Women's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2012
Date	3 March 2012
Competitors	116 from 39 nations
Winning time	21:07.0
Medalists
Magdalena Neuner    Germany   Darya Domracheva    Belarus   Vita Semerenko    Ukraine
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Biathlon at the 2012 World Championships
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed
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The women's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 3, 2012 at 15:30 local time.^[1]

The race started at 15:30.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Penalties (P+S)	Time	Deficit
	29	Magdalena Neuner	Germany	0 (0+0)	21:07.0
	17	Darya Domracheva	Belarus	0 (0+0)	21:22.2	+15.2
	18	Vita Semerenko	Ukraine	0 (0+0)	21:44.6	+37.6
4	6	Helena Ekholm	Sweden	0 (0+0)	21:51.9	+44.9
5	8	Marie-Laure Brunet	France	0 (0+0)	21:53.7	+46.7
6	12	Tora Berger	Norway	1 (0+1)	21:59.4	+52.4
7	22	Svetlana Sleptsova	Russia	0 (0+0)	22:10.5	+1:03.5
8	39	Olga Vilukhina	Russia	0 (0+0)	22:12.3	+1:05.3
9	23	Marie Dorin	France	1 (0+1)	22:20.5	+1:13.5
10	26	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	2 (1+1)	22:26.8	+1:19.8
11	1	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	0 (0+0)	22:31.8	+1:24.8
12	5	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	0 (0+0)	22:40.1	+1:33.1
13	9	Anna Maria Nilsson	Sweden	0 (0+0)	22:40.3	+1:33.3
14	37	Elise Ringen	Norway	2 (0+2)	22:45.5	+1:38.5
15	21	Mari Laukkanen	Finland	1 (0+1)	22:48.2	+1:41.2
16	11	Olga Zaitseva	Russia	2 (1+1)	22:52.8	+1:45.8
17	33	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	0 (0+0)	22:53.9	+1:46.9
18	3	Zina Kocher	Canada	2 (1+1)	22:55.3	+1:48.3
19	36	Anaïs Bescond	France	1 (0+1)	22:56.8	+1:49.8
20	14	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak	Poland	1 (1+0)	22:57.0	+1:50.0
21	20	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	0 (0+0)	23:02.2	+1:55.2
22	31	Tina Bachmann	Germany	3 (1+2)	23:02.3	+1:55.3
23	13	Michela Ponza	Italy	0 (0+0)	23:10.2	+2:03.2
24	52	Fuyuko Suzuki	Japan	1 (1+0)	23:17.3	+2:10.3
25	2	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	3 (1+2)	23:21.5	+2:14.5
26	49	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	1 (0+1)	23:27.0	+2:20.0
27	25	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	4 (3+1)	23:28.9	+2:21.9
28	38	Liudmila Kalinchik	Belarus	1 (0+1)	23:30.7	+2:23.7
29	40	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany	1 (0+1)	23:31.1	+2:24.1
30	30	Agnieszka Cyl	Poland	1 (0+1)	23:34.5	+2:27.5
31	32	Nadezhda Skardino	Belarus	1 (0+1)	23:35.3	+2:28.3
32	16	Synnøve Solemdal	Norway	4 (2+2)	23:38.4	+2:31.4
33	15	Laure Soulie	Andorra	1 (0+1)	23:42.8	+2:35.8
34	27	Andrea Henkel	Germany	3 (2+1)	23:43.9	+2:36.9
35	7	Nastassia Dubarezava	Belarus	4 (1+3)	23:45.0	+2:38.0
36	92	Amanda Lightfoot	Great Britain	0 (0+0)	23:45.3	+2:38.3
37	45	Miriam Gössner	Germany	4 (2+2)	23:56.0	+2:49.0
37	113	Elena Khrustaleva	Kazakhstan	0 (0+0)	23:56.0	+2:49.0
39	47	Juliya Dzhyma	Ukraine	1 (0+1)	23:56.1	+2:49.1
40	43	Sophie Boilley	France	2 (0+2)	23:56.2	+2:49.2
41	41	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Russia	1 (0+1)	23:57.4	+2:50.4
42	54	Emilia Yordanova	Bulgaria	0 (0+0)	23:59.0	+2:52.0
43	4	Kadri Lehtla	Estonia	3 (2+1)	24:03.8	+2:56.8
44	73	Daria Yurlova	Estonia	0 (0+0)	24:05.5	+2:58.5
45	44	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	3 (1+2)	24:07.3	+3:00.3
46	46	Bente Landheim	Norway	2 (2+0)	24:08.6	+3:01.6
47	62	Marina Lebedeva	Kazakhstan	1 (0+1)	24:11.3	+3:04.3
48	35	Katja Haller	Italy	1 (0+1)	24:14.4	+3:07.4
49	34	Natalya Burdyga	Ukraine	4 (2+2)	24:15.8	+3:08.8
49	70	Sara Studebaker	United States	2 (1+1)	24:15.8	+3:08.8
51	19	Megan Imrie	Canada	3 (2+1)	24:18.7	+3:11.7
52	108	Megan Heinicke	Canada	2 (0+2)	24:18.9	+3:11.9
