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	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Helena Jonsson
Nations Cup	Norway	Germany
Individual	Michael Greis	Magdalena Neuner
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Helena Jonsson
Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Kati Wilhelm
Mass start	Dominik Landertinger	Helena Jonsson
Relay	Austria	Germany
Competition
←2007–08 2009–10→

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
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 podiums

Men

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

Women

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

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 Oleh Berezhnyi Serhiy 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

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
WC	19 February 2009	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.	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 1. 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 1. 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 1. 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 1. 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 1. Austria 276 2. Norway 254 3. Germany 247 4. France 226 5. Sweden 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
1.	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 1. Magdalena Neuner 129 2. Éva Tófalvi 123 3. Tora Berger 122 4. Kati Wilhelm 115 5. Olga Zaitseva 113 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. 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 1. 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 1. Helena Jonsson 210 2. Kati Wilhelm 186 3. Simone Hauswald 174 4. Olga Zaitseva 162 5. Andrea Henkel 157 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. 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

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
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		65	65	65	195

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)

Men  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7 (88) first places  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (11) first places  Michael Greis (GER), 2 (11) first places  Lars Berger (NOR), 2 (5) first places  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 2 (4) first places  Tomasz Sikora (POL), 1 (5) first place  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (4) first place  Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (2) 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  Simon Eder (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Women  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 (15) first places  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 2 (8) first places  Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (4) first places  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 1 (4) first place  Wang Chunli (CHN), 1 (1) first place  Éva Tófalvi (ROU), 1 (1) first place  Anna Boulygina (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Tina Bachmann (GER), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 2008–09 season:

•  Olegs Maluhins (LAT)
•  Stian Eckhoff (NOR)
•  Mikhail Kochkin (RUS)
•  Pavlina Filipova (BUL)
•  Romy Beer (GER)
•  Albina Akhatova (RUS)
•  Olga Anisimova (RUS)
•  Oksana Neupokoeva (RUS)
•  Tetiana Rud (UKR)