The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

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2011–12 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Magdalena Neuner
Nations Cup	Russia	Russia
Individual	Simon Fourcade	Helena Ekholm
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Magdalena Neuner
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Darya Domracheva
Mass start	Andreas Birnbacher	Darya Domracheva
Relay	France	France
Mixed	Russia
Competition
←2010–11 2012–13→

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season.^[1]

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Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	30 November–4 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	7 December–11 December		●	●		●		details
Hochfilzen	15–18 December		●	●			●	details
Oberhof	4–8 January		●		●	●		details
Nové Město	11–15 January	●	●	●				details
Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January		●		●	●		details
Holmenkollen	2–5 February		●	●	●			details
Kontiolahti	10–12 February		●	●			●	details
Ruhpolding	29 February–11 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Khanty-Mansiysk	16–18 March		●	●	●			details
Total		3	10	8	5	4	3

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First World Cup career victory

•  Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 29, in his 8th season — the WC 5 Individual in Nové Město; first podium was 2006-07 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
•  Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 22, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz; it also was his first podium
•  Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2011-12 Sprint in Antholz
•  Jakov Fak (SLO), 24, in his 6th season — the World Championships Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2008-09 Individual in Pyeong Chang

First World Cup podium

•  Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE), 28, in her 10th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE), 29, in his 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund
•  Timofey Lapshin (RUS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen (2)
•  Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz
•  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
•  Olga Vilukhina (RUS), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Pursuit in Ruhpolding

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

•  Ekaterina Vinogradova (ARM)
•  Nina Klenovska (BUL)
•  Wang Chunli (CHN)
•  Eveli Saue (EST)
•  Sabrina Buchholz (GER)
•  Magdalena Neuner (GER)
•  Katja Haller (ITA)
•  Christa Perathoner (ITA)
•  Kari Eie (NOR)
•  Birgitte Roeksund (NOR)
•  Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS)
•  Uliana Denisova (RUS)
•  Helena Ekholm (SWE)
•  Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE)
•  Laura Spector (USA)
•  Tomasz Sikora (POL)
•  Frode Andresen (NOR)
•  Ilmars Bricis (LAT) (comeback in 2016–17 season)