# Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Women's pursuit

The women's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 4, 2012, at 16:00 local time.

## Results

The race started at 16:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 2 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 0:15 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 29:39.6 | |
| | 1 | Magdalena Neuner | Germany | 0:00 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 30:04.7 | +25.1 |
| | 8 | Olga Vilukhina | Russia | 1:05 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 30:55.0 | +1:15.4 |
| 4 | 6 | Tora Berger | Norway | 0:52 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 31:05.4 | +1:25.8 |
| 5 | 4 | Helena Ekholm | Sweden | 0:45 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 31:07.9 | +1:28.3 |
| 6 | 5 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 0:47 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 31:10.7 | +1:31.1 |
| 7 | 16 | Olga Zaitseva | Russia | 1:46 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 31:38.2 | +1:58.6 |
| 8 | 3 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 0:38 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 31:45.3 | +2:05.7 |
| 9 | 9 | Marie Dorin-Habert | France | 1:14 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 31:57.9 | +2:18.3 |
| 10 | 13 | Anna Maria Nilsson | Sweden | 1:33 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:01.9 | +2:22.3 |
| 11 | 34 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 2:37 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:13.1 | +2:33.5 |
| 12 | 11 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 1:25 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 32:15.5 | +2:35.9 |
| 13 | 12 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 1:33 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 32:24.5 | +2:44.9 |
| 14 | 22 | Tina Bachmann | Germany | 1:55 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 32:29.2 | +2:49.6 |
| 15 | 17 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 1:47 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:44.0 | +3:04.4 |
| 16 | 7 | Svetlana Sleptsova | Russia | 1:04 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 32:44.5 | +3:04.9 |
| 17 | 20 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 1:50 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 32:48.8 | +3:09.2 |
| 18 | 25 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 2:15 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 32:55.9 | +3:16.3 |
| 19 | 10 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 1:20 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 32:58.8 | +3:19.2 |
| 20 | 27 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 2:22 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | 33:05.5 | +3:25.9 |
| 21 | 14 | Elise Ringen | Norway | 1:39 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 33:05.6 | +3:26.0 |
| 22 | 37 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | 2:49 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33:06.6 | +3:27.0 |
| 23 | 41 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets | Russia | 2:50 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 33:11.7 | +3:32.1 |
| 24 | 32 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 2:31 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 33:18.6 | +3:39.0 |
| 25 | 15 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 1:41 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 33:32.7 | +3:53.1 |
| 26 | 18 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 1:48 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 33:46.2 | +4:06.6 |
| 27 | 21 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 1:55 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 33:50.6 | +4:11.0 |
| 28 | 19 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 1:50 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | 33:53.6 | +4:14.0 |
| 29 | 31 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 2:28 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 33:59.2 | +4:19.6 |
| 30 | 28 | Liudmila Kalinchik | Belarus | 2:24 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 34:06.0 | +4:26.4 |
| 31 | 53 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 3:12 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 34:09.1 | +4:29.5 |
| 32 | 46 | Bente Landheim | Norway | 3:02 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 34:10.4 | +4:30.8 |
| 33 | 35 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 2:38 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 34:12.3 | +4:32.7 |
| 34 | 26 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 2:20 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 34:15.7 | +4:36.1 |
| 35 | 24 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 2:10 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 34:16.5 | +4:36.9 |
| 36 | 55 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 3:17 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 34:22.4 | +4:42.8 |
| 37 | 33 | Laure Soulie | Andorra | 2:36 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 34:22.8 | +4:43.2 |
| 38 | 30 | Agnieszka Cyl | Poland | 2:28 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 34:34.4 | +4:54.8 |
| 39 | 51 | Megan Imrie | Canada | 3:12 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 34:42.2 | +5:02.6 |
| 40 | 23 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 2:03 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | 34:44.7 | +5:05.1 |
| 41 | 50 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 3:09 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 34:56.4 | +5:16.8 |
| 42 | 52 | Megan Heinicke | Canada | 3:12 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 35:11.8 | +5:32.2 |
| 43 | 36 | Amanda Lightfoot | Great Britain | 2:38 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 35:20.1 | +5:40.5 |
| 44 | 47 | Marina Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 3:04 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 35:33.7 | +5:54.1 |
| 45 | 40 | Sophie Boilley | France | 2:49 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 35:38.6 | +5:59.0 |
| 46 | 42 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 2:52 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 35:39.4 | +5:59.8 |
| 47 | 29 | Franziska Hildebrand | Germany | 2:24 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | 35:42.0 | +6:02.4 |
| 48 | 39 | Juliya Dzhyma | Ukraine | 2:49 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 35:42.2 | +6:02.6 |
| 49 | 59 | Jenny Jonsson | Sweden | 3:25 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 35:49.1 | +6:09.5 |
| 50 | 45 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 3:00 | 6 (0+1+2+3) | 35:51.6 | +6:12.0 |
| 51 | 58 | Réka Ferencz | Romania | 3:24 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 36:42.8 | +7:03.2 |
| 52 | 56 | Anna-Karin Strömstedt | Sweden | 3:18 | 7 (0+0+4+3) | 36:52.2 | +7:12.6 |
| 53 | 43 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 2:57 | 7 (2+0+2+3) | 36:58.9 | +7:18.9 |
| — | 44 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 2:59 | (2+0+2+) | LAP | |
| — | 48 | Katja Haller | Italy | 3:07 | 5 (3+0+0+2) | LAP | |
| — | 60 | Yuki Nakajima | Japan | 3:29 | (2+1+) | LAP | |
| — | 57 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 3:18 | (2+0+3+) | DNF | |
| — | 38 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 2:49 | | DNS | |
| — | 49 | Natalya Burdyga | Ukraine | 3:09 | | DNS | |
| — | 54 | Ramona Düringer | Austria | 3:13 | | DNS | |