The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Saturday March 21, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Martin Fourcade of France successfully defended his title.
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.
2013-14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade 294Silver: Simon Eder 235Bronze: Anton Shipulin 234
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsMartin Fourcade 33:54.9(2+1+0+1)Anton Shipulin 34:04.9(0+0+1+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 34:21.2(0+1+0+1)HochfilzendetailsMartin Fourcade 32:53.7(0+0+0+0)Simon Schempp 32:57.8(0+0+0+0)Jakov Fak33:04.6(0+0+0+1)PokljukadetailsEmil Hegle Svendsen 30:43.3(0+0+0+0)Anton Shipulin 31:01.1(0+1+1+0)Martin Fourcade 31:42.8(0+0+1+0)AntholzdetailsSimon Schempp 31:27.9(1+1+0+0)Simon Eder 31:28.0(0+1+0+0)Evgeniy Garanichev 31:29.0(0+0+1+0)Nové MěstodetailsJakov Fak 37:24.9(0+0+0+1)Simon Schempp 37:29.3(0+1+0+0)Martin Fourcade 37:38.2(0+0+0+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsErik Lesser 30:47.9(0+0+0+0)Anton Shipulin 31:04.9(0+1+0+0)Tarjei Bø 31:06.6(0+0+1+0)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsNathan Smith 32:04.9 (0+0+0+1)Benedikt Doll 32:28.9(0+0+1+1)Anton Shipulin 32:40.6(1+1+0+2)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV WCH KHA TotalPursuit Men 1 60 60 48 40 48 36 43 335 2 54 40 54 28 27 54 48 305 3 43 48 30 36 60 34 31 282 4 38 54 22 60 54 — DNS 228 5 18 23 18 38 34 60 16 207 6 48 27 60 24 18 22 DNF 199 7 27 38 24 16 0 48 30 183 8 28 19 29 21 31 17 36 181 9 30 14 25 48 38 19 5 179 10 25 0 19 — 40 28 60 172 11 7 15 21 34 28 31 30 166 12 21 32 40 30 2 32 0 157 13 23 0 — 31 32 27 38 151 14 40 34 43 — 7 26 — 150 15 11 43 34 19 29 10 — 146 16 8 29 13 29 24 — 40 143 17 32 3 36 25 25 0 21 142 18 17 25 0 54 9 29 6 140 19 31 — — 43 6 40 14 134 20 22 — 4 0 30 43 32 131 21 36 36 0 22 36 — — 130 22 4 30 15 9 17 38 8 121 23 — 21 32 13 15 8 28 117 24 5 6 — — 43 30 25 109 25 — — — 18 20 13 54 105 26 10 28 38 27 — 1 0 104 27 13 24 0 6 — 16 34 93 28 16 22 11 12 — 15 17 93 29 9 — 31 11 — 11 27 89 30 15 26 3 20 22 0 DNS 86 31 — 0 8 23 11 25 18 85 32 24 9 12 10 — 5 19 79 33 19 18 10 DNS 19 0 9 75 34 6 16 20 1 4 21 0 68 35 34 8 14 7 — — — 63 36 0 31 7 0 — 0 20 58 37 0 — 17 14 23 — 2 56 38 — 2 0 26 0 4 22 54 39 0 0 26 17 8 0 0 51 40 12 20 6 — 13 — 0 51 41 0 4 0 — 21 0 24 49 42 — 10 5 32 DNS 0 — 47 43 0 1 16 DNS 26 — — 43 44 — — 28 — — — 10 38 45 29 5 — — 0 2 1 37 46 0 0 23 5 — 6 0 34 47 — — — 0 10 23 — 33 48 — — — 3 DNS 3 26 32 49 — — — 2 0 18 11 31 50 — — 27 — 3 — DNS 30 51 3 12 — 15 0 — 0 30 52 26 — 2 — — — — 28 53 — — — 8 DNS 20 — 28 54 — — — 0 12 9 7 28 55 14 13 0 0 — — — 27 56 2 0 — DNS DNS 24 0 26 57 0 17 9 0 0 0 0 26 58 0 — — — — — 23 23 59 20 — 0 — — — — 20 60 — — — — 5 — 13 18 61 — — — — 16 — — 16 62 — — 0 — — 0 15 15 63 — — — — — 14 — 14 63 — — — — 14 — — 14 65 — — — DNS 1 12 0 13 66 — — — — — — 12 12 67 — 11 — — — — 0 11 68 0 7 — DNS — — — 7 69 0 0 0 0 — 7 — 7 70 1 — — 4 — — — 5 71 — 0 DNS — — 0 4 4 72 0 0 — 0 — 0 3 3 73 — 0 1 — — — — 1
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