Biathlon World Championships 2012

Biathlon World Championships 2012

Host city	Ruhpolding
Country	Germany
Events	11
Opening	1 March
Closing	11 March
Website	www.ruhpolding2012.com
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The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 1 to 11 March 2012.

Biathlon at the 2012 World Championships

Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed
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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.

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
10 km sprint 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 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)
20 km individual 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)
4 × 7.5 km relay 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)
15 km mass start 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)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 km sprint 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 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)
15 km individual 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	43:41.1 (1+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay 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 Habert	1:10:01.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)	Norway Fanny 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)
12.5 km mass start 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)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay 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

References

"IBU World Championships". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
Men's sprint results
Men's pursuit results
Men's individual results
Men's relay results
Men's mass start results
Women's sprint results
Women's pursuit results
Women's individual results
Women's relay results
Women's mass start results
Mixed relay results

External links

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