The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women began on Thursday December 1, 2011 in the Östersund and finished on Wednesday March 7, 2012 in the Ruhpolding at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 event. The defending titlist was Helena Ekholm of Sweden.
Competition format The 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2010–11 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Helena Ekholm173Silver: Valj Semerenko 159Bronze: Olga Zaitseva138
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsDarya Domracheva 47:15.6(1+1+0+0)Anna Maria Nilsson 48:24.1(1+0+0+0)Magdalena Neuner 48:57.3(0+1+0+2)Nové MěstodetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 45:03.3(0+1+1+0)Helena Ekholm 45:25.3(0+0+0+1)Magdalena Neuner 45:36.2(0+1+0+1)Biathlon World Championships 2012detailsTora Berger 42:30.0(1+0+0+0)Marie Laure Brunet 43:26.4(0+0+0+1)Helena Ekholm 43:41.1(1+0+0+0)
Standings # Name ÖST NOV WCH TotalStandings Individual Women 1 36 54 48 138 2 43 60 13 116 3 60 40 16 116 4 48 48 18 114 5 12 36 60 108 6 27 43 38 108 7 30 34 43 107 8 29 27 30 86 9 34 20 31 85 10 40 15 27 82 11 26 0 54 80 12 54 24 0 78 13 17 19 34 70 14 24 25 21 70 15 38 31 — 69 16 0 29 36 65 17 28 32 2 62 18 5 23 29 57 19 6 26 15 47 20 8 14 25 47 21 11 0 32 43 22 25 18 0 43 23 0 0 40 40 24 — 38 — 38 25 10 0 28 38 26 — 17 19 36 27 0 28 7 35 28 23 4 8 35 29 32 0 0 32 30 31 0 — 31 31 0 11 20 31 32 0 30 0 30 33 18 12 — 30 34 19 10 0 29 35 0 16 12 28 36 — 0 26 26 37 2 0 23 25 38 0 — 24 24 39 0 22 0 22 40 22 — — 22 40 — — 22 22 42 9 13 0 22 43 0 21 0 21 44 21 0 0 21 45 20 — — 20 46 4 2 14 20 47 0 0 17 17 48 16 0 0 16 49 15 0 1 16 50 14 — — 14 51 13 — — 13 52 7 5 0 12 53 — — 11 11 54 0 0 10 10 55 1 9 — 10 56 0 — 9 9 57 0 8 0 8 58 0 7 — 7 59 0 6 — 6 60 — — 6 6 61 0 0 5 5 62 0 — 4 4 63 3 1 0 4 64 0 3 0 3 65 0 0 3 3
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