The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on 20 December 2020 in Hochfilzen and will finished on 21 March 2021 in Östersund
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.
2019–20 Top 3 standings edit
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Johannes Thingnes Bø |
228 |
| Silver: |  Quentin Fillon Maillet |
216 |
| Bronze: | Martin Fourcade |
203 |
Medal winners edit
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hochfilzen (2) details |
Arnd Peiffer Germany |
35:53.3 (0+0+0+0) |
Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden |
35:54.6 (0+0+0+0) |
Tarjei Bø Norway |
36:02.6 (2+0+1+0) |
| Oberhof (2) details |
Tarjei Bø Norway |
37:41.9 (0+0+0+1) |
Felix Leitner Austria |
37:45.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Benjamin Weger Switzerland |
37:49.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway |
35:44.3 (0+0+0+1) |
Quentin Fillon Maillet France |
36:15.6 (1+0+0+1) |
Jakov Fak Slovenia |
36:28.5 (0+0+1+0) |
| World Championships details |
Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway |
36:27.2 (0+0+0+1) |
Johannes Dale Norway |
36:37.4 (0+1+1+0) |
Quentin Fillon Maillet France |
36:40.0 (1+1+0+0) |
| Östersund details |
Simon Desthieux France |
35:43.7 (0+1+1+0) |
Eduard Latypov  Russia |
35:52.6 (0+0+2+0) |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway |
36:01.2 (1+1+0+1) |
Standings edit
4 of 5 competitions scored [1]
| # | Name | HOC 2 | OBH 2 | ANT | POK | OST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) |
48 | 60 | 38 | 38 | 184 | |
| 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) |
36 | 36 | 60 | 48 | 180 | |
| 3 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) |
32 | 31 | 54 | 48 | 165 | |
| 4 | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) |
38 | 29 | 60 | 34 | 161 | |
| 5 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) |
60 | 30 | 40 | 29 | – | 159 |
| 6 | Jakov Fak (SLO) |
25 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 149 | |
| 7 | Simon Eder (AUT) |
30 | 40 | 34 | 43 | 147 | |
| 8 | Johannes Dale (NOR) |
26 | 32 | 54 | 32 | 144 | |
| 9 | Benedikt Doll (GER) |
43 | 24 | 36 | 40 | 143 | |
| 10 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) |
28 | 26 | 43 | 43 | 140 | |
| 11 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) |
32 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 137 | |
| 12 |  Lukas Hofer (ITA) |
27 | 43 | 26 | 36 | 132 | |
| 13 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) |
54 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 125 | |
| 14 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) |
40 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 124 | |
| 15 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) |
34 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 121 | |
| 16 | Eduard Latypov (RUS) |
16 | 21 | 27 | 54 | 118 | |
| 17 |  Benjamin Weger (SUI) |
23 | 48 | 24 | – | 21 | 116 |
| 18 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) |
21 | 38 | 26 | 24 | 109 | |
| 19 | Erik Lesser (GER) |
24 | 34 | 14 | – | 28 | 100 |
| 20 | Alexander Loginov (RUS) |
31 | – | 22 | 32 | – | 85 |
| 21 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) |
16 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 78 | |
| 22 | Felix Leitner (AUT) |
– | 54 | 4 | – | 2 | 60 |
| 23 | Fabien Claude (FRA) |
10 | 10 | 23 | – | 16 | 59 |
| 24 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) |
– | 18 | 38 | – | – | 56 |
| 25 | Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (NOR) |
29 | – | – | – | 26 | 55 |
| 26 | David Komatz (AUT) |
18 | 6 | 25 | – | – | 49 |
| 27 |  Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) |
14 | 21 | – | – | 8 | 43 |
| 28 |  Michal Krčmář (CZE) |
22 | – | – | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 29 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) |
20 | – | 2 | – | 20 | 42 |
| 30 | Roman Rees (GER) |
– | – | 16 | – | 25 | 41 |
| # | Name | HOC 2 | OBH 2 | ANT | POK | OST | Total |
| 31 |  Scott Gow (CAN) |
– | – | – | – | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Christian Gow (CAN) |
– | – | – | 30 | – | 30 |
| 33 |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) |
– | 12 | – | 18 | – | 30 |
| 34 | Miha Dovžan (SLO) |
– | – | – | 23 | – | 23 |
| 35 |  Anton Smolski (BLR) |
– | – | – | – | 22 | 22 |
| 35 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) |
– | 22 | – | – | – | 22 |
| 37 | Said Karimulla Khalili (RUS) |
– | – | – | 21 | – | 21 |
| 38 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) |
– | 20 | – | – | – | 20 |
| 38 | Didier Bionaz (ITA) |
– | – | 20 | – | – | 20 |
| 38 | Artem Pryma (UKR) |
– | – | – | 20 | – | 20 |
| 41 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) |
8 | – | – | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 42 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) |
– | – | – | 14 | – | 14 |
| 43 |  Florent Claude (BEL) |
– | – | – | 12 | – | 12 |
| 44 | Anton Dudchenko (UKR) |
– | – | 12 | – | – | 12 |
| 45 | Jeremy Finello (SUI) |
– | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
| 46 | Peppe Femling (SWE) |
– | 2 | – | 8 | – | 10 |
| 47 |  Michal Šíma (SVK) |
– | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 48 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) |
4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 48 |  Vladimir Iliev (BUL) |
– | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 48 |  Jake Brown (USA) |
– | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 51 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) |
2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |