# 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men will start at Friday December 2, 2011 in Östersund and will finish Friday March 16, 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Tarjei Bø of Norway.

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6,23 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2010-11 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Tarjei Bø | 393 |
| Silver: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 369 |
| Bronze: | Arnd Peiffer | 333 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 24:22.5 (0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:30.1 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:35.5 (0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 24:41.9 (0+0) | Andrei Makoveev Russia | 24:51.1 (0+0) | Benjamin Weger Switzerland | 25:01.5 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 23:57.2 (1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 24:01.2 (1+1) | Timofey Lapshin Russia | 24:14.4 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:57.5 (1+0) | Simon Fourcade France | 25:58.6 (0+0) | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 26:02.3 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 27:13.1 (0+1) | Simon Fourcade France | 27:15.8 (1+2) | Martin Fourcade France | 27:22.7 (1+1) |
| Antholz details | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 24:37.9 (0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 24:56.1 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 24:57.0 (0+0) |
| Holmenkollen details | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 25:22.2 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:22.9 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:34.0 (0+2) |
| Kontiolahti details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:58.2 (0+1) | Timofey Lapshin Russia | 24:59.0 (0+0) | Benjamin Weger Switzerland | 24:59.8 (0+0) |
| Biathlon World Championships 2012 details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:18.6 (1+1) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:33.7 (1+1) | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 24:36.3 (0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Martin Fourcade France | 26:40.2 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 26:45.5 (0+1) | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 26:46.9 (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC1 | HOC2 | OBE | NOV | ANT | HOL | KON | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 43 | 19 | 54 | — | 48 | 48 | 31 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 423 |
| 2 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 48 | 43 | 0 | 38 | 60 | 18 | 48 | 29 | 54 | 40 | 378 |
| 3 | Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) | 60 | 60 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 4 | 15 | — | 48 | 32 | 287 |
| 4 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 8 | 23 | 0 | 60 | 27 | 40 | 54 | — | 4 | 54 | 270 |
| 5 | Andrei Makoveev (RUS) | 0 | 54 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 261 |
| 6 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 54 | 38 | 60 | — | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 249 |
| 7 | Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 0 | 40 | 28 | 48 | 28 | 38 | 36 | — | 11 | 19 | 248 |
| 8 | Andreas Birnbacher (GER) | 38 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 31 | 43 | 29 | — | 25 | 20 | 248 |
| 9 | Fredrik Lindström (SWE) | 19 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 36 | 60 | — | 1 | 38 | 48 | 235 |
| 10 | Simon Fourcade (FRA) | 0 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 231 |
| 11 | Lowell Bailey (USA) | 40 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 34 | 40 | 21 | 21 | 228 |
| 12 | Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) | 0 | 11 | — | — | 22 | 54 | 60 | 22 | 29 | 26 | 224 |
| 13 | Michal Šlesingr (CZE) | 34 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 224 |
| 14 | Tim Burke (USA) | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 43 | 221 |
| 15 | Benjamin Weger (SUI) | 28 | 48 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 48 | 5 | — | 218 |
| 16 | Björn Ferry (SWE) | 15 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 36 | — | 23 | 36 | 18 | 203 |
| 17 | Anton Shipulin (RUS) | 11 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 34 | — | 31 | 28 | 14 | 201 |
| 18 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 32 | 22 | 26 | — | 16 | 0 | 40 | 43 | 20 | 0 | 199 |
| 19 | Alexis Bœuf (FRA) | 23 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 191 |
| 20 | Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) | — | 31 | 0 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 36 | — | 30 | 176 |
| 21 | Jakov Fak (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 38 | — | 30 | 31 | 167 |
| 22 | Florian Graf (GER) | 21 | 36 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 24 | — | 7 | 0 | 158 |
| 23 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 13 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 31 | — | 30 | 10 | 5 | 151 |
| 24 | Timofey Lapshin (RUS) | — | 18 | 48 | 25 | — | — | 0 | 54 | — | 2 | 147 |
| 25 | Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT) | 17 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 125 |
| 26 | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 124 |
| 27 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA) | — | — | 43 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 122 |
| 28 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 6 | 9 | 43 | 22 | 8 | — | 6 | — | 22 | 0 | 116 |
| 29 | Markus Windisch (ITA) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 108 |
| 30 | Jay Hakkinen (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 108 |
