The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Friday 7 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Friday 22 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

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2017–18 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	222
Silver:	Johannes Thingnes Bø	198
Bronze:	Jakov Fak	143

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Pokljuka details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	23:46.3 (0+1)	Antonin Guigonnat  France	24:02.4 (0+0)	Alexandr Loginov  Russia	24:02.7 (0+0)
Hochfilzen details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	24:49.2 (0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	24:57.8 (0+0)	Benedikt Doll  Germany	24:59.4 (0+0)
Nové Město details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	23:09.9 (0+0)	Alexandr Loginov  Russia	23:30.9 (0+0)	Martin Ponsiluoma  Sweden	24:04.1 (0+0)
Oberhof details	Alexandr Loginov  Russia	25:50.9 (0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	26:16.1 (0+1)	Sebastian Samuelsson  Sweden	26:27.7 (0+0)
Ruhpolding details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	22:56.3 (0+1)	Tarjei Bø  Norway	23:04.2 (0+0)	Benedikt Doll  Germany	23:06.8 (0+1)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	23:53.9 (0+1)	Erlend Bjøntegaard  Norway	24:11.4 (0+0)	Antonin Guigonnat  France	24:14.1 (0+1)
Canmore details	cancelled due to cold weather
Soldier Hollow, Utah details	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen  Norway	23:29.7 (0+0)	Simon Desthieux  France	23:31.0 (1+0)	Roman Rees  Germany	23:52.1 (0+1)
World Championships details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	24:37.6 (0+1)	Alexandr Loginov  Russia	24:51.3 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	24:54.1 (0+0)
Oslo Holmenkollen details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	24:39.9 (0+1)	Lukas Hofer  Italy	25:11.6 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	25:14.9 (0+0)

