 15 29 23 0 52 16 0 28 24 52 17 30 13 6 49 18 0 — 48 48 19 — 17 31 48 20 0 26 22 48 21 15 — 32 47 22 0 30 15 45 23 0 24 21 45 24 0 0 43 43 25 43 — — 43 26 32 8 — 40 27 0 21 18 39 28 38 0 0 38 29 — 38 0 38 29 — — 38 38 31 28 9 0 37 32 10 11 16 37 33 7 — 29 36 34 23 6 4 33 35 — 16 17 33 36 31 0 1 32 37 18 14 — 32 38 0 31 0 31 39 0 0 30 30 40 21 0 9 30 41 25 3 0 28 42 22 — 5 27 43 26 0 — 26 44 1 25 0 26 45 24 0 0 24 46 9 15 0 24 47 12 0 11 23 48 0 22 0 22 49 20 0 — 20 50 0 20 0 20 51 19 0 0 19 52 0 19 0 19 53 0 18 0 18 54 4 12 0 16 55 — — 14 14 56 0 0 13 13 57 13 0 0 13 58 0 0 12 12 59 11 1 0 12 60 — 0 10 10 61 — 10 0 10 62 0 0 8 8 63 6 — — 6 64 0 5 0 5 65 5 0 — 5 66 3 — 2 5 67 — — 3 3 68 — 2 0 2

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