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.

2008–09 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sweden Helena Jonsson
Nations Cup Norway Norway Germany Germany
Individual Germany Michael Greis Germany Magdalena Neuner
Sprint Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sweden Helena Jonsson
Pursuit Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Germany Kati Wilhelm
Mass start Austria Dominik Landertinger Sweden Helena Jonsson
Relay Austria Austria Germany Germany
Competition
2008–09 World cup in Östersund

Calendar

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

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

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 3 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 20 km Individual Germany Michael Greis Norway Alexander Os Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Germany Michael Greis Detail
1 6 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 10 km Sprint Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Poland Tomasz Sikora France Simon Fourcade Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
1 7 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Poland Tomasz Sikora Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
2 12 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Russia Ivan Tcherezov Norway Alexander Os Detail
2 13 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Poland Tomasz Sikora Detail
3 18 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Russia Maxim Tchoudov Russia Ivan Tcherezov Sweden Björn Ferry Detail
3 20 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Norway Lars Berger Norway Alexander Os Sweden Carl Johan Bergman Detail
4 10 January 2009 Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint Russia Maxim Tchoudov Germany Michael Rösch Poland Tomasz Sikora Poland Tomasz Sikora Detail
4 11 January 2009 Germany Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Austria Christoph Sumann Sweden Carl Johan Bergman Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
5 17 January 2009 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Dominik Landertinger Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
5 18 January 2009 Germany Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Austria Dominik Landertinger Detail
6 23 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Sweden Björn Ferry Poland Tomasz Sikora Detail
6 24 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Sweden Björn Ferry Austria Simon Eder Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
6 25 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Germany Christoph Stephan Austria Dominik Landertinger Russia Ivan Tcherezov Detail
WC 14 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Lars Berger Norway Halvard Hanevold Detail
WC 15 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Russia Maxim Tchoudov Norway Alexander Os Poland Tomasz Sikora Detail
WC 17 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 20 km Individual Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Germany Christoph Stephan Croatia Jakov Fak Detail
WC 21 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 15 km Mass Start Austria Dominik Landertinger Austria Christoph Sumann Russia Ivan Tcherezov Detail
7 11 March 2009 Canada Whistler 20 km Individual France Vincent Jay Germany Daniel Böhm United States Jeremy Teela Detail
7 13 March 2009 Canada Whistler 10 km Sprint Norway Lars Berger Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Christoph Sumann Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
8 19 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 10 km Sprint Germany Michael Greis Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Simon Eder Detail
8 21 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Simon Eder Poland Tomasz Sikora Detail
8 22 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 15 km Mass Start Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Simon Eder Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
9 26 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Germany Arnd Peiffer Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Christoph Sumann Detail
9 28 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Austria Christoph Sumann Detail
9 29 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Austria Simon Eder Austria Dominik Landertinger Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 4 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 15 km Individual Sweden Helena Jonsson Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Magdalena Neuner Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
1 6 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 7.5 km Sprint China Wang Chunli Norway Tora Berger Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
1 7 December 2008 Sweden Östersund 10 km Pursuit Germany Martina Beck Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Kati Wilhelm Detail
2 12 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Germany Simone Hauswald Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Germany Andrea Henkel Norway Tora Berger Detail
2 13 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Germany Martina Beck Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Germany Simone Hauswald Germany Martina Beck Detail
3 18 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Romania Éva Tófalvi Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Germany Simone Hauswald Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Detail
3 20 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Ukraine Vita Semerenko Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
4 9 January 2009 Germany Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Germany Andrea Henkel Sweden Helena Jonsson Norway Tora Berger Detail
4 11 January 2009 Germany Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Kati Wilhelm Russia Olga Medvedtseva Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
5 16 January 2009 Germany Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Kati Wilhelm Belarus Darya Domracheva Detail
5 18 January 2009 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Kati Wilhelm Norway Tora Berger Detail
6 22 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tora Berger Belarus Darya Domracheva Germany Kati Wilhelm Detail
6 24 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Russia Anna Boulygina Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Belarus Darya Domracheva Detail
6 25 January 2009 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Sweden Helena Jonsson Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Kati Wilhelm Detail
WC 14 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 7.5 km Sprint Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Simone Hauswald Russia Olga Zaitseva Detail
WC 15 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit Sweden Helena Jonsson Germany Kati Wilhelm Russia Olga Zaitseva Detail
WC 18 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 15 km Individual Germany Kati Wilhelm Slovenia Teja Gregorin Norway Tora Berger Detail
WC 22 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 12.5 km Mass Start Russia Olga Zaitseva Slovakia Anastázia Kuzminová Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
7 11 March 2009 Canada Whistler 15 km Individual Germany Simone Hauswald Russia Olga Zaitseva Ukraine Vita Semerenko Detail
7 13 March 2009 Canada Whistler 7.5 km Sprint Sweden Helena Jonsson Germany Magdalena Neuner Russia Olga Zaitseva Detail
8 19 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 7.5 km Sprint Russia Olga Zaitseva Sweden Helena Jonsson France Sylvie Becaert Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
8 21 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 10 km Pursuit Germany Andrea Henkel Russia Olga Zaitseva France Marie-Laure Brunet Germany Kati Wilhelm Detail
8 22 March 2009 Norway Trondheim 12.5 km Mass Start Norway Tora Berger Germany Simone Hauswald France Sandrine Bailly Detail
9 27 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Germany Tina Bachmann Germany Simone Hauswald Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail
9 28 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Germany Magdalena Neuner Italy Michela Ponza France Marie Dorin Detail
9 29 March 2009 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Simone Hauswald Sweden Helena Jonsson Germany Andrea Henkel Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail

Men's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 14 December 2008 Austria 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 Austria 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 Germany 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 Germany 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 South Korea 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 Canada 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 Austria 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 Austria 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 Germany 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 Germany 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 South Korea 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 Canada 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

Mixed

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
WC 19 February 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Vincent Defrasne
Simon Fourcade
 Sweden
Helena Jonsson
Anna Carin Zidek
David Ekholm
Carl Johan Bergman
 Germany
Andrea Henkel
Simone Hauswald
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Greis

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1.Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen1080
2.Poland Tomasz Sikora870
3.Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen844
4.Germany Michael Greis804
5.Russia Maxim Tchoudov780
  • Final standings after 26 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1.Sweden Helena Jonsson952
2.Germany Kati Wilhelm952
3.Norway Tora Berger894
4.Germany Magdalena Neuner891
5.Germany Andrea Henkel838
  • Final standings after 26 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany21151349
2 Norway19111444
3 Russia810624
4 Sweden68620
5 Austria59620
6 France23813
7 Poland1157
8 Ukraine1124
9 China1113
10 Romania1001
11 Finland0202
12 Belarus0123
13 Italy0101
 Slovakia0101
 Slovenia0101
16 Croatia0011
 United States0011
Totals (17 entries)656565195

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)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 2008–09 season:

References

  1. "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. "World Championships". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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