The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 25 November 2012 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 17 March 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2012–13 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Details Östersund 25 November–2 December ● ● ● ● details Hochfilzen 7–9 December ● ● ● details Pokljuka 13–16 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 3–6 January ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 9–13 January ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 17–20 January ● ● ● details Nové Město 7–17 February ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships Holmenkollen 28 February–3 March ● ● ● details Sochi 7–10 March ● ● ● details Khanty-Mansiysk 14–17 March ● ● ● details Total 3 10 8 5 6 2

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 28 November 2012 Östersund 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Dominik Landertinger Erik Lesser Martin Fourcade Detail 1 December 2012 Östersund 10 km Sprint Jean-Philippe Le Guellec Alexis Bœuf Christoph Sumann Detail 2 December 2012 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Andreas Birnbacher Anton Shipulin Detail 2 7 December 2012 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Andreas Birnbacher Martin Fourcade Jakov Fak Detail 8 December 2012 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Jakov Fak Dmitry Malyshko Martin Fourcade Detail 3 13 December 2012 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Jakov Fak Emil Hegle Svendsen Martin Fourcade Detail 15 December 2012 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Emil Hegle Svendsen Ondřej Moravec Martin Fourcade Detail 16 December 2012 Pokljuka 15 km Mass Start Andreas Birnbacher Jakov Fak Tim Burke Detail 4 5 January 2013 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Dmitry Malyshko Evgeny Garanichev Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 6 January 2013 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Dmitry Malyshko Evgeny Garanichev Ondřej Moravec Detail 5 12 January 2013 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Evgeny Ustyugov Andrei Makoveev Detail 13 January 2013 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Dmitry Malyshko Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 6 18 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Anton Shipulin Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Detail 19 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Shipulin Jakov Fak Daniel Mesotitsch Detail WC 9 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 10 km Sprint Emil Hegle Svendsen Martin Fourcade Jakov Fak Detail 10 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 12.5 km Pursuit Emil Hegle Svendsen Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 14 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Tim Burke Fredrik Lindström Detail 17 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 15 km Mass Start Tarjei Bø Anton Shipulin Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 7 28 February 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Tarjei Bø Martin Fourcade Andriy Deryzemlya Detail 2 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Tarjei Bø Alexander Loginov Detail 3 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Ondřej Moravec Martin Fourcade Erik Lesser Detail 8 7 March 2013 Sochi 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Andreas Birnbacher Serhiy Semenov Detail 9 March 2013 Sochi 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Henrik L'Abée-Lund Dominik Landertinger Detail 9 15 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Lukas Hofer Andreas Birnbacher Detail 16 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Christoph Sumann Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade Detail 17 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Dominik Landertinger Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 29 November 2012 Östersund 15 km Individual Tora Berger Darya Domracheva Ekaterina Glazyrina Tora Berger Detail 1 December 2012 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Tora Berger Olena Pidhrushna Olga Vilukhina Detail 2 December 2012 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Darya Domracheva Andrea Henkel Detail 2 7 December 2012 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Tora Berger Detail 8 December 2012 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Synnøve Solemdal Tora Berger Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 3 14 December 2012 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Miriam Gössner Nadezhda Skardino Detail 15 December 2012 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Miriam Gössner Gabriela Soukalová Marie Dorin Habert Detail 16 December 2012 Pokljuka 12.5 km Mass Start Tora Berger Miriam Gössner Gabriela Soukalová Detail 4 5 January 2013 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Miriam Gössner Tora Berger Andrea Henkel Detail 6 January 2013 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Olga Zaitseva Veronika Vítková Valentyna Semerenko Detail 5 11 January 2013 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Miriam Gössner Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 13 January 2013 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Tora Berger Darya Domracheva Olga Zaitseva Detail 6 17 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Anastázia Kuzminová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Darya Domracheva Detail 19 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Olena Pidhrushna Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail WC 9 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 7.5 km Sprint Olena Pidhrushna Tora Berger Vita Semerenko Detail 10 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Krystyna Pałka Olena Pidhrushna Detail 13 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 15 km Individual Tora Berger Andrea Henkel Valentyna Semerenko Detail 17 February 2013 Nové Město na M. 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Tora Berger Monika Hojnisz Detail 7 1 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Tora Berger Darya Domracheva Anastázia Kuzminová Detail 2 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Marie Dorin Habert Anastázia Kuzminová Detail 3 March 2013 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Tora Berger Anastázia Kuzminová Darya Domracheva Detail 8 7 March 2013 Sochi 15 km Individual Darya Domracheva Olga Zaitseva Tora Berger Detail 9 March 2013 Sochi 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Gwizdoń Anastázia Kuzminová Tora Berger Detail 9 14 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Andrea Henkel Miriam Gössner Detail 16 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Gabriela Soukalová Olga Vilukhina Tora Berger Detail 17 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Gabriela Soukalová Marie Dorin Habert Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 9 December 2012 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 4 January 2013 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 10 January 2013 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 20 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 16 February 2013 Nové Město na Moravě 4x7.5 km Relay 8 10 March 2013 Sochi 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 9 December 2012 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 3 January 2013 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 9 January 2013 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 20 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 15 February 2013 Nové Město na Moravě 4x7.5 km Relay 8 10 March 2013 Sochi 4x7.5 km Relay

