# Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Women's sprint

The women's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 3, 2012 at 15:30 local time.

## Results

The race started at 15:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Penalties (P+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 29 | Magdalena Neuner | Germany | 0 (0+0) | 21:07.0 | |
| | 17 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 0 (0+0) | 21:22.2 | +15.2 |
| | 18 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 0 (0+0) | 21:44.6 | +37.6 |
| 4 | 6 | Helena Ekholm | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 21:51.9 | +44.9 |
| 5 | 8 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 0 (0+0) | 21:53.7 | +46.7 |
| 6 | 12 | Tora Berger | Norway | 1 (0+1) | 21:59.4 | +52.4 |
| 7 | 22 | Svetlana Sleptsova | Russia | 0 (0+0) | 22:10.5 | +1:03.5 |
| 8 | 39 | Olga Vilukhina | Russia | 0 (0+0) | 22:12.3 | +1:05.3 |
| 9 | 23 | Marie Dorin | France | 1 (0+1) | 22:20.5 | +1:13.5 |
| 10 | 26 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 2 (1+1) | 22:26.8 | +1:19.8 |
| 11 | 1 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 0 (0+0) | 22:31.8 | +1:24.8 |
| 12 | 5 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 0 (0+0) | 22:40.1 | +1:33.1 |
| 13 | 9 | Anna Maria Nilsson | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 22:40.3 | +1:33.3 |
| 14 | 37 | Elise Ringen | Norway | 2 (0+2) | 22:45.5 | +1:38.5 |
| 15 | 21 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 1 (0+1) | 22:48.2 | +1:41.2 |
| 16 | 11 | Olga Zaitseva | Russia | 2 (1+1) | 22:52.8 | +1:45.8 |
| 17 | 33 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 0 (0+0) | 22:53.9 | +1:46.9 |
| 18 | 3 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 2 (1+1) | 22:55.3 | +1:48.3 |
| 19 | 36 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 1 (0+1) | 22:56.8 | +1:49.8 |
| 20 | 14 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 1 (1+0) | 22:57.0 | +1:50.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 0 (0+0) | 23:02.2 | +1:55.2 |
| 22 | 31 | Tina Bachmann | Germany | 3 (1+2) | 23:02.3 | +1:55.3 |
| 23 | 13 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 0 (0+0) | 23:10.2 | +2:03.2 |
| 24 | 52 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 1 (1+0) | 23:17.3 | +2:10.3 |
| 25 | 2 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 23:21.5 | +2:14.5 |
| 26 | 49 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 1 (0+1) | 23:27.0 | +2:20.0 |
| 27 | 25 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 4 (3+1) | 23:28.9 | +2:21.9 |
| 28 | 38 | Liudmila Kalinchik | Belarus | 1 (0+1) | 23:30.7 | +2:23.7 |
| 29 | 40 | Franziska Hildebrand | Germany | 1 (0+1) | 23:31.1 | +2:24.1 |
| 30 | 30 | Agnieszka Cyl | Poland | 1 (0+1) | 23:34.5 | +2:27.5 |
| 31 | 32 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 1 (0+1) | 23:35.3 | +2:28.3 |
| 32 | 16 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 4 (2+2) | 23:38.4 | +2:31.4 |
| 33 | 15 | Laure Soulie | Andorra | 1 (0+1) | 23:42.8 | +2:35.8 |
| 34 | 27 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 3 (2+1) | 23:43.9 | +2:36.9 |
| 35 | 7 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 4 (1+3) | 23:45.0 | +2:38.0 |
