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2008–09 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition

Field	Value
title	2008–09 Biathlon World Cup
competition1	Overall
competition1men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition1ladies	SWE Helena Jonsson
competition2	Nations Cup
competition2men	NOR Norway
competition2ladies	GER Germany
competition3	Individual
competition3men	GER Michael Greis
competition3ladies	GER Magdalena Neuner
competition4	Sprint
competition4men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition4ladies	SWE Helena Jonsson
competition5	Pursuit
competition5men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition5ladies	GER Kati Wilhelm
competition6	Mass start
competition6men	AUT Dominik Landertinger
competition6ladies	SWE Helena Jonsson
competition7	Relay
competition7men	AUT Austria
competition7ladies	GER Germany
previous	2007–08
next	2009–10

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.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
SWE Östersund	2–7 December	●	●	●			details
AUT Hochfilzen	11–14 December		●	●		●	details
AUT Hochfilzen	17–21 December	●	●			●	details
GER Oberhof	6–11 January		●		●	●	details
GER Ruhpolding	13–18 January		●	●		●	details
ITA Antholz	22–25 January		●	●	●		details
KOR Pyeongchang	13–22 February	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
CAN Vancouver	10–15 March	●	●			●	details
NOR Trondheim	18–22 March		●	●	●		details
RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	25–29 March		●	●	●		details

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	3 December 2008	SWE Östersund	20 km Individual	GER Michael Greis	NOR Alexander Os	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	GER Michael Greis	Detail
1	6 December 2008	SWE Östersund	10 km Sprint	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	POL Tomasz Sikora	FRA Simon Fourcade	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
1	7 December 2008	SWE Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	POL Tomasz Sikora	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
2	12 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	RUS Ivan Tcherezov	NOR Alexander Os	Detail
2	13 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
3	18 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	RUS Ivan Tcherezov	SWE Björn Ferry	Detail
3	20 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	NOR Lars Berger	NOR Alexander Os	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	Detail
4	10 January 2009	GER Oberhof	10 km Sprint	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	GER Michael Rösch	POL Tomasz Sikora	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
4	11 January 2009	GER Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	AUT Christoph Sumann	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
5	17 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Dominik Landertinger	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
5	18 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	AUT Dominik Landertinger	Detail
6	23 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	SWE Björn Ferry	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
6	24 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	SWE Björn Ferry	AUT Simon Eder	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
6	25 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	GER Christoph Stephan	AUT Dominik Landertinger	RUS Ivan Tcherezov	Detail
WC	14 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Lars Berger	NOR Halvard Hanevold	Detail
WC	15 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	NOR Alexander Os	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
WC	17 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	20 km Individual	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	GER Christoph Stephan	CRO Jakov Fak	Detail
WC	21 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	15 km Mass Start	AUT Dominik Landertinger	AUT Christoph Sumann	RUS Ivan Tcherezov	Detail
7	11 March 2009	CAN Whistler	20 km Individual	FRA Vincent Jay	GER Daniel Böhm	USA Jeremy Teela	Detail
7	13 March 2009	CAN Whistler	10 km Sprint	NOR Lars Berger	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Christoph Sumann	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
8	19 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	10 km Sprint	GER Michael Greis	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Simon Eder	Detail
8	21 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Simon Eder	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
8	22 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	15 km Mass Start	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Simon Eder	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
9	26 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	GER Arnd Peiffer	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Christoph Sumann	Detail
9	28 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	AUT Christoph Sumann	Detail
9	29 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	AUT Simon Eder	AUT Dominik Landertinger	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2008	SWE Östersund	15 km Individual	SWE Helena Jonsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Magdalena Neuner	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail
1	6 December 2008	SWE Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	CHN Wang Chunli	NOR Tora Berger	GER Magdalena Neuner	GER Magdalena Neuner	Detail
1	7 December 2008	SWE Östersund	10 km Pursuit	GER Martina Beck	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
2	12 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	GER Simone Hauswald	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	GER Andrea Henkel	NOR Tora Berger	Detail
2	13 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	GER Martina Beck	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	GER Simone Hauswald	GER Martina Beck	Detail
3	18 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	ROM Éva Tófalvi	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	GER Simone Hauswald	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	Detail
3	20 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	RUS Svetlana Sleptsova	UKR Vita Semerenko	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail
4	9 January 2009	GER Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	GER Andrea Henkel	SWE Helena Jonsson	NOR Tora Berger	Detail
4	11 January 2009	GER Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Olga Medvedtseva	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail
5	16 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	GER Magdalena Neuner	GER Kati Wilhelm	BLR Darya Domracheva	Detail
5	18 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	GER Magdalena Neuner	GER Kati Wilhelm	NOR Tora Berger	Detail
6	22 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	NOR Tora Berger	BLR Darya Domracheva	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
6	24 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	RUS Anna Boulygina	FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen	BLR Darya Domracheva	Detail
6	25 January 2009	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	SWE Helena Jonsson	FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
WC	14 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Simone Hauswald	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
WC	15 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit	SWE Helena Jonsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
WC	18 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	15 km Individual	GER Kati Wilhelm	SLO Teja Gregorin	NOR Tora Berger	Detail
WC	22 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	12.5 km Mass Start	RUS Olga Zaitseva	SVK Anastasiya Kuzmina	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail
7	11 March 2009	CAN Whistler	15 km Individual	GER Simone Hauswald	RUS Olga Zaitseva	UKR Vita Semerenko	Detail
7	13 March 2009	CAN Whistler	7.5 km Sprint	SWE Helena Jonsson	GER Magdalena Neuner	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
8	19 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	7.5 km Sprint	RUS Olga Zaitseva	SWE Helena Jonsson	FRA Sylvie Becaert	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail
8	21 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	10 km Pursuit	GER Andrea Henkel	RUS Olga Zaitseva	FRA Marie-Laure Brunet	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
8	22 March 2009	NOR Trondheim	12.5 km Mass Start	NOR Tora Berger	GER Simone Hauswald	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
9	27 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	GER Tina Bachmann	GER Simone Hauswald	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Detail
9	28 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	GER Magdalena Neuner	ITA Michela Ponza	FRA Marie Dorin	Detail
9	29 March 2009	RUS Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	GER Simone Hauswald	SWE Helena Jonsson	GER Andrea Henkel	SWE Helena Jonsson	Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	14 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
3	21 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	8 January 2009	GER Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	15 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	16 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay
7	15 March 2009	CAN Vancouver	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	14 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
3	21 December 2008	AUT Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
4	7 January 2009	GER Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
5	14 January 2009	GER Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
WC	21 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	4x6 km Relay
7	14 March 2009	CAN Vancouver	4x6 km Relay

