Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's individual

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Men's individual
at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Date6 March 2012
Competitors138 from 41 nations
Winning time46:48.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2011
2013  

The men's individual competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 6, 2012 at 15:15 local time. [1]

Results

The race was started at 15:15. [2]

RankBibNameCountryPenalties (P+S+P+S)TimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg15 Jakov Fak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1 (0+0+0+1)46:48.2
Silver medal icon.svg4 Simon Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 1 (0+0+1+0)46:55.2+7.0
Bronze medal icon.svg28 Jaroslav Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1 (0+1+0+0)47:00.5+12.3
420 Andreas Birnbacher Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 (0+0+0+1)47:01.3+13.1
59 Klemen Bauer Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1 (0+0+0+1)47:04.8+16.6
613 Michal Šlesingr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1 (0+0+1+0)47:13.3+25.1
712 Arnd Peiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2 (0+0+0+2)47:24.7+36.5
826 Emil Hegle Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2 (1+1+0+0)47:37.4+49.2
947 Sergey Novikov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0 (0+0+0+0)47:38.0+49.8
1029 Fredrik Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1 (0+1+0+0)47:40.2+52.0
1136 Michael Greis Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 (0+0+0+1)47:46.4+58.2
122 Ondřej Moravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2 (1+1+0+0)47:47.9+59.7
1318 Daniel Mesotitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2 (1+0+1+0)48:05.3+1:17.1
1432 Timofey Lapshin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 (1+0+0+0)48:25.3+1:37.1
1537 Dominik Landertinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2 (0+2+0+0)48:30.5+1:42.3
1660 Vladimir Iliev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1 (0+0+0+1)48:31.6+1:43.4
1756 Andriy Deryzemlya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2 (0+1+0+1)48:36.1+1:47.9
1816 Tarjei Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4 (2+0+1+1)48:58.6+2:10.4
191 Krasimir Anev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1 (0+0+1+0)49:02.0+2:13.8
2011 Lukas Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 (1+1+0+1)49:10.5+2:22.3
2135 Alexey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2 (1+0+0+1)49:15.0+2:26.8
2225 Markus Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 (1+0+0+1)49:17.2+2:29.0
2338 Simon Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2 (1+0+1+0)49:20.5+2:32.3
2440 Artem Pryma Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2 (0+0+1+1)49:25.4+2:37.2
256 Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 5 (0+2+1+2)49:26.7+2:38.5
2699 Kauri Koiv Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 (1+0+0+0)49:37.6+2:49.4
2710 Michail Kletcherov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1 (0+1+0+0)49:40.9+2:52.7
2851 Yan Savitskiy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1 (0+1+0+0)49:52.8+3:04.6
2931 Vincent Jay Flag of France.svg  France 3 (1+0+1+1)49:56.5+3:08.3
3092 Hidenori Isa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0 (0+0+0+0)49:57.3+3:09.1
3133 Jay Hakkinen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2 (1+0+0+1)50:06.0+3:17.8
3264 Christian De Lorenzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 (1+1+1+0)50:16.5+3:28.3
3358 Tomáš Holubec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2 (0+0+2+0)50:18.6+3:30.4
3443 Janez Marič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3 (0+1+0+2)50:21.3+3:33.1
3521 Dmitry Malyshko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4 (0+2+2+0)50:23.4+3:35.2
365 Simon Hallenbarter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3 (0+1+0+2)50:24.2+3:36.0
37134 Tomasz Sikora Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 (1+0+0+0)50:26.6+3:38.4
3823 Lowell Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4 (0+2+1+1)50:27.8+3:39.6
3950 Lars Helge Birkeland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2 (0+0+1+1)50:29.5+3:41.3
4045 Matej Kazar Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3 (2+1+0+0)50:30.1+3:41.9
413 Benjamin Weger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4 (2+1+1+0)50:31.0+3:42.8
4242 Jarkko Kauppinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2 (0+0+1+1)50:41.9+3:53.7
437 Christoph Sumann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3 (0+1+2+0)50:47.4+3:59.2
