Summer Biathlon European Championships 2012

The 9th open Summer Biathlon European Championships 2012 took place from July 25th to 29th in Osrblie , Slovakia . The competitions were held in the cross-country disciplines sprint and pursuit for men and women and in the mixed relay. It was the top event in cross-country biathlon of the year and followed the races of the IBU Summer Cup 2012 .

The most successful nation was Russia with three out of five possible titles. Rinat Gilasow also became the most successful individual participant with three titles. The other two titles went to the Ukrainian Switlana Krikontschuk , who also won another silver medal and was thus the most successful woman. Only German athletes from the DACH area were at the start who achieved some success with bronze from Judith Wagner in the women's sprint and bronze medals for Thordis Arnold in the sprint and pursuit of the juniors and with the junior mixed relay. Wagner's medal was the first senior individual medal won by German athletes since the second edition of the 2005 European Championship .

Men

Sprint 4 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Rinat Gilasov	14: 01.5	0 + 0
2	Rustem Davletschin	+0: ​​03.2	1 + 0
3	Vitali Kabardin	+0: ​​30.3	0 + 2
4th	Ruslan Nasirov	+0: ​​30.4	2 + 3
5	Alexander Kachanovsky	+0: ​​36.9	2 + 2
6th	Andrij Vosnjak	+0: ​​37.1	1 + 0
7th	Vadim Kutlijarov	+0: ​​43.8	2 + 2
8th	Matej Kazár	+0: ​​47.3	2 + 2
9	Maxim Adiev	+0: ​​50.6	1 + 1
10	Tomáš Bystřický	+0: ​​53.1	1 + 0
11	Dušan Šimočko	+0: ​​54.8	2 + 0
12	Radovan Cienik	+1: 10.8	0 + 1
13	Miroslav Matiaško	+1: 21.0	1 + 3
14th	Niklas Heyser	+1: 23.5	2 + 0
15th	Marian Válek	+1: 26.1	0 + 0
16	Łukasz Szczurek	+1: 27.8	2 + 0
17th	Volodymyr Moravskyi	+1: 40.8	1 + 0
18th	Ikrom Ahmadboyev	+1: 44.5	1 + 0
19th	Petr Balcar	+1: 44.9	1 + 2
20th	Grzegorz Bril	+1: 46.5	1 + 3
21st	Paul Boettner	+1: 48.5	1 + 0
22nd	Michael Herr	+1: 51.3	2 + 2
23	Tomáš Hasilla	+1: 56.5	1 + 2
24	Krzysztof Pływaczyk	+1: 57.3	1 + 2
25th	Hendrik Redeker	+2: 15.8	3 + 2
26th	Norbert Gröne	+2: 53.9	3 + 4
27	Zsolt Reznyicsek	+4: 48.8	1 + 2

Date: Friday, July 27, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
All 27 registered athletes from nine countries started. The Russian runners celebrated a triple triumph. Iwan Kusakin won the junior race ahead of Aleksey Petrenko and Artem Tyshenko .    

