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Men's individual at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Date	6 March 2012
Competitors	138 from 41 nations
Winning time	46:48.2
Medalists
Jakov Fak   Slovenia   Simon Fourcade   France   Jaroslav Soukup   Czech Republic

The men's individual competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 6, 2012 at 15:15 local time.

Results

The race was started at 15:15.

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Penalties (P+S+P+S)	Time	Deficit
	15	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	1 (0+0+0+1)	46:48.2
	4	Simon Fourcade	France	1 (0+0+1+0)	46:55.2	+7.0
	28	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	1 (0+1+0+0)	47:00.5	+12.3
4	20	Andreas Birnbacher	Germany	1 (0+0+0+1)	47:01.3	+13.1
5	9	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	1 (0+0+0+1)	47:04.8	+16.6
6	13	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	1 (0+0+1+0)	47:13.3	+25.1
7	12	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	2 (0+0+0+2)	47:24.7	+36.5
8	26	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	2 (1+1+0+0)	47:37.4	+49.2
9	47	Sergey Novikov	Belarus	0 (0+0+0+0)	47:38.0	+49.8
10	29	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	1 (0+1+0+0)	47:40.2	+52.0
11	36	Michael Greis	Germany	1 (0+0+0+1)	47:46.4	+58.2
12	2	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	2 (1+1+0+0)	47:47.9	+59.7
13	18	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	2 (1+0+1+0)	48:05.3	+1:17.1
14	32	Timofey Lapshin	Russia	1 (1+0+0+0)	48:25.3	+1:37.1
15	37	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	2 (0+2+0+0)	48:30.5	+1:42.3
16	60	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	1 (0+0+0+1)	48:31.6	+1:43.4
17	56	Andriy Deryzemlya	Ukraine	2 (0+1+0+1)	48:36.1	+1:47.9
18	16	Tarjei Bø	Norway	4 (2+0+1+1)	48:58.6	+2:10.4
19	1	Krasimir Anev	Bulgaria	1 (0+0+1+0)	49:02.0	+2:13.8
20	11	Lukas Hofer	Italy	3 (1+1+0+1)	49:10.5	+2:22.3
21	35	Alexey Volkov	Russia	2 (1+0+0+1)	49:15.0	+2:26.8
22	25	Markus Windisch	Italy	2 (1+0+0+1)	49:17.2	+2:29.0
23	38	Simon Eder	Austria	2 (1+0+1+0)	49:20.5	+2:32.3
24	40	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	2 (0+0+1+1)	49:25.4	+2:37.2
25	6	Martin Fourcade	France	5 (0+2+1+2)	49:26.7	+2:38.5
26	99	Kauri Koiv	Estonia	1 (1+0+0+0)	49:37.6	+2:49.4
27	10	Michail Kletcherov	Bulgaria	1 (0+1+0+0)	49:40.9	+2:52.7
28	51	Yan Savitskiy	Kazakhstan	1 (0+1+0+0)	49:52.8	+3:04.6
29	31	Vincent Jay	France	3 (1+0+1+1)	49:56.5	+3:08.3
30	92	Hidenori Isa	Japan	0 (0+0+0+0)	49:57.3	+3:09.1
31	33	Jay Hakkinen	United States	2 (1+0+0+1)	50:06.0	+3:17.8
32	64	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	3 (1+1+1+0)	50:16.5	+3:28.3
33	58	Tomáš Holubec	Czech Republic	2 (0+0+2+0)	50:18.6	+3:30.4
34	43	Janez Marič	Slovenia	3 (0+1+0+2)	50:21.3	+3:33.1
35	21	Dmitry Malyshko	Russia	4 (0+2+2+0)	50:23.4	+3:35.2
36	5	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	3 (0+1+0+2)	50:24.2	+3:36.0
37	134	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	1 (1+0+0+0)	50:26.6	+3:38.4
38	23	Lowell Bailey	United States	4 (0+2+1+1)	50:27.8	+3:39.6