4484 Aliaksandr Babchyn Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2 (0+1+1+0)50:47.9+3:59.7
4562 Scott Perras Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3 (0+1+0+2)50:49.3+4:01.1
4630 Rune Brattsveen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4 (1+1+1+1)50:51.9+4:03.7
4727 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5 (1+1+2+1)50:56.2+4:08.0
4822 Björn Ferry Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4 (1+1+1+1)50:56.9+4:08.7
4949 Evgeny Abramenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3 (1+0+1+1)50:57.3+4:09.1
5014 Evgeny Ustyugov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5 (0+1+1+3)51:01.0+4:12.8
5144 Indrek Tobreluts Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 3 (0+0+0+3)51:03.3+4:15.1
5234 Alexis Bœuf Flag of France.svg  France 4 (0+2+1+1)51:05.4+4:17.2
538 Ted Armgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 (1+1+0+1)51:19.5+4:31.3
5470 Krzysztof Plywaczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2 (2+0+0+0)51:25.6+4:37.4
5552 Ivan Joller Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3 (1+1+0+1)51:25.7+4:37.5
5624 Tim Burke Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5 (0+2+1+2)51:26.3+4:38.1
5778 Priit Viks Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2 (0+0+1+1)51:41.3+4:53.1
5861 Olexander Bilanenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3 (1+1+0+1)51:44.0+4:55.8
5954 Alexandr Chervyakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3 (0+1+0+2)52:08.4+5:20.2
6019 Serhiy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5 (2+1+1+1)52:16.1+5:27.9
61100 Nathan Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 (2+2+0+0)52:17.6+5:29.4
6259 Junji Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 (1+1+0+1)52:23.8+5:35.6
63109 Vladimir Alenishko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3 (1+1+0+1)52:24.1+5:35.9
6455 Mario Dolder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4 (1+2+1+0)52:26.5+5:38.3
6587 Edgars Piksons Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1 (0+0+0+1)52:28.3+5:40.1
6672 Martin Otcenas Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3 (2+1+0+0)52:45.5+5:57.3
6757 Roland Lessing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 4 (2+0+0+2)52:47.0+5:58.8
6846 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 5 (2+0+1+2)52:57.5+6:09.3
6989 Marc-André Bédard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 (0+1+1+2)53:01.8+6:13.6
7053 Dušan Šimočko Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5 (1+0+2+2)53:03.0+6:14.8
7117 Jean-Philippe Leguellec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6 (1+2+2+1)53:08.6+6:20.4
7263 Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4 (1+1+1+1)53:10.8+6:22.6
73136 Adam Kwak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2 (1+0+1+0)53:26.9+6:38.7
7469 Tomas Kaukėnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4 (0+0+2+2)53:27.4+6:39.2
7574 Anton Pantov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2 (1+1+0+0)53:28.3+6:40.1
7694 Lee In-bok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1 (0+1+0+0)53:34.1+6:45.9
7795 Rolands Pužulis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2 (2+0+0+0)53:37.0+6:48.8
7883 Pavol Hurajt Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5 (1+2+0+2)53:38.8+6:50.6
7982 Łukasz Szczurek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3 (2+1+0+0)53:39.5+6:51.3
8065 Timo Antila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6 (2+2+0+2)53:56.2+7:08.0
8141 Leif Nordgren Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 6 (0+1+2+3)54:07.1+7:18.9
82105 Alexei Almoukov Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 (0+0+1+1)54:09.4+7:21.2
83110 Stefan Gavrila Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4 (0+3+0+1)54:13.3+7:25.1
84108 Peter Dokl Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4 (1+1+1+1)54:17.3+7:29.1
84135 Li Zhonghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2 (0+0+1+1)54:17.3+7:29.1
86107 Ville Simola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1 (0+1+0+0)54:20.2+7:32.0
8748 Magnus Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6 (3+2+0+1)54:47.4+7:59.2
88117 Marcel Laponder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1 (0+1+0+0)54:49.2+8:01.0
8988 Ahti Toivanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6 (1+2+1+2)54:54.8+8:06.6
9030 Simon Schempp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7 (3+1+1+2)54:55.3+8:07.1
91104 Pedro Quintana Arias Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 (0+1+0+1)55:04.8+8:16.6
9293 Ahmet Üstüntaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1 (0+0+1+0)55:06.8+8:18.6
