The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Wednesday 2 December 2015 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 10 March 2015 at the World Championships in Kontiolahti.
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.
2014–15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Serhiy Semenov 142Silver: Martin Fourcade 120Bronze: Emil Hegle Svendsen 114
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsOle Einar Bjørndalen 50:14.5(0+0+0+0)Simon Schempp 50:41.6(0+0+1+0)Alexey Volkov 50:52.7(0+0+0+0)RuhpoldingdetailsMartin Fourcade50:53.9(0+0+1+0)Simon Eder51:11.4(0+0+0+1)Anton Shipulin51:22.8(0+0+1+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsMartin Fourcade 49:13.9(0+1+0+0)Dominik Landertinger 49:19.0(0+0+0+0)Simon Eder 49:28.3(0+0+0+0)
Standings # Name ÖST RUH WCH TotalIndividual Men 1 20 60 60 140 2 36 54 48 138 3 34 17 54 105 4 25 48 27 100 5 22 25 43 90 6 29 26 32 87 7 60 0 24 84 8 10 38 34 82 9 54 — 25 79 10 43 13 22 78 11 0 31 40 71 12 17 27 26 70 13 38 0 31 69 14 19 30 19 68 15 43 12 9 64 16 2 24 36 62 17 0 34 28 62 18 48 9 2 59 19 — 29 29 58 20 27 18 12 57 21 6 43 6 55 22 15 40 — 55 23 32 16 — 48 24 12 4 30 46 25 0 5 38 43 26 26 — 13 39 27 — 28 10 38 28 — 22 16 38 29 — 36 0 36 30 — 32 — 32 31 31 0 0 31 32 24 0 7 31 33 13 0 18 31 34 30 — — 30 35 0 8 21 29 36 28 — — 28 37 0 14 14 28 38 0 23 — 23 39 0 0 23 23 40 23 — — 23 41 11 0 11 22 42 0 21 — 21 43 21 — — 21 44 0 0 20 20 45 — 20 — 20 46 — 19 0 19 47 16 3 0 19 48 18 0 0 18 49 0 0 17 17 50 7 10 0 17 51 0 15 1 16 52 0 0 15 15 53 4 11 0 15 54 14 0 0 14 55 9 0 0 9 56 0 0 8 8 57 8 0 0 8 58 — 7 0 7 59 0 6 0 6 60 0 — 5 5 61 5 — — 5 62 0 — 4 4 63 3 0 0 3 64 — — 3 3 65 0 2 — 2 66 0 1 0 1 67 1 0 0 1
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