2011–12 Biathlon World Cup

2011–12 World Cup in Östersund

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	30 November–4 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	7 December–11 December		●	●		●		details
Hochfilzen	15–18 December		●	●			●	details
Oberhof	4–8 January		●		●	●		details
Nové Město	11–15 January	●	●	●				details
Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January		●		●	●		details
Holmenkollen	2–5 February		●	●	●			details
Kontiolahti	10–12 February		●	●			●	details
Ruhpolding	29 February–11 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Khanty-Mansiysk	16–18 March		●	●	●			details
Total		3	10	8	5	4	3

World Cup Podium

Men

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	30 November 2011	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Michal Šlesingr	Simon Schempp
1	2 December 2011	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Carl Johan Bergman	Tarjei Bø	Emil Hegle Svendsen
1	4 December 2011	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Jaroslav Soukup
2	9 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Carl Johan Bergman	Andrei Makoveev	Benjamin Weger
2	10 December 2011	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tarjei Bø	Benjamin Weger
3	15 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Martin Fourcade	Timofey Lapshin
3	17 December 2011	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Andreas Birnbacher	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Simon Fourcade
4	7 January 2012	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer	Simon Fourcade	Evgeny Ustyugov
4	8 January 2012	Oberhof	15 km Mass start	Andreas Birnbacher	Simon Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen
5	12 January 2012	Nové Město	20 km Individual	Andrei Makoveev	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Björn Ferry
5	14 January 2012	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Simon Fourcade	Martin Fourcade
5	15 January 2012	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade
5	15 January 2012	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Arnd Peiffer
6	20 January 2012	Antholz	10 km Sprint	Fredrik Lindström	Evgeniy Garanichev	Martin Fourcade
6	21 January 2012	Antholz	15 km Mass start	Andreas Birnbacher	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade
7	2 February 2012	Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Evgeniy Garanichev	Arnd Peiffer	Emil Hegle Svendsen
7	4 February 2012	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Arnd Peiffer	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Evgeniy Garanichev
7	5 February 2012	Holmenkollen	15 km Mass start	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Andreas Birnbacher	Evgeniy Garanichev
8	11 February 2012	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Timofey Lapshin	Benjamin Weger
8	12 February 2012	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martin Fourcade	Dmitry Malyshko
WC	3 March 2012	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Carl Johan Bergman
WC	4 March 2012	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Carl Johan Bergman	Anton Shipulin
WC	6 March 2012	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Jakov Fak	Simon Fourcade	Jaroslav Soukup
WC	11 March 2012	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Björn Ferry	Fredrik Lindström
9	16 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Fredrik Lindström
9	17 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Emil Hegle Svendsen
9	18 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass start	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Arnd Peiffer	Anton Shipulin

Women

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	1 December 2011	Östersund	15 km Individual	Darya Domracheva	Anna Maria Nilsson	Magdalena Neuner
1	3 December 2011	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
1	4 December 2011	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner
2	9 December 2011	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Olga Zaitseva
2	10 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva	Magdalena Neuner
3	16 December 2011	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Darya Domracheva	Helena Ekholm
3	17 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Helena Ekholm	Darya Domracheva
4	6 January 2012	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva
4	8 January 2012	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass start	Magdalena Neuner	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel
5	11 January 2012	Nové Město	15 km Individual	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Helena Ekholm	Magdalena Neuner
5	13 January 2012	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Tora Berger	Magdalena Neuner
5	15 January 2012	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Helena Ekholm	Marie Laure Brunet
6	19 January 2012	Antholz	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva
6	22 January 2012	Antholz	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Magdalena Neuner
7	2 February 2012	Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger
7	4 February 2012	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Neuner	Olga Zaitseva	Darya Domracheva
7	5 February 2012	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass start	Andrea Henkel	Darya Domracheva	Teja Gregorin
8	11 February 2012	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva
8	12 February 2012	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva
WC	3 March 2012	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Vita Semerenko
WC	4 March 2012	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Magdalena Neuner	Olga Vilukhina
WC	7 March 2012	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Tora Berger	Marie Laure Brunet	Helena Ekholm
WC	11 March 2012	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Marie Laure Brunet	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
9	16 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Vita Semerenko	Darya Domracheva
9	17 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Vita Semerenko
9	18 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	11 December 2011	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Rune Brattsveen Lars Berger Emil Hegle Svendsen Tarjei Bø	Russia Anton Shipulin Andrei Makoveev Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko	France Vincent Jay Simon Fourcade Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade
4	5 January 2012	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Christian De Lorenzi Markus Windisch Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Russia Anton Shipulin Evgeniy Garanichev Evgeny Ustyugov Alexey Volkov	Sweden Tobias Arwidson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman
6	22 January 2012	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Germany Michael Rösch Andreas Birnbacher Florian Graf Arnd Peiffer	Austria Simon Eder Tobias Eberhard Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger
WC	9 March 2012	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Rune Brattsveen Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Germany Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis Arnd Peiffer

