2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men
| Biathlon World Cup |
| 2012–13 |
| Men |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| Mixed relay |
| Women |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| World Cup locations |
|
Östersund |
Hochfilzen |
Pokljuka |
Oberhof |
Ruhpolding |
The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started at Wednesday November 28, 2012 in Östersund and will finish in Sochi. Defending titlist is Simon Fourcade of France.
Competition format
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.
2011-12 Top 3 Standings
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Simon Fourcade | 125 |
| Silver: |  Jakov Fak | 113 |
| Bronze: |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 108 |
Medal winners
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details |
Martin Fourcade France | 50:44.7 (0+1+0+0) |
Dominik Landertinger Austria | 50:57.0 (0+1+0+0) |
Erik Lesser Germany | 51:06.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| Biathlon World Championships 2013 details |
Martin Fourcade France | 49:43.0 (0+0+0+1) |
Tim Burke United States | 50:06.5 (0+0+0+1) |
Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 50:16.7 (0+0+0+1) |
| Sochi details |
Martin Fourcade France | 49:40.6 (1+0+0+0) |
Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 49:47.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 50:12.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Standings
| # | Name | ÖST | WCH | SOC | Total[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 | |
| 2 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 16 | 34 | 54 | 104 |
| 3 | Tim Burke (USA) | 8 | 54 | 40 | 102 |
| 4 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 54 | 27 | 19 | 100 |
| 5 |  Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 27 | 43 | 27 | 98 |
| 6 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 2 | 40 | 36 | 78 |
| 7 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 17 | 48 | 7 | 72 |
| 8 |  Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 0 | 36 | 34 | 70 |
| 9 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 14 | 32 | 23 | 69 |
| 10 |  Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 34 | 4 | 28 | 66 |
| 11 | Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) | 36 | — | 25 | 61 |
| 12 |  Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 40 | 0 | 20 | 60 |
| 13 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 48 | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| 14 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | — | 29 | 26 | 55 |
| 15 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 29 | 23 | 0 | 52 |
| 16 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 0 | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| 17 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 30 | 13 | 6 | 49 |
| 18 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | — | 48 | 48 |
| 19 |  Ivan Joller (SUI) | — | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| 20 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | 0 | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| 21 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | 15 | — | 32 | 47 |
| 22 |  Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 30 | 15 | 45 |
| 23 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 0 | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| 24 |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 25 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 43 | — | — | 43 |
| 26 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 32 | 8 | — | 40 |
| 27 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 0 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 28 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 29 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | — | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| 29 | Benedikt Döll (GER) | — | — | 38 | 38 |
| 31 |  Miroslav Matiaško (SVK) | 28 | 9 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 33 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 7 | — | 29 | 36 |
| 34 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 23 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
| 35 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | — | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| 36 |  Jarkko Kauppinen (FIN) | 31 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 37 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 18 | 14 | — | 32 |
| 38 |  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| 39 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 40 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 21 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| 41 | Claudio Böckli (SUI) | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| 42 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 22 | — | 5 | 27 |
| 43 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | 26 | 0 | — | 26 |
| 44 |  Sergey Novikov (BLR) | 1 | 25 | 0 | 26 |
| 45 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 46 | Scott Perras (CAN) | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 47 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 12 | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| 48 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 49 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 20 | 0 | — | 20 |
| 50 | Peter Dokl (SLO) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 51 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 52 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 53 |  Tomas Kaukėnas (LTU) | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 54 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 4 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 55 | Alexey Slepov (RUS) | — | — | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 57 |  Hidenori Isa (JPN) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 58 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 59 | Florian Graf (GER) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 60 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | — | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 61 | Scott Gow (CAN) | — | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 62 |  Alexei Almoukov (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 63 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| 64 |  Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 65 | Andrei Makoveev (RUS) | 5 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 66 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
| 67 | Sergey Klyachin (RUS) | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| 68 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | — | 2 | 0 | 2 |