2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men will start at Thursday December 3, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Thursday February 18, 2009 in Vancouver at the olympic Biathlon event. Defending titlist is Michael Greis of Germany.

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.