# Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's sprint

The men's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 3, 2012 at 12:30 local time.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Penalties (P+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 9 | Martin Fourcade | France | 2 (1+1) | 24:18.6 | — |
| | 1 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 2 (1+1) | 24:33.7 | +15.1 |
| | 41 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 24:36.3 | +17.7 |
| 4 | 18 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 0 (0+0) | 24:45.7 | +27.1 |
| 5 | 5 | Simon Fourcade | France | 2 (2+0) | 24:54.0 | +35.4 |
| 6 | 14 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 24:54.2 | +35.6 |
| 7 | 24 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 25:00.5 | +41.9 |
| 8 | 8 | Markus Windisch | Italy | 0 (0+0) | 25:04.5 | +45.9 |
| 9 | 33 | Alexis Bœuf | France | 2 (1+1) | 25:17.2 | +58.6 |
| 10 | 12 | Tim Burke | United States | 1 (0+1) | 25:17.4 | +58.8 |
| 11 | 4 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 1 (1+0) | 25:19.3 | +1:00.7 |
| 12 | 34 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 0 (0+0) | 25:22.5 | +1:03.9 |
| 13 | 30 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 1 (0+1) | 25:23.7 | +1:05.1 |
| 14 | 21 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 1 (0+1) | 25:28.6 | +1:10.0 |
| 15 | 57 | Dušan Šimočko | Slovakia | 0 (0+0) | 25:31.1 | +1:12.5 |
| 16 | 11 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 2 (0+2) | 25:31.4 | +1:12.8 |
| 17 | 26 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 3 (0+3) | 25:31.6 | +1:13.0 |
| 18 | 42 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 2 (2+0) | 25:31.9 | +1:13.3 |
| 19 | 20 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 2 (0+2) | 25:32.1 | +1:13.5 |
| 20 | 27 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 0 (0+0) | 25:33.8 | +1:15.2 |
| 21 | 28 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 3 (1+2) | 25:34.9 | +1:16.3 |
| 22 | 43 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 25:35.8 | +1:17.2 |
| 23 | 58 | Sergey Novikov | Belarus | 0 (0+0) | 25:38.1 | +1:19.5 |
| 24 | 17 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 1 (1+0) | 25:39.6 | +1:21.0 |
| 25 | 10 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 2 (1+1) | 25:46.6 | +1:28.0 |
| 26 | 32 | Michael Greis | Germany | 3 (2+1) | 25:47.4 | +1:28.8 |
| 27 | 45 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 0 (0+0) | 25:48.8 | +1:30.2 |
| 28 | 29 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 2 (1+1) | 25:49.9 | +1:31.3 |
| 29 | 62 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 2 (1+1) | 25:50.2 | +1:31.6 |
| 30 | 2 | Evgeny Ustyugov | Russia | 2 (0+2) | 25:52.0 | +1:33.4 |
| 31 | 15 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 3 (1+2) | 25:52.3 | +1:33.7 |
| 32 | 37 | Lars Berger | Norway | 4 (1+3) | 26:00.8 | +1:42.2 |
| 33 | 6 | Andrei Makoveev | Russia | 3 (1+2) | 26:01.2 | +1:42.6 |
| 34 | 40 | Florian Graf | Germany | 2 (1+1) | 26:02.2 | +1:43.6 |
| 35 | 19 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 26:02.3 | +1:43.7 |
| 36 | 7 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 2 (0+2) | 26:02.6 | +1:44.0 |
| 37 | 13 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 3 (1+2) | 26:03.6 | +1:45.0 |
| 38 | 52 | Junji Nagai | Japan | 1 (0+1) | 26:05.1 | +1:46.5 |
| 39 | 50 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 2 (1+1) | 26:07.9 | +1:49.3 |
| 40 | 56 | Ivan Joller | Switzerland | 0 (0+0) | 26:11.1 | +1:52.5 |
| 41 | 16 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 0 (0+0) | 26:11.3 | +1:52.7 |
| 42 | 63 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 2 (1+1) | 26:15.5 | +1:56.9 |
