The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details Östersund 30 November–4 December ● ● ● details Hochfilzen 7 December–11 December ● ● ● details Hochfilzen 15–18 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 4–8 January ● ● ● details Nové Město 11–15 January ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 19–22 January ● ● ● details Holmenkollen 2–5 February ● ● ● details Kontiolahti 10–12 February ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 29 February–11 March ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships Khanty-Mansiysk 16–18 March ● ● ● details Total 3 10 8 5 4 3

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 2011 Östersund 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Michal Šlesingr Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Detail 2 December 2011 Östersund 10 km Sprint Carl Johan Bergman Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 4 December 2011 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Jaroslav Soukup Detail 2 9 December 2011 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Carl Johan Bergman Andrei Makoveev Benjamin Weger Detail 10 December 2011 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Emil Hegle Svendsen Tarjei Bø Benjamin Weger Carl Johan Bergman Detail 3 15 December 2011 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Tarjei Bø Martin Fourcade Timofey Lapshin Tarjei Bø Detail 17 December 2011 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Andreas Birnbacher Ole Einar Bjørndalen Simon Fourcade Detail 4 7 January 2012 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Arnd Peiffer Simon Fourcade Lukas Hofer Detail 8 January 2012 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Andreas Birnbacher Simon Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 12 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 20 km Individual Andrei Makoveev Emil Hegle Svendsen Björn Ferry Detail 14 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 10 km Sprint Emil Hegle Svendsen Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade Detail 15 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade Detail 6 20 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Fredrik Lindström Evgeny Garanichev Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade Detail 21 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Andreas Birnbacher Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Detail 7 2 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Evgeny Garanichev Arnd Peiffer Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 4 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Arnd Peiffer Emil Hegle Svendsen Evgeny Garanichev Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Emil Hegle Svendsen Andreas Birnbacher Evgeny Garanichev Detail 8 11 February 2012 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Timofey Lapshin Benjamin Weger Martin Fourcade Detail 12 February 2012 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Martin Fourcade Dmitry Malyshko Detail WC 3 March 2012 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Carl Johan Bergman Detail 4 March 2012 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Carl Johan Bergman Anton Shipulin Detail 6 March 2012 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Jakov Fak Simon Fourcade Jaroslav Soukup Detail 11 March 2012 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Detail 9 16 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Fredrik Lindström Detail 17 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 18 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Emil Hegle Svendsen Arnd Peiffer Anton Shipulin Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 1 December 2011 Östersund 15 km Individual Darya Domracheva Anna Maria Nilsson Magdalena Neuner Darya Domracheva Detail 3 December 2011 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Tora Berger Kaisa Mäkäräinen Magdalena Neuner Detail 4 December 2011 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Kaisa Mäkäräinen Magdalena Neuner Detail 2 9 December 2011 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Kaisa Mäkäräinen Olga Zaitseva Detail 10 December 2011 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Olga Zaitseva Magdalena Neuner Detail 3 16 December 2011 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Olga Zaitseva Darya Domracheva Helena Ekholm Detail 17 December 2011 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Olga Zaitseva Helena Ekholm Darya Domracheva Detail 4 6 January 2012 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Darya Domracheva Olga Zaitseva Detail 8 January 2012 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Tora Berger Andrea Henkel Detail 5 11 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 15 km Individual Kaisa Mäkäräinen Helena Ekholm Magdalena Neuner Detail 13 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 7.5 km Sprint Olga Zaitseva Tora Berger Magdalena Neuner Detail 15 January 2012 Nové Město na M. 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Helena Ekholm Marie-Laure Brunet Detail 6 19 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Kaisa Mäkäräinen Darya Domracheva Detail 22 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Anastázia Kuzminová Magdalena Neuner Detail 7 2 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Darya Domracheva Tora Berger Detail 4 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Neuner Olga Zaitseva Darya Domracheva Detail 5 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Andrea Henkel Darya Domracheva Helena Ekholm Detail 8 11 February 2012 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Kaisa Mäkäräinen Darya Domracheva Detail 12 February 2012 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Magdalena Neuner Darya Domracheva Detail WC 3 March 2012 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Darya Domracheva Vita Semerenko Detail 4 March 2012 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Magdalena Neuner Olga Vilukhina Detail 7 March 2012 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Tora Berger Marie-Laure Brunet Helena Ekholm Detail 11 March 2012 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Tora Berger Marie-Laure Brunet Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 9 16 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Vita Semerenko Darya Domracheva Detail 17 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Vita Semerenko Detail 18 March 2012 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Tora Berger Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 11 December 2011 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 5 January 2012 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 6 22 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 9 March 2012 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 11 December 2011 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 4 January 2012 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 6 21 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 10 March 2012 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay

Mixed Relay Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 3 18 December 2011 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 8 10 February 2012 Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay WC 1 March 2012 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 1100 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 1035 3. Andreas Birnbacher 837 4. Arnd Peiffer 736 5. Simon Fourcade 716 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Simon Fourcade 125 2. Jakov Fak 113 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 108 4. Martin Fourcade 107 5. Jaroslav Soukup 99 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 423 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 378 3. Carl Johan Bergman 287 4. Arnd Peiffer 270 5. Andrei Makoveev 261 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 384 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 348 3. Arnd Peiffer 257 4. Tarjei Bø 257 5. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 239 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Andreas Birnbacher 260 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 218 3. Martin Fourcade 202 4. Fredrik Lindström 175 5. Anton Shipulin 172 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. France 198 2. Norway 190 3. Russia 189 4. Germany 183 5. Austria 166 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 7070 2. 7044 3. 6901 4. 6712 5. 6333 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 1216 2. Darya Domracheva 1188 3. Tora Berger 1056 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 1011 5. Helena Ekholm 898 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Helena Ekholm 138 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 116 3. Darya Domracheva 116 4. Magdalena Neuner 114 5. Tora Berger 109 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 571 2. Darya Domracheva 471 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 402 4. Tora Berger 374 5. Olga Zaitseva 334 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Darya Domracheva 392 2. Magdalena Neuner 372 3. Tora Berger 361 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 330 5. Olga Zaitseva 313 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Darya Domracheva 250 2. Tora Berger 242 3. Marie-Laure Brunet 202 4. Andrea Henkel 197 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 190 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. France 216 2. Norway 205 3. Russia 192 4. Germany 179 5. Belarus 177 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 7089 2. 7084 3. 6857 4. 6716 5. 6490 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 143 2. France 138 3. Germany 128 4. Ukraine 115 5. Sweden 114 Final standings after 3 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory , 29, in his 8th season — the WC 5 Individual in Nové Město; first podium was 2006-07 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk , 22, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz; it also was his first podium , 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2011-12 Sprint in Antholz , 24, in his 6th season — the World Championships Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2008-09 Individual in Pyeong Chang

First World Cup podium , 28, in her 10th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 29, in his 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund , 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen (2) , 23, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz , 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti , 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Pursuit in Ruhpolding

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men , 8 (14) first places , 4 (28) first places , 3 (4) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (93) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 10 (34) first places , 6 (9) first places , 4 (16) first places , 3 (12) first places , 2 (5) first places , 1 (21) first place

Retirements Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

(comeback in 2016–17 season)

References

External links IBU official site