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

Women

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	1 December 2011	Östersund	15 km Individual	Darya Domracheva	Anna Maria Nilsson	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Detail
1	3 December 2011	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner	Detail
1	4 December 2011	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
2	9 December 2011	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
2	10 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
3	16 December 2011	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Darya Domracheva	Helena Ekholm		Detail
3	17 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Helena Ekholm	Darya Domracheva		Detail
4	6 January 2012	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
4	8 January 2012	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass start	Magdalena Neuner	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel		Detail
5	11 January 2012	Nové Město	15 km Individual	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Helena Ekholm	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
5	13 January 2012	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Tora Berger	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
5	15 January 2012	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Helena Ekholm	Marie Laure Brunet		Detail
6	19 January 2012	Antholz	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva		Detail
6	22 January 2012	Antholz	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
7	2 February 2012	Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger		Detail
7	4 February 2012	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Neuner	Olga Zaitseva	Darya Domracheva		Detail
7	5 February 2012	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass start	Andrea Henkel	Darya Domracheva	Teja Gregorin		Detail
8	11 February 2012	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva		Detail
8	12 February 2012	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva		Detail
WC	3 March 2012	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Vita Semerenko		Detail
WC	4 March 2012	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Magdalena Neuner	Olga Vilukhina		Detail
WC	7 March 2012	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Tora Berger	Marie Laure Brunet	Helena Ekholm		Detail
WC	11 March 2012	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Marie Laure Brunet	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
9	16 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Vita Semerenko	Darya Domracheva		Detail
9	17 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Vita Semerenko		Detail
9	18 March 2012	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.55 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail

Standings: Men

Overall rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 1100 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 1035 3  Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 837 4  Arnd Peiffer (GER) 736 5  Simon Fourcade (FRA) 716 Final standings after 26 events.

Individual rank name points     Simon Fourcade (FRA) 125 2  Jakov Fak (SLO) 113 3  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 108 4  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 107 5  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) 99 Final standings after 3 events.

Sprint rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 423 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 378 3  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) 287 4  Arnd Peiffer (GER) 270 5  Andrei Makoveev (RUS) 261 Final standings after 10 events.

Pursuit rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 384 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 348 3  Arnd Peiffer (GER) 257 4  Tarjei Bø (NOR) 257 5  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 239 Final standings after 8 events.

Mass start rank name points     Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 260 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 218 3  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 202 4  Fredrik Lindström (SWE) 175 5  Anton Shipulin (RUS) 172 Final standings after 5 events.

Relay rank name points 1  France 198 2  Norway 190 3  Russia 189 4  Germany 183 5  Austria 166 Final standings after 4 events.

Standings: Women

Overall rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 1216 2  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 1188 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 1054 4  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 1007 5  Helena Ekholm (SWE) 893 Final standings after 26 events.

Individual rank name points     Helena Ekholm (SWE) 138 2  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 116 3  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 116 4  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 114 5  Tora Berger (NOR) 108 Final standings after 3 events

Sprint rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 571 2  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 471 3  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 401 4  Tora Berger (NOR) 471 5  Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 401 Final standings after 10 events.

Pursuit rank name points     Darya Domracheva (BLR) 392 2  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 372 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 361 4  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 330 5  Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 313 Final standings after 8 events.

Mass start rank name points     Darya Domracheva (BLR) 250 2  Tora Berger (NOR) 241 3  Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) 198 4  Andrea Henkel (GER) 196 5  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 187 Final standings after 5 events.

Relay rank name points 1  France 216 2  Norway 205 3  Russia 192 4  Germany 179 5  Belarus 177 Final standings after 4 events.

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
Total		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:

•  Magdalena Neuner (GER)
•  Helena Ekholm (SWE)
•  Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE)
•  Tomasz Sikora (POL)

References

External links

• IBU official site