2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday 23 December 2018 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.

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.

2017–18 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	60
Silver:	Johannes Thingnes Bø	54
Bronze:	Erik Lesser	48

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Nové Město details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	37:25.2 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet France	38:11.7 (0+0+1+1)	Evgeniy Garanichev Russia	38:19.3 (0+0+0+0)
Ruhpolding details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	36:43.8 (0+0+0+1)	Julian Eberhard Austria	36:44.4 (0+1+0+1)	Quentin Fillon Maillet France	36:46.6 (0+1+0+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Quentin Fillon Maillet France	34:39.4 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	34:53.7 (0+0+1+1)	Arnd Peiffer Germany	35:04.0 (0+0+0+0)
World Championships details	Dominik Windisch Italy	40:54.1 (1+1+1+0)	Antonin Guigonnat France	41:16.9 (2+0+0+1)	Julian Eberhard Austria	41:17.4 (0+0+3+1)
Oslo Holmenkollen details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	37:25.6 (0+0+0+0)	Arnd Peiffer Germany	37:44.8 (0+0+0+0)	Benedikt Doll Germany	38:03.6 (1+0+0+1)

Standings

#	Name	NOV	RUH	ANT	ÖST	OSL	Total
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	60	60	54	28	60	262
2	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	43	36	48	38	54	219
3	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	54	48	60	40	16	218
4	Julian Eberhard (AUT)	21	54	30	48	43	196
5	Benedikt Doll (GER)	38	20	27	34	48	167
6	Simon Desthieux (FRA)	36	38	23	30	36	163
7	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)	20	40	29	29	40	158
8	Simon Eder (AUT)	27	32	31	36	27	153
9	Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS)	48	25	36	25	10	144
10	Alexandr Loginov (RUS)	26	24	21	43	23	137
11	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	25	31	14	32	31	133
12	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	32	43	43	14	—	132
13	Benjamin Weger (SUI)	29	34	38	23	6	130
14	Lukas Hofer (ITA)	23	18	26	24	38	129
15	Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)	14	10	40	54	4	122
16	Dominik Windisch (ITA)	—	—	28	60	25	113
17	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	40	16	18	18	21	113
18	Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)	28	8	24	—	34	94
19	Michal Krčmář (CZE)	31	23	16	6	18	94
20	Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR)	24	4	10	31	22	91
21	Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)	—	21	25	12	30	88
22	Jakov Fak (SLO)	30	—	—	27	26	83
23	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	34	26	12	—	—	72
24	Emilien Jacquelin (FRA)	—	22	32	—	12	66
25	Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR)	—	27	34	—	—	61
26	Philipp Nawrath (GER)	—	—	—	26	32	58
27	Sean Doherty (USA)	—	28	—	20	8	56
28	Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)	4	6	6	10	20	46
29	Christian Gow (CAN)	6	30	8	—	—	44
30	Matvey Eliseev (RUS)	2	14	4	—	24	44
#	Name	NOV	RUH	ANT	ÖST	OSL	Total
31	Felix Leitner (AUT)	—	—	—	22	14	36
32	Johannes Kühn (GER)	12	2	20	—	—	34
33	Artem Pryma (UKR)	8	—	22	—	—	30
34	Krasimir Anev (BUL)	—	29	—	—	—	29
34	Fabien Claude (FRA)	—	—	—	—	29	29
36	Lucas Fratzscher (GER)	—	—	—	—	28	28
37	Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE)	22	—	—	—	—	22
38	Tomáš Krupčík (CZE)	—	—	—	21	—	21
39	Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)	18	—	—	—	—	18
40	Simon Schempp (GER)	16	—	—	—	—	16
40	Jeremy Finello (SUI)	—	—	—	16	—	16
42	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)	—	12	—	—	—	12
43	Jesper Nelin (SWE)	10	—	—	—	—	10
44	Erik Lesser (GER)	—	—	—	8	2	10
45	Vladimir Iliev (BUL)	—	—	—	4	—	4
46	Martin Jäger (SUI)	—	—	2	—	—	2
46	Leif Nordgren (USA)	—	—	—	2	—	2