The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on 5 December 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 20 March 2021 in Östersund
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.
2019–20 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Émilien Jacquelin 232Silver: Martin Fourcade 230Bronze: Quentin Fillon Maillet 230
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Kontiolahti (2)detailsSebastian Samuelsson 32:26.7(0+0+0+1)Fabien Claude 32:42.5(2+1+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:46.2(0+0+1+2) HochfilzendetailsQuentin Fillon Maillet 32:38.7(0+0+0+0)Émilien Jacquelin 33:04.2(0+0+0+0)Johannes Dale 33:28.2(1+0+1+0) Hochfilzen (2)detailsSturla Holm Lægreid 32:38.7(0+0+1+0)Émilien Jacquelin 31:23.4(1+0+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 31:23.8(0+0+1+0) OberhofdetailsSturla Holm Lægreid 32:38.7(0+1+0+1)Johannes Dale 32:17.4(0+0+0+2)Tarjei Bø 32:27.2(0+0+0+3) World Championshipsdetails Émilien Jacquelin 31:22.1 Sebastian Samuelsson 31:29.4 Johannes Thingnes Bø 31:30.2 Nové MěstodetailsTarjei Bø 28:17.3(1+0+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 28:25.5(2+0+0+0)Simon Desthieux 28:28.8(0+2+0+0) Nové Město (2)detailsQuentin Fillon Maillet 28:46.7(1+1+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 28:54.7(1+0+0+1)Émilien Jacquelin 29:01.2(0+0+1+0) ÖstersunddetailsSturla Holm Lægreid 32:40.5(1+0+1+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 33:03.1(0+0+0+3)Lukas Hofer 33:12.9(1+0+2+1)
Standings 6 of 8 competitions scored Men's Pursuit standings # Name KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH POK NME NME 2 OST Total 1 43 38 60 60 38 40 43 60 306 2 48 43 48 34 48 54 54 54 306 3 34 54 54 28 60 36 48 27 286 4 31 60 34 – 43 38 60 14 266 5 60 31 24 36 54 29 21 43 253 6 29 36 36 48 27 60 38 31 249 7 32 48 38 54 30 6 32 13 234 8 54 40 27 43 29 0 25 24 218 9 26 5 30 32 40 48 29 32 211 10 25 24 15 40 26 30 40 48 209 11 38 19 31 38 6 43 34 25 209 12 27 23 40 29 28 7 22 38 185 13 28 34 32 16 32 4 26 30 182 14 36 29 43 – – 3 30 36 177 15 40 30 28 22 10 34 17 5 171 16 22 25 21 30 – 26 27 40 170 17 12 32 25 4 20 20 36 0 145 18 13 22 23 25 24 17 31 0 142 19 17 20 19 24 25 22 24 26 141 20 23 – 17 31 21 31 14 – 137 21 20 17 12 19 36 18 20 23 136 22 21 14 7 – 19 27 28 20 129 23 18 18 29 21 – 15 2 18 119 24 3 – 20 DNS 13 32 18 28 114 25 0 26 26 10 12 23 8 0 105 26 6 28 – 3 0 25 4 34 100 27 – 27 16 0 – 0 9 29 81 28 9 11 9 0 31 19 – – 79 29 8 6 10 27 11 10 3 – 72 30 5 12 8 15 7 0 0 22 69 # Name KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH POK NME NME 2 OST Total 31 2 0 14 26 0 24 0 0 66 32 15 0 2 11 34 DNS DNS – 62 33 – 0 13 20 5 11 12 1 62 34 – 16 5 17 22 0 0 0 60 35 4 15 0 0 9 8 16 7 59 36 14 13 – – – – 10 21 58 37 0 7 11 18 17 – – 0 53 38 – – – – – 28 23 0 51 39 0 – – 1 – 21 5 17 44 40 – 4 – 0 18 13 7 0 42 41 – – 18 – – – – 19 37 42 11 – – 14 3 9 – 0 37 43 10 8 0 0 4 – – 12 34 44 – 21 – 12 – – – – 33 45 – – – – 23 – – 8 31 46 0 – – 0 15 0 – 16 31 47 30 DNS – – – – – – 30 48 24 DNS 3 – – – – – 27 49 – – – – – 12 – 15 27 50 16 9 0 – 0 – – – 25 51 0 0 0 5 – 14 6 – 25 52 – – – – – 5 19 – 24 53 – 0 0 23 – – – – 23 54 – 0 22 0 0 1 0 – 23 55 19 0 0 – 0 2 0 – 21 56 – – – 7 – 0 11 2 20 57 0 – – – 16 – 0 3 19 58 – – – – – 16 – 0 16 59 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 10 16 60 – – – – – – 15 0 15 # Name KON 2 HOC HOC 2 OBH POK NME NME 2 OST Total 61 – – 0 0 14 LAP 0 – 14 62 0 10 4 – 0 – – – 14 63 – – – – 0 0 13 – 13 64 0 – 0 13 – – 0 0 13 65 – – – – – – – 11 11 66 – 0 6 – – – – 4 10 67 0 – 0 9 0 – – – 9 68 – – – – – – – 9 9 69 – – 1 0 8 0 – – 9 70 – – – 8 – – – – 8 71 7 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 72 – – – – – – – 6 6 73 0 3 – – 0 – – – 3 74 – – – 2 – – 0 – 2 75 0 2 – 0 – – – – 2 76 – – – – 2 – – DNS 2 77 – – – – – – 1 0 1 78 – – – – 1 0 – – 1 79 1 – – – – – – – 1 79 – 1 – – – – – – 1
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