Pursuit 6 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Rinat Gilasov	23: 57.1	1 + 2 + 1 + 0
2	Ruslan Nasirov	+0: ​​36.8	1 + 2 + 4 + 1
3	Matej Kazár	+0: ​​45.7	1 + 2 + 2 + 1
4th	Rustem Davletschin	+1: 08.3	1 + 3 + 1 + 3
5	Vadim Kutlijarov	+1: 18.6	3 + 2 + 1 + 2
6th	Maxim Adiev	+1: 25.8	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Vitali Kabardin	+1: 39.8	2 + 2 + 1 + 2
8th	Alexander Kachanovsky	+1: 48.9	3 + 2 + 3 + 2
9	Miroslav Matiaško	+2: 11.4	1 + 1 + 1 + 3
10	Łukasz Szczurek	+2: 13.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
11	Andrij Vosnjak	+2: 34.9	2 + 1 + 2 + 1
12	Michael Herr	+2: 42.9	0 + 2 + 2 + 1
13	Dušan Šimočko	+2: 48.7	1 + 3 + 1 + 1
14th	Radovan Cienik	+2: 51.0	3 + 2 + 0 + 1
15th	Tomáš Bystřický	+3: 01.3	2 + 2 + 1 + 1
16	Tomáš Hasilla	+3: 06.5	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
17th	Marian Válek	+3: 10.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
18th	Petr Balcar	+3: 48.6	2 + 2 + 0 + 2/3
19th	Grzegorz Bril	+3: 50.5	0 + 1 + 2 + 1
20th	Hendrik Redeker	+3: 54.3	3 + 1 + 1 + 2
21st	Norbert Gröne	+4: 08.3	2 + 1 + 1 + 1
22nd	Krzysztof Pływaczyk	+5: 00.6	1 + 1 + 2 + 2
23	Niklas Heyser	+5: 08.4	4 + 4 + 1 + 2
24	Paul Boettner	+5: 22.7	1 + 0 + 3 + 1
25th	Ikrom Ahmadboev	+6: 24.2	2 + 4 + 1 + 2
26th	Zsolt Reznyicsek	+13: 21.2	3 + 1 + 4 + 3
dsq	Volodymyr Moravskyi

Date: Saturday, July 28th, 2011, 11:00 am
All 27 qualified athletes from nine countries started. Russia could not repeat its triple triumph from the previous sprint race, but it won the title again through Rinat Gilasow and placed all five other participants in positions four to eight. The Ukrainian Volodymyr Morawskyj was disqualified by more than three seconds due to a jump start. The Hungarian Zsolt Reznyicsek received a time penalty of +1: 49.0, the Czech Petr Balcar a time credit of 17 seconds for a wrongly not recognized hit.

Aleksey Petrenko won the junior race ahead of Kirill Komarow and Iwan Kusakin .    

Women

Sprint 3 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Switlana Krikonchuk	12: 36.6	0 + 0
2	Anastasiya Kuzmina	+0: ​​14.2	2 + 0
3	Judith Wagner	+0: ​​27.8	1 + 1
4th	Irina Kudritskaya	+0: ​​41.4	2 + 0
5	Alexandra Walischina	+0: ​​45.9	3 + 1
6th	Pavla Schorná	+0: ​​54.4	2 + 3
7th	Tetiana Trachuk	+0: ​​58.2	0 + 2
8th	Terézia Poliaková	+1: 00.3	0 + 2
9	Olga Prokopyeva	+1: 01.1	1 + 1
10	Jana Gereková	+1: 10.5	2 + 1
11	Jelena Jaschkina	+1: 23.8	1 + 1
12	Ekaterina Smirnova	+1: 34.5	3 + 0
13	Tatiana Kazakova	+1: 41.9	1 + 2
14th	Paulina Bobak	+1: 42.2	1 + 0
15th	Jitka Pešinová	+2: 06.5	1 + 1
16	Marina Hmelevskaya	+2: 10.5	3 + 4
17th	Magdalena Gwizdoń	+2: 29.8	2 + 2
18th	Ksenia Pljaskina	+2: 30.8	2 + 2
19th	Martina Chrapánová	+2: 50.7	3 + 0
20th	Grit Otto	+2: 53.7	1 + 0
21st	Katarzyna Leja	+3: 02.1	1 + 3
22nd	Vladimíra Točeková	+4: 09.6	3 + 3
23	Alina Ayupova	+4: 14.1	2 + 3
24	Anett Bozsik	+5: 29.5	1 + 5
dsq	Natália Prekopová
dns	Lea Johanidesová

Date: Friday, July 27, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
25 of the 26 registered athletes from nine countries started. Natália Prekopová was disqualified for leaving the marked route.

Monika Hojnisz won the junior race ahead of Jelena Jarkowa and Thordis Arnold .    