| 43 | 25 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 2 (0+2) | 26:15.7 | +1:57.1 |
| 44 | 36 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 4 (0+4) | 26:16.6 | +1:58.0 |
| 45 | 88 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 2 (1+1) | 26:21.9 | +2:03.3 |
| 46 | 35 | Simon Eder | Austria | 2 (0+2) | 26:25.1 | +2:06.5 |
| 47 | 47 | Christian Stebler | Switzerland | 3 (1+2) | 26:27.6 | +2:09.0 |
| 48 | 38 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | France | 3 (1+2) | 26:29.5 | +2:10.9 |
| 49 | 22 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 2 (2+0) | 26:31.2 | +2:12.6 |
| 50 | 54 | Scott Perras | Canada | 2 (0+2) | 26:32.2 | +2:13.6 |
| 51 | 106 | Kazuya Inomata | Japan | 1 (0+1) | 26:37.2 | +2:18.6 |
| 52 | 3 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 3 (2+1) | 26:38.7 | +2:20.1 |
| 53 | 95 | Stefan Gavrila | Romania | 1 (1+0) | 26:38.8 | +2:20.2 |
| 54 | 67 | Tomasz Sikora | Poland | 2 (1+1) | 26:39.2 | +2:20.6 |
| 55 | 89 | Marc-André Bédard | Canada | 2 (1+1) | 26:43.0 | +2:24.4 |
| 56 | 71 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 2 (0+2) | 26:43.4 | +2:24.8 |
| 57 | 66 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 2 (2+0) | 26:46.2 | +2:27.6 |
| 58 | 55 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 3 (1+2) | 26:50.4 | +2:31.8 |
| 59 | 114 | Kauri Koiv | Estonia | 1 (1+0) | 26:52.2 | +2:33.6 |
| 60 | 64 | Christian de Lorenzi | Italy | 3 (2+1) | 26:54.5 | +2:35.9 |
| 61 | 79 | Miroslav Kenanov | Bulgaria | 0 (0+0) | 27:00.5 | +2:41.9 |
| 62 | 70 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 1 (0+1) | 27:02.7 | +2:44.1 |
| 63 | 31 | Russell Currier | United States | 3 (1+2) | 27:07.0 | +2:48.4 |
| 64 | 49 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 27:08.4 | +2:49.8 |
| 65 | 113 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | 2 (1+1) | 27:09.5 | +2:50.9 |
| 66 | 65 | Aliaksandr Babchyn | Belarus | 3 (1+2) | 27:09.6 | +2:51.0 |
| 67 | 46 | Magnus Jonsson | Sweden | 3 (1+2) | 27:14.3 | +2:55.7 |
| 68 | 60 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 4 (3+1) | 27:14.6 | +2:56.0 |
| 69 | 59 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 4 (3+1) | 27:15.6 | +2:57.0 |
| 69 | 105 | Vladimir Alenishko | Belarus | 0 (0+0) | 27:15.6 | +2:57.0 |
| 71 | 53 | Jarkko Kauppinen | Finland | 2 (0+2) | 27:16.9 | +2:58.3 |
| 71 | 61 | Vasja Rupnik | Slovenia | 3 (3+0) | 27:16.9 | +2:58.3 |
| 73 | 77 | Krzysztof Plywaczyk | Poland | 2 (2+0) | 27:17.5 | +2:58.9 |
| 74 | 69 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 3 (1+2) | 27:22.6 | +3:04.0 |
| 74 | 76 | Danil Steptsenko | Estonia | 1 (0+1) | 27:22.6 | +3:04.0 |
| 76 | 93 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 2 (1+1) | 27:27.4 | +3:08.8 |
| 77 | 92 | Alexandr Chervyakov | Kazakhstan | 2 (1+1) | 27:32.4 | +3:13.8 |
| 78 | 75 | Rolands Pužulis | Latvia | 1 (0+1) | 27:42.8 | +3:24.2 |
| 79 | 111 | Yuryi Liadov | Belarus | 3 (2+1) | 27:45.5 | +3:26.9 |
| 80 | 84 | Alexandr Trifonov | Kazakhstan | 2 (0+2) | 27:47.1 | +3:28.5 |
| 81 | 112 | Edgars Piksons | Latvia | 2 (0+2) | 27:47.8 | +3:29.2 |
| 82 | 98 | Timo Antila | Finland | 3 (2+1) | 27:48.2 | +3:29.6 |
| 83 | 48 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 1 (1+0) | 27:52.5 | +3:33.9 |
| 84 | 23 | Serguei Sednev | Ukraine | 3 (1+2) | 27:53.3 | +3:34.7 |
| 85 | 82 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 1 (0+1) | 28:13.2 | +3:54.6 |
| 86 | 130 | Zhang Chengye | China | 2 (1+1) | 28:15.0 | +3:56.4 |
| 87 | 81 | Alexei Almoukov | Australia | 2 (2+0) | 28:17.1 | +3:58.5 |
| 88 | 109 | Lee-Steve Jackson | Great Britain | 3 (1+2) | 28:21.8 | +4:03.2 |
| 89 | 132 | Artūrs Koļesņikovs | Latvia | 0 (0+0) | 28:26.4 | +4:07.8 |
