Biathlon World Championships 2012

The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 1 to 11 March 2012.

There were total of 11 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay races for men and women, and a mixed relay. All events during the championships also counted for the 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup season.

Schedule of events

Biathlon World Championships 2012 official logo

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.[1]

Date	Time	Event
1 March	15:30	2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
3 March	12:30	Men's 10 km sprint
	15:30	Women's 7.5 km sprint
4 March	13:15	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	16:00	Women's 10 km pursuit
6 March	15:15	Men's 20 km individual
7 March	15:15	Women's 15 km individual
9 March	15:15	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
10 March	15:15	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
11 March	13:30	Men's 15 km mass start
	16:00	Women's 12.5 km mass start

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km individual[2]	Jakov Fak  Slovenia	46:48.2 (0+0+0+1)	Simon Fourcade  France	46:55.2 (0+0+1+0)	Jaroslav Soukup  Czech Republic	47:00.5 (0+1+0+0)
10 km sprint[3]	Martin Fourcade  France	24:18.6 (1+1)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	24:33.7 (1+1)	Carl Johan Bergman  Sweden	24:36.3 (0+0)
12.5 km pursuit[4]	Martin Fourcade  France	33:39.4 (1+1+0+2)	Carl Johan Bergman  Sweden	33:44.6 (0+1+1+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	34:01.5 (1+0+0+0)
15 km mass start[5]	Martin Fourcade  France	38:25.4 (0+1+1+0)	Björn Ferry  Sweden	38:28.4 (0+0+0+0)	Fredrik Lindström  Sweden	38:28.8 (0+1+1+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay[6]	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Rune Brattsveen Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:17:26.8 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade Alexis Bœuf Martin Fourcade	1:17:56.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3)	Germany Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis Arnd Peiffer	1:18:19.8 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km individual[7]	Tora Berger  Norway	42:30.0 (1+0+0+0)	Marie-Laure Brunet  France	43:26.4 (0+0+0+1)	Helena Ekholm  Sweden	43:41.4 (1+0+0+0)
7.5 km sprint[8]	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	21:07.0 (0+0)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	21:22.2 (0+0)	Vita Semerenko  Ukraine	21:44.6 (0+0)
10 km pursuit[9]	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	29:39.6 (0+1+1+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	30:04.7 (0+1+0+2)	Olga Vilukhina  Russia	30:55.0 (0+0+1+0)
12.5 km mass start[10]	Tora Berger  Norway	35:41.6 (0+0+1+0)	Marie-Laure Brunet  France	35:49.7 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	35:54.3 (0+0+0+1)
4 × 6 km relay[11]	Germany Tina Bachmann Magdalena Neuner Miriam Gössner Andrea Henkel	1:09:33.0 (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (1+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin	1:10:01.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)	Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Elise Ringen Synnøve Solemdal Tora Berger	1:10:12.5 (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay[12]	Norway Tora Berger Synnøve Solemdal Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:12:29.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2)	Slovenia Andreja Mali Teja Gregorin Klemen Bauer Jakov Fak	1:12:49.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer	1:13:02.1 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3)

Medal table

Top nations

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	4	1	1	6
2	France (FRA)	3	5	0	8
3	Germany (GER)	2	1	2	5
4	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	0	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	3	5
7	Russia (RUS)	0	0	2	2
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		11	11	11	33

Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.

Rank	Biathlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	3	1	0	4
2	Tora Berger (NOR)	3	0	1	4
3	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	2	1	1	4
4	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	2	1	0	3
5	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	2	0	0	2
6	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	1	1	0	2
	Jakov Fak (SLO)	1	1	0	2
8	Andrea Henkel (GER)	1	0	1	2
	Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)	1	0	1	2
10	Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA)	0	3	0	3
11	Simon Fourcade (FRA)	0	2	0	2
12	Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)	0	1	1	2
13	Andreas Birnbacher (GER)	0	0	2	2
	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	0	0	2	2
Totals (14 biathletes)		16	11	9	36

References

1. "IBU World Championships". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
2. Men's 20 km individual final results
3. Men's 10 km sprint final results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4. Men's 12.5 km pursuit final results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
5. Men's 15 km mass start final results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
6. Men's relay final results Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
7. Women's 15 km individual final results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
8. Women's 7.5 km sprint final results Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
9. Women's 10 km pursuit final results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
10. Women's 12.5 km mass start final Results Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
11. Women's relay final results Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
12. Mixed relay final results Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• IBU