The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on 4 December 2019 in Östersund and will finished on 19 February 2020 in Antholz-Anterselva.
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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.
2018–19 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Johannes Thingnes Bø 128Silver: Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 118Bronze: Lars Helge Birkeland 97
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Martin Fourcade 53:11.9 Simon Desthieux 53:24.6 Quentin Fillon Maillet 55:02.7 Pokljukadetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 47:54.3 Martin Fourcade 48:05.7 Fabien Claude 48:19.9 World Championshipsdetails Martin Fourcade 49:43.1 Johannes Thingnes Bø 50:40.1 Dominik Landertinger 51:05.2
Standings # Name ÖST POK ANT Total Men's Individual standings 1 60 54 60 174 2 31 60 54 145 3 48 36 36 120 4 38 38 38 114 5 36 48 22 106 6 40 19 40 99 7 25 31 29 85 8 32 25 26 83 9 22 28 28 78 10 5 40 32 77 11 54 20 0 74 12 0 29 43 72 13 20 0 48 68 14 24 16 25 65 15 30 6 27 63 16 14 27 20 61 17 29 26 1 56 18 43 9 – 52 19 0 34 15 49 20 18 – 31 49 21 26 DNF 23 49 22 0 14 34 48 23 7 22 19 48 24 – 43 0 43 25 10 32 0 42 26 34 3 – 37 27 23 0 14 37 28 0 4 30 34 29 28 5 – 33 30 21 11 – 32 # Name ÖST POK ANT Total31 16 0 16 32 32 3 23 5 31 33 0 30 – 30 34 12 0 18 30 35 27 – – 27 36 0 0 24 24 37 – 24 – 24 38 8 15 0 23 39 11 – 12 23 40 0 0 21 21 41 0 21 – 21 42 19 – 0 19 43 0 8 11 19 44 0 18 0 18 45 0 17 0 17 46 17 0 DNF 17 47 0 0 17 17 48 15 0 0 15 49 0 7 8 15 50 0 13 0 13 51 13 0 0 13 52 DNS 0 13 13 53 6 0 7 13 54 0 12 0 12 55 – 1 10 11 56 0 10 0 10 57 0 0 9 9 58 9 – 0 9 59 0 0 6 6 60 0 0 4 4#Name ÖST POK ANT Total 61 4 – – 4 62 0 – 3 3 63 0 2 0 2 64 0 0 2 2 65 2 – – 2 66 1 0 0 1
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