Pursuit 5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Switlana Krikonchuk	23: 25.5	0 + 0 + 1 + 2
2	Anastasiya Kuzmina	+0: ​​20.0	2 + 1 + 1 + 2
3	Olga Prokopyeva	+0: ​​59.1	2 + 1 + 0 + 1
4th	Pavla Schorná	+1: 19.0	2 + 1 + 4 + 2
5	Irina Kudritskaya	+1: 30.6	1 + 0 + 3 + 2
6th	Terézia Poliaková	+2: 04.1	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
7th	Alexandra Walischina	+2: 10.4	3 + 3 + 3 + 2
8th	Tetiana Trachuk	+2: 26.7	0 + 1 + 2 + 2
9	Ekaterina Smirnova	+2: 50.8	2 + 1 + 0 + 1
10	Judith Wagner	+2: 59.0	4 + 3 + 2 + 1
11	Tatiana Kazakova	+3: 07.1	1 + 0 + 1 + 2
12	Jelena Jaschkina	+4: 39.4	3 + 2 + 1 + 2
13	Paulina Bobak	+4: 49.5	0 + 1 + 2 + 2
14th	Jitka Pešinová	+4: 57.5	2 + 0 + 2 + 1
15th	Katarzyna Leja	+5: 40.6	1 + 0 + 2 + 0
16	Marina Hmelevskaya	+5: 48.2	4 + 2 + 4 + 5
17th	Magdalena Gwizdoń	+5: 56.5	3 + 1 + 1 + 2
18th	Grit Otto	+6: 34.9	1 + 1 + 0 + 1
19th	Martina Chrapánová	+9: 05.9	3 + 3 + 2 + 1
20th	Anett Bozsik	+13: 26.1	3 + 2 + 1 + 3

Date: Saturday, July 28th, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
20 of the 24 qualified athletes from nine countries started. Jana Gereková , Ksenija Pljaskina , Vladimíra Točeková and Alina Ayupova did not start .     

Monika Hojnisz won the junior race ahead of Jelena Jarkowa and Thordis Arnold .    

Mixed relay 2 × 3 + 2 × 4 km

space	country	athlete	time	Shooting error + reload
1	Russia	Olga Prokopjewa Irina Kudritskaja Rustem Davletschin Rinat Gilasow	56: 41.5	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 1 1 + 3
2	Ukraine	Switlana Krikontschuk Tetjana Trachuk Ivan Moravskyj Andrij Vosnjak	+0: ​​24.9	0 + 2 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1
3	Slovakia	Jana Gereková Terézia Poliaková Miroslav Matiaško Matej Kazár	+2: 09.7	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 2 + 3 0 + 0 1 + 3 3 + 3 1 + 3
4th	Czech Republic	Pavla Schorná Lea Johanidesová Tomáš Bystřický Petr Balcar	+2: 24.4	0 + 2 2 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 2 + 3 0 + 0 1 + 3
5	Germany	Judith Wagner Grit Otto Michael Mr. Hendrik Redeker	+4: 12.9	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 2 + 3 1 + 3 4 + 3 0 + 0
6th	Poland	Paulina Bobak Magdalena Gwizdoń Łukasz Szczurek Grzegorz Bril	+5: 00.7	0 + 0 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 0 4 + 3

Date: Sunday, July 29, 2011, 10:00 am
There were six relays at the start. The juniors' race with seven relays was won by Russia, ahead of Ukraine and Germany ( Thordis Arnold , Anna Wahls , Christian Hess , Max Böttner ).

Web links

• Homepage of the EM

supporting documents

1. ↑ Sprint results for men and juniors (PDF; 493 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the tracking of men  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Results of the junior pursuer (PDF; 493 kB)
4. ↑ Results of the women's sprint  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Results of the female junior sprint  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Results of the persecution of women  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Results of the junior tracking  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Results of the mixed race  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Results of the junior mixed  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.