# 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women will start on Saturday December 3, 2011 in Östersund and will finish Friday March 16, 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Magdalena Neuner of Germany.

## Competition format

The 7.5 kilometres 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: | Magdalena Neuner | 404 |
| Silver: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 391 |
| Bronze: | Tora Berger | 356 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 22:01.7 (0+1) | Tora Berger Norway | 22:01.9 (0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 22:16.9 (2+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 21:09.2 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 21:24.1 (1+0) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 21:31.9 (1+0) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 20:36.6 (0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 20:50.5 (1+1) | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 21:06.8 (1+0) |
| Oberhof details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 22:27.6 (0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 23:04.9 (0+1) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 23:11.0 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 23:08.1 (0+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 23:33.6 (1+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 23:42.6 (0+3) |
| Antholz details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 20:27.7 (0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:45.2 (0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 20:58.2 (2+0) |
| Holmenkollen details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 20:41.9 (0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 21:20.1 (0+1) | Tora Berger Norway | 21:30.8 (1+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 23:07.4 (1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 23:19.7 (1+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 23:24.4 (2+0) |
| Biathlon World Championships 2012 details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 21:07.0 (0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 21:22.2 (0+0) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 21:44.6 (0+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 22:11.5 (1+1) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 22:14.7 (0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 22:27.7 (0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC1 | HOC2 | OBE | NOV | ANT | HOL | KON | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | 60 | 60 | 43 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 571 |
| 2 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 40 | 40 | 54 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 471 |
| 3 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 48 | 54 | 32 | 43 | 27 | 54 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 43 | 401 |
| 4 | Tora Berger (NOR) | 54 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 373 |
| 5 | Olga Zaitseva (RUS) | 12 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 0 | 38 | 43 | 25 | — | 334 |
| 6 | Helena Ekholm (SWE) | 16 | 43 | 48 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 17 | 28 | 43 | 40 | 317 |
| 7 | Olga Vilukhina (RUS) | 11 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 32 | 34 | — | 274 |
| 8 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 22 | 38 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 22 | 274 |
| 9 | Andrea Henkel (GER) | 34 | 34 | 27 | 40 | 26 | — | 40 | 25 | 7 | 38 | 271 |
| 10 | Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) | 40 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 6 | 31 | 13 | 40 | 30 | 264 |
| 11 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 43 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 36 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 259 |
| 12 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 25 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 25 | — | 11 | 48 | 54 | 254 |
| 13 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 31 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 234 |
| 14 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | 14 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 183 |
| 15 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS) | 29 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 14 | — | 36 | 0 | 6 | 175 |
| 16 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 174 |
| 17 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 32 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 31 | 0 | — | 36 | 10 | 173 |
| 18 | Krystyna Pałka (POL) | 27 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 173 |
| 19 | Zina Kocher (CAN) | 26 | 9 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 153 |
| 20 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 4 | 25 | 146 |
| 21 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 7 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 36 | 23 | — | 5 | 21 | 0 | 141 |
| 22 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 136 |
| 23 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 134 |
| 24 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | — | 18 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 30 | — | 16 | 20 | 133 |
| 25 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 28 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 129 |
| 26 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 15 | 26 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 19 | 128 |
| 27 | Michela Ponza (ITA) | 2 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 127 |
| 28 | Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 126 |
| 29 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 23 | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 123 |
| 30 | Anais Bescond (FRA) | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 119 |
| 31 | Elise Ringen (NOR) | 21 | 31 | — | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 118 |
| 32 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | 7 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 106 |
| 33 | Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 28 | — | 19 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 89 |
| 34 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | 10 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 86 |
| 35 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 84 |
| 36 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 27 | — | 0 | — | — | 83 |
| 37 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 38 | 17 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 80 |
| 38 | Laure Soulie (AND) | 5 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 80 |
| 39 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| 40 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 79 |
| 41 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU) | 18 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 76 |
| 42 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 24 | — | 76 |
| 43 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 73 |
| 44 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 45 | Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE) | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | 64 |
| 46 | Agnieszka Cyl (POL) | 0 | 22 | 12 | — | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | 61 |
| 47 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | 0 | 10 | 21 | 8 | — | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 58 |
| 48 | Juliya Dzhyma (UKR) | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | 24 | 55 |
| 49 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 52 |
| 50 | Sara Studebaker (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 48 |
| 51 | Anna Karin Strömstedt (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 52 | Megan Imrie (CAN) | 8 | 0 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 53 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | — | 0 | 38 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 |
| 54 | Katja Haller (ITA) | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 |
| 55 | Marine Bolliet (FRA) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 35 |
| 56 | Kadri Lehtla (EST) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 0 | — | 32 |
| 57 | Yana Romanova (RUS) | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | 3 | 26 |
| 58 | Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — | 23 |
| 59 | Bente Landheim (NOR) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 60 | Luminita Piscoran (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 61 | Romana Schrempf (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 20 |
| 62 | Anna Boulygina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 63 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 17 |
| 64 | Carolin Hennecke (GER) | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 65 | Paulina Bobak (POL) | — | — | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | 15 |
| 66 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 |
| 67 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | — | — | — | 0 | 11 | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 11 |
| 68 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 10 |
| 69 | Annalies Cook (USA) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 |
| 70 | Marina Korovina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 71 | Ane Skrove Nossum (NOR) | — | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 7 |
| 72 | Laure Bosc (FRA) | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 73 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 |
| 74 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 75 | Darya Usanova (KAZ) | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 6 |
| 76 | Birgitte Roeksund (NOR) | — | — | 6 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 77 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 78 | Amanda Lightfoot (GBR) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| 79 | Jenny Jonsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 80 | Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| 81 | Pauline Macabies (FRA) | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 82 | Aleksandra Alikina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | Ekaterina Vinogradova (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 84 | Reka Ferencz (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 1 |