| Men's pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships 2011 | ||||||||||
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| Location | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | |||||||||
| Date | 6 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 33:02.6 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon World Championships 2011 | |||
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| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
The men's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2011 was held on March 6, 2011 at 14:00 local time. The best 60 athletes from the sprint participated. [1] [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | Martin Fourcade |  France | 0:13 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 33:02.6 | |
 | 5 | Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Norway | 0:30 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33:06.4 | +3.8 |
 | 3 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 0:25 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33:07.8 | +5.2 |
| 4 | 1 | Arnd Peiffer |  Germany | 0:00 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33:08.4 | +5.8 |
| 5 | 6 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 0:32 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 34:06.6 | +1:04.0 |
| 6 | 13 | Simon Fourcade | France | 0:59 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 34:26.3 | +1:23.7 |
| 7 | 10 | Andriy Deryzemlya |  Ukraine | 0:55 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 34:32.9 | +1:30.3 |
| 8 | 12 | Michal Šlesingr |  Czech Republic | 0:59 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 34:37.6 | +1:35.0 |
| 9 | 16 | Lukas Hofer |  Italy | 1:04 | 4 (0+3+0+1) | 34:39.5 | +1:36.9 |
| 10 | 23 | Björn Ferry |  Sweden | 1:22 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 34:39.6 | +1:37.0 |
| 11 | 9 | Michael Greis | Germany | 0:53 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 34:40.7 | +1:38.1 |
| 12 | 29 | Evgeny Ustyugov |  Russia | 1:38 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 34:43.5 | +1:40.9 |
| 13 | 18 | Markus Windisch | Italy | 1:11 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 34:45.9 | +1:43.3 |
| 14 | 17 | Simon Eder |  Austria | 1:05 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 34:46.6 | +1:44.0 |
| 15 | 28 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 1:37 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 34:54.0 | +1:51.4 |
| 16 | 7 | Christoph Stephan | Germany | 0:35 | 4 (1+0+3+0) | 34:56.4 | +1:53.8 |
| 17 | 4 | Andrei Makoveev | Russia | 0:30 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | 34:56.8 | +1:54.2 |
| 18 | 19 | Ivan Tcherezov | Russia | 1:16 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 35:15.6 | +2:13.0 |
| 19 | 14 | Lars Berger | Norway | 1:04 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | 35:26.8 | +2:24.2 |
| 20 | 8 | Edgars Piksons |  Latvia | 0:43 | 5 (2+2+1+0) | 35:29.3 | +2:26.7 |
| 21 | 37 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 2:03 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 35:31.6 | +2:29.0 |
| 22 | 27 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 1:29 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | 35:32.3 | +2:29.7 |
| 23 | 21 | Christian de Lorenzi | Italy | 1:21 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 35:34.4 | +2:31.8 |
| 24 | 22 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 1:22 | 5 (1+2+0+2) | 35:41.3 | +2:38.7 |
| 25 | 11 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 0:58 | 5 (0+1+1+3) | 35:50.1 | +2:47.5 |
| 26 | 38 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 2:05 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 35:54.4 | +2:51.8 |
| 27 | 33 | Serguei Sednev | Ukraine | 1:52 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 36:06.2 | +3:03.6 |
| 28 | 47 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 2:22 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 36:06.9 | +3:04.3 |
| 29 | 24 | Simon Hallenbarter |  Switzerland | 1:25 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 36:12.0 | +3:09.4 |
| 30 | 31 | Tim Burke |  United States | 1:41 | 6 (2+0+3+1) | 36:12.6 | +3:10.0 |
| 31 | 34 | Scott Perras |  Canada | 1:56 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 36:14.1 | +3:11.5 |
| 32 | 51 | Magnus Jonsson | Sweden | 2:31 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 36:16.6 | +3:14.0 |
| 33 | 52 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 2:34 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 36:21.0 | +3:18.4 |
| 34 | 15 | Klemen Bauer |  Slovenia | 1:04 | 8 (0+3+3+2) | 36:24.5 | +3:21.9 |
| 35 | 42 | Jay Hakkinen | United States | 2:16 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 36:25.6 | +3:23.0 |
| 36 | 20 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 1:16 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 36:38.2 | +3:35.6 |
| 37 | 43 | Indrek Tobreluts |  Estonia | 2:17 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 36:40.2 | +3:37.6 |
| 38 | 26 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 1:29 | 6 (1+2+2+1) | 36:47.2 | +3:44.6 |
| 39 | 40 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 2:06 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 36:48.8 | +3:46.2 |
| 40 | 50 | Michail Kletcherov |  Bulgaria | 2:28 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 36:50.7 | +3:48.1 |
| 41 | 36 | Paavo Puurunen |  Finland | 2:03 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 36:51.1 | +3:48.5 |
| 42 | 25 | Olexander Bilanenko | Ukraine | 1:27 | 5 (1+1+0+3) | 37:03.1 | +4:00.5 |
| 43 | 39 | Timo Antila | Finland | 2:05 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 37:04.5 | +4:01.9 |
| 44 | 58 | Jarkko Kauppinen | Finland | 2:44 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 37:08.7 | +4:06.1 |
| 45 | 32 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 1:42 | 6 (0+0+3+3) | 37:10.0 | +4:07.4 |
| 46 | 49 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 2:27 | 5 (2+0+2+1) | 37:30.4 | +4:27.8 |
| 47 | 48 | Lee-Steve Jackson |  Great Britain | 2:25 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 37:44.8 | +4:42.2 |
| 48 | 30 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov |  Kazakhstan | 1:41 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | 37:50.0 | +4:47.4 |
| 49 | 41 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 2:06 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 38:01.1 | +4:58.5 |
| 50 | 53 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | Italy | 2:34 | 6 (0+2+4+0) | 38:04.9 | +5:02.3 |
| 51 | 35 | Matthias Simmen | Switzerland | 1:59 | 7 (2+1+2+2) | 38:09.3 | +5:06.7 |
| 52 | 46 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 2:19 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 38:12.2 | +5:09.6 |
| 53 | 56 | Vasja Rupnik | Slovenia | 2:37 | 7 (1+2+2+2) | 38:33.0 | +5:30.4 |
| 54 | 55 | Junji Nagai |  Japan | 2:36 | 5 (1+1+3+0) | 38:36.1 | +5:33.5 |
| 55 | 44 | Ren Long |  China | 2:18 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 38:58.6 | +5:56.0 |
| 56 | 45 | Vincent Jay | France | 2:19 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 39:21.3 | +6:18.7 |
| 57 | 54 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 2:35 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 39:21.5 | +6:18.9 |
| 58 | 59 | Vladimir Chepelin |  Belarus | 2:48 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | 39:52.3 | +6:49.7 |
| 59 | 60 | Tomas Kaukėnas |  Lithuania | 2:48 | 7 (0+2+2+3) | 40:14.0 | +7:11.4 |
| 57 | Marcel Laponder | Great Britain | 2:39 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | LAP |
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