39	50	Lars Helge Birkeland	Norway	2 (0+0+1+1)	50:29.5	+3:41.3
40	45	Matej Kazar	Slovakia	3 (2+1+0+0)	50:30.1	+3:41.9
41	3	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	4 (2+1+1+0)	50:31.0	+3:42.8
42	42	Jarkko Kauppinen	Finland	2 (0+0+1+1)	50:41.9	+3:53.7
43	7	Christoph Sumann	Austria	3 (0+1+2+0)	50:47.4	+3:59.2
44	84	Aliaksandr Babchyn	Belarus	2 (0+1+1+0)	50:47.9	+3:59.7
45	62	Scott Perras	Canada	3 (0+1+0+2)	50:49.3	+4:01.1
46	30	Rune Brattsveen	Norway	4 (1+1+1+1)	50:51.9	+4:03.7
47	27	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	5 (1+1+2+1)	50:56.2	+4:08.0
48	22	Björn Ferry	Sweden	4 (1+1+1+1)	50:56.9	+4:08.7
49	49	Evgeny Abramenko	Belarus	3 (1+0+1+1)	50:57.3	+4:09.1
50	14	Evgeny Ustyugov	Russia	5 (0+1+1+3)	51:01.0	+4:12.8
51	44	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	3 (0+0+0+3)	51:03.3	+4:15.1
52	34	Alexis Bœuf	France	4 (0+2+1+1)	51:05.4	+4:17.2
53	8	Ted Armgren	Sweden	3 (1+1+0+1)	51:19.5	+4:31.3
54	70	Krzysztof Plywaczyk	Poland	2 (2+0+0+0)	51:25.6	+4:37.4
55	52	Ivan Joller	Switzerland	3 (1+1+0+1)	51:25.7	+4:37.5
56	24	Tim Burke	United States	5 (0+2+1+2)	51:26.3	+4:38.1
57	78	Priit Viks	Estonia	2 (0+0+1+1)	51:41.3	+4:53.1
58	61	Olexander Bilanenko	Ukraine	3 (1+1+0+1)	51:44.0	+4:55.8
59	54	Alexandr Chervyakov	Kazakhstan	3 (0+1+0+2)	52:08.4	+5:20.2
60	19	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	5 (2+1+1+1)	52:16.1	+5:27.9
61	100	Nathan Smith	Canada	4 (2+2+0+0)	52:17.6	+5:29.4
62	59	Junji Nagai	Japan	3 (1+1+0+1)	52:23.8	+5:35.6
63	109	Vladimir Alenishko	Belarus	3 (1+1+0+1)	52:24.1	+5:35.9
64	55	Mario Dolder	Switzerland	4 (1+2+1+0)	52:26.5	+5:38.3
65	87	Edgars Piksons	Latvia	1 (0+0+0+1)	52:28.3	+5:40.1
66	72	Martin Otcenas	Slovakia	3 (2+1+0+0)	52:45.5	+5:57.3
67	57	Roland Lessing	Estonia	4 (2+0+0+2)	52:47.0	+5:58.8
68	46	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	5 (2+0+1+2)	52:57.5	+6:09.3
69	89	Marc-André Bédard	Canada	4 (0+1+1+2)	53:01.8	+6:13.6
70	53	Dušan Šimočko	Slovakia	5 (1+0+2+2)	53:03.0	+6:14.8
71	17	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	6 (1+2+2+1)	53:08.6	+6:20.4
72	63	Rene Laurent Vuillermoz	Italy	4 (1+1+1+1)	53:10.8	+6:22.6
73	136	Adam Kwak	Poland	2 (1+0+1+0)	53:26.9	+6:38.7
74	69	Tomas Kaukėnas	Lithuania	4 (0+0+2+2)	53:27.4	+6:39.2
75	74	Anton Pantov	Kazakhstan	2 (1+1+0+0)	53:28.3	+6:40.1
76	94	Lee In-bok	South Korea	1 (0+1+0+0)	53:34.1	+6:45.9
77	95	Rolands Pužulis	Latvia	2 (2+0+0+0)	53:37.0	+6:48.8
78	83	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	5 (1+2+0+2)	53:38.8	+6:50.6
79	82	Łukasz Szczurek	Poland	3 (2+1+0+0)	53:39.5	+6:51.3
80	65	Timo Antila	Finland	6 (2+2+0+2)	53:56.2	+7:08.0
81	41	Leif Nordgren	United States	6 (0+1+2+3)	54:07.1	+7:18.9
82	105	Alexei Almoukov	Australia	2 (0+0+1+1)	54:09.4	+7:21.2
83	110	Stefan Gavrila	Romania	4 (0+3+0+1)	54:13.3	+7:25.1
84	108	Peter Dokl	Slovenia	4 (1+1+1+1)	54:17.3	+7:29.1
84	135	Li Zhonghai	China	2 (0+0+1+1)	54:17.3	+7:29.1
86	107	Ville Simola	Finland	1 (0+1+0+0)	54:20.2	+7:32.0
87	48	Magnus Jonsson	Sweden	6 (3+2+0+1)	54:47.4	+7:59.2
88	117	Marcel Laponder	Great Britain	1 (0+1+0+0)	54:49.2	+8:01.0
89	88	Ahti Toivanen	Finland	6 (1+2+1+2)	54:54.8	+8:06.6
90	30	Simon Schempp	Germany	7 (3+1+1+2)	54:55.3	+8:07.1
91	104	Pedro Quintana Arias	Spain	2 (0+1+0+1)	55:04.8	+8:16.6
92	93	Ahmet Üstüntaş	Turkey	1 (0+0+1+0)	55:06.8	+8:18.6
93	130	Karol Dombrovski	Lithuania	3 (0+1+1+1)	55:22.1	+8:33.9
94	86	Chen Haibin	China	3 (0+1+1+1)	55:25.1	+8:36.9
95	97	Damir Rastić	Serbia	4 (1+2+0+0)	55:26.3	+8:38.1
96	125	Ren Long	China	3 (1+2+1+0)	55:38.2	+8:50.0
97	123	Arturs Kolesnikovs	Latvia	3 (0+1+0+2)	55:50.6	+9:02.4
98	66	Zhang Chengye	China	4 (0+1+1+1)	56:10.7	+9:22.5
99	121	Samuel Pulido Serrano	Spain	3 (2+0+1+1)	56:12.4	+9:24.2
100	85	Sergey Naumik	Kazakhstan	6 (2+1+1+2)	56:19.7	+9:31.5
101	106	Kazuya Inomata	Japan	6 (2+1+2+1)	56:46.8	+9:58.6
102	127	Herbert Cool	Netherlands	4 (1+0+2+1)	56:52.1	+10:03.9
103	68	Pete Beyer	Great Britain	2 (0+0+1+1)	57:19.5	+10:31.3
104	113	Karolis Zlatkauskas	Lithuania	5 (0+4+0+1)	57:20.2	+10:32.0
105	112	Thorsten Langer	Belgium	3 (0+0+1+2)	57:27.0	+10:38.8
106	103	Manuel Fernandez Musso	Spain	5 (0+3+0+2)	57:47.8	+10:59.6
107	114	Ryo Tsunoda	Japan	7 (2+2+1+2)	58:00.4	+11:12.2
108	77	Darko Damjanovski	Macedonia	5 (0+4+0+1)	58:00.9	+11:12.7
109	73	Lee-Steve Jackson	Great Britain	8 (2+2+3+1)	58:11.5	+11:23.3
110	102	Milan Szabó	Hungary	5 (0+0+2+3)	58:24.8	+11:36.6
111	79	Karoly Gombos	Hungary	6 (1+3+1+1)	58:51.0	+12:02.8
112	71	Milanko Petrović	Serbia	11 (5+0+4+2)	59:40.9	+12:52.7
113	115	Orhangazi Civil	Turkey	4 (0+1+0+3)	59:51.8	+13:03.6
114	131	Aleksandr Lavrinovič	Lithuania	4 (2+1+0+1)	59:52.0	+13:03.8
115	119	Nemanja Košarac	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 (2+1+1+2)	1:00:12.1	+13:23.9
116	96	Jun Je-uk	South Korea	8 (4+2+2+0)	1:00:13.3	+13:25.1
117	111	Martin Bogdanov	Bulgaria	8 (3+3+1+1)	1:00:20.7	+13:32.5
118	139	Edin Hodžić	Serbia	5 (0+3+1+1)	1:00:53.4	+14:05.2
119	132	Thierry Langer	Belgium	5 (1+1+2+1)	1:00:54.6	+14:06.4
120	120	Kim Yong-gyu	South Korea	7 (1+2+3+1)	1:01:02.6	+14:14.4
121	133	Athanassios Tsakiris	Greece	3 (2+0+1+0)	1:01:22.4	+14:34.2
122	116	Øystein Slettemark	Greenland	7 (1+4+2+0)	1:01:23.0	+14:34.8
123	124	Vincent Naveau	Belgium	5 (2+2+1+0)	1:01:29.5	+14:41.3
124	76	Gjorgji Icoski	Macedonia	4 (0+2+0+2)	1:01:37.3	+14:49.1
125	67	Kleanthis Karamichas	Greece	2 (0+2+0+0)	1:01:59.7	+15:11.5
126	126	Jurica Veverec	Croatia	5 (1+0+3+1)	1:02:48.0	+15:59.8
127	80	Tomislav Crnković	Croatia	4 (0+1+2+1)	1:03:07.8	+16:19.6
128	138	Emir Hrkalović	Serbia	7 (1+2+2+2)	1:03:34.7	+16:46.5
129	90	Victor Pinzaru	Moldova	7 (0+2+2+3)	1:04:13.4	+17:25.2
130	98	Stefan Lopatić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 (4+2+0+4)	1:04:31.4	+17:43.2
131	137	Dyllan Harmer	Australia	4 (1+1+0+2)	1:04:36.0	+17:47.8
132	101	Anuzar Yunusov	Uzbekistan	11 (4+2+2+3)	1:07:13.1	+20:24.9
133	81	Aqqaluartaa Olsen	Greenland	11 (2+2+3+4)	1:07:50.1	+21:01.9
134	91	Dino Butković	Croatia	9 (2+2+2+3)	1:08:04.9	+21:16.7
135	129	István Muskatal	Hungary	13 (3+5+2+3)	1:09:14.9	+22:26.7
	75	Pascal Langer	Belgium	(3+3)	DNF
	122	Laurentiu Vamanu	Romania	(1+2+4)	DNF
	128	Kim Jong-min	South Korea	(1+0)	DNF
	118	Ben Woolley	Great Britain		DNS