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	11 December 2011	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Fanny Horn Elise Ringen Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger	France Marie-Laure Brunet Anais Bescond Sophie Boilley Marie Dorin Habert	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Natalia Guseva Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Olga Zaitseva
4	4 January 2012	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Zaitseva Olga Vilukhina	Norway Fanny Horn Elise Ringen Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger	France Marie Dorin Habert Anais Bescond Marine Bolliet Sophie Boilley
6	21 January 2012	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Anais Bescond Marie Dorin Habert	Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Liudmila Kalinchik Natassia Dubarezava Darya Domracheva	Russia Ekaterina Glazyrina Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Zaitseva Olga Vilukhina
WC	10 March 2012	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Tina Bachmann Magdalena Neuner Miriam Gössner Andrea Henkel	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Anais Bescond Marie Dorin Habert	Norway Fanny Horn Elise Ringen Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger

Mixed Relay

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
3	18 December 2011	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Olga Vilukhina Olga Zaitseva Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Ondřej Moravec Michal Šlesingr	France Marie Dorin Habert Sophie Boilley Alexis Boeuf Simon Fourcade
8	10 February 2012	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay	France Sophie Boilley Anais Bescond Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Vincent Jay	Ukraine Natalya Burdyga Olena Pidhrushna Andriy Deryzemlya Serguei Sednev	Slovakia Jana Gereková Anastasiya Kuzmina Matej Kazár Miroslav Matiaško
WC	1 March 2012	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Tora Berger Synnove Solemdal Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen	Slovenia Andreja Mali Teja Gregorin Klemen Bauer Jakov Fak	Germany Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Martin Fourcade	1100
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	1035
3.	Andreas Birnbacher	837
4.	Arnd Peiffer	736
5.	Simon Fourcade	716

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Simon Fourcade	125
2.	Jakov Fak	113
3.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	108
4.	Martin Fourcade	107
5.	Jaroslav Soukup	99

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Martin Fourcade	423
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	378
3.	Carl Johan Bergman	287
4.	Arnd Peiffer	270
5.	Andrei Makoveev	261

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Martin Fourcade	384
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	348
3.	Arnd Peiffer	257
4.	Tarjei Bø	257
5.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	239

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Andreas Birnbacher	260
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	218
3.	Martin Fourcade	202
4.	Fredrik Lindström	175
5.	Anton Shipulin	172

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	France	198
2.	Norway	190
3.	Russia	189
4.	Germany	183
5.	Austria	166

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	7070
2.	France	7044
3.	Germany	6901
4.	Norway	6712
5.	Sweden	6333

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Neuner	1216
2.	Darya Domracheva	1188
3.	Tora Berger	1054
4.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	1007
5.	Helena Ekholm	893

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Helena Ekholm	138
2.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	116
3.	Darya Domracheva	116
4.	Magdalena Neuner	114
5.	Tora Berger	108

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Neuner	571
2.	Darya Domracheva	471
3.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	401
4.	Tora Berger	373
5.	Olga Zaitseva	334

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Darya Domracheva	392
2.	Magdalena Neuner	372
3.	Tora Berger	361
4.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	330
5.	Olga Zaitseva	313

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Darya Domracheva	250
2.	Tora Berger	241
3.	Marie-Laure Brunet	198
4.	Andrea Henkel	196
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	187

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	France	216
2.	Norway	205
3.	Russia	192
4.	Germany	179
5.	Belarus	177

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	7089
2.	Germany	7084
3.	France	6857
4.	Norway	6716
5.	Belarus	6490

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed Relay

Pos.		Points
	Russia	143
2.	France	138
3.	Germany	128
4.	Ukraine	115
5.	Sweden	114

Final standings after 3 races.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	17	9	10	36
2	Norway	14	12	6	32
3	France	11	12	8	31
4	Russia	8	8	12	28
5	Belarus	6	6	6	18
6	Sweden	3	6	7	16
7	Finland	2	5	3	10
8	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
9	Italy	1	0	0	1
10	Czech Republic	0	2	2	4
10	Ukraine	0	2	2	4
12	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
13	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
14	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		63	64	62	189

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 29, in his 8th season — the WC 5 Individual in Nové Město; first podium was 2006-07 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 22, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz; it also was his first podium
Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2011-12 Sprint in Antholz
Jakov Fak (SLO), 24, in his 6th season — the World Championships Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2008-09 Individual in Pyeong Chang

First World Cup podium

Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE), 28, in her 10th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
Jaroslav Soukup (CZE), 29, in his 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund
Timofey Lapshin (RUS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen (2)
Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz
Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
Olga Vilukhina (RUS), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Pursuit in Ruhpolding

Victory in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

Magdalena Neuner (GER), 10 (34) first places
Martin Fourcade (FRA), 8 (14) first places
Darya Domracheva (BLR), 6 (9) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 4 (28) first places
Tora Berger (NOR), 4 (16) first places
Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 3 (12) first places
Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 3 (4) first places
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 2 (6) first places
Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 2 (5) first places
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE), 2 (3) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (93) first places
Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (21) first places
Tarjei Bø (NOR), 1 (6) first places
Anton Shipulin (RUS),1 (2) first places
Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
Jakov Fak (SLO), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

References

↑ World Cup Schedule

External links

IBU official site

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[1] World Cup Schedule