The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday 23 December 2018 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 24 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 In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.
2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Martin Fourcade 60Silver: Johannes Thingnes Bø 54Bronze: Erik Lesser 48
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Nové Městodetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:25.2 Quentin Fillon Maillet 38:11.7 Evgeniy Garanichev 38:19.3 Ruhpoldingdetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 36:43.8 Julian Eberhard 36:44.4 Quentin Fillon Maillet 36:46.6 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Quentin Fillon Maillet 34:39.4 Johannes Thingnes Bø 34:53.7 Arnd Peiffer 35:04.0 World Championshipsdetails Dominik Windisch 40:54.1 Antonin Guigonnat 41:16.9 Julian Eberhard 41:17.4 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:25.6 Arnd Peiffer 37:44.8 Benedikt Doll 38:03.6
Standings # Name NOV RUH ANT ÖST OSL Total Men's Mass start 1 60 60 54 28 60 262 2 43 36 48 38 54 219 3 54 48 60 40 16 218 4 21 54 30 48 43 196 5 38 20 27 34 48 167 6 36 38 23 30 36 163 7 20 40 29 29 40 158 8 27 32 31 36 27 153 9 48 25 36 25 10 144 10 26 24 21 43 23 137 11 25 31 14 32 31 133 12 32 43 43 14 — 132 13 29 34 38 23 6 130 14 23 18 26 24 38 129 15 14 10 40 54 4 122 16 — — 28 60 25 113 17 40 16 18 18 21 113 18 28 8 24 — 34 94 19 31 23 16 6 18 94 20 24 4 10 31 22 91 21 — 21 25 12 30 88 22 30 — — 27 26 83 23 34 26 12 — — 72 24 — 22 32 — 12 66 25 — 27 34 — — 61 26 — — — 26 32 58 27 — 28 — 20 8 56 28 4 6 6 10 20 46 29 6 30 8 — — 44 30 2 14 4 — 24 44 # Name NOV RUH ANT ÖST OSL Total 31 — — — 22 14 36 32 12 2 20 — — 34 33 8 — 22 — — 30 34 — 29 — — — 29 34 — — — — 29 29 36 — — — — 28 28 37 22 — — — — 22 38 — — — 21 — 21 39 18 — — — — 18 40 16 — — — — 16 40 — — — 16 — 16 42 — 12 — — — 12 43 10 — — — — 10 44 — — — 8 2 10 45 — — — 4 — 4 46 — — 2 — — 2 46 — — — 2 — 2
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