Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the temporary Biathlon Course at the Seefeld Arena venue in Innsbruck, Austria. One of the mixed events is contested together with cross-country skiers.

Biathlon at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Seefeld Arena Seefeld
Dates	15–19 January
Competitors	99 from 33 nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	0	4
2	China	1	0	1	2
	Russia	1	0	1	2
4	Estonia	0	2	0	2
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
6	Norway	0	1	0	1
7	France	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

Events

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint	Cheng Fangming  China	19:21.7 (0+1)	Rene Zahkna  Estonia	19:43.0 (0+1)	Aristide Bègue  France	19:48.5 (1+0)
Pursuit	Niklas Homberg  Germany	28:43.1 (2+0+2+0)	Rene Zahkna  Estonia	28:52.6 (0+2+1+1)	Cheng Fangming  China	28:57.7 (2+1+1+3)

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint	Franziska Preuß  Germany	17:27.7 (0+1)	Galina Vishnevskaya  Kazakhstan	17:55.2 (1+1)	Uliana Kaisheva  Russia	18:00.9 (1+1)
Pursuit	Uliana Kaisheva  Russia	26:01.3 (0+0+0+0)	Franziska Preuß  Germany	26:29.2 (1+0+1+0)	Galina Vishnevskaya  Kazakhstan	27:44.4 (0+2+1+1)

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed relay	Germany (GER) Franziska Preuß Laura Hengelhaupt Maximilian Janke Niklas Homberg	1:11:06.8 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1)	Norway (NOR) Kristin Sandeggen Karoline Næss Haakon Livik Kristian Andre Aalerud	1:13:11.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3)	France (FRA) Léa Ducordeau Chloé Chevalier Fabien Claude Aristide Bègue	1:13:27.8 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2)

Multi-medalists

Athlets who have won at least two medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Franziska Preuß (GER)	2	1	0	3
2	Niklas Homberg (GER)	2	0	0	2
3	Cheng Fangming (CHN)	1	0	1	2
	Uliana Kaisheva (RUS)	1	0	1	2
5	Rene Zahkna (EST)	0	2	0	2
6	Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ)	0	1	1	2
7	Aristide Bègue (FRA)	0	0	2	2

Qualification system

Qualification summary

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Armenia		1	1
Australia	1		1
Austria	2	2	4
Belarus	2	2	4
Bulgaria	2	2	4
Canada	2	2	4
China	1	2	3
Croatia	1		1
Czech Republic	2	2	4
Estonia	2	2	4
Finland	2	2	4
France	2	2	4
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1		1
Hungary	1		1
Italy	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	1	2	3
Latvia	2	1	3
Lithuania	1	1	2
Moldova		1	1
New Zealand		1	1
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	2	2	4
Romania	1	2	3
Russia	2	2	4
Serbia	1		1
Slovakia	2	2	4
Slovenia	2	2	4
South Korea	1	1	2
Sweden	2	2	4
Switzerland	2	1	3
Ukraine	2	2	4
United States	2	2	4
Total athletes	50	49	99
Total NOCs	30	28	33