| 36 | 92 | Amanda Lightfoot | Great Britain | 0 (0+0) | 23:45.3 | +2:38.3 |
| 37 | 45 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | 4 (2+2) | 23:56.0 | +2:49.0 |
| 37 | 113 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 0 (0+0) | 23:56.0 | +2:49.0 |
| 39 | 47 | Juliya Dzhyma | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 23:56.1 | +2:49.1 |
| 40 | 43 | Sophie Boilley | France | 2 (0+2) | 23:56.2 | +2:49.2 |
| 41 | 41 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets | Russia | 1 (0+1) | 23:57.4 | +2:50.4 |
| 42 | 54 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 0 (0+0) | 23:59.0 | +2:52.0 |
| 43 | 4 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 3 (2+1) | 24:03.8 | +2:56.8 |
| 44 | 73 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 0 (0+0) | 24:05.5 | +2:58.5 |
| 45 | 44 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 3 (1+2) | 24:07.3 | +3:00.3 |
| 46 | 46 | Bente Landheim | Norway | 2 (2+0) | 24:08.6 | +3:01.6 |
| 47 | 62 | Marina Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 1 (0+1) | 24:11.3 | +3:04.3 |
| 48 | 35 | Katja Haller | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 24:14.4 | +3:07.4 |
| 49 | 34 | Natalya Burdyga | Ukraine | 4 (2+2) | 24:15.8 | +3:08.8 |
| 49 | 70 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 2 (1+1) | 24:15.8 | +3:08.8 |
| 51 | 19 | Megan Imrie | Canada | 3 (2+1) | 24:18.7 | +3:11.7 |
| 52 | 108 | Megan Heinicke | Canada | 2 (0+2) | 24:18.9 | +3:11.9 |
| 53 | 24 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 4 (2+2) | 24:19.2 | +3:12.2 |
| 54 | 58 | Ramona Düringer | Austria | 0 (0+0) | 24:19.7 | +3:12.7 |
| 55 | 118 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 4 (3+1) | 24:23.8 | +3:16.8 |
| 56 | 42 | Anna-Karin Strömstedt | Sweden | 3 (1+2) | 24:24.8 | +3:17.8 |
| 57 | 10 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 5 (1+4) | 24:25.4 | +3:18.4 |
| 58 | 76 | Réka Ferencz | Romania | 0 (0+0) | 24:31.4 | +3:24.4 |
| 59 | 56 | Jenny Jonsson | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 24:32.1 | +3:25.1 |
| 60 | 59 | Yuki Nakajima | Japan | 1 (0+1) | 24:36.3 | +3:29.3 |
| 61 | 116 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 3 (3+0) | 24:40.6 | +3:33.6 |
| 62 | 115 | Annelies Cook | United States | 3 (2+1) | 24:43.2 | +3:36.2 |
| 63 | 48 | Olga Poltoranina | Kazakhstan | 1 (1+0) | 24:43.4 | +3:36.4 |
| 64 | 86 | Iris Waldhuber | Austria | 1 (0+1) | 24:43.9 | +3:36.9 |
| 65 | 65 | Victoria Padial Hernández | Spain | 1 (0+1) | 24:48.8 | +3:41.8 |
| 66 | 69 | Martina Chrapánová | Slovakia | 1 (0+1) | 24:51.0 | +3:44.0 |
| 67 | 81 | Lanny Barnes | United States | 1 (1+0) | 24:55.6 | +3:48.6 |
| 68 | 51 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 4 (1+3) | 25:05.8 | +3:58.8 |
| 69 | 74 | Elisa Gasparin | Switzerland | 1 (1+0) | 25:07.8 | +4:00.8 |
| 70 | 91 | Veronika Zvařičová | Czech Republic | 3 (0+3) | 25:07.9 | +4:00.9 |
| 71 | 77 | Emőke Szőcs | Hungary | 2 (0+2) | 25:08.4 | +4:01.4 |
| 72 | 87 | Žanna Juškāne | Latvia | 2 (1+1) | 25:13.3 | +4:06.3 |
| 73 | 97 | Jitka Landová | Czech Republic | 2 (1+1) | 25:19.3 | +4:12.3 |
| 74 | 68 | Itsuka Owada | Japan | 4 (2+2) | 25:24.9 | +4:17.9 |
