The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.

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.

2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 222Silver: Johannes Thingnes Bø 202Bronze: Jakov Fak 166

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljukadetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 30:20.4 Quentin Fillon Maillet 30:20.5 Alexandr Loginov 30:22.3 Hochfilzendetails Martin Fourcade 32:22.3 Arnd Peiffer 32:36.0 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 32:38.4 Nové Městodetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 31:59.0 Alexandr Loginov 32:05.2 Tarjei Bø 32:22.9 Oberhofdetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 34:29.8 Arnd Peiffer 34:44.9 Lukas Hofer 34:45.6 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 31:33.7 Antonin Guigonnat 32:08.5 Quentin Fillon Maillet 32:14.3 Soldier Hollow, Utahdetails Quentin Fillon Maillet 30:55.8 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 31:21.7 Simon Desthieux 31:43.1 World Championshipsdetails Dmytro Pidruchnyi 31:54.1 Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:02.4 Quentin Fillon Maillet 32:11.8 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:15.6 Tarjei Bø 32:29.5 Arnd Peiffer 32:33.8

Standings # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SOL ÖST OSL Total Men's Pursuit 1 60 32 60 60 60 43 54 60 429 2 54 21 36 19 48 60 48 29 315 3 48 36 54 40 36 36 27 28 305 4 26 30 43 38 43 48 9 34 271 5 38 29 48 28 26 — 43 54 266 6 16 54 25 54 38 — 28 48 263 7 31 25 26 30 54 24 36 27 253 8 34 40 24 48 32 29 0 38 245 9 43 27 34 32 34 28 31 12 241 10 DNF 60 40 43 40 — 40 — 223 11 40 43 16 34 27 14 22 25 221 12 32 38 19 29 28 38 34 — 218 13 — 48 21 9 12 54 18 40 202 14 23 24 22 36 0 32 29 36 202 15 1 15 38 20 9 27 60 11 181 16 29 — 32 16 24 18 26 23 168 17 36 4 18 27 19 21 — 31 156 18 17 2 28 31 21 DNS 32 24 155 19 20 11 — 22 0 20 19 43 135 20 2 10 14 23 0 31 21 30 131 21 21 23 — 0 30 17 24 14 129 22 25 14 0 26 25 11 12 15 128 23 0 18 — DNS 20 40 30 17 125 24 9 DNS — 15 18 22 38 20 122 25 12 12 30 12 0 — 6 32 104 26 24 17 9 0 29 6 16 0 101 27 19 28 17 — — — 15 22 101 28 22 6 31 2 — — 25 13 99 29 18 13 23 24 DNS — — 21 99 30 27 — 20 14 — 34 — — 95 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SOL ÖST OSL Total 31 0 16 11 10 13 8 17 9 84 32 14 — — — 22 13 14 10 73 33 — — — 25 17 26 — — 68 34 — 0 12 21 14 — 11 7 65 35 10 — 29 4 11 — 8 0 62 36 30 0 7 DNF 15 — — 0 52 37 — 20 — 8 0 — 5 19 52 38 6 — — 13 31 — — 0 50 39 15 34 0 — — — — — 49 40 5 31 1 0 4 7 — — 48 41 0 — — — 23 — 23 2 48 42 DNS 22 — 18 — — 7 DNS 47 43 — — 13 — — 30 — — 43 44 — — — — 0 19 20 4 43 45 — 26 — — — 5 10 0 41 46 — — — — — 25 — 16 41 47 0 19 15 5 DNF — 2 DNS 41 48 7 0 27 — DNS — — 5 39 49 0 3 5 — 16 10 4 — 38 50 28 — — — — — — — 28 51 — — 4 — DNS 23 — — 27 52 — — — — — — — 26 26 53 — 0 0 11 10 — — 3 24 54 13 8 — — — — — 0 21 55 — — — 0 5 15 0 — 20 56 — 0 0 0 0 — 13 6 19 57 — 0 — DNS — — 0 18 18 58 — — — 17 — — — — 17 59 — 0 0 — 0 16 0 — 16 60 0 9 — 7 — — 0 — 16 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SOL ÖST OSL Total 61 — — 8 0 — — — 8 16 62 — — — — 6 9 — — 15 63 — — — — 2 12 — — 14 64 3 — 10 0 — — — — 13 65 11 DNS — — — 0 0 — 11 66 — — 2 — 7 — — — 9 67 8 0 0 — — — 0 0 8 68 0 — — — 8 — 0 — 8 69 0 7 DNF — — — 1 0 8 70 — — — 6 — — — 1 7 71 — — 6 — 0 — — — 6 72 — 0 — 0 3 3 — — 6 73 0 5 0 — 0 0 DNS 0 5 74 4 — 0 — — 0 — — 4 75 — — 0 0 — 4 — — 4 76 — — — 3 1 — 0 0 4 77 0 — 3 — — 0 — — 3 78 — — — — — — 3 — 3 79 — — — — — 2 — — 2 80 0 — 0 1 — — 0 — 1 81 DNF 1 — — — — — — 1 81 — — — — — 1 — — 1

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