2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Wednesday December 3, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Thursday March 12, 2015 at the World Championships in Kontiolahti. The defending titlist Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway finished on the 3rd place. Serhiy Semenov of Ukraine won the title.

Competition format The 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.

2013–14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Emil Hegle Svendsen83Silver: Simon Eder 79Bronze: Evgeny Ustyugov 76

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 53:25.6(0+0+0+0)Serhiy Semenov 54:43.2(0+1+0+0)Michal Šlesingr 55:33.9(0+0+1+0)HolmenkollendetailsMartin Fourcade 51:26.8(0+0+0+0)Evgeniy Garanichev 51:41.0(0+0+0+0)Serhiy Semenov 52:15.6(0+0+0+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsMartin Fourcade 47:29.4(0+1+0+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 47:50.3(0+0+0+0)Ondřej Moravec 48:09.9(0+1+0+0)

Standings # Name ÖST HOL WCH TotalIndividual Men 1 54 48 40 142 2 0 60 60 120 3 60 DNS 54 114 4 48 34 27 109 5 34 38 36 108 6 32 25 43 100 7 43 32 23 98 8 17 43 31 91 9 26 54 6 86 10 29 0 48 77 11 38 — 38 76 12 24 40 11 75 13 18 26 30 74 14 16 14 34 64 15 40 18 3 61 16 0 36 25 61 17 25 16 19 60 18 31 27 0 58 19 23 31 — 54 20 36 0 13 49 20 27 0 22 49 20 11 24 14 49 23 0 23 24 47 24 — 9 32 41 25 30 0 10 40 26 21 0 17 38 27 19 0 18 37 28 6 30 — 36 29 0 7 28 35 30 28 5 0 33 30 7 0 26 33 32 — 10 21 31 33 0 29 0 29 33 0 0 29 29 33 0 21 8 29 36 0 28 0 28 36 12 — 16 28 38 0 22 0 22 38 22 0 0 22 40 0 0 20 20 40 20 0 0 20 40 — 20 0 20 40 14 6 0 20 44 DNS 19 0 19 45 — 17 — 17 46 0 0 15 15 46 — 15 — 15 46 15 0 — 15 49 13 — 0 13 49 — 13 — 13 49 8 0 5 13 52 0 0 12 12 52 0 12 — 12 54 — 11 — 11 54 — 4 7 11 56 10 — — 10 57 9 0 0 9 57 — — 9 9 59 — 8 — 8 60 5 — — 5 61 0 0 4 4 61 4 0 0 4 63 3 DNS 0 3 63 0 3 — 3 65 2 0 0 2 65 0 — 2 2 65 — 2 — 2 65 0 1 1 2 69 1 0 — 1

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