Biathlon Junior World Championships 2012

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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.

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Medal winners

Youth Women

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
10 km individual
details
Julia Bartolomäs
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
40:35.2
(1+0+1+1)
Galina Vishnevskaya
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
40:54.4
(0+2+0+2)
Hilde Fenne
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
41:05.0
(1+3+1+1)
6 km sprint
details
Hilde Fenne
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
18:48.3
(0+1)
Niya Dimitrova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
19:07.9
(0+0)
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
19:41.4
(0+1)
7.5 km pursuit
details
Grete Gaim
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
27:18.1
(0+0+1+0)
Julia Ransom
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
27:24.9
(0+0+0+2)
Annika Knoll
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
27:35.6
(0+0+1+0)
3 × 6 km relay
details
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Yuliya Zhuravok
Yuliya Brhyhnets
Anastasiya Merkushyna
1:03:53.2
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Linn Persson
Hanna Öberg
Lotten Sjödén
1:04:51.4
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Christina Rieder
Julia Reisinger
Lisa Theresa Hauser
1:04:52.6
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+3) (0+0)

Junior Women

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
12.5 km individual
details
Chardine Sloof
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
43:44.5
(0+0+0+1)
Monika Hojnisz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
43:51.0
(0+1+0+1)
Elena Badanina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
44:19.2
(0+1+0+2)
7.5 km sprint
details
Elena Ankudinova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
22:27.9
(0+0)
Anaïs Chevalier
Flag of France.svg  France
22:35.9
(0+0)
Margarita Vasileva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
22:44.1
(1+0)
10 km pursuit
details
Chardine Sloof
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
34:52.3
(0+0+0+0)
Olga Iakushova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
35:24.3
(1+0+0+2)
Iryna Kryuko
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
35:35.4
(0+2+1+0)
3 × 6 km relay
details
Flag of Norway.svg  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)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Alexia Runggaldier
Giulia Collavo
Nicole Gontier
1:01:54.2
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Alla Gylenko
Iana Bondar
1:02:01.6
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (1+3)

Youth Men

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
12.5 km individual
details
Aristide Begue
Flag of France.svg  France
40:45.8
(0+1+0+0)
Maksim Ramanouski
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
41:33.6
(2+0+0+0)
Artem Tyshchenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
42:00.7
(0+1+1+1)
7.5 km sprint
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
19:15.0
(1+1)
Maksim Ramanouski
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
20:05.8
(1+0)
Artem Tyshchenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
20:07.6
(0+0)
10 km pursuit
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
29:13.6
(0+1+0+2)
Matthias Dorfer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
31:14.0
(0+0+0+0)
Maksim Ramanouski
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
31:32.0
(0+1+1+0)
3 × 7.5 km relay
details
Flag of France.svg  France
Clemet Dumont
Florian Rivot
Aristide Begue
1:06:44.3
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+3)
(0+2) (0+3)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Per Niklas Forsberg
Victor Olsson
Robert Sjöström
1:07:22.5
(0+3) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+3)
(0+2) (0+1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Niklas Homberg
Maximilian Janke
Matthias Dorfer
1:07:39.9
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
(1+3) (1+3)

Junior Men

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
15 km individual
details
Kurtis Wenzel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
44:09.2
(0+1+0+0)
Marius Hol
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
44:52.0
(0+0+0+2)
Alexandr Loginov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
45:07.2
(1+1+1+0)
10 km sprint
details
Maxim Tsvetkov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
25:15.0
(1+0)
Florent Claude
Flag of France.svg  France
25:20.3
(1+0)
Simon Desthieux
Flag of France.svg  France
25:22.3
(0+0)
12.5 km pursuit
details
Maxim Tsvetkov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
33:20.3
(0+0+0+0)
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
35:02.9
(0+0+1+1)
Alexandr Loginov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
35:06.8
(0+0+1+2)
4 × 7.5 km relay
details [1]
Flag of Norway.svg  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)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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)
Flag of France.svg  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)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)5218
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3148
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2226
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)2002
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1124
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1102
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1034
8Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)1001
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0224
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0202
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0101
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0101
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0101
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0022
Totals (16 entries)16161648

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