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

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
3 March	15:30	Women's 7.5 km sprint
4 March	13:15	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
4 March	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
11 March	16:00	Women's 12.5 km mass start

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km individual^[2] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	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
4	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 entries)		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
6	Jakov Fak (SLO)	1	1	0	2
8	Andrea Henkel (GER)	1	0	1	2
8	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
13	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	0	0	2	2
Totals (14 entries)		16	11	9	36

References

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

External links

[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

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