title: 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4
text: # 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4
  
  The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4 was held in Oberhof, Germany, from 3 January until 6 January 2013.
  
  ## Schedule of events
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | January 3 | 17:30 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |
  | January 4 | 17:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
  | January 5 | 14:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
  | January 5 | 17:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
  | January 6 | 13:10 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
  | January 6 | 15:35 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Tim |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km Sprint details | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 25:07.9 (1+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 25:20.5 (1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:21.0 (0+1) |
  | 12.5 km Pursuit details | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 32:22.9 (0+0+0+0) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 33:05.0 (0+0+0+1) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 33:12.8 (0+0+0+0) |
  | 4x7.5 km Relay details | Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeniy Garanichev Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko | 1:20:35.7 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) | Norway Henrik L'Abée-Lund Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:20:44.1 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) | Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Florian Graf | 1:21:15.0 (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km Sprint details | Miriam Gössner Germany | 21:17.2 (0+2) | Tora Berger Norway | 21:19.2 (0+0) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 21:41.3 (0+0) |
  | 10 km Pursuit details | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 32:01.9 (0+2+1+0) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 32:27.8 (1+0+0+0) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 32:30.3 (0+1+0+0) |
  | 4x6 km Relay details | Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna Vita Semerenko | 1:20:16.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | France Marie-Laure Brunet Anaïs Bescond Sophie Boilley Marie Dorin Habert | 1:21:02.0 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Tina Bachmann Miriam Gössner Franziska Hildebrand Nadine Horchler | 1:22:03.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (2+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) |
  
  ## Achievements
  
  ### Best performance for all time
  
  * Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 1st place in Sprint
  * Julian Eberhard (AUT), 8th place in Sprint
  * Simon Desthieux (FRA), 19th place in Sprint
  * Milanko Petrovic (SRB), 39th place in Sprint
  * Arturs Kolesnikovs (LAT), 66th place in Sprint
  * Mikito Tachizaki (JPN), 75th place in Sprint
  * Ivan Zlatev (BUL), 79th place in Sprint
  * Remus Faur (ROU), 83rd place in Sprint
  * Rafal Lepel (POL), 92nd place in Sprint
  * Emir Hrkalovic (SRB), 93rd place in Sprint
  * Milan Szabo (HUN), 95th place in Sprint
  * Juliya Dzhyma (UKR), 6th place in Sprint
  * Nadine Horchler (GER), 9th place in Sprint
  * Karin Oberhofer (ITA), 11th place in Sprint
  * Monika Hojnisz (POL), 19th place in Sprint
  * Nicole Gontier (ITA), 25th place in Sprint
  * Iris Schwabl (AUT), 26th place in Sprint
  * Iryna Kryuko (BLR), 34th place in Sprint
  * Natalija Kocergina (LTU), 35th place in Sprint
  * Victoria Padial (ESP), 44th place in Sprint
  * Grete Gaim (EST), 46th place in Sprint
  * Johanna Taliharm (EST), 51st place in Sprint
  * Patricia Jost (SUI), 71st place in Sprint
  * Veronika Vítková (CZE), 2nd place in Pursuit
  * Yan Zhang (CHN), 18th place in Pursuit
  * Alina Raikova (KAZ), 51st place in Pursuit
  
  ### First World Cup race
  
  * Kalev Ermits (EST), 87th place in Sprint
  * Lukasz Slonina (POL), 90th place in Sprint
  * Scott Dixon (GBR), 96th place in Sprint
  * Kristyna Cerna (CZE), 73rd place in Sprint
  * Diana Marian Salman (ROU), 81st place in Sprint
  * Ji-Ae Park (KOR), 46th place in Sprint
  