The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and will finish in March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.

Competition format The pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

2014–15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martin Fourcade 335Silver: Anton Shipulin 305Bronze: Jakov Fak 282

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsMartin Fourcade 31:22.4(1+0+1+1)Arnd Peiffer 31:57.5(0+1+0+0)Quentin Fillon Maillet 32:17.6(0+0+1+1)HochfilzendetailsMartin Fourcade 31:19.9(0+2+0+0)Simon Schempp 31:28.8(0+0+1+0)Anton Shipulin 31:39.0(0+0+2+0)PokljukadetailsSimon Schempp 30:46.5(0+0+0+0)Martin Fourcade 31:03.1(0+0+0+1)Anton Shipulin 31:09.9(0+1+1+0)RuhpoldingdetailsSimon Eder 33:19.1(1+0+0+0)Martin Fourcade 33:23.3(0+0+1+1)Michal Šlesingr 33:24.2(0+0+0+0)Antholz-Anterselva detailsAnton Shipulin31:51.9 (0+1+0+1)Simon Schempp 32:02.2 (0+0+0+1)Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:06.0(2+0+1+0)Presque Isle detailsMartin Fourcade 31:04.4(1+1+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 31:29.2(1+0+0+2)Anton Shipulin 32:15.9(1+0+0+1) World ChampionshipsdetailsMartin Fourcade 32:56.5(0+0+1+2)Ole Einar Bjørndalen 33:16.6 (1+0+0+1)Emil Hegle Svendsen 33:27.7 (0+0+0+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsSimon Schempp 33:27.8(1+1+0+1)Johannes Thingnes Bø 33:36.3(0+0+0+1)Erik Lesser 33:43.5(0+0+1+1)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK RU1 ANT PRE WCH KHA TotalPursuit Men 1 60 60 54 54 43 60 60 DNS 391 2 26 48 48 17 60 48 32 21 300 3 25 18 — 36 48 54 43 54 278 4 43 43 43 43 34 22 10 29 267 5 29 29 — 60 38 43 25 30 254 6 — 54 60 — 54 — 23 60 251 7 40 36 36 40 29 — 48 — 229 8 34 27 38 32 31 — 30 27 219 9 14 16 29 7 23 28 36 48 201 10 54 — 14 13 40 DNF 28 32 181 11 21 — 5 48 9 38 29 31 181 12 2 14 32 15 19 36 24 38 180 13 38 22 28 — 18 29 2 40 177 14 48 34 40 22 DNS DNF 31 DNF 175 15 30 38 34 — 11 — 54 DNS 167 16 23 32 30 26 27 26 — — 164 17 0 40 — 30 32 — 27 34 163 18 5 15 20 29 20 20 14 28 151 19 0 26 2 6 22 16 34 26 132 20 20 19 17 16 DNS 2 38 18 130 21 31 23 6 38 0 — 26 — 124 22 0 11 18 23 15 19 15 23 124 23 — 28 12 19 13 27 5 19 123 24 17 — 0 20 28 13 19 24 121 25 10 30 24 24 30 DNS 0 0 118 26 4 24 27 18 — DNS 7 36 116 27 0 17 3 0 25 24 DNF 43 112 28 22 21 15 34 0 — DNS 16 108 29 0 31 10 — 26 — 40 — 107 30 15 4 19 25 24 — 12 4 103 31 27 — 31 28 DNF 6 1 — 93 32 28 12 16 0 21 — — 14 91 33 24 — 4 DNF 8 34 17 0 87 34 32 0 22 31 DNS — DNS — 85 35 36 25 8 5 — DNS — 8 82 36 — — 1 1 17 25 16 22 82 37 — 0 23 — 14 0 13 25 75 38 18 10 0 27 DNS 18 0 — 73 39 13 13 26 11 DNF 9 — 0 72 40 — 20 9 0 7 3 — 20 59 41 12 9 21 — — 15 0 — 57 42 — — — — 36 — 20 — 56 43 — — — 14 — 40 — — 54 44 0 3 — — 5 32 9 — 49 45 16 DNS — 21 — 11 — — 48 46 — — 0 8 4 14 21 DNS 47 47 3 7 11 — 10 — 8 5 44 48 6 0 0 — 12 23 0 — 41 49 — — 0 2 6 12 18 0 38 50 0 6 — — DNS 21 0 9 36 51 — — 25 — — — — 10 35 52 — — — — — 31 — — 31 53 — 0 — — — 30 — — 30 54 — — 13 — — — 0 17 30 55 0 — — — 5 22 DNS 27 56 — — — 12 2 — — 13 27 57 0 1 7 — 3 — 0 15 26 58 19 — — — — — — DNF 19 59 — — — 9 — 10 — — 19 60 — — — — — 17 — — 17 61 9 0 — 4 — 4 — — 17 62 0 — — 0 16 — — — 16 63 0 5 0 0 — — 11 — 16 64 0 — — — — — 3 12 15 65 7 8 — — 0 0 0 — 15 66 11 — 0 0 — — 0 — 11 67 0 — — — — DNS — 11 11 68 — — — 10 0 — — — 10 69 — — — 3 — — — 6 9 70 8 0 — — — — — — 8 71 — — — — — 8 — — 8 72 1 — 0 — — — — 7 8 73 — — — — — 7 — — 7 74 — — — — — — 6 — 6 75 — — — 0 — 1 4 — 5 76 — 0 0 — 0 — — 3 3 77 — — — 0 — — — 2 2 78 — 2 DNF 0 — — — — 2 79 — — — — 1 — — — 1 80 — — — — — — — 1 1

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