# Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Women's individual

The women's individual competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 7, 2012 at 15:15 local time.

## Results

The race was started at 15:15.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 21 | Tora Berger | Norway | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 42:30.0 | |
| | 26 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 43:26.4 | +56.4 |
| | 12 | Helena Ekholm | Sweden | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 43:41.1 | +1:11.1 |
| 4 | 7 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 43:44.7 | +1:14.7 |
| 5 | 1 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 43:48.2 | +1:18.2 |
| 6 | 24 | Olga Zaitseva | Russia | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 43:56.1 | +1:26.1 |
| 7 | 35 | Svetlana Sleptsova | Russia | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 44:31.0 | +2:01.0 |
| 8 | 27 | Olga Vilukhina | Russia | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 44:42.2 | +2:12.2 |
| 9 | 20 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 44:43.7 | +2:13.7 |
| 10 | 5 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 44:57.8 | +2:27.8 |
| 11 | 9 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 45:16.0 | +2:46.0 |
| 12 | 40 | Natalia Burdyga | Ukraine | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 45:19.4 | +2:49.4 |
| 13 | 25 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 45:35.5 | +3:05.5 |
| 14 | 22 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 45:38.6 | +3:08.6 |
| 15 | 2 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 3 (1+0+0+2) | 46:04.4 | +3:34.4 |
| 16 | 17 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 46:15.1 | +3:45.1 |
| 17 | 45 | Yana Romanova | Russia | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 46:22.3 | +3:52.3 |
| 18 | 56 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 46:43.2 | +4:13.2 |
| 19 | 96 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 46:47.1 | +4:17.1 |
| 20 | 8 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 4 (2+2+0+0) | 46:49.9 | +4:19.9 |
| 21 | 11 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 47:07.9 | +4:37.9 |
| 22 | 18 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 47:08.0 | +4:38.0 |
| 23 | 19 | Magdalena Neuner | Germany | 6 (2+0+1+3) | 47:10.3 | +4:40.3 |
| 24 | 38 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 47:18.4 | +4:48.4 |
| 25 | 4 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 6 (4+1+1+0) | 47:24.3 | +4:54.3 |
| 26 | 28 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 47:24.6 | +4:54.6 |
| 27 | 43 | Sophie Boilley | France | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 47:25.1 | +4:55.1 |
| 28 | 31 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 5 (3+0+1+1) | 47:38.4 | +5:08.4 |
| 29 | 36 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 4 (2+1+1+0) | 47:38.7 | +5:08.7 |
| 30 | 66 | Megan Heinicke | Canada | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 47:44.3 | +5:14.3 |
| 31 | 59 | Réka Ferencz | Romania | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 47:54.2 | +5:24.2 |
| 32 | 70 | Iris Waldhuber | Austria | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 47:54.8 | +5:24.8 |
| 33 | 39 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn | Norway | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 47:57.1 | +5:27.1 |
| 34 | 29 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 47:58.8 | +5:28.8 |
