2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – mass start men

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – mass start men started on Sunday 18 December 2016 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 19 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Martin Fourcade of France.

Competition format edit

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 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 150 metres (490 ft) 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.

2015–16 top 3 standings edit

Medal Athlete Points
Gold:   Martin Fourcade 242
Silver:   Quentin Fillon Maillet 162
Bronze:   Anton Shipulin 155

Medal winners edit

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Nové Město
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Martin Fourcade
  France
36:18.9
(0+1+0+0)
Simon Schempp
  Germany
36:27.2
(1+1+0+0)
Anton Babikov
  Russia
36:28.3
(0+0+0+1)
Oberhof
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Simon Schempp
  Germany
38:30.9
(0+0+1+0)
Erik Lesser
  Germany
38:31.3
(0+0+0+1)
Martin Fourcade
  France
38:31.3
(0+0+2+0)
Antholz-Anterselva
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Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Norway
37:04.3
(0+0+0+0)
Quentin Fillon Maillet
  France
37:08.0
(1+0+0+0)
Anton Shipulin
  Russia
37:26.0
(0+1+0+0)
World Championships
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Simon Schempp
  Germany
35:38.3
(0+0+0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Norway
35:47.3
(0+0+0+1)
Simon Eder
  Austria
35:48.4
(0+0+0+0)
Oslo Holmenkollen
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Martin Fourcade
  France
37:32.2
(0+0+0+0)
Andrejs Rastorgujevs
  Latvia
37:49.6
(0+1+1+0)
Simon Eder
  Austria
38:04.6
(0+0+1+0)

Standings edit

# Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total [1]
1   Martin Fourcade (FRA) 60 48 40 40 60 248
2   Simon Schempp (GER) 54 60 36 60 21 231
3   Anton Shipulin (RUS) 29 27 48 43 30 177
4   Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) 28 43 38 23 36 168
5   Erik Lesser (GER) 30 54 34 20 27 165
6   Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) 32 60 54 4 150
7   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 36 40 31 16 24 147
8   Arnd Peiffer (GER) 27 23 20 31 40 141
9   Anton Babikov (RUS) 48 34 27 31 140
10   Benedikt Doll (GER) 14 38 22 32 28 134
11   Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) 34 DNF 54 26 18 132
12   Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 36 43 6 43 128
13   Ondřej Moravec (CZE) 43 28 16 25 14 126
14   Simon Eder (AUT) 16 48 48 112
15   Michal Krčmář (CZE) 22 32 6 18 32 110
16   Lowell Bailey (USA) 20 25 38 26 109
17   Julian Eberhard (AUT) 23 18 32 22 10 105
18   Dominik Windisch (ITA) 25 6 29 14 22 96
19   Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) 18 30 28 10 6 92
20   Serhiy Semenov (UKR) 24 16 23 8 20 91
21   Dominik Landertinger (AUT) 29 36 25 90
22   Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) 26 30 34 90
23   Michal Šlesingr (CZE) 2 4 14 28 38 86
24   Fredrik Lindström (SWE) 24 34 23 81
25   Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) 40 8 18 12 78
26   Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) 12 10 54 76
27   Simon Desthieux (FRA) 31 10 21 12 74
28   Matvey Eliseev (RUS) 38 26 64
29   Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) 26 30 56
30   Tarjei Bø (NOR) 27 29 56
# Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total
31   Vladimir Iliev (BUL) 6 20 21 47
32   Benjamin Weger (SUI) 31 8 39
33   Krasimir Anev (BUL) 29 8 37
34   Michael Rösch (BEL) 10 22 32
35   Lukas Hofer (ITA) 25 2 27
36   Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) 24 24
36   Klemen Bauer (SLO) 24 24
38   Vladimir Semakov (UKR) 12 12 24
39   Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) 21 21
39   Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) 21 21
41   Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR) 16 16
42   Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) 14 14
43   Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) 8 8
44   Lorenz Wäger (AUT) 4 4
44   Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) 4 4
44   Serafin Wiestner (SUI) 4 4
47   Mario Dolder (SUI) 2 2
47   Scott Gow (CAN) 2 2

References edit