The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men will start at Saturday December 1, 2012 in Östersund and will finish Thursday March 14, 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

Competition format The 10 kilometres (6,23 mi) 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 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2011-12 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade423Silver: Emil Hegle Svendsen 378Bronze: Carl Johan Bergman287

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsJean-Philippe Leguellec 25:10.4(0+0)Alexis Bœuf 25:28.5(0+1)Christoph Sumann 25:35.2(0+1)HochfilzendetailsAndreas Birnbacher 25:31.1(0+0)Martin Fourcade 25:31.5(1+0)Jakov Fak 25:44.8(0+1)PokljukadetailsJakov Fak 24:41.7(0+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:42.5(0+1)Martin Fourcade 24:47.8(0+0)OberhofdetailsDmitry Malyshko 25:07.9(1+0)Evgeniy Garanichev 25:20.5(1+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 25:21.0(0+1)RuhpoldingdetailsMartin Fourcade 23:51.5(0+0)Evgeny Ustyugov 24:07.9(0+0)Andrei Makoveev 24:24.5(0+0)AntholzdetailsAnton Shipulin 22:45.8(0+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 22:58.6(1+0)Jakov Fak 23:06.2(0+1)Biathlon World Championships 2013detailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 23:25.1(0+1)Martin Fourcade 23:33.2(0+1)Jakov Fak 23:36.3(0+0)HolmenkollendetailsTarjei Bø 25:44.5(0+0)Martin Fourcade 25:44.6(1+1)Andriy Deryzemlya 25:52.2(0+0)SochidetailsMartin Fourcade 25:17.3(0+0)Evgeny Ustyugov 25:59.6(0+1)Henrik L'Abée-Lund 26:08.3(0+0)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsMartin Fourcade 24:22.6(0+0)Lukas Hofer 25:02.2(0+0)Andreas Birnbacher 25:06.4(0+0)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK OBE RUP ANT WCH HOL SOC KHA TotalSprint Men 1 31 54 48 25 60 38 54 54 60 60 484 2 38 7 54 48 43 54 60 — — 11 315 3 30 40 36 40 54 6 32 — 54 21 313 4 5 48 60 20 29 48 48 18 26 0 302 5 38 14 32 26 27 8 31 30 16 48 260 6 34 60 1 — 19 43 18 2 18 48 243 7 19 17 0 0 30 24 26 43 43 40 242 8 20 30 0 60 40 27 40 — 23 0 240 9 0 11 40 8 34 30 21 28 27 25 224 10 27 27 9 13 24 13 29 26 38 12 218 11 12 29 31 36 0 26 34 25 14 9 216 12 22 0 27 54 20 40 22 — 12 17 214 13 54 32 0 43 28 2 38 0 15 0 212 14 18 24 0 28 22 60 36 — 10 13 211 15 — — — 16 36 — 23 60 34 10 179 16 32 1 0 29 26 0 25 36 0 28 177 17 26 0 0 0 32 0 24 48 24 22 176 18 0 22 23 24 14 12 0 19 28 34 176 19 7 25 20 31 — — 43 23 0 24 173 20 0 13 21 0 18 18 27 20 0 54 171 21 40 0 28 17 0 4 4 29 48 — 170 22 23 19 43 15 — 0 13 9 13 32 167 23 0 18 34 30 21 0 6 1 36 20 166 24 1 38 14 23 48 20 — 0 — 18 162 25 43 10 11 0 17 28 — 15 0 36 160 26 0 15 19 27 8 17 20 0 30 0 136 27 30 0 26 12 25 21 13 0 — — 127 28 16 — — — — 34 8 32 4 29 123 29 11 5 5 0 15 36 9 0 11 30 122 30 0 0 0 10 17 29 0 21 40 0 117 31 25 9 25 — 0 7 28 — 19 0 113 32 48 0 15 — 0 — — — 0 43 106 33 — — — 11 0 0 7 38 31 19 106 34 0 0 38 9 2 9 0 17 20 8 103 35 21 43 0 0 6 32 — 0 0 0 102 36 9 0 6 32 9 0 16 0 0 27 99 37 60 31 0 0 0 0 5 — 0 0 96 38 14 26 — — — — — — 23 31 94 39 0 21 0 18 0 0 30 12 6 0 87 40 0 28 14 19 0 23 0 — 0 3 87 41 0 36 12 1 23 0 0 — 0 14 86 42 4 12 3 — 10 0 0 31 25 0 85 43 13 0 — 38 3 — — 27 — 0 81 44 — 0 29 34 1 3 0 7 0 0 74 45 — — — — — — — 40 29 — 69 46 7 23 0 — — 0 17 22 0 0 69 47 0 8 0 — 7 15 15 16 8 0 69 48 0 4 16 22 0 — 0 14 9 0 65 49 — — — 0 13 31 14 3 3 0 64 50 24 0 18 7 0 12 2 — 0 0 63 51 — — — — — 0 — — 32 26 58 52 0 20 2 0 0 19 11 0 0 5 57 53 0 — 0 14 0 25 0 — 0 16 55 54 0 16 7 — 31 0 0 0 0 0 54 55 28 0 — 6 4 0 — 11 0 — 49 56 — 0 0 — 38 10 — 0 — — 48 57 17 — 31 0 0 — — — — — 48 58 0 3 22 0 — — 0 — 0 23 48 59 — — — — — — — 24 — 15 39 60 0 34 0 4 0 0 0 0 — — 38 61 — — — — — — — 13 21 4 38 62 — — — — — — — 34 0 — 34 63 0 0 17 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 28 64 0 0 11 0 0 16 0 — 0 0 27 65 0 0 0 — — — 19 — 0 7 26 66 — — 24 0 0 0 — — — — 24 67 10 0 — 4 5 0 — 5 0 — 24 68 — 0 0 — — 22 0 0 0 0 22 69 0 0 — 21 — — — — — — 21 70 — — — 0 — — — — 17 0 17 71 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 — 17 72 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 15 73 0 0 8 — 0 5 — — — — 13 74 — 6 — — — — — — 7 0 13 75 — — 0 — 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 76 0 0 — 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 77 — — 0 — — — — 10 — — 10 78 — — 0 0 0 0 — 8 0 0 8 79 8 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 80 — — 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 8 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 82 0 0 — 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 83 — — — — — — — — 0 6 6 84 — — — — — — — 4 0 1 5 85 0 0 4 — — 0 0 0 0 — 4 86 3 — 0 — 0 — 0 0 — — 3 87 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 2 88 — 0 — — 0 — 0 — 0 2 2 89 0 2 — — — — — — — — 2 90 — — — — — — — — 2 0 2 91 0 0 — 0 — — 1 0 — 0 1

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