| 90 | 74 | Jun Je-uk | South Korea | 3 (2+1) | 28:35.5 | +4:16.9 |
| 91 | 39 | Jay Hakkinen | United States | 5 (4+1) | 28:37.0 | +4:18.4 |
| 92 | 124 | Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | 3 (2+1) | 28:40.8 | +4:22.2 |
| 93 | 51 | Sergey Naumik | Kazakhstan | 4 (2+2) | 28:44.9 | +4:26.3 |
| 94 | 73 | Pedro Quintana Arias | Spain | 2 (1+1) | 28:52.7 | +4:34.1 |
| 95 | 120 | Ren Long | China | 2 (2+0) | 28:57.3 | +4:38.7 |
| 96 | 137 | Rafal Lepel | Poland | 0 (0+0) | 29:03.6 | +4:45.0 |
| 97 | 44 | Ahti Toivanen | Finland | 6 (4+2) | 29:07.7 | +4:49.1 |
| 98 | 127 | Manuel Fernandez Musso | Spain | 2 (0+2) | 29:11.5 | +4:52.9 |
| 99 | 129 | Oystein Slettemark | Greenland | 4 (1+3) | 29:15.2 | +4:56.6 |
| 100 | 91 | Samuel Pulido Serrano | Spain | 2 (1+1) | 29:21.1 | +5:02.5 |
| 101 | 118 | Pascal Langer | Belgium | 2 (1+1) | 29:30.5 | +5:11.9 |
| 102 | 107 | Chen Haibin | China | 1 (0+1) | 29:34.3 | +5:15.7 |
| 103 | 85 | Ahmet Üstüntaş | Turkey | 1 (1+0) | 29:37.7 | +5:19.1 |
| 104 | 131 | Kevin Kane | Great Britain | 3 (1+2) | 29:39.8 | +5:21.2 |
| 105 | 138 | Marcel Laponder | Great Britain | 2 (0+2) | 29:40.6 | +5:22.0 |
| 106 | 135 | Thorsten Langer | Belgium | 2 (2+0) | 29:41.5 | +5:22.9 |
| 107 | 108 | Milan Szabo | Hungary | 4 (2+2) | 29:50.8 | +5:32.2 |
| 108 | 100 | Lee In-bok | South Korea | 5 (3+2) | 29:59.5 | +5:40.9 |
| 109 | 90 | Li Zhonghai | China | 4 (3+1) | 30:01.7 | +5:43.1 |
| 110 | 122 | Damir Rastić | Serbia | 5 (1+4) | 30:02.5 | +5:43.9 |
| 111 | 97 | Vincent Naveau | Belgium | 2 (2+0) | 30:08.2 | +5:49.6 |
| 112 | 78 | Karolis Zlatkauskas | Lithuania | 5 (2+3) | 30:13.2 | +5:54.6 |
| 113 | 103 | Victor Pinzaru | Moldova | 1 (1+0) | 30:15.3 | +5:56.7 |
| 114 | 115 | Herbert Cool | Netherlands | 3 (0+3) | 30:16.1 | +5:57.5 |
| 115 | 116 | Kim Yong-gyu | South Korea | 4 (1+3) | 30:16.3 | +5:57.7 |
| 116 | 126 | Aleksandr Lavrinovič | Lithuania | 3 (1+2) | 30:20.3 | +6:01.7 |
| 117 | 96 | Karoly Gombos | Hungary | 5 (1+4) | 30:29.7 | +6:11.1 |
| 118 | 101 | Anuzar Yunusov | Uzbekistan | 2 (1+1) | 30:43.2 | +6:24.6 |
| 119 | 123 | Orhangazi Civil | Turkey | 1 (0+1) | 30:53.1 | +6:33.2 |
| 120 | 86 | Stefan Lopatić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 (3+1) | 30:56.7 | +6:34.5 |
| 121 | 139 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 4 (1+3) | 30:58.1 | +6:38.1 |
| 122 | 83 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 4 (2+2) | 31:01.7 | +6:43.1 |
| 123 | 134 | Laurentiu Vamanu | Romania | 5 (3+2) | 31:05.2 | +6:46.6 |
| 124 | 102 | Edin Hodžić | Serbia | 2 (0+2) | 31:05.9 | +6:47.3 |
| 125 | 117 | Nemanja Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 (3+3) | 31:18.9 | +7:00.3 |
| 126 | 128 | Kim Jong-min | South Korea | 5 (2+3) | 31:28.1 | +7:09.5 |
| 127 | 121 | Dejan Krsmanović | Serbia | 4 (1+3) | 31:36.6 | +7:18.0 |
| 128 | 72 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 4 (3+1) | 31:54.1 | +7:35.5 |
| 129 | 68 | Pete Beyer | Great Britain | 6 (3+3) | 32:26.5 | +8:07.9 |
| 130 | 119 | Dyllan Harmer | Australia | 0 (0+0) | 32:42.3 | +8:23.7 |
| 131 | 99 | Jurica Veverec | Croatia | 5 (4+1) | 33:09.3 | +8:50.7 |
| 132 | 136 | Istvan Muskatal | Hungary | 5 (2+3) | 33:33.1 | +9:14.5 |
| 133 | 94 | Gjorgji Icoski | Macedonia | 4 (2+2) | 33:39.3 | +9:20.7 |
| 134 | 80 | Aqqaluartaa Olsen | Greenland | 7 (3+4) | 33:49.3 | +9:30.7 |
| 135 | 125 | Tomislav Crnković | Croatia | 5 (1+4) | 34:08.1 | +9:49.5 |
| 136 | 87 | Dino Butković | Croatia | 7 (4+3) | 35:38.5 | +11:19.9 |
| | 104 | Athanassios Tsakiris | Greece | 3 (0+3) | DNF | |
| | 133 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Greece | (2+) | DNF | |
| | 110 | Ville Simola | Finland | | DNS | |