title: 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
text: # 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
  
  The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men will start at Saturday December 1, 2012 in Östersund and will finish Thursday March 14, 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The 10 kilometres (6,23 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.
  
  ## 2011-12 Top 3 Standings
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold: | Martin Fourcade | 423 |
  | Silver: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 378 |
  | Bronze: | Carl Johan Bergman | 287 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Östersund details | Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada | 25:10.4 (0+0) | Alexis Bœuf France | 25:28.5 (0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 25:35.2 (0+1) |
  | Hochfilzen details | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 25:31.1 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:31.5 (1+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 25:44.8 (0+1) |
  | Pokljuka details | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 24:41.7 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:42.5 (0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 24:47.8 (0+0) |
  | Oberhof details | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 25:07.9 (1+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 25:20.5 (1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:21.0 (0+1) |
  | Ruhpolding details | Martin Fourcade France | 23:51.5 (0+0) | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 24:07.9 (0+0) | Andrei Makoveev Russia | 24:24.5 (0+0) |
  | Antholz details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 22:45.8 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 22:58.6 (1+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 23:06.2 (0+1) |
  | Biathlon World Championships 2013 details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:25.1 (0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:33.2 (0+1) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 23:36.3 (0+0) |
  | Holmenkollen details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 25:44.5 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:44.6 (1+1) | Andriy Deryzemlya Ukraine | 25:52.2 (0+0) |
  | Sochi details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:17.3 (0+0) | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 25:59.6 (0+1) | Henrik L'Abée-Lund Norway | 26:08.3 (0+0) |
  | Khanty-Mansiysk details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:22.6 (0+0) | Lukas Hofer Italy | 25:02.2 (0+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 25:06.4 (0+0) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | OBE | RUP | ANT | WCH | HOL | SOC | KHA | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 31 | 54 | 48 | 25 | 60 | 38 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 484 |
  | 2 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 38 | 7 | 54 | 48 | 43 | 54 | 60 | — | — | 11 | 315 |
  | 3 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 30 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 54 | 6 | 32 | — | 54 | 21 | 313 |
  | 4 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 5 | 48 | 60 | 20 | 29 | 48 | 48 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 302 |
  | 5 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 38 | 14 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 48 | 260 |
  | 6 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 34 | 60 | 1 | — | 19 | 43 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 243 |
  | 7 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 242 |
  | 8 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 20 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 27 | 40 | — | 23 | 0 | 240 |
  | 9 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 0 | 11 | 40 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 224 |
  | 10 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 27 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 218 |
  | 11 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 12 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 216 |
  | 12 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 22 | 0 | 27 | 54 | 20 | 40 | 22 | — | 12 | 17 | 214 |
  | 13 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 54 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 28 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 212 |
  | 14 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 18 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 60 | 36 | — | 10 | 13 | 211 |
  | 15 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | — | — | — | 16 | 36 | — | 23 | 60 | 34 | 10 | 179 |
  | 16 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 32 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 177 |
  | 17 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 22 | 176 |
  | 18 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 0 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 176 |
  | 19 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 7 | 25 | 20 | 31 | — | — | 43 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 173 |
  | 20 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 54 | 171 |
  | 21 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 40 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 48 | — | 170 |
  | 22 | Tim Burke (USA) | 23 | 19 | 43 | 15 | — | 0 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 167 |
  | 23 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 166 |
  | 24 | Andrei Makoveev (RUS) | 1 | 38 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 20 | — | 0 | — | 18 | 162 |
  | 25 | Florian Graf (GER) | 43 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 28 | — | 15 | 0 | 36 | 160 |
  | 26 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 136 |
  | 27 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 30 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 127 |
  | 28 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 16 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 29 | 123 |
  | 29 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 122 |
  | 30 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 117 |
  | 31 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 25 | 9 | 25 | — | 0 | 7 | 28 | — | 19 | 0 | 113 |
  | 32 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 48 | 0 | 15 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 43 | 106 |
  | 33 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 19 | 106 |
  | 34 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 103 |
  | 35 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | 21 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
  | 36 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 99 |
  | 37 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | 60 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 96 |
  | 38 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 31 | 94 |
  | 39 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 87 |
  | 40 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | 28 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 87 |
  | 41 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 0 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 14 | 86 |
  | 42 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 85 |
  | 43 | Aleksey Volkov (RUS) | 13 | 0 | — | 38 | 3 | — | — | 27 | — | 0 | 81 |
  | 44 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | — | 0 | 29 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
  | 45 | Alexandr Loginov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 29 | — | 69 |
  | 46 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | 7 | 23 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
  | 47 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 7 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 69 |
  | 48 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | — | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 65 |
  | 49 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | — | — | — | 0 | 13 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64 |
  | 50 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | 24 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 63 |
  | 51 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 32 | 26 | 58 |
  | 52 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 |
  | 53 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | — | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | 0 | 16 | 55 |
  | 54 | Scott Perras (CAN) | 0 | 16 | 7 | — | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
  | 55 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 28 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 49 |
  | 56 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 10 | — | 0 | — | — | 48 |
  | 57 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 17 | — | 31 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 48 |
  | 58 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 23 | 48 |
  | 59 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 15 | 39 |
  | 60 | Simon Hallenbarter (SWI) | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 |
  | 61 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
  | 62 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 0 | — | 34 |
  | 63 | Claudio Böckli (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
  | 64 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 |
  | 65 | Tomas Kaukėnas (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | — | 0 | 7 | 26 |
  | 66 | Johannes Kühn (GER) | — | — | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 |
  | 67 | Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | 10 | 0 | — | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 24 |
  | 68 | Indrek Tobreluts (EST) | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
  | 69 | Markus Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
  | 70 | Tobias Eberhard (AUT) | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | 17 |
  | 71 | Jarkko Kauppinen (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 |
  | 72 | Christoffer Eriksson (SWE) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 |
  | 73 | Magnús Jónsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
  | 74 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 13 |
  | 75 | Scott Gow (CAN) | — | — | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
  | 76 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
  | 77 | Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 10 |
  | 78 | Dušan Šimočko (SVK) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 79 | Ahti Toivanen (FIN) | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 80 | Milanko Petrović (SRB) | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
  | 81 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
  | 82 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
  | 83 | Christoph Stephan (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 6 | 6 |
  | 84 | Ivan Joller (SUI) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | 85 | Miroslav Matiaško (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 |
  | 86 | Danil Steptsenko (EST) | 3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
  | 87 | Pietro Dutto (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 88 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 89 | Vincent Jay (FRA) | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
  | 90 | Vit Janov (CZE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 91 | Edgars Piksons (LAT) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
  