| 31 | Simon Hallenbarter (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 107 |
| 32 | Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 105 |
| 33 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 14 | 21 | — | 27 | 34 | 102 |
| 34 | Christoph Sumann (AUT) | 20 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 35 | Brendan Green (CAN) | 27 | 7 | 17 | — | 9 | 7 | 32 | — | — | — | 99 |
| 36 | Simon Eder (AUT) | 3 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 20 | — | 0 | — | 93 |
| 37 | Serhiy Semenov (UKR) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | — | 8 | — | 5 | 19 | 24 | 87 |
| 38 | Michael Greis (GER) | 25 | 21 | 0 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 15 | 15 | 85 |
| 39 | Artem Pryma (UKR) | — | — | — | 23 | 15 | 21 | — | — | 6 | 17 | 82 |
| 40 | Russell Currier (USA) | — | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | 4 | 80 |
| 41 | Krasimir Anev (BUL) | 0 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 24 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 80 |
| 42 | Lars Berger (NOR) | 30 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | — | 79 |
| 43 | Aleksey Volkov (RUS) | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | 23 | 11 | — | 4 | — | — | 72 |
| 44 | Rune Brattsveen (NOR) | 9 | 13 | — | 0 | — | — | 25 | 21 | — | 0 | 68 |
| 45 | Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 46 | Serguei Sednev (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 26 | — | 15 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 47 | Sven Grossegger (AUT) | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 60 |
| 48 | Michail Kletcherov (BUL) | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 49 | Dominik Landertinger (AUT) | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | 13 | 6 | 53 |
| 50 | Magnús Jónsson (SWE) | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 51 |
| 51 | Michael Rösch (GER) | — | 14 | 0 | 24 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | — | 51 |
| 52 | Dušan Šimočko (SVK) | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 53 | Vincent Jay (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 47 |
| 54 | Daniel Böhm (GER) | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | — | — | 32 | — | 0 | 45 |
| 55 | Christian De Lorenzi (ITA) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 43 |
| 56 | Indrek Tobreluts (EST) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | — | — | 24 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 57 | Matej Kazar (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 58 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz (ITA) | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | 20 | — | — | 37 |
| 59 | Sergey Novikov (BLR) | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 60 | Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 27 | 34 |
| 61 | Tomáš Holubec (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 |
| 62 | Martin Eng (NOR) | — | — | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 31 |
| 63 | Zdeněk Vítek (CZE) | 5 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 64 | Vasja Rupnik (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 65 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR) | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 28 |
| 66 | Daniel Graf (GER) | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 |
| 67 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 26 |
| 68 | Scott Perras (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 12 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 69 | Friedrich Pinter (AUT) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 25 |
| 70 | Vladimir Iliev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 71 | Aliaksandr Babchyn (BLR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 72 | Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 73 | Kauri Kõiv (EST) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 74 | Christian Stebler (SUI) | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 75 | Erik Lesser (GER) | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | — | 0 | 18 |
| 76 | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 77 | Ivan Joller (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | — | 17 |
| 78 | Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | — | 14 |
| 79 | Evgeny Abramenko (BLR) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 14 |
| 80 | Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR) | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 12 |
| 81 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 82 | Roman Pryma (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | 11 |
| 83 | Yuryi Liadov (BLR) | 0 | — | — | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 84 | Sergey Naumik (KAZ) | — | — | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 11 |
| 85 | Oleg Berezhnoy (UKR) | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| 86 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| 87 | Vladimir Alenishko (BLR) | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 8 |
| 88 | Tomasz Sikora (POL) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 89 | Janez Marič (SLO) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 8 |
| 90 | Mario Dolder (SUI) | — | — | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 91 | Ahti Toivanen (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 92 | Ted Armgren (SWE) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| 93 | Junji Nagai (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 94 | Maksim Burtasov (RUS) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 0 | 3 |
| 95 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 3 |
| 96 | Lois Habert (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 |