The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on 22 December 2019 in Le Grand-Bornand and was finished on 8 March 2020 in Nové Město.
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.
2018–19 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Johannes Thingnes Bø 262Silver: Arnd Peiffer 219Bronze: Quentin Fillon Maillet 218
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Le Grand-BornanddetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 41:36.3(0+0+1+0)Émilien Jacquelin 42:18.4(0+0+1+0)Tarjei Bø 42:28.1(0+0+0+1) OberhofdetailsMartin Fourcade 41:01.4(0+1+0+1)Arnd Peiffer 41:21.5(0+0+2+1)Simon Desthieux 41:21.7(0+1+0+2) Pokljuka detailsQuentin Fillon Maillet 36:21.5(0+0+1+0)Benedikt Doll 36:31.5(0+1+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 36:31.8(1+0+0+1) World ChampionshipsdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 38:09.5(0+0+0+0)Quentin Fillon Maillet 38:51.5(1+0+1+1)Émilien Jacquelin 39:04.5(1+0+1+0) Nové MěstodetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø 39:32.7(1+1+1+0)Émilien Jacquelin 39:47.8(0+0+0+0)Arnd Peiffer 39:57.7(0+0+0+1) Oslo Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Standings # Name ANN OBE POK ANT NME OSL Total Men's Mass start standings 1 60 – 48 60 60 – 228 2 43 25 60 54 34 – 216 3 40 60 40 36 27 – 203 4 38 43 36 34 38 – 189 5 36 54 28 20 48 – 186 6 54 2 12 48 54 – 170 7 26 34 43 28 36 – 167 8 48 12 32 43 31 – 166 9 31 48 24 40 20 – 163 10 25 18 54 29 24 – 150 11 28 40 20 26 28 – 142 12 32 28 38 – 40 – 138 13 27 22 10 31 29 – 119 14 34 30 34 – 18 – 116 15 16 26 6 16 43 – 107 16 24 16 8 27 32 – 107 17 4 31 30 6 25 – 96 18 6 38 29 14 8 – 95 19 18 27 14 32 – – 91 20 12 32 26 – 21 – 91 21 29 6 – 38 16 – 89 22 20 10 31 23 4 – 88 23 – 29 – 30 22 – 81 24 30 24 21 – – – 75 25 – 14 4 21 30 – 69 26 – 36 – 22 – – 58 27 – 21 16 12 – – 49 28 21 20 – – – – 41 29 22 4 – – 12 – 38 30 23 – – 10 – – 33 # Name ANN OBE POK ANT NME OSL Total 31 – – 18 – 10 – 28 32 – – 27 – – – 27 33 – – 25 – 2 – 27 34 – – – – 26 – 26 35 – – – 25 – – 25 36 – – – 24 – – 24 37 – – 23 – – – 23 37 – 23 – – – – 23 37 – – – – 23 – 23 40 – – 22 – – – 22 41 14 8 – – – – 22 42 – – – 18 – – 18 43 – – – – 14 – 14 44 8 – – 4 – – 12 45 10 – – – – – 10 46 – – – 8 – – 8 47 – – – – 6 – 6 48 2 – – – – – 2 48 – – 2 – – – 2 48 – – – 2 – – 2
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