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 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 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

Men 10 km sprintMen's sprint results 24:18.6(1+1) 24:33.7(1+1) 24:36.3(0+0) 12.5 km pursuitMen's pursuit results 33:39.4(1+1+0+2) 33:44.6(0+1+1+0) 34:01.5(1+0+0+0) 20 km individualMen's individual results 46:48.2(0+0+0+1) 46:55.2(0+0+1+0) 47:00.5(0+1+0+0) 4 × 7.5 km relayMen's relay results 1:17:26.8(0+0) (1+3)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0) 1:17:56.5(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)(0+2) (0+3) 1:18:19.8(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+3)(0+2) (0+0)(0+1) (0+2) 15 km mass startMen's mass start results 38:25.4(0+1+1+0) 38:28.4(0+0+0+0) 38:28.8(0+1+1+0)

Women 7.5 km sprintWomen's sprint results 21:07.0(0+0) 21:22.2(0+0) 21:44.6(0+0) 10 km pursuitWomen's pursuit results 29:39.6(0+1+1+0) 30:04.7(0+1+0+2) 30:55.0(0+0+1+0) 15 km individualWomen's individual results 42:30.0(1+0+0+0) 43:26.4(0+0+0+1) 43:41.1(1+0+0+0) 4 × 6 km relayWomen's relay results 1:09:33.0(0+1) (0+0)(0+3) (1+3)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0) 1:10:01.5(0+1) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)(0+1) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1) 1:10:12.5(0+1) (0+3)(0+1) (0+2)(0+1) (0+3)(0+1) (0+0) 12.5 km mass startWomen's mass start results 35:41.6(0+0+1+0) 35:49.7(0+0+0+1) 35:54.3(0+0+0+1)

Mixed Mixed relay results 1:12:29.3(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+3)(0+2) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2) 1:12:49.5(0+1) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)(0+3) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) 1:13:02.1(0+2) (0+1)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (1+3)

Medal table Top nations

Top athletes All athletes with two or more medals.

References

External links

IBU