Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's pursuit

Men's sprint
at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Men's sprint ; at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Date	4 March 2012
Competitors	56 from 20 nations
Winning time	33:39.4
Medalists
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The men's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 4, 2012 at 13:15 local time.^[1]

Results

The race started at 13:15.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Start	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Time	Deficit
	1	Martin Fourcade	France	0:00	4 (1+1+0+2)	33:39.4
	3	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	0:18	2 (0+1+1+0)	33:44.6	+5.2
	13	Anton Shipulin	Russia	1:05	1 (1+0+0+0)	34:01.5	+22.1
4	4	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	0:27	2 (0+0+1+1)	34:07.8	+28.4
5	2	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	0:15	4 (1+1+0+2)	34:24.8	+45.4
6	5	Simon Fourcade	France	0:35	3 (1+1+0+1)	34:32.4	+53.0
7	17	Tarjei Bø	Norway	1:13	3 (2+0+0+1)	34:38.7	+59.3
8	11	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	1:01	3 (0+0+1+2)	34:45.6	+1:06.2
9	19	Simon Schempp	Germany	1:14	2 (0+2+0+0)	34:46.1	+1:06.7
10	6	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	0:36	4 (1+3+0+0)	34:50.9	+1:11.5
11	7	Björn Ferry	Sweden	0:42	3 (1+1+0+1)	35:00.3	+1:20.9
12	16	Andreas Birnbacher	Germany	1:13	3 (0+1+1+1)	35:00.4	+1:21.0
13	31	Lukas Hofer	Italy	1:34	3 (0+2+1+0)	35:06.2	+1:26.8
14	12	Evgeniy Garanichev	Russia	1:04	4 (2+1+0+1)	35:08.6	+1:29.2
15	18	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	1:13	4 (1+2+0+1)	35:15.0	+1:35.6
16	36	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	1:44	2 (0+1+0+1)	35:22.3	+1:42.9
17	37	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	1:45	3 (1+2+0+0)	35:22.9	+1:43.5
18	9	Alexis Bœuf	France	0:59	4 (0+0+3+1)	35:25.1	+1:45.7
19	33	Andrei Makoveev	Russia	1:43	3 (1+0+1+1)	35:26.4	+1:47.0
20	20	Lowell Bailey	United States	1:15	3 (0+0+1+2)	35:28.2	+1:48.8
21	43	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	1:57	3 (0+1+2+0)	35:31.2	+1:51.8
22	42	Andriy Deryzemlya	Ukraine	1:57	2 (1+1+0+0)	35:31.2	+1:51.8
23	26	Michael Greis	Germany	1:29	3 (1+0+1+1)	35:31.7	+1:52.3
24	29	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	1:32	3 (0+1+1+1)	35:32.7	+1:53.3
25	23	Sergey Novikov	Belarus	1:20	2 (0+2+0+0)	35:33.9	+1:54.5
26	14	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	1:10	3 (0+1+0+2)	35:37.9	+1:58.5
27	21	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	1:16	6 (2+1+2+1)	35:47.7	+2:08.3
28	10	Tim Burke	United States	0:59	5 (1+1+2+1)	35:47.7	+2:08.3
29	25	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	1:28	4 (1+0+1+2)	36:07.1	+2:27.7
30	8	Markus Windisch	Italy	0:46	5 (1+1+1+2)	36:11.2	+2:31.8
31	28	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	1:31	4 (0+0+0+4)	36:14.9	+2:35.5
32	44	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	1:58	5 (0+1+1+3)	36:15.2	+2:35.8
33	38	Junji Nagai	Japan	1:47	2 (0+0+2+0)	36:19.5	+2:40.1
34	46	Simon Eder	Austria	2:07	2 (0+0+1+1)	36:25.1	+2:45.7
35	15	Dušan Šimočko	Slovakia	1:13	4 (2+0+1+1)	36:29.9	+2:50.5
36	27	Yan Savitskiy	Kazakhstan	1:30	2 (2+0+0+0)	36:29.9	+2:50.5
37	60	Christian de Lorenzi	Italy	2:36	2 (1+1+0+0)	36:34.6	+2:55.2
38	34	Florian Graf	Germany	1:44	4 (2+1+0+1)	36:34.9	+2:55.5
39	58	Roland Lessing	Estonia	2:32	0 (0+0+0+0)	36:38.5	+2:59.1
40	32	Lars Berger	Norway	1:42	6 (0+1+3+2)	36:45.5	+3:06.1
41	24	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	1:21	5 (1+2+1+1)	36:51.2	+3:11.8
42	41	Christoph Sumann	Austria	1:53	2 (1+0+1+0)	36:59.9	+3:20.5
43	45	Nathan Smith	Canada	2:03	5 (0+1+3+1)	37:13.4	+3:34.0
44	35	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	1:44	3 (1+1+0+1)	37:17.0	+3:37.6
45	47	Christian Stebler	Switzerland	2:09	6 (3+0+2+1)	37:26.8	+3:47.4
46	48	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	France	2:11	5 (0+2+2+1)	37:36.9	+3:57.5
47	51	Kazuya Inomata	Japan	2:19	3 (1+0+2+0)	37:38.9	+3:59.5
48	39	Janez Marič	Slovenia	1:49	6 (1+1+2+2)	37:54.5	+4:15.1
49	22	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	1:17	6 (2+0+1+3)	38:01.7	+4:22.3
50	40	Ivan Joller	Switzerland	1:53	4 (0+2+0+2)	38:09.0	+4:29.6
51	54	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	2:21	5 (1+3+0+1)	38:28.4	+4:49.0
52	55	Marc-André Bedard	Canada	2:24	4 (0+1+2+1)	38:35.4	+4:56.0
53	53	Stefan Gavrila	Romania	2:20	3 (0+2+1+0)	38:41.5	+5:02.1
54	50	Scott Perras	Canada	2:14	6 (1+0+2+3)	38:51.8	+5:12.4
55	56	Hidenori Isa	Japan	2:25	5 (2+1+0+2)	39:10.7	+5:31.3
56	59	Kauri Koiv	Estonia	2:34	7 (1+2+1+3)	40:01.5	+6:22.1
—	30	Evgeny Ustyugov	Russia	1:33		DNS
—	49	Michail Kletcherov	Bulgaria	2:13		DNS
—	52	Krasimir Anev	Bulgaria	2:20		DNS
—	57	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	2:28		DNS