The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 3 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Friday 17 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Martin Fourcade of France.
Competition format The 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 . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2015–16 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 379Silver: Simon Schempp 316Bronze: Johannes Thingnes Bø 298
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Martin Fourcade 23:31.9 Fredrik Lindström 24:13.4 Arnd Peiffer 24:15.5 Pokljukadetails Martin Fourcade 23:11.7 Johannes Thingnes Bø 23:25.4 Anton Shipulin 23:26.8 Nové Městodetails Martin Fourcade 23:48.0 Anton Shipulin 23:49.6 Emil Hegle Svendsen 23:54.4 Oberhofdetails Julian Eberhard 27:26.8 Michal Šlesingr 27:37.6 Dominik Windisch 28:07.1 Ruhpoldingdetails Martin Fourcade 22:34.2 Julian Eberhard 22:52.2 Emil Hegle Svendsen 23:13.9 World Championshipsdetails Benedikt Doll 23:27.4 Johannes Thingnes Bø 23:28.1 Martin Fourcade 23:50.5 Pyeongchangdetails Julian Eberhard 23:11.1 Lowell Bailey 23:51.8 Martin Fourcade 23:56.5 Kontiolahtidetails Martin Fourcade 22:17.0 Ondřej Moravec 22:17.6 Emil Hegle Svendsen 22:26.4 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 24:53.3 Martin Fourcade 25:06.9 Anton Shipulin 25:14.6
Standings # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total Men's Sprint 1 60 60 60 34 60 48 48 60 54 484 2 40 0 32 60 54 36 60 32 31 345 3 27 43 48 36 48 5 — 48 21 276 4 48 22 30 26 43 29 10 40 27 275 5 11 54 43 DNS 4 54 — 43 60 269 6 13 48 54 17 18 20 18 12 48 248 7 43 20 16 0 21 60 21 11 30 222 8 29 36 27 9 34 34 15 34 0 218 9 28 23 21 — 23 43 54 25 0 217 10 8 0 — 30 32 24 43 30 43 210 11 20 38 24 38 40 32 — — 17 209 12 6 10 34 22 0 40 — 54 36 202 13 38 0 20 48 0 23 38 24 1 192 14 26 34 26 40 14 4 40 — 0 184 15 17 30 0 0 — 19 34 38 29 167 16 23 0 38 — 19 0 26 36 18 160 17 24 26 0 54 0 0 17 6 28 155 18 31 28 29 28 10 0 27 0 DNS 153 19 34 21 6 0 — 7 30 17 32 147 20 0 6 0 — 22 31 32 18 34 143 21 32 0 19 DNS 36 13 25 15 0 140 22 4 16 36 27 0 0 16 0 40 139 23 18 14 10 25 8 14 24 0 22 135 24 1 0 9 43 0 0 29 26 20 128 25 0 40 25 14 15 0 9 0 25 128 26 15 24 17 0 0 23 36 0 12 127 27 54 — 0 7 28 11 — 0 26 126 28 0 0 40 31 13 28 0 8 0 120 29 3 32 13 20 12 0 0 27 13 120 30 0 29 4 0 27 8 0 21 24 113 # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total 31 0 15 3 — 11 38 0 20 23 110 32 16 17 0 32 30 0 0 1 14 110 33 36 20 0 23 18 0 0 3 0 100 34 5 27 15 16 26 0 — 10 0 99 35 19 3 31 11 20 — 0 — — 84 36 22 11 28 — 5 0 0 16 0 82 37 25 31 0 0 0 — — 14 10 80 38 21 2 18 0 6 — 31 0 2 80 39 0 25 11 5 7 0 0 31 0 79 40 14 9 5 — 31 — — 20 — 79 41 10 — 0 30 38 — — 0 — 78 42 — — — — — 27 — 9 38 74 43 0 18 23 0 0 16 14 0 0 71 44 31 12 0 — 0 0 20 0 0 63 45 0 — — — — — 28 29 5 62 46 — — — 10 — — 23 28 0 61 47 0 13 1 0 16 26 0 5 0 61 48 12 0 DNS 6 29 1 — — — 48 49 — — 0 19 25 — — — — 44 50 0 7 0 0 0 21 0 0 15 43 51 0 0 8 0 24 0 7 0 — 39 52 7 0 14 18 0 — — — — 39 53 0 0 — 0 — — 12 22 — 34 54 0 0 — 24 2 7 0 0 0 33 55 0 0 — 21 0 — 3 — 8 32 56 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 13 0 32 57 0 6 0 — 0 25 0 0 0 31 58 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 30 59 — 0 — 0 0 0 11 0 19 30 60 — — 0 — — — 20 0 9 29 # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total 61 9 0 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 25 62 — — — — — — — 23 0 23 63 — 0 — — — — 22 — — 22 64 0 — 22 0 0 — 0 0 0 22 65 0 0 0 1 0 17 0 4 — 22 66 — — — — 0 15 4 0 0 19 67 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 68 0 8 DNS 0 0 9 0 0 0 17 69 — — 0 — — — 0 — 16 16 70 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 71 0 — — 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 72 — — 12 0 0 — — — 0 12 73 — — — 12 — — — — 0 12 74 0 0 0 0 — 12 0 — 0 12 75 — — — — — — — — 11 11 76 — — — 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 77 0 0 0 0 — 0 8 0 0 8 78 — 0 — 8 — — 0 — — 8 79 0 0 7 0 0 0 — — — 7 80 — — — — — — — 7 0 7 81 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 82 0 0 0 — — 0 6 0 — 6 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 85 0 0 0 4 0 0 — — — 4 86 — 4 0 — — — — — — 4 87 0 2 0 2 0 — — — — 4 88 0 0 2 — 0 0 — 2 0 4 89 — — — 3 — — — — — 3 89 — — — — — — — — 3 3 # Name ÖST POK NOV OBE RUH HOC PYE KON OSL Total 89 — — — — 3 — — — — 3 92 2 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 1 3 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 94 — — — — — — 1 — — 1
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