# 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Sunday December 4, 2011 in Östersund and will finish Sunday March 17, 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

## Competition format

This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

## 2010–11 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 343 |
| Silver: | Andrea Henkel | 303 |
| Bronze: | Helena Ekholm | 279 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Tora Berger Norway | 33:56.9 (0+0+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 34:30.1 (1+0+0+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 35:21.3 (0+1+2+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 29:34.4 (1+0+1+0) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 29:34.7 (0+0+0+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 29:37.5 (0+0+0+2) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 31:52.2 (0+0+0+0) | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 32:21.3 (0+0+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 32:36.9 (1+1+0+1) |
| Nové Město details | Tora Berger Norway | 31:00.3 (0+1+2+0) | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 31:18.2 (0+0+0+0) | Marie Laure Brunet France | 31:25.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| Holmenkollen details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 30:31.1 (0+1+1+0) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 31:07.6 (0+0+0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 31:22.5 (0+0+2+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 32:23.0 (0+1+0+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 32:58.9 (0+1+1+2) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 33:00.0 (2+0+2+0) |
| Biathlon World Championships 2012 details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 29:39.6 (0+1+1+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 30:04.7 (0+1+0+2) | Olga Vilukhina Russia | 30:55.0 (0+0+1+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 32:44.5 (0+1+1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 33:09.3 (1+1+0+0) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 33:16.6 (0+0+1+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC1 | HOC2 | NOV | HOL | KON | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 25 | 60 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 392 |
| 2 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | 48 | 48 | 29 | 36 | 60 | 54 | 54 | 43 | 372 |
| 3 | Tora Berger (NOR) | 60 | 32 | 43 | 60 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 361 |
| 4 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 54 | 30 | 40 | 31 | 40 | 60 | 21 | 54 | 330 |
| 5 | Olga Zaitseva (RUS) | 26 | 54 | 60 | 40 | 54 | 43 | 36 | — | 313 |
| 6 | Helena Ekholm (SWE) | 34 | 29 | 54 | 54 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 30 | 295 |
| 7 | Andrea Henkel (GER) | 31 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 36 | 276 |
| 8 | Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) | 36 | 34 | 27 | 48 | 36 | 14 | 38 | 38 | 271 |
| 9 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 23 | 36 | 34 | 27 | 34 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 246 |
| 10 | Olga Vilukhina (RUS) | 4 | 38 | 32 | 23 | 38 | 36 | 48 | — | 219 |
| 11 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | 38 | 27 | — | 12 | 31 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 200 |
| 12 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 32 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 28 | 198 |
| 13 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 28 | — | 31 | 24 | — | 20 | 34 | 48 | 185 |
| 14 | Krystyna Pałka (POL) | 27 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 31 | 184 |
| 15 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 24 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 177 |
| 16 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS) | 30 | 40 | 36 | 8 | — | 24 | 18 | 14 | 170 |
| 17 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 40 | 23 | 16 | 29 | — | — | 25 | 24 | 157 |
| 18 | Zina Kocher (CAN) | 17 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 15 | 29 | 145 |
| 19 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 16 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 29 | — | 131 |
| 20 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 3 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 127 |
| 21 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 43 | 17 | 0 | 22 | — | 17 | 0 | 23 | 122 |
| 22 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | 13 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 19 | — | 18 | 116 |
| 23 | Michela Ponza (ITA) | 15 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 116 |
| 24 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | — | 22 | 0 | 20 | 32 | — | 23 | 2 | 99 |
| 25 | Elise Ringen (NOR) | 29 | 26 | — | 10 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 98 |
| 26 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 1 | 10 | 20 | 26 | — | 9 | 24 | 6 | 96 |
| 27 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 11 | 23 | — | 19 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 93 |
| 28 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) | 19 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 0 | — | 89 |
| 29 | Anais Bescond (FRA) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 86 |
| 30 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 14 | — | 18 | — | 29 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 80 |
| 31 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 0 | 6 | — | 15 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 80 |
| 32 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | 21 | 28 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 67 |
| 33 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 59 |
| 34 | Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE) | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | 57 |
| 35 | Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR) | — | 0 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 56 |
| 36 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 9 | 0 | — | — | 6 | — | 5 | 32 | 52 |
| 37 | Agnieszka Cyl (POL) | 22 | 25 | 0 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 52 |
| 38 | Bente Landheim (NOR) | 0 | 14 | — | 16 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 52 |
| 39 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 50 |
| 40 | Yana Romanova (RUS) | — | 7 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 12 | 49 |
| 41 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 0 | — | 7 | — | 14 | 1 | 26 | — | 48 |
| 42 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | — | — | — | 25 | 9 | — | — | 13 | 47 |
| 43 | Kadri Lehtla (EST) | — | — | — | — | 21 | 23 | 0 | — | 44 |
| 44 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | — | 21 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 |
| 45 | Anna Karin Strömstedt (SWE) | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 26 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 46 | Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| 47 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | 0 | 4 | 24 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | 31 |
| 48 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| 49 | Anna Boulygina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 28 |
| 50 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | — | — | — | 17 | — | 0 | — | 11 | 28 |
| 51 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 18 | — | — | 9 | — | 0 | — | — | 27 |
| 52 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 53 | Sara Studebaker (USA) | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 54 | Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 8 | 23 |
| 55 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 10 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| 56 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 21 |
| 57 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR) | 20 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 58 | Megan Imrie (CAN) | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 59 | Katja Haller (ITA) | — | — | — | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 |
| 60 | Marina Korovina (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 17 |
| 61 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | — | 0 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 62 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 |
| 62 | Carolin Hennecke (GER) | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 64 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU) | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 65 | Natalia Sorokina (RUS) | 11 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 66 | Laure Soulie (AND) | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 13 |
| 67 | Jenny Jonsson (SWE) | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | — | 11 |
| 68 | Juliya Dzhyma (UKR) | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 69 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 70 | Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 6 |
| 71 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 72 | Aleksandra Alikina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 72 | Gabriela Soukalová (CZE) | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 74 | Marine Bolliet (FRA) | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 4 |
| 75 | Emilia Yordanova (BUL) | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 3 |
| 76 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 |