The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Thursday 6 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Wednesday 13 March 2019 in Östersund. The defending titlist was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.
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.
2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Johannes Thingnes Bø 108Gold: Martin Fourcade 108Bronze: Quentin Fillon Maillet 75
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljukadetails Martin Fourcade 47:09.2 Johannes Kühn 47:13.4 Simon Eder 47:28.9 Canmoredetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 35:27.9 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 37:38.1 Alexandr Loginov 38:08.9 World Championshipsdetails Arnd Peiffer 52:42.4 Vladimir Iliev 53:51.1 Tarjei Bø 53:51.5
Standings # Name POK CAN ÖST Total Men's Individual 1 36 60 32 128 2 30 54 34 118 3 31 43 23 97 4 0 28 60 88 5 12 48 27 87 6 19 30 38 87 7 48 38 DNF 86 8 18 34 30 82 9 32 — 43 75 10 14 20 40 74 11 5 27 36 68 12 60 — 2 62 13 54 5 — 59 14 — 36 22 58 15 25 31 DNF 56 16 0 0 54 54 17 6 — 48 54 18 9 16 29 54 19 0 40 12 52 20 0 29 19 48 21 — 18 28 46 22 34 10 — 44 23 26 0 18 44 24 43 — 0 43 25 27 1 15 43 26 28 — 13 41 27 40 — — 40 28 38 0 0 38 29 0 14 24 38 30 0 21 17 38 # Name POK CAN ÖST Total 31 24 2 11 37 32 — 12 21 33 33 0 32 0 32 34 0 0 31 31 35 8 22 0 30 36 29 — — 29 37 3 25 0 28 38 — 11 16 27 39 0 — 26 26 40 0 26 — 26 41 1 0 25 26 42 13 13 — 26 43 — 24 — 24 44 — 23 0 23 45 23 — 0 23 46 22 0 DNF 22 47 21 — — 21 48 0 0 20 20 49 20 — — 20 50 0 19 0 19 51 4 15 0 19 52 0 17 0 17 53 17 — — 17 54 10 7 0 17 55 16 — 0 16 56 15 0 0 15 57 11 — 4 15 58 0 6 9 15 59 0 — 14 14 60 3 — 10 13 # Name POK CAN ÖST Total 61 — 9 — 9 62 — 8 1 9 63 0 0 8 8 64 0 0 7 7 65 7 — 0 7 66 0 0 6 6 67 0 3 3 6 68 — — 5 5 69 0 4 0 4
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