53	24	Jana Gereková	Slovakia	4 (2+2)	24:19.2	+3:12.2
54	58	Ramona Düringer	Austria	0 (0+0)	24:19.7	+3:12.7
55	118	Susan Dunklee	United States	4 (3+1)	24:23.8	+3:16.8
56	42	Anna-Karin Strömstedt	Sweden	3 (1+2)	24:24.8	+3:17.8
57	10	Valj Semerenko	Ukraine	5 (1+4)	24:25.4	+3:18.4
58	76	Réka Ferencz	Romania	0 (0+0)	24:31.4	+3:24.4
59	56	Jenny Jonsson	Sweden	1 (0+1)	24:32.1	+3:25.1
60	59	Yuki Nakajima	Japan	1 (0+1)	24:36.3	+3:29.3
61	116	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	3 (3+0)	24:40.6	+3:33.6
62	115	Annelies Cook	United States	3 (2+1)	24:43.2	+3:36.2
63	48	Olga Poltoranina	Kazakhstan	1 (1+0)	24:43.4	+3:36.4
64	86	Iris Waldhuber	Austria	1 (0+1)	24:43.9	+3:36.9
65	65	Victoria Padial Hernández	Spain	1 (0+1)	24:48.8	+3:41.8
66	69	Martina Chrapánová	Slovakia	1 (0+1)	24:51.0	+3:44.0
67	81	Lanny Barnes	United States	1 (1+0)	24:55.6	+3:48.6
68	51	Darya Usanova	Kazakhstan	4 (1+3)	25:05.8	+3:58.8
69	74	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	1 (1+0)	25:07.8	+4:00.8
70	91	Veronika Zvařičová	Czech Republic	3 (0+3)	25:07.9	+4:00.9
71	77	Emőke Szőcs	Hungary	2 (0+2)	25:08.4	+4:01.4
72	87	Žanna Juškāne	Latvia	2 (1+1)	25:13.3	+4:06.3
73	97	Jitka Landová	Czech Republic	2 (1+1)	25:19.3	+4:12.3
74	68	Itsuka Owada	Japan	4 (2+2)	25:24.9	+4:17.9
75	105	Katharina Innerhofer	Austria	2 (1+1)	25:25.3	+4:18.3
76	82	Wang Chunli	China	1 (0+1)	25:28.0	+4:21.0
77	53	Luminita Piscoran	Romania	5 (3+2)	25:29.8	+4:22.8
78	64	Sarah Murphy	New Zealand	1 (0+1)	25:33.1	+4:26.1
79	101	Nicole Gontier	Italy	4 (0+4)	25:33.5	+4:26.5
80	99	Song Chaoqing	China	2 (1+1)	25:37.4	+4:30.4
81	72	Sanna Markkanen	Finland	2 (1+1)	25:39.5	+4:32.5
82	93	Grete Gaim	Estonia	2 (0+2)	25:40.5	+4:33.5
83	28	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	3 (1+2)	25:43.2	+4:36.2
84	83	Nina Klenovska	Bulgaria	3 (0+3)	25:44.8	+4:37.8
85	57	Barbora Tomešová	Czech Republic	5 (4+1)	25:47.7	+4:40.7
86	88	Paulina Fialkova	Slovakia	3 (2+1)	25:52.2	+4:45.2
87	98	Kim Seon-su	South Korea	3 (1+2)	25:54.8	+4:47.8
88	50	Kristel Viigipuu	Estonia	4 (0+4)	25:58.4	+4:51.4
89	78	Natalija Kočergina	Lithuania	5 (4+1)	26:05.8	+4:58.8
90	55	Tang Jialin	China	2 (1+1)	26:07.5	+5:00.5
91	80	Zhang Yan	China	1 (1+0)	26:09.9	+5:02.9
92	79	Niya Dimitrova	Bulgaria	4 (3+1)	26:28.0	+5:21.0
93	96	Naoko Azegami	Japan	6 (2+4)	26:31.3	+5:24.3
94	106	Desislava Stoyanova	Bulgaria	4 (2+2)	26:31.9	+5:24.9
95	103	Baiba Bendika	Latvia	2 (1+1)	26:38.5	+5:31.5
96	75	Lili Drčar	Slovenia	4 (2+2)	26:39.9	+5:32.9
97	89	Kim Kyung-nam	South Korea	2 (1+1)	26:41.2	+5:34.2
98	84	Kim Seo-ra	South Korea	4 (1+3)	26:42.4	+5:35.4
99	111	Aliona Sabaliauskiene	Lithuania	1 (0+1)	26:46.8	+5:39.8
100	85	Eevamari Oksanen	Finland	4 (1+3)	26:52.0	+5:45.0
101	104	Florina Ioana Cirstea	Romania	2 (1+1)	27:06.3	+5:59.3
102	63	Adele Walker	Great Britain	5 (3+2)	27:11.3	+6:04.3
103	90	Patricia Jost	Switzerland	5 (1+4)	27:27.7	+6:20.7
104	110	Yolaine Oddou	Canada	5 (3+2)	27:31.5	+6:24.5
105	117	Nerys Jones	Great Britain	4 (2+2)	27:38.0	+6:31.0
106	100	Inga Paskovska	Latvia	3 (1+2)	27:42.3	+6:35.3
107	112	Uiloq Slettemark	Greenland	2 (0+2)	27:44.2	+6:37.2
108	94	Jaqueline Mourão	Brazil	5 (1+4)	28:09.3	+7:02.3
109	66	Tanja Karišik	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 (1+1)	28:13.7	+7:06.7
110	61	Alexandra Camenscic	Moldova	4 (1+3)	28:15.9	+7:08.9
111	60	Marija Kaznacenko	Lithuania	5 (2+3)	28:16.3	+7:09.3
112	102	Lucy Glanville	Australia	1 (0+1)	28:24.1	+7:17.1
113	71	Anete Brice	Latvia	3 (2+1)	28:35.9	+7:28.9
114	109	Chardine Sloof	Netherlands	4 (2+2)	28:39.6	+7:32.6
115	67	Panagiota Tsakiri	Greece	2 (1+1)	29:23.9	+8:16.9
116	114	Nihan Erdiler	Turkey	5 (2+3)	32:11.1	+11:04.1
	95	Mun Ji-hee	South Korea		DNS
	107	Fay Potton	Great Britain		DNS