# Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's pursuit

The men's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 4, 2012 at 13:15 local time.

## Results

The race started at 13:15.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Martin Fourcade | France | 0:00 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 33:39.4 | |
| | 3 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 0:18 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 33:44.6 | +5.2 |
| | 13 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 1:05 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 34:01.5 | +22.1 |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 0:27 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 34:07.8 | +28.4 |
| 5 | 2 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 0:15 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 34:24.8 | +45.4 |
| 6 | 5 | Simon Fourcade | France | 0:35 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 34:32.4 | +53.0 |
| 7 | 17 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 1:13 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | 34:38.7 | +59.3 |
| 8 | 11 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 1:01 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 34:45.6 | +1:06.2 |
| 9 | 19 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 1:14 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 34:46.1 | +1:06.7 |
| 10 | 6 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 0:36 | 4 (1+3+0+0) | 34:50.9 | +1:11.5 |
| 11 | 7 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 0:42 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 35:00.3 | +1:20.9 |
| 12 | 16 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 1:13 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 35:00.4 | +1:21.0 |
| 13 | 31 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 1:34 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 35:06.2 | +1:26.8 |
| 14 | 12 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 1:04 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | 35:08.6 | +1:29.2 |
| 15 | 18 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 1:13 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | 35:15.0 | +1:35.6 |
| 16 | 36 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 1:44 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 35:22.3 | +1:42.9 |
| 17 | 37 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 1:45 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | 35:22.9 | +1:43.5 |
| 18 | 9 | Alexis Bœuf | France | 0:59 | 4 (0+0+3+1) | 35:25.1 | +1:45.7 |
| 19 | 33 | Andrei Makoveev | Russia | 1:43 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 35:26.4 | +1:47.0 |
| 20 | 20 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 1:15 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 35:28.2 | +1:48.8 |
| 21 | 43 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 1:57 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 35:31.2 | +1:51.8 |
| 22 | 42 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 1:57 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 35:31.2 | +1:51.8 |
| 23 | 26 | Michael Greis | Germany | 1:29 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 35:31.7 | +1:52.3 |
| 24 | 29 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 1:32 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 35:32.7 | +1:53.3 |
| 25 | 23 | Sergey Novikov | Belarus | 1:20 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 35:33.9 | +1:54.5 |
| 26 | 14 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 1:10 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 35:37.9 | +1:58.5 |
| 27 | 21 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 1:16 | 6 (2+1+2+1) | 35:47.7 | +2:08.3 |
| 28 | 10 | Tim Burke | United States | 0:59 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 35:47.7 | +2:08.3 |
| 29 | 25 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 1:28 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 36:07.1 | +2:27.7 |
| 30 | 8 | Markus Windisch | Italy | 0:46 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 36:11.2 | +2:31.8 |
| 31 | 28 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 1:31 | 4 (0+0+0+4) | 36:14.9 | +2:35.5 |
| 32 | 44 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 1:58 | 5 (0+1+1+3) | 36:15.2 | +2:35.8 |
| 33 | 38 | Junji Nagai | Japan | 1:47 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 36:19.5 | +2:40.1 |
| 34 | 46 | Simon Eder | Austria | 2:07 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 36:25.1 | +2:45.7 |
| 35 | 15 | Dušan Šimočko | Slovakia | 1:13 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | 36:29.9 | +2:50.5 |
| 36 | 27 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 1:30 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 36:29.9 | +2:50.5 |
| 37 | 60 | Christian de Lorenzi | Italy | 2:36 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 36:34.6 | +2:55.2 |
| 38 | 34 | Florian Graf | Germany | 1:44 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | 36:34.9 | +2:55.5 |
| 39 | 58 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 2:32 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 36:38.5 | +2:59.1 |
| 40 | 32 | Lars Berger | Norway | 1:42 | 6 (0+1+3+2) | 36:45.5 | +3:06.1 |
| 41 | 24 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 1:21 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 36:51.2 | +3:11.8 |
| 42 | 41 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 1:53 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 36:59.9 | +3:20.5 |
| 43 | 45 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 2:03 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | 37:13.4 | +3:34.0 |
| 44 | 35 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 1:44 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 37:17.0 | +3:37.6 |
| 45 | 47 | Christian Stebler | Switzerland | 2:09 | 6 (3+0+2+1) | 37:26.8 | +3:47.4 |
| 46 | 48 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | France | 2:11 | 5 (0+2+2+1) | 37:36.9 | +3:57.5 |
| 47 | 51 | Kazuya Inomata | Japan | 2:19 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 37:38.9 | +3:59.5 |
| 48 | 39 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 1:49 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | 37:54.5 | +4:15.1 |
| 49 | 22 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 1:17 | 6 (2+0+1+3) | 38:01.7 | +4:22.3 |
| 50 | 40 | Ivan Joller | Switzerland | 1:53 | 4 (0+2+0+2) | 38:09.0 | +4:29.6 |
| 51 | 54 | Tomasz Sikora | Poland | 2:21 | 5 (1+3+0+1) | 38:28.4 | +4:49.0 |
| 52 | 55 | Marc-André Bedard | Canada | 2:24 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 38:35.4 | +4:56.0 |
| 53 | 53 | Stefan Gavrila | Romania | 2:20 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 38:41.5 | +5:02.1 |
| 54 | 50 | Scott Perras | Canada | 2:14 | 6 (1+0+2+3) | 38:51.8 | +5:12.4 |
| 55 | 56 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 2:25 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 39:10.7 | +5:31.3 |
| 56 | 59 | Kauri Koiv | Estonia | 2:34 | 7 (1+2+1+3) | 40:01.5 | +6:22.1 |
| — | 30 | Evgeny Ustyugov | Russia | 1:33 | | DNS | |
| — | 49 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 2:13 | | DNS | |
| — | 52 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 2:20 | | DNS | |
| — | 57 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 2:28 | | DNS | |