| 75 | 105 | Katharina Innerhofer | Austria | 2 (1+1) | 25:25.3 | +4:18.3 |
| 76 | 82 | Wang Chunli | China | 1 (0+1) | 25:28.0 | +4:21.0 |
| 77 | 53 | Luminita Piscoran | Romania | 5 (3+2) | 25:29.8 | +4:22.8 |
| 78 | 64 | Sarah Murphy | New Zealand | 1 (0+1) | 25:33.1 | +4:26.1 |
| 79 | 101 | Nicole Gontier | Italy | 4 (0+4) | 25:33.5 | +4:26.5 |
| 80 | 99 | Song Chaoqing | China | 2 (1+1) | 25:37.4 | +4:30.4 |
| 81 | 72 | Sanna Markkanen | Finland | 2 (1+1) | 25:39.5 | +4:32.5 |
| 82 | 93 | Grete Gaim | Estonia | 2 (0+2) | 25:40.5 | +4:33.5 |
| 83 | 28 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 3 (1+2) | 25:43.2 | +4:36.2 |
| 84 | 83 | Nina Klenovska | Bulgaria | 3 (0+3) | 25:44.8 | +4:37.8 |
| 85 | 57 | Barbora Tomešová | Czech Republic | 5 (4+1) | 25:47.7 | +4:40.7 |
| 86 | 88 | Paulina Fialkova | Slovakia | 3 (2+1) | 25:52.2 | +4:45.2 |
| 87 | 98 | Kim Seon-su | South Korea | 3 (1+2) | 25:54.8 | +4:47.8 |
| 88 | 50 | Kristel Viigipuu | Estonia | 4 (0+4) | 25:58.4 | +4:51.4 |
| 89 | 78 | Natalija Kočergina | Lithuania | 5 (4+1) | 26:05.8 | +4:58.8 |
| 90 | 55 | Tang Jialin | China | 2 (1+1) | 26:07.5 | +5:00.5 |
| 91 | 80 | Zhang Yan | China | 1 (1+0) | 26:09.9 | +5:02.9 |
| 92 | 79 | Niya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 4 (3+1) | 26:28.0 | +5:21.0 |
| 93 | 96 | Naoko Azegami | Japan | 6 (2+4) | 26:31.3 | +5:24.3 |
| 94 | 106 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 4 (2+2) | 26:31.9 | +5:24.9 |
| 95 | 103 | Baiba Bendika | Latvia | 2 (1+1) | 26:38.5 | +5:31.5 |
| 96 | 75 | Lili Drčar | Slovenia | 4 (2+2) | 26:39.9 | +5:32.9 |
| 97 | 89 | Kim Kyung-nam | South Korea | 2 (1+1) | 26:41.2 | +5:34.2 |
| 98 | 84 | Kim Seo-ra | South Korea | 4 (1+3) | 26:42.4 | +5:35.4 |
| 99 | 111 | Aliona Sabaliauskiene | Lithuania | 1 (0+1) | 26:46.8 | +5:39.8 |
| 100 | 85 | Eevamari Oksanen | Finland | 4 (1+3) | 26:52.0 | +5:45.0 |
| 101 | 104 | Florina Ioana Cirstea | Romania | 2 (1+1) | 27:06.3 | +5:59.3 |
| 102 | 63 | Adele Walker | Great Britain | 5 (3+2) | 27:11.3 | +6:04.3 |
| 103 | 90 | Patricia Jost | Switzerland | 5 (1+4) | 27:27.7 | +6:20.7 |
| 104 | 110 | Yolaine Oddou | Canada | 5 (3+2) | 27:31.5 | +6:24.5 |
| 105 | 117 | Nerys Jones | Great Britain | 4 (2+2) | 27:38.0 | +6:31.0 |
| 106 | 100 | Inga Paskovska | Latvia | 3 (1+2) | 27:42.3 | +6:35.3 |
| 107 | 112 | Uiloq Slettemark | Greenland | 2 (0+2) | 27:44.2 | +6:37.2 |
| 108 | 94 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 5 (1+4) | 28:09.3 | +7:02.3 |
| 109 | 66 | Tanja Karišik | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 (1+1) | 28:13.7 | +7:06.7 |
| 110 | 61 | Alexandra Camenscic | Moldova | 4 (1+3) | 28:15.9 | +7:08.9 |
| 111 | 60 | Marija Kaznacenko | Lithuania | 5 (2+3) | 28:16.3 | +7:09.3 |
| 112 | 102 | Lucy Glanville | Australia | 1 (0+1) | 28:24.1 | +7:17.1 |
| 113 | 71 | Anete Brice | Latvia | 3 (2+1) | 28:35.9 | +7:28.9 |
| 114 | 109 | Chardine Sloof | Netherlands | 4 (2+2) | 28:39.6 | +7:32.6 |
| 115 | 67 | Panagiota Tsakiri | Greece | 2 (1+1) | 29:23.9 | +8:16.9 |
| 116 | 114 | Nihan Erdiler | Turkey | 5 (2+3) | 32:11.1 | +11:04.1 |
| | 95 | Mun Ji-hee | South Korea | | DNS | |
| | 107 | Fay Potton | Great Britain | | DNS | |