2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
| Biathlon World Cup |
| 2016–17 Following |
| Men |
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Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| Mixed relay |
| Women |
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Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| World Cup locations |
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Östersund |
Pokljuka |
Nové Město |
Oberhof |
Ruhpolding |
The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men is scheduled to start on Saturday December 3, 2016 in Östersund and will finish on Friday March 17, 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.
Competition format
The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2015–16 Top 3 Standings
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Martin Fourcade | 379 |
| Silver: |  Simon Schempp | 316 |
| Bronze: |  Johannes Thingnes Bø | 298 |
Medal winners
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details |
Martin Fourcade France | 23:31.9 (0+0) |
Fredrik Lindstroem Sweden | 24:13.4 (0+0) |
Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:15.5 (0+0) |
| Pokljuka [ details] |
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| Nové Město [ details] |
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| Oberhof [ details] |
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| Ruhpolding [ details] |
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| World Championships [ details] |
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| Pyeongchang [ details] |
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| Tyumen [details] |
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| Oslo Holmenkollen [details] |
Standings
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | WCH | PYE | TYU | HOL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | ' | |||||||||
| 2 | Simon Schempp (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 4 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 5 |  Anton Shipulin (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 6 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 7 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 8 |  Julian Eberhard (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 9 | Simon Eder (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 10 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 11 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 12 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 13 |  Tim Burke (USA) | ' | |||||||||
| 14 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 15 | Erik Lesser (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 16 |  Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 17 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | ' | |||||||||
| 18 |  Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | ' | |||||||||
| 19 |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | ' | |||||||||
| 20 |  Dominik Windisch (ITA) | ' | |||||||||
| 21 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | ' | |||||||||
| 22 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | ' | |||||||||
| 23 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | ' | |||||||||
| 24 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 25 |  Benjamin Weger (SUI) | ' | |||||||||
| 26 |  Krasimir Anev (BUL) | ' | |||||||||
| 27 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 28 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | ' | |||||||||
| 29 |  Nathan Smith (CAN) | ' | |||||||||
| 30 | Sven Grosseger (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 31 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | ' | |||||||||
| 32 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 33 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | ' | |||||||||
| 34 |  Matej Kazar (SVK) | ' | |||||||||
| 35 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | ' | |||||||||
| 36 | Serafin Wiestner (SUI) | ' | |||||||||
| 37 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | ' | |||||||||
| 38 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 39 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | ' | |||||||||
| 40 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 41 | Sean Doherty (USA) | ' | |||||||||
| 42 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 43 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 44 | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 45 |  Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 46 | Alexander Os (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 47 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 48 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 49 | Macx Davies (CAN) | ' | |||||||||
| 50 |  Jakov Fak (SLO) | ' | |||||||||
| 51 | Aliaksandr Darozhka (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 52 | Raman Yaliotnau (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 53 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | ' | |||||||||
| 54 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | ' | |||||||||
| 55 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | ' | |||||||||
| 56 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | ' | |||||||||
| 57 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | ' | |||||||||
| 58 | Martin Otcenas (SVK) | ' | |||||||||
| 59 |  Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | ' | |||||||||
| 60 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 61 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 62 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 63 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | ' | |||||||||
| 64 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | ' | |||||||||
| 65 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | ' | |||||||||
| 66 |  Tomas Kaukenas (LTU) | ' | |||||||||
| 67 |  Kalev Ermits (EST) | ' | |||||||||
| 68 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 69 | Scott Gow (CAN) | ' | |||||||||
| 70 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 71 | Dmitriy Dyuzhev (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 72 |  Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | ' | |||||||||
| 73 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 74 | Lorenz Waeger (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 75 | Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 76 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | ' | |||||||||
| 77 | Brendan Green (CAN) | ' | |||||||||
| 78 | Dzmitry Abasheu (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 79 | Christian Gow (CAN) | ' | |||||||||
| 80 | Maxim Braun (KAZ) | ' | |||||||||
| 81 | Florian Graf (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 82 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | ' | |||||||||
| 83 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | ' | |||||||||
| 84 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | ' | |||||||||
| 85 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | ' | |||||||||
| 86 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | ' | |||||||||
| 87 | Matthias Bischl (GER) | ' | |||||||||
| 88 | Roland Lessing (EST) | ' | |||||||||
| 89 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | ' | |||||||||
| 90 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | ' | |||||||||
| 91 | Martin Jaeger (SUI) | ' |