| Event: | Women's pursuit |
| Championship: | Biathlon World Championships 2012 |
| Date: | 4 March 2012 |
| Competitors: | 57 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 29:39.6 |
| Goldnoc: | BLR |
| Silver: | Magdalena Neuner |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Olga Vilukhina |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The women's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 was held on March 4, 2012, at 16:00 local time.[1]
The race started at 16:00.[2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0:15 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 29:39.6 | |||||
| 1 | 0:00 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 30:04.7 | +25.1 | ||||
| 8 | 1:05 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 30:55.0 | +1:15.4 | ||||
| 6 | 0:52 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 31:05.4 | +1:25.8 | ||||
| 4 | 0:45 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 31:07.9 | +1:28.3 | ||||
| 5 | 0:47 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 31:10.7 | +1:31.1 | ||||
| 16 | 1:46 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 31:38.2 | +1:58.6 | ||||
| 3 | 0:38 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 31:45.3 | +2:05.7 | ||||
| 9 | 1:14 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 31:57.9 | +2:18.3 | ||||
| 10 | 13 | 1:33 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:01.9 | +2:22.3 | |||
| 11 | 34 | 2:37 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:13.1 | +2:33.5 | |||
| 12 | 11 | 1:25 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 32:15.5 | +2:35.9 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 1:33 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 32:24.5 | +2:44.9 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 1:55 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 32:29.2 | +2:49.6 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 1:47 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:44.0 | +3:04.4 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 1:04 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 32:44.5 | +3:04.9 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 1:50 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 32:48.8 | +3:09.2 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 2:15 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 32:55.9 | +3:16.3 | |||
| 19 | 10 | 1:20 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 32:58.8 | +3:19.2 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 2:22 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | 33:05.5 | +3:25.9 | |||
| 21 | 14 | 1:39 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 33:05.6 | +3:26.0 | |||
| 22 | 37 | 2:49 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33:06.6 | +3:27.0 | |||
| 23 | 41 | 2:50 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 33:11.7 | +3:32.1 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 2:31 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 33:18.6 | +3:39.0 | |||
| 25 | 15 | 1:41 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 33:32.7 | +3:53.1 | |||
| 26 | 18 | 1:48 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 33:46.2 | +4:06.6 | |||
| 27 | 21 | 1:55 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 33:50.6 | +4:11.0 | |||
| 28 | 19 | 1:50 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | 33:53.6 | +4:14.0 | |||
| 29 | 31 | 2:28 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 33:59.2 | +4:19.6 | |||
| 30 | 28 | 2:24 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 34:06.0 | +4:26.4 | |||
| 31 | 53 | 3:12 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 34:09.1 | +4:29.5 | |||
| 32 | 46 | 3:02 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 34:10.4 | +4:30.8 | |||
| 33 | 35 | 2:38 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 34:12.3 | +4:32.7 | |||
| 34 | 26 | 2:20 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 34:15.7 | +4:36.1 | |||
| 35 | 24 | 2:10 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 34:16.5 | +4:36.9 | |||
| 36 | 55 | 3:17 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 34:22.4 | +4:42.8 | |||
| 37 | 33 | 2:36 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 34:22.8 | +4:43.2 | |||
| 38 | 30 | 2:28 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 34:34.4 | +4:54.8 | |||
| 39 | 51 | 3:12 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 34:42.2 | +5:02.6 | |||
| 40 | 23 | 2:03 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | 34:44.7 | +5:05.1 | |||
| 41 | 50 | 3:09 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 34:56.4 | +5:16.8 | |||
| 42 | 52 | 3:12 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 35:11.8 | +5:32.2 | |||
| 43 | 36 | 2:38 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 35:20.1 | +5:40.5 | |||
| 44 | 47 | 3:04 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 35:33.7 | +5:54.1 | |||
| 45 | 40 | 2:49 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 35:38.6 | +5:59.0 | |||
| 46 | 42 | 2:52 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 35:39.4 | +5:59.8 | |||
| 47 | 29 | 2:24 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | 35:42.0 | +6:02.4 | |||
| 48 | 39 | 2:49 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 35:42.2 | +6:02.6 | |||
| 49 | 59 | 3:25 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 35:49.1 | +6:09.5 | |||
| 50 | 45 | 3:00 | 6 (0+1+2+3) | 35:51.6 | +6:12.0 | |||
| 51 | 58 | 3:24 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 36:42.8 | +7:03.2 | |||
| 52 | 56 | 3:18 | 7 (0+0+4+3) | 36:52.2 | +7:12.6 | |||
| 53 | 43 | 2:57 | 7 (2+0+2+3) | 36:58.9 | +7:18.9 | |||
| 44 | 2:59 | (2+0+2+) | ||||||
| 48 | 3:07 | 5 (3+0+0+2) | ||||||
| 60 | 3:29 | (2+1+) | ||||||
| 57 | 3:18 | (2+0+3+) | ||||||
| 38 | 2:49 | |||||||
| 49 | 3:09 | |||||||
| 54 | 3:13 |