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Biathlon World Championships 2012

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Biathlon World Championships 2012
Host cityRuhpolding
CountryGermany
Events11
Opening1 March
Closing11 March
Websitewww.ruhpolding2012.com

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

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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

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint[2]
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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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[11]
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

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

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Top nations

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)4116
2 France (FRA)3508
3 Germany (GER)2125
4 Belarus (BLR)1102
 Slovenia (SLO)1102
6 Sweden (SWE)0235
7 Russia (RUS)0022
8 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (10 entries)11111133

Top athletes

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All athletes with two or more medals.

RankBiathleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Martin Fourcade (FRA)3104
2 Tora Berger (NOR)3014
3 Magdalena Neuner (GER)2114
4 Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)2103
5 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)2002
6 Darya Domracheva (BLR)1102
 Jakov Fak (SLO)1102
8 Andrea Henkel (GER)1012
 Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)1012
10 Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA)0303
11 Simon Fourcade (FRA)0202
12 Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)0112
13 Andreas Birnbacher (GER)0022
 Arnd Peiffer (GER)0022

References

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  1. ^ "IBU World Championships". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  2. ^ Men's sprint results
  3. ^ Men's pursuit results
  4. ^ Men's individual results
  5. ^ Men's relay results
  6. ^ Men's mass start results
  7. ^ Women's sprint results
  8. ^ Women's pursuit results
  9. ^ Women's individual results
  10. ^ Women's relay results
  11. ^ Women's mass start results
  12. ^ Mixed relay results
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