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.^[1]

Medal winners

Men

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

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

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

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