Standings

#	Name	POK	HOC	NOV	OBE	RUH	ANT	SOL	ÖST	OSL	Total [1]
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	60	60	60	54	60	60	40	60	60	514
2	Alexandr Loginov (RUS)	48	34	54	60	40	15	13	54	32	350
3	Simon Desthieux (FRA)	36	36	40	32	26	38	54	40	36	338
4	Benedikt Doll (GER)	40	48	30	43	48	0	28	30	38	305
5	Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)	54	43	36	12	4	48	32	21	21	271
6	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	43	13	34	34	54	25	—	28	40	271
7	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	30	2	29	13	23	36	38	48	48	267
8	Julian Eberhard (AUT)	26	38	38	38	22	29	0	25	43	259
9	Lukas Hofer (ITA)	22	29	2	31	38	34	36	0	54	246
10	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	11	40	24	40	19	32	—	32	34	232
11	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	17	54	0	36	43	43	—	38	—	231
12	Simon Eder (AUT)	32	27	28	30	34	40	4	26	0	221
13	Benjamin Weger (SUI)	29	30	43	12	30	6	34	31	0	215
14	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	20	0	31	9	0	54	14	36	26	190
15	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)	0	31	9	0	29	0	60	10	29	168
16	Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)	27	28	0	48	31	DNS	—	12	19	165
17	Erik Lesser (GER)	0	24	—	24	—	10	43	34	25	160
18	Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)	34	3	32	23	14	4	20	—	27	157
19	Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR)	0	9	22	16	21	22	8	43	12	153
20	Michal Krčmář (CZE)	31	21	21	6	16	28	15	0	15	153
21	Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS)	19	0	11	20	12	20	26	22	13	143
22	Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)	25	5	—	18	28	24	12	27	0	139
23	Dominik Windisch (ITA)	6	7	0	22	0	31	30	14	28	138
24	Emilien Jacquelin (FRA)	5	17	0	17	32	16	6	17	22	132
25	Matvey Eliseev (RUS)	14	22	23	21	24	2	—	0	23	129
26	Johannes Kühn (GER)	0	18	19	2	36	0	23	18	11	127
27	Felix Leitner (AUT)	12	6	0	29	0	13	19	5	31	115
28	Philipp Nawrath (GER)	—	—	—	—	11	12	29	29	30	111
29	Sean Doherty (USA)	15	0	0	19	18	0	27	19	9	107
30	Jakov Fak (SLO)	2	32	25	—	0	—	—	24	18	101
#	Name	POK	HOC	NOV	OBE	RUH	ANT	SOL	ÖST	OSL	Total
31	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)	0	25	0	27	25	0	—	20	0	97
32	Roman Rees (GER)	—	—	17	—	9	19	48	—	0	93
33	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	21	0	18	28	10	9	—	0	4	90
34	Artem Pryma (UKR)	28	15	7	0	0	30	—	—	1	81
35	Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE)	7	0	48	—	7	0	—	—	17	79
36	Krasimir Anev (BUL)	13	19	4	0	27	0	—	13	0	76
37	Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR)	16	—	—	0	20	26	—	—	2	64
38	Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)	0	0	27	26	0	0	—	8	0	61
39	Johannes Dale (NOR)	—	—	26	—	—	—	31	—	0	57
40	Christian Gow (CAN)	24	DNS	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	53
41	Klemen Bauer (SLO)	0	20	0	3	0	0	—	24	6	53
42	Roman Yeremin (KAZ)	0	0	15	0	13	23	2	0	0	53
43	Scott Gow (CAN)	0	0	3	DNS	0	21	24	0	0	48
44	Fabien Claude (FRA)	0	—	—	—	—	—	25	—	20	45
45	Jesper Nelin (SWE)	0	DNS	10	0	2	7	—	0	24	43
46	Simon Fourcade (FRA)	—	—	—	0	17	8	18	—	0	43
47	Tobias Eberhard (AUT)	23	0	0	0	0	17	0	—	0	40
48	Vladimir Iliev (BUL)	8	0	14	0	0	14	0	3	0	39
49	Sindre Pettersen (NOR)	38	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38
50	Tomáš Krupčík (CZE)	0	—	—	0	0	18	0	11	8	37
51	Thomas Bormolini (ITA)	18	0	0	0	5	0	11	0	3	37
52	Martin Jäger (SUI)	—	—	—	0	0	27	9	0	0	36
53	Jeremy Finello (SUI)	0	12	0	0	8	0	7	9	0	36
54	Florent Claude (BEL)	0	26	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	35
55	Kalev Ermits (EST)	0	—	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	32
56	Simon Schempp (GER)	1	16	12	0	—	—	—	—	—	29
57	Serafin Wiestner (SUI)	0	23	—	0	0	—	5	0	0	28
58	Alexander Povarnitsyn (RUS)	—	—	0	—	—	11	17	—	0	28
59	Leif Nordgren (USA)	10	10	1	0	0	0	—	7	0	28
60	Vladimir Chepelin (BLR)	0	0	—	25	0	0	—	1	0	26
#	Name	POK	HOC	NOV	OBE	RUH	ANT	SOL	ÖST	OSL	Total
61	Olli Hiidensalo (FIN)	0	0	0	0	0	DNS	—	16	8	24
62	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)	0	0	DNS	—	—	—	22	—	0	22
63	Raman Yaliotnau (BLR)	0	0	0	7	1	0	—	0	14	22
64	Aidan Millar (CAN)	—	—	—	—	0	0	21	0	0	21
65	Thierry Chenal (ITA)	9	0	0	0	0	—	10	—	—	19
66	Martin Otčenáš (SVK)	3	14	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	17
67	Miha Dovzan (SLO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	16
68	Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR)	0	0	—	0	15	0	—	0	0	15
69	Vytautas Strolia (LTU)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
70	Anton Smolski (BLR)	0	0	0	15	0	0	—	0	0	15
71	Giuseppe Montello (ITA)	0	0	14	0	0	0	—	0	0	14
72	Grzegorz Guzik (POL)	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
73	Serhiy Semenov (UKR)	4	0	6	4	0	—	—	—	0	14
74	Philipp Horn (GER)	0	8	0	—	0	—	—	—	5	13
75	Timofey Lapshin (KOR)	0	11	—	—	—	DNF	—	0	0	11
76	Tero Seppala (FIN)	0	0	0	5	0	0	—	6	0	11
77	Matej Kazár (SVK)	0	0	0	10	0	0	—	0	0	10
78	Lucas Fratzscher (GER)	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	10	10
79	Jules Burnotte (CAN)	—	—	8	0	0	0	0	0	—	8
80	Tsukasa Kobonoki (JPN)	0	0	—	0	7	0	—	0	0	7
81	Mario Dolder (SUI)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	—	—	5
82	Tuomas Grönman (FIN)	0	0	0	0	0	DNS	—	4	0	4
83	Dimitar Gerdzhikov (BUL)	—	4	0	0	0	DNS	0	0	0	4
84	Roland Lessing (EST)	—	0	—	—	0	3	—	0	0	3
85	Rene Zahkna (EST)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
86	Tomáš Hasilla (SVK)	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	2	0	2
87	Anton Sinapov (BUL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
88	Jake Brown (USA)	—	—	0	—	0	1	0	0	0	1
89	Aristide Begue (FRA)	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	0	1

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