93130 Karol Dombrovski Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3 (0+1+1+1)55:22.1+8:33.9
9486 Chen Haibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3 (0+1+1+1)55:25.1+8:36.9
9597 Damir Rastić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4 (1+2+0+0)55:26.3+8:38.1
96125 Ren Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3 (1+2+1+0)55:38.2+8:50.0
97123 Arturs Kolesnikovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3 (0+1+0+2)55:50.6+9:02.4
9866 Zhang Chengye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4 (0+1+1+1)56:10.7+9:22.5
99121 Samuel Pulido Serrano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3 (2+0+1+1)56:12.4+9:24.2
10085 Sergey Naumik Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 6 (2+1+1+2)56:19.7+9:31.5
101106 Kazuya Inomata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6 (2+1+2+1)56:46.8+9:58.6
102127 Herbert Cool Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4 (1+0+2+1)56:52.1+10:03.9
10368 Pete Beyer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2 (0+0+1+1)57:19.5+10:31.3
104113 Karolis Zlatkauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5 (0+4+0+1)57:20.2+10:32.0
105112 Thorsten Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3 (0+0+1+2)57:27.0+10:38.8
106103 Manuel Fernandez Musso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5 (0+3+0+2)57:47.8+10:59.6
107114 Ryo Tsunoda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7 (2+2+1+2)58:00.4+11:12.2
10877 Darko Damjanovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 5 (0+4+0+1)58:00.9+11:12.7
10973 Lee-Steve Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8 (2+2+3+1)58:11.5+11:23.3
110102 Milan Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5 (0+0+2+3)58:24.8+11:36.6
11179 Karoly Gombos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6 (1+3+1+1)58:51.0+12:02.8
11271 Milanko Petrović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 11 (5+0+4+2)59:40.9+12:52.7
113115 Orhangazi Civil Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4 (0+1+0+3)59:51.8+13:03.6
114131 Aleksandr Lavrinovič Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4 (2+1+0+1)59:52.0+13:03.8
115119 Nemanja Košarac Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 (2+1+1+2)1:00:12.1+13:23.9
11696 Jun Je-uk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8 (4+2+2+0)1:00:13.3+13:25.1
117111 Martin Bogdanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8 (3+3+1+1)1:00:20.7+13:32.5
118139 Edin Hodžić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5 (0+3+1+1)1:00:53.4+14:05.2
119132 Thierry Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5 (1+1+2+1)1:00:54.6+14:06.4
120120 Kim Yong-gyu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7 (1+2+3+1)1:01:02.6+14:14.4
121133 Athanassios Tsakiris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3 (2+0+1+0)1:01:22.4+14:34.2
122116 Øystein Slettemark Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 7 (1+4+2+0)1:01:23.0+14:34.8
123124 Vincent Naveau Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5 (2+2+1+0)1:01:29.5+14:41.3
12476 Gjorgji Icoski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4 (0+2+0+2)1:01:37.3+14:49.1
12567 Kleanthis Karamichas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2 (0+2+0+0)1:01:59.7+15:11.5
126126 Jurica Veverec Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5 (1+0+3+1)1:02:48.0+15:59.8
12780 Tomislav Crnković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4 (0+1+2+1)1:03:07.8+16:19.6
128138 Emir Hrkalović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7 (1+2+2+2)1:03:34.7+16:46.5
12990 Victor Pinzaru Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 7 (0+2+2+3)1:04:13.4+17:25.2
13098 Stefan Lopatić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 (4+2+0+4)1:04:31.4+17:43.2
131137 Dyllan Harmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 (1+1+0+2)1:04:36.0+17:47.8
132101 Anuzar Yunusov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 11 (4+2+2+3)1:07:13.1+20:24.9
13381 Aqqaluartaa Olsen Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 11 (2+2+3+4)1:07:50.1+21:01.9
13491 Dino Butković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 9 (2+2+2+3)1:08:04.9+21:16.7
135129 István Muskatal Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13 (3+5+2+3)1:09:14.9+22:26.7
75 Pascal Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (3+3)DNF
122 Laurentiu Vamanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1+2+4)DNF
128 Kim Jong-min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (1+0)DNF
118 Ben Woolley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS

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