2008–09 Biathlon World Cup

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2008 in Östersund, Sweden and ends on 29 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2008–09 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
Östersund	2–7 December	●	●	●			details
Hochfilzen	11–14 December		●	●		●	details
Hochfilzen	17–21 December	●	●			●	details
Oberhof	6–11 January		●		●	●	details
Ruhpolding	13–18 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz	22–25 January		●	●	●		details
Pyeongchang^[2]	13–22 February	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Vancouver	10–15 March	●	●			●	details
Trondheim	18–22 March		●	●	●		details
Khanty-Mansiysk	25–29 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	10	7	5	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 December 2008	Östersund	20 km Individual	Michael Greis	Alexander Os	Emil Hegle Svendsen
1	6 December 2008	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tomasz Sikora	Simon Fourcade
1	7 December 2008	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Tomasz Sikora	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Emil Hegle Svendsen
2	12 December 2008	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ivan Tcherezov	Alexander Os
2	13 December 2008	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Tomasz Sikora
3	18 December 2008	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Maxim Tchoudov	Ivan Tcherezov	Björn Ferry
3	20 December 2008	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Alexander Os	Carl Johan Bergman
4	10 January 2009	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Maxim Tchoudov	Michael Rösch	Tomasz Sikora
4	11 January 2009	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Christoph Sumann	Carl Johan Bergman	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
5	17 January 2009	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Dominik Landertinger	Emil Hegle Svendsen
5	18 January 2009	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Dominik Landertinger
6	23 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Björn Ferry	Tomasz Sikora
6	24 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Björn Ferry	Simon Eder	Emil Hegle Svendsen
6	25 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Christoph Stephan	Dominik Landertinger	Ivan Tcherezov
WC	14 February 2009	Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Lars Berger	Halvard Hanevold
WC	15 February 2009	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Maxim Tchoudov	Alexander Os
WC	17 February 2009	Pyeongchang	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Christoph Stephan	Jakov Fak
WC	21 February 2009	Pyeongchang	15 km Mass Start	Dominik Landertinger	Christoph Sumann	Ivan Tcherezov
7	11 March 2009	Vancouver	20 km Individual	Vincent Jay	Daniel Böhm	Jeremy Teela
7	13 March 2009	Vancouver	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Christoph Sumann
8	19 March 2009	Trondheim	10 km Sprint	Michael Greis	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Simon Eder
8	21 March 2009	Trondheim	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Simon Eder	Tomasz Sikora
8	22 March 2009	Trondheim	15 km Mass start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Simon Eder	Emil Hegle Svendsen
9	26 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Christoph Sumann
9	28 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Christoph Sumann
9	29 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Simon Eder	Christoph Sumann	Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	4 December 2008	Östersund	15 km Individual	Helena Jonsson	Kati Wilhelm	Magdalena Neuner
1	6 December 2008	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Wang Chunli	Tora Berger	Magdalena Neuner
1	7 December 2008	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Martina Beck	Svetlana Sleptsova	Andrea Henkel
2	12 December 2008	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Simone Hauswald	Svetlana Sleptsova	Andrea Henkel
2	13 December 2008	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Martina Beck	Svetlana Sleptsova	Simone Hauswald
3	18 December 2008	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Eva Tofalvi	Svetlana Sleptsova	Simone Hauswald
3	20 December 2009	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Sleptsova	Vita Semerenko	Helena Jonsson
4	9 January 2009	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Andrea Henkel	Helena Jonsson	Tora Berger
4	11 January 2009	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Kati Wilhelm	Olga Medvedtseva	Helena Jonsson
5	16 January 2009	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kati Wilhelm	Darya Domracheva
5	18 January 2009	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Neuner	Kati Wilhelm	Tora Berger
6	22 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Kati Wilhelm
6	24 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Anna Boulygina	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva
6	25 January 2009	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Helena Jonsson	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Kati Wilhelm
WC	14 February 2009	Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Simone Hauswald	Olga Zaitseva
WC	15 February 2009	Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit	Helena Jonsson	Kati Wilhelm	Olga Zaitseva
WC	18 February 2009	Pyeongchang	15 km Individual	Kati Wilhelm	Teja Gregorin	Tora Berger
WC	22 February 2009	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Mass Start	Olga Zaitseva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Helena Jonsson
7	11 March 2009	Vancouver	15 km Individual	Simone Hauswald	Olga Zaitseva	Vita Semerenko
7	13 March 2009	Vancouver	7.5 km Sprint	Helena Jonsson	Magdalena Neuner	Olga Zaitseva
8	19 March 2009	Trondheim	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Helena Jonsson	Sylvie Becaert
8	21 March 2009	Trondheim	10 km Pursuit	Andrea Henkel	Olga Zaitseva	Marie-Laure Brunet
8	22 March 2009	Trondheim	12.5 km Mass start	Tora Berger	Simone Hauswald	Sandrine Bailly
9	27 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Tina Bachmann	Simone Hauswald	Anna Carin Zidek
9	28 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Neuner	Michela Ponza	Marie Dorin
9	29 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Simone Hauswald	Helena Jonsson	Andrea Henkel

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Maxim Maksimov Nikolay Kruglov	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	Ukraine Vyacheslav Derkach Andriy Deryzemlya Oleg Berezhniy Serguei Sednev
3	21 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Christoph Sumann	Sweden Magnus Jonsson Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade
4	8 January 2009	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	Germany Michael Greis Michael Rösch Arnd Peiffer Toni Lang	Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Rune Brattsveen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen
5	15 January 2009	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Toni Lang	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Christoph Sumann
WC	16 February 2009	Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Berger Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	Germany Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis
7	15 March 2009	Vancouver	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden David Ekholm Mattias Nilsson Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman	France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade	Germany Simon Schempp Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Michael Rösch