| 35 | 94 | Eveli Saue | Estonia | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 48:03.2 | +5:33.2 |
| 36 | 41 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 48:05.2 | +5:35.2 |
| 37 | 89 | Lanny Barnes | United States | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 48:06.2 | +5:36.2 |
| 38 | 61 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 48:11.2 | +5:41.2 |
| 39 | 13 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 6 (2+2+2+0) | 48:11.7 | +5:41.7 |
| 40 | 53 | Romana Schrempf | Austria | 4 (1+2+0+1) | 48:18.9 | +5:48.9 |
| 41 | 57 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 4 (2+0+0+2) | 48:29.1 | +5:59.1 |
| 42 | 80 | Martina Chrapánová | Slovakia | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 48:35.5 | +6:05.5 |
| 43 | 32 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 48:37.8 | +6:07.8 |
| 44 | 97 | Marina Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 48:41.9 | +6:11.9 |
| 45 | 58 | Paulina Bobak | Poland | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 48:55.1 | +6:25.1 |
| 46 | 23 | Anna Karin Strömstedt | Sweden | 5 (1+3+0+1) | 48:55.4 | +6:25.4 |
| 47 | 30 | Megan Imrie | Canada | 5 (0+1+2+2) | 49:10.0 | +6:40.0 |
| 48 | 34 | Tina Bachmann | Germany | 7 (2+2+0+3) | 49:21.2 | +6:51.2 |
| 49 | 42 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 6 (3+2+0+1) | 49:23.5 | +6:53.5 |
| 50 | 98 | Nina Klenovska | Bulgaria | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 49:25.8 | +6:55.8 |
| 51 | 15 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 6 (1+2+0+3) | 49:27.5 | +6:57.5 |
| 52 | 78 | Veronika Zvařičová | Czech Republic | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 49:41.3 | +7:11.3 |
| 53 | 37 | Anais Bescond | France | 6 (1+1+2+2) | 49:43.2 | +7:13.2 |
| 54 | 44 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 49:45.2 | +7:15.2 |
| 55 | 55 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 49:49.1 | +7:19.1 |
| 56 | 16 | Anna Maria Nilsson | Sweden | 6 (0+1+2+3) | 49:50.2 | +7:20.2 |
| 57 | 76 | Yuki Nakajima | Japan | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 49:56.0 | +7:26.0 |
| 58 | 52 | Jenny Jonsson | Sweden | 4 (0+2+0+2) | 49:57.7 | +7:27.7 |
| 59 | 46 | Amanda Lightfoot | United Kingdom | 4 (2+2+0+0) | 50:07.0 | +7:37.0 |
| 60 | 10 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 6 (1+3+1+1) | 50:10.3 | +7:40.3 |
| 61 | 60 | Kristel Viigipuu | Estonia | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 50:11.2 | +7:41.2 |
| 62 | 73 | Ramona Düringer | Austria | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 50:14.1 | +7:44.1 |
| 63 | 102 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 50:17.9 | +7:47.9 |
| 64 | 48 | Olga Poltoranina | Kazakhstan | 3 (3+0+0+0) | 50:19.5 | +7:49.5 |
| 65 | 3 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 6 (1+1+2+2) | 50:22.6 | +7:52.6 |
| 66 | 62 | Annelies Cook | United States | 6 (2+3+1+0) | 50:27.4 | +7:57.4 |
| 67 | 14 | Laure Soulié | Andorra | 6 (3+2+0+1) | 50:28.6 | +7:58.6 |
| 68 | 69 | Nicole Gontier | Italy | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 50:34.5 | +8:04.5 |
| 69 | 6 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 6 (1+1+1+3) | 50:54.6 | +8:24.6 |
| 70 | 81 | Eevamari Oksanen | Finland | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 50:59.6 | +8:29.6 |
| 71 | 33 | Elise Ringen | Norway | 8 (1+1+2+4) | 50:59.8 | +8:29.8 |
| 72 | 100 | Natalija Kocergina | Lithuania | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 51:28.5 | +8:58.5 |
| 73 | 49 | Elisabeth Högberg | Sweden | 5 (4+1+0+0) | 51:41.6 | +9:11.6 |
