title: 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men
text: # 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men
  
  The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday 17 December 2017 in Annecy and will finish on Sunday 25 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  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.
  
  ## 2016–17 Top 3 standings
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 248 |
  | Silver: | Simon Schempp | 231 |
  | Bronze: | Anton Shipulin | 177 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Annecy details | Martin Fourcade France | 36:30.3 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 36:34.2 (2+0+0+0) | Erik Lesser Germany | 36:36.5 (0+0+0+0) |
  | Ruhpolding details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 37:11.2 (0+0+0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 37:15.7 (0+0+2+0) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 37:19.6 (0+0+0+0) |
  | Antholz-Anterselva details | Martin Fourcade France | 40:18.6 (0+1+0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 40:21.4 (1+0+0+1) | Erlend Bjøntegaard Norway | 40:23.7 (0+1+0+1) |
  | Kontiolahti details | Julian Eberhard Austria | 38:04.8 (0+0+1+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 38:11.7 (2+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 38:24.1 (0+1+0+0) |
  | Tyumen details | Maxim Tsvetkov Russia | 37:37.3 (0+0+0+0) | Erlend Bjøntegaard Norway | 37:40.0 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 37:53.9 (1+0+1+0) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | Name | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | TYU | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 22 | 250 |
  | 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 54 | 60 | 38 | 22 | 48 | 222 |
  | 3 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 23 | 32 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 184 |
  | 4 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 30 | 40 | 54 | 21 | 38 | 183 |
  | 5 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 43 | 26 | 32 | 48 | 25 | 174 |
  | 6 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 48 | 23 | 24 | 40 | 32 | 167 |
  | 7 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 38 | 36 | 22 | 38 | 31 | 165 |
  | 8 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 34 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 153 |
  | 9 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 31 | — | 48 | 8 | 54 | 141 |
  | 10 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 21 | 43 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 139 |
  | 11 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 24 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 29 | 134 |
  | 12 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 36 | 4 | 34 | 36 | 21 | 131 |
  | 13 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 18 | 48 | 16 | 30 | 18 | 130 |
  | 14 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 26 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 129 |
  | 15 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 29 | 29 | 26 | — | 20 | 104 |
  | 16 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 27 | 22 | — | 26 | 28 | 103 |
  | 17 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | — | 24 | 4 | 60 | 12 | 100 |
  | 18 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 4 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 40 | 99 |
  | 19 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | — | 12 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 90 |
  | 20 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | 32 | 8 | 23 | — | 27 | 90 |
  | 21 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | — | 25 | 25 | 34 | — | 84 |
  | 22 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 28 | — | 14 | 16 | 26 | 84 |
  | 23 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 20 | — | — | — | 60 | 80 |
  | 24 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 40 | — | 28 | 10 | 2 | 80 |
  | 25 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 12 | 38 | — | 25 | 4 | 79 |
  | 26 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 25 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 73 |
  | 27 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | — | 6 | 27 | 32 | — | 65 |
  | 28 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 8 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 63 |
  | 29 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | — | 14 | 36 | — | — | 50 |
  | 30 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 22 | — | — | — | 23 | 45 |
  | 31 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 16 | — | — | 27 | — | 43 |
  | 32 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | — | 18 | — | 24 | — | 42 |
  | 33 | Tim Burke (USA) | — | 20 | 18 | — | — | 38 |
  | 34 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | — | 34 | — | — | — | 34 |
  | 35 | Roman Rees (GER) | — | 28 | — | — | — | 28 |
  | 36 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | — | — | 21 | — | — | 21 |
  | 37 | Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | 6 | — | — | 14 | — | 20 |
  | 38 | Jesper Nelin (SWE) | — | — | — | — | 16 | 16 |
  | 39 | Sean Doherty (USA) | 14 | — | — | — | | 14 |
  | 39 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (SWE) | — | — | — | — | 14 | 14 |
  | 41 | Scott Gow (CAN) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
  | 41 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | — | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
  | 43 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 |
  | 43 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
  | 43 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | — | — | 6 | — | — | 6 |
  | 46 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
  | 46 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
  | 46 | Matvey Eliseev (RUS) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
  