The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Thursday 30 November 2017 in Östersund and finished on Wednesday 10 January 2018 in Ruhpolding. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was tied between Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway and Martin Fourcade of France.
Competition format edit
The 20 kilometres (12 mi) 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. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2016–17 Top 3 standings edit
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Martin Fourcade |
162 |
| Silver: |  Anton Shipulin |
126 |
| Bronze: |  Lowell Bailey |
117 |
Medal winners edit
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Östersund details |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway |
53:24.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Quentin Fillon Maillet France |
55:25.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Martin Fourcade France |
55:38.8 (0+0+0+2) |
| Ruhpolding details |
Martin Fourcade France |
44:27.9 (0+0+0+1) |
Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic |
45:28.9 (0+0+0+0) |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway |
45:34.2 (0+0+0+1) |
Standings edit
| # | Name | ÖST | RUH | Total [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) |
60 | 48 | 108 |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) |
48 | 60 | 108 |
| 3 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) |
54 | 21 | 75 |
| 4 |  Lukas Hofer (ITA) |
38 | 32 | 70 |
| 5 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) |
11 | 54 | 65 |
| 6 |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) |
34 | 26 | 60 |
| 7 |  Simon Eder (AUT) |
22 | 36 | 58 |
| 8 |  Jakov Fak (SLO) |
29 | 27 | 56 |
| 9 |  Simon Schempp (GER) |
25 | 28 | 53 |
| 10 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) |
28 | 22 | 50 |
| 11 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) |
15 | 34 | 49 |
| 12 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) |
43 | 0 | 43 |
| 13 | Roman Rees (GER) |
— | 43 | 43 |
| 14 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) |
12 | 30 | 42 |
| 15 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) |
30 | 11 | 41 |
| 16 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) |
0 | 40 | 40 |
| 17 | Anton Babikov (RUS) |
40 | — | 40 |
| 18 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) |
— | 38 | 38 |
| 19 |  Benjamin Weger (SUI) |
36 | — | 36 |
| 20 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) |
19 | 17 | 36 |
| 21 |  Artem Pryma (UKR) |
18 | 15 | 33 |
| 22 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) |
32 | 0 | 32 |
| 23 |  Krasimir Anev (BUL) |
0 | 31 | 31 |
| 24 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) |
31 | — | 31 |
| 25 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) |
— | 30 | 30 |
| 26 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) |
27 | — | 27 |
| 27 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) |
26 | 0 | 26 |
| 28 | Benedikt Doll (GER) |
7 | 19 | 26 |
| 29 | Johannes Kühn (GER) |
0 | 25 | 25 |
| 30 | Miha Dovzan (SLO) |
0 | 24 | 24 |
| # | Name | ÖST | RUH | Total |
| 31 | Erik Lesser (GER) |
24 | 0 | 24 |
| 32 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
23 | 0 | 23 |
| 33 |  Matej Kazár (SVK) |
0 | 23 | 23 |
| 34 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) |
8 | 14 | 22 |
| 35 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) |
21 | — | 21 |
| 36 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) |
— | 20 | 20 |
| 36 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) |
20 | — | 20 |
| 38 |  Fredrik Lindström (SWE) |
16 | 3 | 19 |
| 39 |  Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) |
0 | 18 | 18 |
| 40 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) |
17 | — | 17 |
| 41 |  Florent Claude (BEL) |
— | 16 | 16 |
| 42 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) |
14 | 0 | 14 |
| 43 | Tim Burke (USA) |
9 | 5 | 14 |
| 44 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) |
0 | 13 | 13 |
| 45 | Felix Leitner (AUT) |
13 | — | 13 |
| 46 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) |
1 | 12 | 13 |
| 47 | Sean Doherty (USA) |
3 | 10 | 13 |
| 48 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) |
10 | — | 10 |
| 49 |  Olli Hiidensalo (FIN) |
0 | 9 | 9 |
| 50 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) |
0 | 8 | 8 |
| 51 |  Christian Gow (CAN) |
0 | 7 | 7 |
| 52 | Emilien Jacquelin (FRA) |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| 53 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) |
— | 6 | 6 |
| 54 | Torstein Stenersen (SWE) |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| 55 | Lowell Bailey (USA) |
0 | 4 | 4 |
| 56 | Nathan Smith (CAN) |
4 | — | 4 |
| 57 |  George Buta (ROU) |
2 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) |
— | 2 | 2 |
| 59 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) |
0 | 1 | 1 |