| 74 | 90 | Patricia Jost | Switzerland | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 51:42.6 | +9:12.6 |
| 75 | 67 | Elisa Gasparin | Switzerland | 4 (1+3+0+0) | 51:52.3 | +9:22.3 |
| 76 | 50 | Katja Haller | Italy | 6 (3+3+0+0) | 51:52.4 | +9:22.4 |
| 77 | 88 | Song Chaoqing | China | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 51:56.4 | +9:26.4 |
| 78 | 99 | Zhang Yan | China | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 52:21.7 | +9:51.7 |
| 79 | 110 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 52:31.9 | +10:01.9 |
| 80 | 72 | Niya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 5 (0+1+2+2) | 52:35.4 | +10:05.4 |
| 81 | 47 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 8 (2+1+2+3) | 52:37.2 | +10:07.2 |
| 82 | 105 | Jitka Landová | Czech Republic | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 53:04.7 | +10:34.7 |
| 83 | 103 | Barbora Tomešová | Czech Republic | 7 (4+2+1+0) | 53:39.6 | +11:09.6 |
| 84 | 63 | Itsuka Owada | Japan | 7 (1+3+3+0) | 54:00.2 | +11:30.2 |
| 85 | 86 | Sarah Murphy | New Zealand | 5 (0+2+1+2) | 54:05.5 | +11:35.5 |
| 86 | 115 | Katharina Innerhofer | Austria | 6 (0+3+0+3) | 54:17.4 | +11:47.4 |
| 87 | 83 | Kim Seon-su | South Korea | 5 (2+2+1+0) | 54:26.6 | +11:56.6 |
| 88 | 74 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 54:32.5 | +12:02.5 |
| 89 | 82 | Zanna Juskane | Latvia | 6 (1+3+2+0) | 54:38.0 | +12:08.0 |
| 90 | 75 | Adele Walker | United Kingdom | 6 (1+1+3+1) | 54:39.0 | +12:09.0 |
| 91 | 87 | Chardine Sloof | Netherlands | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 54:46.9 | +12:16.9 |
| 92 | 92 | Aliona Sabaliauskiene | Lithuania | 3 (0+0+0+3) | 55:07.1 | +12:37.1 |
| 93 | 91 | Alexandra Camenșcic | Moldova | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 55:15.8 | +12:45.8 |
| 94 | 51 | Tang Jialin | China | 6 (1+3+1+1) | 55:31.7 | +13:01.7 |
| 95 | 65 | Luminita Piscoran | Romania | 9 (3+2+1+3) | 55:32.2 | +13:02.2 |
| 96 | 95 | Kim Seo-ra | South Korea | 6 (0+4+0+2) | 55:33.4 | +13:03.4 |
| 97 | 79 | Yolaine Oddou | Canada | 7 (3+0+4+0) | 55:48.5 | +13:18.5 |
| 98 | 68 | Sanna Markkanen | Finland | 7 (2+2+1+2) | 55:54.8 | +13:24.8 |
| 99 | 93 | Baiba Bendika | Latvia | 5 (1+0+2+2) | 56:09.7 | +13:39.7 |
| 100 | 71 | Emőke Szőcs | Hungary | 7 (0+3+1+3) | 56:14.4 | +13:44.4 |
| 101 | 116 | Arisa Goshono | Japan | 6 (1+2+2+1) | 56:18.7 | +13:48.7 |
| 102 | 108 | Inga Paškovska | Latvia | 5 (1+4+0+0) | 56:21.9 | +13:51.9 |
| 103 | 85 | Victoria Padial Hernández | Spain | 8 (2+2+1+3) | 56:44.2 | +14:14.2 |
| 104 | 84 | Nerys Jones | United Kingdom | 8 (1+2+3+2) | 57:19.8 | +14:49.8 |
| 105 | 104 | Kim Kyung-nam | South Korea | 5 (0+2+1+2) | 57:47.1 | +15:17.1 |
| 106 | 106 | Fay Potton | United Kingdom | 6 (2+1+2+1) | 58:46.8 | +16:16.8 |
| 107 | 113 | Wang Yue | China | 10 (1+3+2+4) | 59:00.9 | +16:30.9 |
| 108 | 77 | Lucy Glanville | Australia | 6 (0+1+1+4) | 59:08.6 | +16:38.6 |
| 109 | 101 | Tanja Karišik | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 (1+1+3+1) | 59:30.5 | +17:00.5 |
| 110 | 107 | Uiloq Slettemark | Greenland | 6 (0+2+1+3) | 59:45.1 | +17:15.1 |
| 111 | 109 | Anete Brice | Latvia | 7 (1+1+5+0) | 1:00:12.0 | +17:42.0 |
| 112 | 111 | Florina Ioana Cirstea | Romania | 10 (4+3+1+2) | 1:02:58.9 | +20:28.9 |
| 113 | 112 | Marija Kaznacenko | Lithuania | 13 (3+5+4+1) | 1:03:34.9 | +21:04.9 |
| 114 | 64 | Nihan Erdiler | Turkey | 10 (3+3+1+3) | 1:04:36.9 | +22:06.9 |
| | 54 | Iryna Kryuko | Belarus | 3 (1+1+1+) | DNF | |
| | 114 | Mun Ji-hee | South Korea | | DNS | |