The 2012 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from January 20 to January 26, 2012. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women.
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
10 km individual details | Julia Bartolomäs Germany | 40:35.2 (1+0+1+1) | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | 40:54.4 (0+2+0+2) | Hilde Fenne Norway | 41:05.0 (1+3+1+1) |
6 km sprint details | Hilde Fenne Norway | 18:48.3 (0+1) | Niya Dimitrova Bulgaria | 19:07.9 (0+0) | Lisa Theresa Hauser Austria | 19:41.4 (0+1) |
7.5 km pursuit details | Grete Gaim Estonia | 27:18.1 (0+0+1+0) | Julia Ransom Canada | 27:24.9 (0+0+0+2) | Annika Knoll Germany | 27:35.6 (0+0+1+0) |
3 × 6 km relay details | Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Yuliya Brhyhnets Anastasiya Merkushyna | 1:03:53.2 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Sweden Linn Persson Hanna Öberg Lotten Sjödén | 1:04:51.4 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | Austria Christina Rieder Julia Reisinger Lisa Theresa Hauser | 1:04:52.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) |
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
12.5 km individual details | Chardine Sloof Netherlands | 43:44.5 (0+0+0+1) | Monika Hojnisz Poland | 43:51.0 (0+1+0+1) | Elena Badanina Russia | 44:19.2 (0+1+0+2) |
7.5 km sprint details | Elena Ankudinova Russia | 22:27.9 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 22:35.9 (0+0) | Margarita Vasileva Russia | 22:44.1 (1+0) |
10 km pursuit details | Chardine Sloof Netherlands | 34:52.3 (0+0+0+0) | Olga Iakushova Russia | 35:24.3 (1+0+0+2) | Iryna Kryuko Belarus | 35:35.4 (0+2+1+0) |
3 × 6 km relay details | Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Hilde Fenne Marion Rønning Huber | 1:01:37.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) | Italy Alexia Runggaldier Giulia Collavo Nicole Gontier | 1:01:54.2 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) | Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Alla Gylenko Iana Bondar | 1:02:01.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) |
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
12.5 km individual details | Aristide Begue France | 40:45.8 (0+1+0+0) | Maksim Ramanouski Belarus | 41:33.6 (2+0+0+0) | Artem Tyshchenko Ukraine | 42:00.7 (0+1+1+1) |
7.5 km sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 19:15.0 (1+1) | Maksim Ramanouski Belarus | 20:05.8 (1+0) | Artem Tyshchenko Ukraine | 20:07.6 (0+0) |
10 km pursuit details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 29:13.6 (0+1+0+2) | Matthias Dorfer Germany | 31:14.0 (0+0+0+0) | Maksim Ramanouski Belarus | 31:32.0 (0+1+1+0) |
3 × 7.5 km relay details | France Clemet Dumont Florian Rivot Aristide Begue | 1:06:44.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+2) (0+3) | Sweden Per Niklas Forsberg Victor Olsson Robert Sjöström | 1:07:22.5 (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) | Germany Niklas Homberg Maximilian Janke Matthias Dorfer | 1:07:39.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (1+3) (1+3) |
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
15 km individual details | Kurtis Wenzel Canada | 44:09.2 (0+1+0+0) | Marius Hol Norway | 44:52.0 (0+0+0+2) | Alexandr Loginov Russia | 45:07.2 (1+1+1+0) |
10 km sprint details | Maxim Tsvetkov Russia | 25:15.0 (1+0) | Florent Claude France | 25:20.3 (1+0) | Simon Desthieux France | 25:22.3 (0+0) |
12.5 km pursuit details | Maxim Tsvetkov Russia | 33:20.3 (0+0+0+0) | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 35:02.9 (0+0+1+1) | Alexandr Loginov Russia | 35:06.8 (0+0+1+2) |
4 × 7.5 km relay details [1] | Norway Erling Ålvik Johannes Thingnes Bø Marius Hol Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 1:21:50.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | Czech Republic Vlastimil Vávra Matěj Krupčík Michal Żak Michal Krčmář | 1:23:13.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) | France Antonin Guigonnat Baptiste Jouty Florent Claude Simon Desthieux | 1:23:14.12 (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+3) (0+1) (1+3) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
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