Biathlon World Championships 2012

Biathlon World Cup
2011–12
Men

Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation

Mixed relay
Women

Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Nation

World Cup locations

Östersund | Hochfilzen | Hochfilzen (2) | Oberhof | Nové Město
Antholz-Anterselva | Holmenkollen | Kontiolahti | Khanty-Mansiysk

World Championships

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

Biathlon World Championships 2012
Individual   men   women
Sprint   men   women
Pursuit   men   women
Mass start   men   women
Relay   men mixed women

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  France
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Simon Fourcade
Alexis Bœuf
Martin Fourcade 		1:17:56.5  Germany
Simon Schempp
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis
Arnd Peiffer 		1:18:19.8

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  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sophie Boilley
Anaïs Bescond
Marie Dorin 		1:10:01.5  Norway
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Elise Ringen
Synnøve Solemdal
Tora Berger 		1:10:12.5

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  Slovenia
Andreja Mali
Teja Gregorin
Klemen Bauer
Jakov Fak 		1:12:49.5  Germany
Andrea Henkel
Magdalena Neuner
Andreas Birnbacher
Arnd Peiffer 		1:13:02.1

Medal table

Top nations

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway 4 1 1 6
2  France 3 5 0 8
3  Germany 2 1 2 5
4  Belarus 1 1 0 2
 Slovenia 1 1 0 2
6  Sweden 0 2 3 5
7  Russia 0 0 2 2
8  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
Total 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

References

  1. ↑ "IBU World Championships". Biathlonworld.com. 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
  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
  12. ↑ Mixed relay final results

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