2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Mass Start Men started on 18 December 2022 in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand and will conclude on 19 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen.

Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 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 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.

2022–23 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete Points Gold: Johannes Thingnes Bø 150 Silver: Sturla Holm Lægreid 135 Bronze: Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 120

Events summary Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Annecy-Le Grand-Bornanddetails Johannes Dale 35:02.2(0+0+2+0) Sturla Holm Lægreid 35:02.5(0+0+1+1) Johannes Thingnes Bø 35:12.8(0+0+1+2) Ruhpoldingdetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 36:12.0(1+0+1+1) Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 36:31.3(1+0+1+0) Sturla Holm Lægreid 36:47.3(1+0+1+0) Östersunddetails Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 35:17.0(0+0+0+0) Johannes Dale 35:26.1(0+0+0+1) Éric Perrot 35:29.3(0+1+0+0) Oslo Holmenkollendetails Johannes Thingnes Bø 38:51.9(1+0+0+1) Niklas Hartweg 39:18.1(0+0+0+0) Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 39:27.1(0+0+0+0)

Standings Final standings after 4 competitions.

# Name LGB RUH OST OSL Total 1. 45 75 90 60 270 2. 60 90 – 90 240 2. 75 60 28 45 208 4. 90 23 75 18 206 5. 34 32 45 32 143 6. 50 31 22 29 132 7. 40 50 – 36 126 8. – 24 16 75 115 9. 20 16 50 25 111 10. 36 26 34 14 110 11. 30 25 – 50 105 12. 25 18 31 28 102 13. 28 21 30 20 99 14. – 29 36 31 97 15. 10 10 27 40 87 16. 23 34 24 6 87 17. 22 14 26 24 86 18. 18 27 14 26 85 19. – 22 32 30 84 20. 16 40 20 4 80 21. 24 28 – 23 75 22. 27 45 – – 72 23. 26 20 12 10 68 24. 14 30 21 – 65 25. 29 12 DNF 22 63 26. – – 60 – 60 27. – – 40 – 40 28. – – 18 21 39 29. 2 36 – – 38 30. – 8 29 – 37 # Name LGB RUH OST OSL Total 31. 32 2 – 2 36 32. – – – 34 34 33. 31 – – – 31 34. – 4 – 27 31 35. 8 – 10 12 30 36. – – 25 – 25 37. – – 23 – 23 38. 21 – – – 21 39. – – – 16 16 40. 6 6 4 – 16 41. 12 – – – 12 42. – – – 8 8 42. – – 8 – 8 44. – – 6 – 6 45. 4 – – – 4

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