Mixed Relay Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 25 November 2012 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay WC 7 February 2013 Nové Město na Moravě 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 1248 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 827 3. Dominik Landertinger 715 4. Jakov Fak 709 5. Andreas Birnbacher 691 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 180 2. Andreas Birnbacher 104 3. Tim Burke 102 4. Dominik Landertinger 100 5. Ondřej Moravec 97 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 484 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 315 3. Evgeny Ustyugov 313 4. Jakov Fak 302 5. Simon Eder 260 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 388 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 287 3. Anton Shipulin 247 4. Fredrik Lindström 240 5. Dmitry Malyshko 231 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 248 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 182 3. Tim Burke 167 4. Andreas Birnbacher 163 5. Ondřej Moravec 162 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 305 2. Norway 302 3. France 296 4. Germany 267 5. Austria 243 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 7749 2. 7692 3. 7656 4. 7227 5. 6905 Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Tora Berger 1234 2. Darya Domracheva 924 3. Andrea Henkel 856 4. Marie Dorin Habert 843 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 834 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Tora Berger 168 2. Andrea Henkel 131 3. Darya Domracheva 122 4. Olga Zaitseva 107 5. Anastasiya Kuzmina 104 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Tora Berger 428 2. Darya Domracheva 351 3. Miriam Gössner 337 4. Marie Dorin Habert 325 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Tora Berger 417 2. Andrea Henkel 279 3. Marie Dorin Habert 277 4. Olena Pidhrushna 265 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 255 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Tora Berger 262 2. Darya Domracheva 200 3. Vita Semerenko 185 4. Marie Dorin Habert 175 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 171 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 314 2. Ukraine 298 3. Germany 294 4. Russia 277 5. France 258 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 7626 2. 7556 3. 7392 4. 7386 5. 7058 Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 114 2. Russia 98 3. Czech Republic 96 4. France 94 5. Italy 79 Final standings after 2 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory , 27, in his 6th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Canadian male biathlete , 23, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium , 23, in her 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium , 22, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2010-11 Sprint in Östersund , 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2011-12 Pursuit in Kontiolahti , 26, in her 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2012-13 Sprint in Östersund , 28, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012-13 Pursuit in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium , 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund , 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka , 28, in his 9th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka , 24, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Pursuit in Oberhof , 29, in her 8th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Pursuit in Nové Město , 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass start in Nové Město , 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Holmenkollen , 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Individual in Sochi , 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Sochi

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men , 10 (24) first places , 3 (31) first places , 2 (8) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (4) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (6) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 11 (27) first places , 4 (4) first places , 3 (12) first places , 3 (3) first places , 1 (13) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

External links IBU official site World Cup results

References