# 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4 was held in Oberhof, Germany, from 3 January until 6 January 2013.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| January 3 | 17:30 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |
| January 4 | 17:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
| January 5 | 14:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| January 5 | 17:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| January 6 | 13:10 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| January 6 | 15:35 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Tim |
| 10 km Sprint details | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 25:07.9 (1+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 25:20.5 (1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:21.0 (0+1) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 32:22.9 (0+0+0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 33:05.0 (0+0+0+1) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 33:12.8 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4x7.5 km Relay details | Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeniy Garanichev Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko | 1:20:35.7 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) | Norway Henrik L'Abée-Lund Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:20:44.1 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) | Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Florian Graf | 1:21:15.0 (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Miriam Gössner Germany | 21:17.2 (0+2) | Tora Berger Norway | 21:19.2 (0+0) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 21:41.3 (0+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 32:01.9 (0+2+1+0) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 32:27.8 (1+0+0+0) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 32:30.3 (0+1+0+0) |
| 4x6 km Relay details | Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna Vita Semerenko | 1:20:16.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | France Marie-Laure Brunet Anaïs Bescond Sophie Boilley Marie Dorin Habert | 1:21:02.0 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Tina Bachmann Miriam Gössner Franziska Hildebrand Nadine Horchler | 1:22:03.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (2+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) |

## Achievements
### Best performance for all time

* Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 1st place in Sprint
* Julian Eberhard (AUT), 8th place in Sprint
* Simon Desthieux (FRA), 19th place in Sprint
* Milanko Petrovic (SRB), 39th place in Sprint
* Arturs Kolesnikovs (LAT), 66th place in Sprint
* Mikito Tachizaki (JPN), 75th place in Sprint
* Ivan Zlatev (BUL), 79th place in Sprint
* Remus Faur (ROU), 83rd place in Sprint
* Rafal Lepel (POL), 92nd place in Sprint
* Emir Hrkalovic (SRB), 93rd place in Sprint
* Milan Szabo (HUN), 95th place in Sprint
* Juliya Dzhyma (UKR), 6th place in Sprint
* Nadine Horchler (GER), 9th place in Sprint
* Karin Oberhofer (ITA), 11th place in Sprint
* Monika Hojnisz (POL), 19th place in Sprint
* Nicole Gontier (ITA), 25th place in Sprint
* Iris Schwabl (AUT), 26th place in Sprint
* Iryna Kryuko (BLR), 34th place in Sprint
* Natalija Kocergina (LTU), 35th place in Sprint
* Victoria Padial (ESP), 44th place in Sprint
* Grete Gaim (EST), 46th place in Sprint
* Johanna Taliharm (EST), 51st place in Sprint
* Patricia Jost (SUI), 71st place in Sprint
* Veronika Vítková (CZE), 2nd place in Pursuit
* Yan Zhang (CHN), 18th place in Pursuit
* Alina Raikova (KAZ), 51st place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Kalev Ermits (EST), 87th place in Sprint
* Lukasz Slonina (POL), 90th place in Sprint
* Scott Dixon (GBR), 96th place in Sprint
* Kristyna Cerna (CZE), 73rd place in Sprint
* Diana Marian Salman (ROU), 81st place in Sprint
* Ji-Ae Park (KOR), 46th place in Sprint