2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men
| Biathlon World Cup |
| 2016–17 |
| Men |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| Mixed relay |
| Women |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation |
| World Cup locations |
|
Östersund |
Pokljuka |
Nové Město |
Oberhof |
Ruhpolding |
|
World Championships (Hochfilzen) |
The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Thursday 1 December, 2016 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 16 February, 2017 at the World Championships in Hochfilzen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Martin 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.
2015–16 Top 3 standings
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Martin Fourcade | 140 |
| Silver: |  Simon Eder | 138 |
| Bronze: | Dominik Landertinger | 105 |
Medal winners
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Östersund details |
Martin Fourcade France | 51:33.8 (0+2+0+0) |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 52:03.3 (0+0+0+2) |
Vladimir Chepelin Belarus | 52:58.1 (1+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details |
Anton Shipulin Russia | 50:38.1 (0+0+1+0) |
Martin Fourcade France | 51:19.1 (0+1+1+0) |
Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 51:34.9 (0+0+0+1) |
| World Championships details |
Lowell Bailey United States | 48:07.4 (0+0+0+0) |
Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 48:10.7 (0+0+0+0) |
Martin Fourcade France | 48:28.6 (1+0+1+0) |
Standings
| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 60 | 54 | 48 | 162 | |
| 2 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 30 | 60 | 36 | 126 |
| 3 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 26 | 31 | 60 | 117 |
| 4 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 54 | 27 | 34 | 115 |
| 5 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 43 | 28 | 32 | 103 |
| 6 |  Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 36 | 38 | 25 | 99 |
| 7 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 0 | 48 | 40 | 88 |
| 8 |  Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 31 | 22 | 31 | 84 |
| 9 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 40 | 43 | 0 | 83 |
| 10 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 24 | 0 | 54 | 78 |
| 11 |  Erik Lesser (GER) | 10 | 20 | 43 | 73 |
| 12 | Michal Krčmář (CZE) | 0 | 34 | 38 | 72 |
| 13 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 18 | 29 | 21 | 68 |
| 13 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 0 | 40 | 28 | 68 |
| 15 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 11 | 30 | 22 | 63 |
| 15 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 13 | 26 | 24 | 63 |
| 17 | Vladimir Chepelin (BLR) | 48 | 3 | 10 | 61 |
| 18 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 29 | — | 29 | 58 |
| 19 | Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS) | 19 | 36 | — | 55 |
| 20 |  Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 32 | 19 | 3 | 54 |
| 21 | Julian Eberhard (AUT) | 23 | — | 27 | 50 |
| 22 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 9 | 32 | 7 | 48 |
| 23 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | 6 | 18 | 19 | 43 |
| 23 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 28 | 15 | — | 43 |
| 25 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 15 | 0 | 26 | 41 |
| 26 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 16 | 0 | 23 | 39 |
| 27 |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 28 |  Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 28 | Tim Burke (USA) | 25 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| 30 | Florian Graf (GER) | 34 | — | — | 34 |
| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total |
| 31 |  Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 20 | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| 31 |  Tuomas Grönman (FIN) | 21 | 10 | — | 31 |
| 33 | Alexey Volkov (RUS) | — | — | 30 | 30 |
| 33 | Leif Nordgren (USA) | DNS | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 33 | Vegard Gjermundshaug (NOR) | 17 | 13 | — | 30 |
| 36 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 22 | DNS | 7 | 29 |
| 37 |  Cornel Puchianu (ROU) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 38 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 0 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 39 | Vladimir Semakov (UKR) | 0 | 25 | — | 25 |
| 40 |  Scott Gow (CAN) | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 40 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| 42 | Simon Desthieux (FRA) | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 43 | Lorenz Wäger (AUT) | — | 21 | — | 21 |
| 44 | Fabien Claude (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 45 |  Matej Kazár (SVK) | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| 46 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | — | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 47 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | — | — | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Peppe Femling (SWE) | 0 | 14 | — | 14 |
| 47 | Tomáš Hasilla (SVK) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 50 | Dzmitry Abasheu (BLR) | — | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 51 | Martin Otčenáš (SVK) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 52 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | 0 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 52 | Tomáš Krupčík (CZE) | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| 54 |  Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 54 | Paul Schommer (USA) | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| 54 |  Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 57 | Anton Sinapov (BUL) | 4 | — | 2 | 6 |
| 57 | Lenart Oblak (SLO) | — | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 59 | Sean Doherty (USA) | — | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 60 | Torstein Stenersen (SWE) | 0 | — | 4 | 4 |
| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total |
| 61 | Thomas Bormolini (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 62 | Anton Babikov (RUS) | 0 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 62 | Mitja Drinovec (SLO) | 2 | DNS | — | 2 |
| 64 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 64 | Maksim Varabei (BLR) | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 64 | Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |