Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Men's sprint ; at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Date	3 March 2012
Competitors	138 from 41 nations
Winning time	24:18.6
Medalists
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The men's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 3, 2012 at 12:30 local time.^[1]

Results[]

The race started at 12:30.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Penalties (P+S)	Time	Deficit
	9	Martin Fourcade	France	2 (1+1)	24:18.6
	1	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	2 (1+1)	24:33.7	+15.1
	41	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	0 (0+0)	24:36.3	+17.7
4	18	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	0 (0+0)	24:45.7	+27.1
5	5	Simon Fourcade	France	2 (2+0)	24:54.0	+35.4
6	14	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	1 (0+1)	24:54.2	+35.6
7	24	Björn Ferry	Sweden	0 (0+0)	25:00.5	+41.9
8	8	Markus Windisch	Italy	0 (0+0)	25:04.5	+45.9
9	33	Alexis Bœuf	France	2 (1+1)	25:17.2	+58.6
10	12	Tim Burke	United States	1 (0+1)	25:17.4	+58.8
11	4	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	1 (1+0)	25:19.3	+1:00.7
12	34	Evgeniy Garanichev	Russia	0 (0+0)	25:22.5	+1:03.9
13	30	Anton Shipulin	Russia	1 (0+1)	25:23.7	+1:05.1
14	21	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	1 (0+1)	25:28.6	+1:10.0
15	57	Dušan Šimočko	Slovakia	0 (0+0)	25:31.1	+1:12.5
16	11	Andreas Birnbacher	Germany	2 (0+2)	25:31.4	+1:12.8
17	26	Tarjei Bø	Norway	3 (0+3)	25:31.6	+1:13.0
18	42	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	2 (2+0)	25:31.9	+1:13.3
19	20	Simon Schempp	Germany	2 (0+2)	25:32.1	+1:13.5
20	27	Lowell Bailey	United States	0 (0+0)	25:33.8	+1:15.2
21	28	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	3 (1+2)	25:34.9	+1:16.3
22	43	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	1 (0+1)	25:35.8	+1:17.2
23	58	Sergey Novikov	Belarus	0 (0+0)	25:38.1	+1:19.5
24	17	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	1 (1+0)	25:39.6	+1:21.0
25	10	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	2 (1+1)	25:46.6	+1:28.0
26	32	Michael Greis	Germany	3 (2+1)	25:47.4	+1:28.8
27	45	Yan Savitskiy	Kazakhstan	0 (0+0)	25:48.8	+1:30.2
28	29	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	2 (1+1)	25:49.9	+1:31.3
29	62	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	2 (1+1)	25:50.2	+1:31.6
30	2	Evgeny Ustyugov	Russia	2 (0+2)	25:52.0	+1:33.4
31	15	Lukas Hofer	Italy	3 (1+2)	25:52.3	+1:33.7
32	37	Lars Berger	Norway	4 (1+3)	26:00.8	+1:42.2
33	6	Andrei Makoveev	Russia	3 (1+2)	26:01.2	+1:42.6
34	40	Florian Graf	Germany	2 (1+1)	26:02.2	+1:43.6
35	19	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	1 (0+1)	26:02.3	+1:43.7
36	7	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	2 (0+2)	26:02.6	+1:44.0
37	13	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	3 (1+2)	26:03.6	+1:45.0
38	52		Japan	1 (0+1)	26:05.1	+1:46.5
39	50	Janez Marič	Slovenia	2 (1+1)	26:07.9	+1:49.3
40	56	Ivan Joller	Switzerland	0 (0+0)	26:11.1	+1:52.5
41	16	Christoph Sumann	Austria	0 (0+0)	26:11.3	+1:52.7
42	63	Andriy Deryzemlya	Ukraine	2 (1+1)	26:15.5	+1:56.9
43	25	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	2 (0+2)	26:15.7	+1:57.1
44	36	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	4 (0+4)	26:16.6	+1:58.0
45	88	Nathan Smith	Canada	2 (1+1)	26:21.9	+2:03.3
46	35	Simon Eder	Austria	2 (0+2)	26:25.1	+2:06.5
47	47	Christian Stebler	Switzerland	3 (1+2)	26:27.6	+2:09.0
48	38	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	France	3 (1+2)	26:29.5	+2:10.9
49	22	Michail Kletcherov	Bulgaria	2 (2+0)	26:31.2	+2:12.6
50	54	Scott Perras	Canada	2 (0+2)	26:32.2	+2:13.6
51	106		Japan	1 (0+1)	26:37.2	+2:18.6
52	3	Krasimir Anev	Bulgaria	3 (2+1)	26:38.7	+2:20.1
53	95		Romania	1 (1+0)	26:38.8	+2:20.2
54	67	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	2 (1+1)	26:39.2	+2:20.6
55	89	Marc-André Bédard	Canada	2 (1+1)	26:43.0	+2:24.4
56	71	Hidenori Isa	Japan	2 (0+2)	26:43.4	+2:24.8
57	66	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	2 (2+0)	26:46.2	+2:27.6
58	55	Roland Lessing	Estonia	3 (1+2)	26:50.4	+2:31.8
59	114	Kauri Koiv	Estonia	1 (1+0)	26:52.2	+2:33.6
60	64	Christian de Lorenzi	Italy	3 (2+1)	26:54.5	+2:35.9
61	79	Miroslav Kenanov	Bulgaria	0 (0+0)	27:00.5	+2:41.9
62	70	Tomas Kaukėnas	Lithuania	1 (0+1)	27:02.7	+2:44.1
63	31	Russell Currier	United States	3 (1+2)	27:07.0	+2:48.4
64	49	Zdeněk Vítek	Czech Republic	3 (1+2)	27:08.4	+2:49.8
65	113	Milanko Petrović	Serbia	2 (1+1)	27:09.5	+2:50.9
66	65		Belarus	3 (1+2)	27:09.6	+2:51.0
67	46	Magnus Jonsson	Sweden	3 (1+2)	27:14.3	+2:55.7
68	60	Dominik Windisch	Italy	4 (3+1)	27:14.6	+2:56.0
69	59	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	4 (3+1)	27:15.6	+2:57.0
69	105		Belarus	0 (0+0)	27:15.6	+2:57.0
71	53	Jarkko Kauppinen	Finland	2 (0+2)	27:16.9	+2:58.3
71	61	Vasja Rupnik	Slovenia	3 (3+0)	27:16.9	+2:58.3
73	77	Krzysztof Plywaczyk	Poland	2 (2+0)	27:17.5	+2:58.9
74	69	Miroslav Matiaško	Slovakia	3 (1+2)	27:22.6	+3:04.0
74	76	Danil Steptsenko	Estonia	1 (0+1)	27:22.6	+3:04.0
76	93	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	2 (1+1)	27:27.4	+3:08.8
77	92	Alexandr Chervyakov	Kazakhstan	2 (1+1)	27:32.4	+3:13.8
78	75		Latvia	1 (0+1)	27:42.8	+3:24.2
79	111	Yuryi Liadov	Belarus	3 (2+1)	27:45.5	+3:26.9
80	84	Alexandr Trifonov	Kazakhstan	2 (0+2)	27:47.1	+3:28.5
81	112	Edgars Piksons	Latvia	2 (0+2)	27:47.8	+3:29.2
82	98	Timo Antila	Finland	3 (2+1)	27:48.2	+3:29.6
83	48	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	1 (1+0)	27:52.5	+3:33.9
84	23	Serguei Sednev	Ukraine	3 (1+2)	27:53.3	+3:34.7
85	82	Łukasz Szczurek	Poland	1 (0+1)	28:13.2	+3:54.6
86	130	Zhang Chengye	China	2 (1+1)	28:15.0	+3:56.4
87	81	Alexei Almoukov	Australia	2 (2+0)	28:17.1	+3:58.5
88	109	Lee-Steve Jackson	Great Britain	3 (1+2)	28:21.8	+4:03.2
89	132		Latvia	0 (0+0)	28:26.4	+4:07.8
90	74		South Korea	3 (2+1)	28:35.5	+4:16.9
91	39	Jay Hakkinen	United States	5 (4+1)	28:37.0	+4:18.4
92	124	Mikito Tachizaki	Japan	3 (2+1)	28:40.8	+4:22.2
93	51	Sergey Naumik	Kazakhstan	4 (2+2)	28:44.9	+4:26.3
94	73		Spain	2 (1+1)	28:52.7	+4:34.1
95	120	Ren Long	China	2 (2+0)	28:57.3	+4:38.7
96	137	Rafal Lepel	Poland	0 (0+0)	29:03.6	+4:45.0
97	44	Ahti Toivanen	Finland	6 (4+2)	29:07.7	+4:49.1
98	127		Spain	2 (0+2)	29:11.5	+4:52.9
99	129	Oystein Slettemark	Greenland	4 (1+3)	29:15.2	+4:56.6
100	91		Spain	2 (1+1)	29:21.1	+5:02.5
101	118		Belgium	2 (1+1)	29:30.5	+5:11.9
102	107	Chen Haibin	China	1 (0+1)	29:34.3	+5:15.7
103	85	Ahmet Üstüntaş	Turkey	1 (1+0)	29:37.7	+5:19.1
104	131		Great Britain	3 (1+2)	29:39.8	+5:21.2
105	138		Great Britain	2 (0+2)	29:40.6	+5:22.0
106	135		Belgium	2 (2+0)	29:41.5	+5:22.9
107	108	Milan Szabo	Hungary	4 (2+2)	29:50.8	+5:32.2
108	100	Lee In-bok	South Korea	5 (3+2)	29:59.5	+5:40.9
109	90		China	4 (3+1)	30:01.7	+5:43.1
110	122	Damir Rastić	Serbia	5 (1+4)	30:02.5	+5:43.9
111	97		Belgium	2 (2+0)	30:08.2	+5:49.6
112	78	Karolis Zlatkauskas	Lithuania	5 (2+3)	30:13.2	+5:54.6
113	103	Victor Pinzaru	Moldova	1 (1+0)	30:15.3	+5:56.7
114	115		Netherlands	3 (0+3)	30:16.1	+5:57.5
115	116		South Korea	4 (1+3)	30:16.3	+5:57.7
116	126		Lithuania	3 (1+2)	30:20.3	+6:01.7
117	96	Karoly Gombos	Hungary	5 (1+4)	30:29.7	+6:11.1
118	101		Uzbekistan	2 (1+1)	30:43.2	+6:24.6
119	123		Turkey	1 (0+1)	30:53.1	+6:33.2
120	86		Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 (3+1)	30:56.7	+6:34.5
121	139	Karol Dombrovski	Lithuania	4 (1+3)	30:58.1	+6:38.1
122	83	Darko Damjanovski	Macedonia	4 (2+2)	31:01.7	+6:43.1
123	134		Romania	5 (3+2)	31:05.2	+6:46.6
124	102		Serbia	2 (0+2)	31:05.9	+6:47.3
125	117		Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 (3+3)	31:18.9	+7:00.3
126	128		South Korea	5 (2+3)	31:28.1	+7:09.5
127	121		Serbia	4 (1+3)	31:36.6	+7:18.0
128	72	Thierry Langer	Belgium	4 (3+1)	31:54.1	+7:35.5
129	68		Great Britain	6 (3+3)	32:26.5	+8:07.9
130	119		Australia	0 (0+0)	32:42.3	+8:23.7
131	99		Croatia	5 (4+1)	33:09.3	+8:50.7
132	136		Hungary	5 (2+3)	33:33.1	+9:14.5
133	94		Macedonia	4 (2+2)	33:39.3	+9:20.7
134	80		Greenland	7 (3+4)	33:49.3	+9:30.7
135	125	Tomislav Crnković	Croatia	5 (1+4)	34:08.1	+9:49.5
136	87		Croatia	7 (4+3)	35:38.5	+11:19.9
	104	Athanassios Tsakiris	Greece	3 (0+3)	DNF
	133		Greece	(2+)	DNF
	110		Finland		DNS