title: 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
text: # 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
  
  The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1 is the opening event of the season and is held in Östersund, Sweden, from 25 November until 2 December 2012.
  
  ## Schedule of events
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | November 25 | 15:30 CET | Mixed Relay |
  | November 28 | 17:30 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
  | November 29 | 17:30 CET | Women's 15 km Individual |
  | December 1 | 13:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
  | December 1 | 16:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
  | December 2 | 12:30 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
  | December 2 | 14:30 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 km Individual details | Martin Fourcade France | 50:44.7 (0+1+0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 50:57.0 (0+1+0+0) | Erik Lesser Germany | 51:06.4 (0+0+0+0) |
  | 10 km Sprint details | Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada | 25:10.4 (0+0) | Alexis Bœuf France | 25:28.5 (0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 25:35.2 (0+1) |
  | 12.5 km Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:03.5 (0+0+1+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 33:04.2 (0+0+1+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 33:06.8 (0+0+1+0) |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 km Individual details | Tora Berger Norway | 44:33.5 (0+0+0+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 45:36.7 (1+0+0+1) | Ekaterina Glazyrina Russia | 46:43.7 (0+0+0+0) |
  | 7.5 km Sprint details | Tora Berger Norway | 21:34.0 (0+1) | Olena Pidhrushna Ukraine | 21:50.9 (0+1) | Olga Vilukhina Russia | 21:53.4 (0+1) |
  | 10 km Pursuit details | Tora Berger Norway | 31:01.9 (0+0+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 31:31.7 (0+0+1+0) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 31:53.4 (0+0+0+0) |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details | Russia Olga Zaitseva Olga Vilukhina Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov | 1:12:41.3 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Norway Tora Berger Synnøve Solemdal Erlend Bjøntegaard Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:13:02.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec | 1:13:17.7 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) |
  
  ## Achievements
  
  ### Best performance for all time
  
  * Erik Lesser (GER), 3rd place in Individual
  * Krasimir Anev (BUL), 8th place in Individual
  * Jarkko Kauppinen (FIN), 10th place in Individual
  * Dominik Windisch (ITA), 12th place in Individual
  * Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR), 21st place in Individual
  * Arturs Kolesnikovs (LAT), 80th place in Individual
  * Emir Hrkalovic (SRB), 102nd place in Individual and 96th in Sprint
  * Dejan Krsmanovic (SRB), 103rd place in Individual and Sprint
  * Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN), 1st place in Sprint
  * Florian Graf (GER), 4th place in Sprint
  * Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 5th place in Sprint
  * Christoffer Eriksson (SWE), 26th place in Sprint
  * Ahti Toivanen (FIN), 33rd place in Sprint
  * Danil Steptsenko (EST), 38th place in Sprint
  * Pietro Dutto (ITA), 39th place in Sprint
  * Tomáš Hasilla (SVK), 47th place in Sprint
  * Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 23rd place in Pursuit
  * Tobias Arwidson (SWE), 34th place in Pursuit
  * Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS), 3rd place in Individual
  * Selina Gasparin (SUI), 4th place in Individual
  * Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 10th place in Individual
  * Marina Korovina (RUS), 18th place in Individual and 12th in Sprint
  * Elin Mattsson (SWE), 35th place in Individual
  * Martina Chrapanova (SVK), 39th place in Individual
  * Yan Zhang (CHN), 42nd place in Individual
  * Alexia Runggalaldier (ITA), 51st place in Individual and 42nd in Sprint
  * Zanna Juskane (LAT), 56th place in Individual
  * Jaqueline Mourão (BRA), 87th place in Individual
  * Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 2nd place in Sprint
  * Jana Gerekova (SVK), 6th place in Sprint
  * Juliya Dzhyma (UKR), 13th place in Sprint
  * Nadine Horchler (GER), 22nd place in Sprint
  * Yuki Nakajima (JPN), 31st place in Sprint
  * Nicole Gontier (ITA), 59th place in Sprint and 49th in Pursuit
  * Alina Raikova (KAZ), 66th place in Sprint
  * Paulina Fialkova (SVK), 76th place in Sprint
  * Stefani Popova (BUL), 91st place in Sprint
  * Hilde Fenne (NOR), 28th place in Pursuit
  
  ### First World Cup race
  
  * Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR), 7th place in Individual
  * Pietro Dutto (ITA), 42nd place in Individual
  * Simon Desthieux (FRA), 50th place in Individual
  * Tomaas Krupcik (CZE), 85th place in Individual
  * Tomáš Hasilla (SVK), 88th place in Individual
  * Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 27th place in Sprint
  * Marte Olsbu (NOR), 28th place in Individual
  * Terézia Poliaková (SVK), 63rd place in Individual
  * Alina Raikova (KAZ), 71st place in Individual
  * Miki Kobayashi (JPN), 91st place in Individual
  * Stefani Popova (BUL), 100th place in Individual
  * Hilde Fenne (NOR), 30th place in Sprint
  * Åsa Lif (SWE), 88th place in Sprint
  * Johanna Taliharm (EST), 92nd place in Sprint
  