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Norway Solveig Rogstad Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly	Germany Andrea Henkel Martina Beck Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm
3	21 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Germany Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Magdalena Neuner Kathrin Hitzer	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly	Poland Krystyna Palka Magdalena Gwizdon Weronika Nowakowska Agnieszka Cyl
4	7 January 2009	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Vita Semerenko Oksana Khvostenko	Germany Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm Sabrina Buchholz Kathrin Hitzer	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Pauline Macabies Marie Dorin
5	14 January 2009	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner	Sweden Sofia Domeij Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson	China Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Song Chaoqing
WC	21 February 2009	Pyeongchang	4x6 km Relay	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	Germany Martina Beck Magdalena Neuner Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly
7	14 March 2009	Vancouver	4x6 km Relay	Germany Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner Martina Beck Andrea Henkel	China Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Liu Yuanyuan	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
Template:Yellow bib	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1080
2.	Tomasz Sikora	870
3.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	844
4.	Michael Greis	804
5.	Maxim Tchoudov	780

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Michael Greis	146
2.	Ivan Tcherezov	120
3.	Maxim Tchoudov	119
4.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	110
5.	Christoph Sumann	100

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	372
2.	Tomasz Sikora	337
3.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	318
4.	Michael Greis	306
5.	Maxim Tchoudov	297

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	342
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	308
3.	Tomasz Sikora	276
4.	Michael Greis	231
5.	Björn Ferry	215

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Dominik Landertinger	208
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	199
3.	Christoph Sumann	197
4.	Simon Eder	176
5.	Ivan Tcherezov	170

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Austria	276
2.	Norway	254
3.	Germany	247
4.	France	226
5.	Austria	220

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	6795
2.	Austria	6446
3.	Germany	6413
4.	Sweden	5908
5.	France	5794

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
Template:Yellow bib	Helena Jonsson	952
2.	Kati Wilhelm	952
3.	Tora Berger	894
4.	Magdalena Neuner	891
5.	Andrea Henkel	838

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Magdalena Neuner	129
2.	Eva Tofalvi	123
3.	Tora Berger	122
4.	Kati Wilhelm	115
5.	Olga Zaitseva	113

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Helena Jonsson	372
2.	Magdalena Neuner	358
3.	Tora Berger	352
4.	Kati Wilhelm	347
5.	Darya Domracheva	329

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Kati Wilhelm	272
2.	Tora Berger	246
3.	Martina Beck	244
4.	Andrea Henkel	234
5.	Magdalena Neuner	231

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Helena Jonsson	210
2.	Kati Wilhelm	186
3.	Simone Hauswald	174
3.	Olga Zaitseva	162
5.	Andrea Henkel	157

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
Template:Red bib	Germany	288
2.	France	242
3.	Ukraine	232
4.	Republic of China	217
5.	Sweden	212

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	6954
2.	Sweden	5926
3.	France	5925
4.	Ukraine	5894
5.	Norway	5827

Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Wang Chunli (CHN), 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; also her first individual podium
Simone Hauswald (GER), 29, in her 9th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2004-05 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
Éva Tófalvi (ROU), 30, in her 13th season — the WC 3 Individual in Hochfilzen; also her first individual podium
Anna Boulygina (RUS), 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; also her first individual podium
Christoph Stephan (GER), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz-Anterselva; also his first individual podium
Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 20, in his 2nd season — the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang; first podium was 2008-09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Vincent Jay (FRA), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver; also his first individual podium
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 22, in his 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also his first individual podium
Tina Bachmann (GER), 22, in her 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also her first individual podium
Simon Eder (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2008-09 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium

Vita Semerenko (UKR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Darya Domracheva (BLR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Jakov Fak (CRO), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
Teja Gregorin (SLO), 28, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 24, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang
Daniel Bohm (GER), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
Jeremy Teela (USA), 32, in his 13th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA), 20, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Trondheim
Marie Dorin (FRA), 22, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk

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

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7 (88) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (11) first places
Helena Jonsson (SWE), 4 (5) first places
Kati Wilhelm (GER), 3 (21) first places
Magdalena Neuner (GER), 3 (14) first places
Simone Hauswald (GER), 3 (3) first places
Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (16) first places
Martina Beck (GER), 2 (14) first places
Michael Greis (GER), 2 (11) first places
Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 2 (8) first places
Lars Berger (NOR), 2 (5) first places
Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 2 (4) first places
Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (4) first places
Tomasz Sikora (POL), 1 (5) first place
Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 1 (4) first place
Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (4) first place
Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (2) first place
Wang Chunli (CHN), 1 (1) first place
Éva Tófalvi (ROU), 1 (1) first place
Anna Boulygina (RUS), 1 (1) first place
Christoph Stephan (GER), 1 (1) first place
Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 1 (1) first place
Vincent Jay (FRA), 1 (1) first place
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (1) first place
Tina Bachmann (GER), 1 (1) first place
Simon Eder (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1997–98 season:

References

^ "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ World Championships

External links

IBU official site

[1] "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] World Championships

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	21	15	13	49
2	Norway	19	11	14	44
3	Russia	8	10	6	24
4	Sweden	6	8	6	20
5	Austria	5	9	6	20
6	France	2	3	8	13
7	Poland	1	1	5	7
8	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
9	China	1	1	1	3
10	Romania	1	0	0	1
11	Finland	0	2	0	2
12	Belarus	0	1	2	3
13	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
16	Croatia	0	0	1	1
16	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		65	65	65	195