Biathlon World Championships 2012

Host city	Ruhpolding
Country	Germany
Events	11
Opening	1 March
Closing	11 March
Website	www.ruhpolding2012.com

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

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]

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint[2]	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[3]	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[4]	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[5]	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[6]	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[7]	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[8]	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[9]	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[10]	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[11]	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[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 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
	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

External links

• Official website
• IBU