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

The boys' pursuit competition of the biathlon events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on January 16, at Seefeld Arena. 50 athletes from 30 different countries took part in this event. The race was 10 km in length.

## Results

The race was started at 14:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Deficit |
| | 6 | Niklas Homberg | Germany | 0:44 | 28:43.1 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | – |
| | 2 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 0:21 | 28:52.6 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | +9.5 |
| | 1 | Cheng Fangming | China | 0:00 | 28:57.7 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | +14.6 |
| 4 | 14 | Maximilian Janke | Germany | 1:36 | 29:41.6 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | +58.5 |
| 5 | 14 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 1:49 | 30:04.4 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +1:21.3 |
| 6 | 5 | Kristian André Aalerud | Norway | 0:43 | 30:04.7 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | +1:21.6 |
| 7 | 4 | Stuart Harden | Canada | 0:30 | 30:05.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:22.6 |
| 8 | 3 | Aristide Bègue | France | 0:27 | 30:22.2 | 7 (1+4+1+1) | +1:39.1 |
| 9 | 9 | Håkon Livik | Norway | 1:12 | 30:26.9 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | +1:43.8 |
| 10 | 7 | Maksym Ivko | Ukraine | 1:07 | 31:01.4 | 7 (0+2+3+2) | +2:18.3 |
| 11 | 16 | Fabien Claude | France | 1:44 | 31:06.2 | 6 (2+2+2+0) | +2:23.1 |
| 12 | 8 | Adam Václavík | Czech Republic | 1:11 | 31:07.2 | 8 (0+2+2+4) | +2:24.1 |
| 13 | 28 | Thorsten Bischof | Austria | 2:56 | 31:38.8 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +2:55.7 |
| 14 | 12 | Sean Doherty | United States | 1:26 | 31:44.3 | 8 (1+1+5+1) | +3:01.2 |
| 15 | 10 | Michael Pfeffer | Austria | 1:14 | 31:52.9 | 9 (1+2+4+2) | +3:09.8 |
| 16 | 11 | Xavier Guidetti | Italy | 1:19 | 31:53.1 | 8 (0+2+2+4) | +3:10.0 |
| 17 | 26 | Kenneth Schöpfer | Switzerland | 2:53 | 32:01.5 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +3:18.4 |
| 18 | 18 | Jules Cuenot | Switzerland | 1:57 | 32:15.3 | 8 (2+1+3+2) | +3:32.2 |
| 19 | 29 | Niklas Forsberg | Sweden | 2:58 | 32:18.3 | 7 (2+1+2+2) | +3:35.2 |
| 20 | 15 | Federico Di Francesco | Italy | 1:38 | 32:18.9 | 8 (5+2+1+0) | +3:35.8 |
| 21 | 19 | Matej Burić | Croatia | 2:07 | 32:55.8 | 6 (0+2+2+2) | +4:12.7 |
| 22 | 23 | Ondřej Hošek | Czech Republic | 2:34 | 33:09.6 | 7 (3+0+1+3) | +4:26.5 |
| 23 | 37 | Marius Ungureanu | Romania | 3:09 | 33:10.8 | 5 (0+2+2+1) | +4:27.7 |
| 24 | 24 | Jakub Topór | Poland | 2:47 | 33:15.6 | 7 (2+2+2+1) | +4:32.5 |
| 25 | 40 | Ivan Galushkin | Russia | 3:20 | 33:17.3 | 7 (3+2+1+1) | +4:34.2 |
| 26 | 34 | Radi Palevski | Bulgaria | 3:02 | 33:19.6 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +4:36.5 |
| 27 | 22 | Dmytro Ihnatyev | Ukraine | 2:18 | 33:24.0 | 8 (4+2+1+1) | +4:40.9 |
| 28 | 27 | Heikki Laitinen | Finland | 2:53 | 33:30.0 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +4:46.9 |
| 29 | 35 | Calum Irvine | Great Britain | 3:07 | 33:33.1 | 6 (1+3+0+2) | +4:50.0 |
| 30 | 36 | Antti Repo | Finland | 3:08 | 33:51.0 | 6 (3+0+2+1) | +5:07.9 |
| 31 | 31 | Ruslan Bessov | Kazakhstan | 2:58 | 34:12.2 | 9 (3+2+3+1) | +5:29.1 |
| 32 | 43 | Aidan Millar | Canada | 4:01 | 34:16.5 | 5 (1+2+2+0) | +5:33.4 |
| 33 | 30 | Mateusz Janik | Poland | 2:58 | 34:36.2 | 7 (1+1+3+2) | +5:53.1 |
| 34 | 20 | Tarvi Sikk | Estonia | 2:08 | 34:42.6 | 9 (1+1+5+2) | +5:59.5 |
| 35 | 21 | Vid Zabret | Slovenia | 2:18 | 34:51.8 | 9 (3+3+2+1) | +6:08.7 |
| 36 | 41 | Ondrej Kosztolányi | Slovakia | 3:27 | 34:52.2 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +6:09.1 |
| 37 | 25 | Aleksey Kuznetsov | Russia | 2:52 | 35:22.6 | 10 (4+1+3+2) | +6:39.5 |
| 38 | 39 | Raman Malukha | Belarus | 3:17 | 35:30.4 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | +6:47.3 |
| 39 | 42 | Denislav Shehtanov | Bulgaria | 3:27 | 36:02.8 | 9 (2+2+2+3) | +7:19.7 |
| 40 | 31 | Nick Proell | United States | 3:00 | 36:03.6 | 8 (1+2+3+2) | +7:20.5 |
| 41 | 33 | Mattias Jonsson | Sweden | 3:02 | 36:32.2 | 8 (2+2+2+2) | +7:49.1 |
| 42 | 38 | Choi Du-jin | South Korea | 3:14 | 36:49.2 | 9 (2+3+3+1) | +8:06.1 |
| 43 | 49 | Linards Zēmelis | Latvia | 5:49 | 37:56.6 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +9:13.5 |
| 44 | 44 | Peter Oravec | Slovakia | 4:26 | 38:22.1 | 9 (1+1+3+4) | +9:39.0 |
| 45 | 47 | Dženis Avdić | Serbia | 4:57 | 38:37.7 | 9 (0+2+3+4) | +9:54.6 |
| 46 | 48 | Dávid Panyik | Hungary | 5:04 | 39:35.7 | 10 (3+2+2+3) | +10:52.6 |
| 47 | 46 | Arnoldas Mikelkevičius | Lithuania | 4:40 | 39:42.0 | 10 (2+2+4+2) | +10:58.9 |
| 48 | 45 | Jānis Slavēns | Latvia | 4:29 | 41:33.3 | 10 (1+2+3+4) | +12:50.2 |
| 49 | 50 | Lachlan Porter | Australia | 6:59 | 44:31.3 | 9 (1+2+2+4) | +15:48.2 |
| | 13 | Viktar Kryuko | Belarus | 1:31 | DSQ | 3 (0+0+2+1) | |