# Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' sprint

The boys' sprint competition of the biathlon events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on January 15, at Seefeld Arena. 50 athletes from 30 different countries took part in this event. The race was 7.5 km in length.

## Results

The race was started at 14:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 30 | Cheng Fangming | China | 19:21.7 | 1 (0+1) | — |
| | 17 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 19:43.0 | 1 (0+1) | +21.3 |
| | 22 | Aristide Bègue | France | 19:48.5 | 1 (1+0) | +26.8 |
| 4 | 20 | Stuart Harden | Canada | 19:51.3 | 0 (0+0) | +29.6 |
| 5 | 11 | Kristian André Aalerud | Norway | 20:04.4 | 2 (2+0) | +42.7 |
| 6 | 46 | Niklas Homberg | Germany | 20:05.4 | 1 (0+1) | +43.7 |
| 7 | 5 | Maksym Ivko | Ukraine | 20:28.4 | 3 (1+2) | +1:06.7 |
| 8 | 23 | Adam Václavík | Czech Republic | 20:32.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:10.8 |
| 9 | 38 | Håkon Livik | Norway | 20:34.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:12.4 |
| 10 | 33 | Michael Pfeffer | Austria | 20:35.3 | 3 (2+1) | +1:13.6 |
| 11 | 12 | Xavier Guidetti | Italy | 20:40.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:18.5 |
| 12 | 37 | Sean Doherty | United States | 20:47.5 | 3 (2+1) | +1:25.8 |
| 13 | 43 | Viktar Kryuko | Belarus | 20:53.0 | 2 (2+0) | +1:31.3 |
| 14 | 10 | Maximilian Janke | Germany | 20:57.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:36.1 |
| 15 | 44 | Federico Di Francesco | Italy | 20:59.4 | 2 (2+0) | +1:37.7 |
| 16 | 25 | Fabien Claude | France | 21:05.9 | 4 (1+3) | +1:44.2 |
| 17 | 14 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 21:10.2 | 3 (0+3) | +1:48.5 |
| 18 | 9 | Jules Cuenot | Switzerland | 21:18.4 | 4 (2+2) | +1:56.7 |
| 19 | 7 | Matej Burić | Croatia | 21:28.3 | 2 (2+0) | +2:06.6 |
| 20 | 50 | Tarvi Sikk | Estonia | 21:29.5 | 2 (0+2) | +2:07.8 |
| 21 | 31 | Vid Zabret | Slovenia | 21:39.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:17.6 |
| 22 | 36 | Dmytro Ihnatyev | Ukraine | 21:39.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:18.2 |
| 23 | 49 | Ondřej Hošek | Czech Republic | 21:55.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:33.8 |
| 24 | 42 | Jakub Topór | Poland | 22:08.6 | 4 (4+0) | +2:46.9 |
| 25 | 16 | Aleksey Kuznetsov | Russia | 22:14.1 | 4 (3+1) | +2:52.4 |
| 26 | 27 | Kenneth Schöpfer | Switzerland | 22:14.2 | 4 (1+3) | +2:52.5 |
| 27 | 2 | Heikki Laitinen | Finland | 22:14.3 | 2 (2+0) | +2:52.6 |
| 28 | 3 | Thorsten Bischof | Austria | 22:17.7 | 4 (3+1) | +2:56.0 |
| 29 | 18 | Niklas Forsberg | Sweden | 22:19.4 | 5 (1+4) | +2:57.7 |
| 30 | 21 | Mateusz Janik | Poland | 22:19.6 | 4 (1+3) | +2:57.9 |
| 31 | 28 | Ruslan Bessov | Kazakhstan | 22:19.8 | 4 (2+2) | +2:58.1 |
| 32 | 24 | Nick Proell | United States | 22:21.8 | 2 (1+1) | +3:00.1 |
| 33 | 26 | Mattias Jonsson | Sweden | 22:23.2 | 3 (2+1) | +3:01.5 |
| 34 | 1 | Radi Palevski | Bulgaria | 22:23.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:02.2 |
| 35 | 45 | Calum Irvine | Great Britain | 22:28.5 | 5 (3+2) | +3:06.8 |
| 36 | 32 | Antti Repo | Finland | 22:30.0 | 5 (2+3) | +3:08.3 |
| 37 | 41 | Marius Ungureanu | Romania | 22:30.4 | 3 (2+1) | +3:08.7 |
| 38 | 8 | Choi Du-jin | South Korea | 22:35.8 | 3 (2+1) | +3:14.4 |
| 39 | 6 | Raman Malukha | Belarus | 22:38.4 | 4 (2+2) | +3:16.7 |
| 40 | 29 | Ivan Galushkin | Russia | 22:41.4 | 5 (1+4) | +3:19.7 |
| 41 | 4 | Ondrej Kosztolányi | Slovakia | 22:48.5 | 4 (3+1) | +3:26.8 |
| 42 | 48 | Denislav Shehtanov | Bulgaria | 22:49.1 | 4 (2+2) | +3:27.4 |
| 43 | 40 | Aidan Millar | Canada | 23:23.1 | 7 (4+3) | +4:01.4 |
| 44 | 47 | Peter Oravec | Slovakia | 23:48.0 | 5 (3+2) | +4:26.3 |
| 45 | 39 | Jānis Slavēns | Latvia | 23:50.9 | 2 (1+1) | +4:29.2 |
| 46 | 35 | Arnoldas Mikelkevičius | Lithuania | 24:02.1 | 5 (2+3) | +4:40.4 |
| 47 | 19 | Dženis Avdić | Serbia | 24:18.5 | 7 (3+4) | +4:56.8 |
| 48 | 13 | David Panyik | Hungary | 24:25.9 | 5 (2+3) | +5:04.2 |
| 49 | 15 | Linards Zēmelis | Latvia | 25:11.0 | 5 (2+3) | +5:49.3 |
| 50 | 34 | Lachlan Porter | Australia | 26:21.1 | 4 (2+2) | +6:59.4 |