The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 2 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Thursday 22 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is 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.
2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 484Silver: Julian Eberhard 345Bronze: Emil Hegle Svendsen 276
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Tarjei Bø 22:40.6 Martin Fourcade 22:41.3 Erik Lesser 22:44.3 Hochfilzendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 24:18.4 Martin Fourcade 24:30.5 Jakov Fak 24:53.8 Annecydetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 22:16.9 Martin Fourcade 22:38.0 Antonin Guigonnat 22:51.6 Oberhofdetails Martin Fourcade 25:03.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen 25:11.4 Johannes Thingnes Bø 25:13.5 Antholz-AnterselvadetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 23:19.3(1+0)Martin Fourcade 23:32.1(0+0)Arnd Peiffer 24:01.5(0+0) KontiolahtidetailsAnton Shipulin 23:51.6(0+0)Andrejs Rastorgujevs 23:57.4(0+0)Quentin Fillon Maillet 24:08.9(0+0) Oslo HolmenkollendetailsHenrik L'Abée-Lund 26:10.3(0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 26:16.4(0+1)Martin Fourcade 26:17.2(0+0) TyumendetailsMartin Fourcade 25:49.0(0+0)Simon Desthieux 26:22.2(0+0)Fredrik Lindström 26:22.5(0+0)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total Men's Sprint 1 54 54 54 60 54 DNS 48 60 384 2 30 60 60 48 60 43 54 27 382 3 13 38 19 29 48 40 38 34 259 4 16 32 38 13 43 60 23 31 256 5 34 23 17 — 27 54 26 43 224 6 2 20 40 28 30 38 11 54 223 7 40 43 43 7 21 34 0 24 212 8 31 48 28 36 8 23 9 22 205 9 18 26 1 38 14 32 40 28 197 10 60 27 0 40 19 8 15 25 194 11 20 30 0 23 36 13 43 26 191 12 23 36 30 34 25 0 29 13 190 13 48 34 0 — 26 36 5 40 189 14 12 28 20 26 38 27 31 3 185 15 28 25 34 27 18 26 0 17 175 16 29 3 0 1 15 48 34 38 168 17 11 0 29 24 28 18 32 19 161 18 0 40 DNS 3 3 30 60 16 152 19 0 0 32 19 24 31 10 21 137 20 36 0 0 17 — 0 30 48 131 21 32 17 3 21 22 0 0 29 124 22 24 11 26 12 34 0 0 0 107 23 27 6 15 — 23 DNS 22 14 107 24 43 — — 54 9 — — — 106 25 0 7 4 30 31 21 12 — 105 26 6 21 DNS 0 10 11 14 38 100 27 14 12 23 18 0 — — 32 99 28 — — 48 0 13 0 7 30 98 29 0 29 — 31 0 0 20 — 80 30 0 0 31 43 0 3 0 — 77 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total 31 0 0 22 — 0 0 36 18 76 32 0 19 24 0 0 6 27 — 76 33 9 24 21 20 0 0 0 — 74 34 21 9 0 0 — 19 14 9 72 35 0 19 0 2 4 22 24 — 71 36 — — — 11 12 14 28 0 65 37 — — — — — 15 25 23 63 38 38 0 0 — 0 5 17 9 60 39 DNS — 0 — 6 28 16 10 60 40 — 0 16 — 5 17 18 4 60 41 25 0 25 9 — 0 0 — 59 42 0 15 7 32 0 0 4 — 58 43 10 13 — 0 — 29 0 2 54 44 5 0 18 4 — 20 6 — 53 45 19 0 6 — 0 25 0 — 50 46 0 — — 23 — 10 3 11 47 47 4 0 — 0 40 0 0 0 44 48 26 0 0 — 17 0 — — 43 49 — — — 0 0 — 21 20 41 50 17 22 0 — — — — — 39 51 — — 36 — — — — 0 36 52 0 17 10 8 0 0 0 0 35 53 0 5 — 0 29 0 0 — 34 54 0 0 12 — 20 2 0 0 34 55 0 — — 25 0 0 8 — 33 56 0 32 0 — — — — — 32 57 0 — — 0 32 0 — — 32 58 0 0 0 — 0 0 19 12 31 59 0 0 14 0 0 16 0 1 31 60 15 0 11 5 — 0 0 — 31 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total 61 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 27 62 0 0 0 — 0 24 0 — 24 63 22 2 0 0 — — — — 24 64 — 0 13 10 0 0 0 — 23 65 1 0 9 0 0 12 0 0 22 66 — — 5 15 — 0 — — 20 67 — — 2 0 16 0 0 0 18 68 0 — — 16 — 0 0 — 16 69 0 0 0 14 DNS 0 2 0 16 70 — — — — — — — 15 15 71 0 14 — — 1 — 0 0 15 72 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 15 73 — 10 — 0 2 — — 0 12 74 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 75 0 0 — 0 — 9 0 0 9 76 0 0 8 0 0 — — — 8 77 0 8 0 0 — — 0 0 8 78 — — — — — — — 8 8 79 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 80 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 7 81 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 82 0 0 0 0 — 7 0 — 7 83 0 0 0 0 — — 0 6 6 84 0 0 — — 0 — 0 5 5 85 0 — — — — 4 — 0 4 86 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 87 3 0 0 — 0 DNS — — 3 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 89 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1
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