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
WC	19 February 2009	KOR Pyeongchang	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay

Standings: Men

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Overall Men|Overall]]

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	POL Tomasz Sikora
3.	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
4.	GER Michael Greis
5.	RUS Maxim Tchoudov

Final standings after 26 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Individual Men|Individual]]

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Michael Greis
2.	RUS Ivan Tcherezov
3.	RUS Maxim Tchoudov
4.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
5.	AUT Christoph Sumann

Final standings after 4 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Sprint Men|Sprint]]

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	POL Tomasz Sikora
3.	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
4.	GER Michael Greis
5.	RUS Maxim Tchoudov

Final standings after 10 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Pursuit Men|Pursuit]]

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
3.	POL Tomasz Sikora
4.	GER Michael Greis
5.	SWE Björn Ferry

Final standings after 7 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Mass start Men|Mass start]]

Pos.	Points
1.	AUT Dominik Landertinger
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	AUT Christoph Sumann
4.	AUT Simon Eder
5.	RUS Ivan Tcherezov

Final standings after 5 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Relay Men|Relay]]

Pos.	Points
1.	AUT Austria
2.	NOR Norway
3.	GER Germany
4.	FRA France
5.	SWE Sweden

Final standings after 6 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Nation Men|Nation]]

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR
2.	AUT
3.	GER
4.	SWE
5.	FRA

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Overall Women|Overall]]

Pos.	Points
1.	SWE Helena Jonsson
2.	GER Kati Wilhelm
3.	NOR Tora Berger
4.	GER Magdalena Neuner
5.	GER Andrea Henkel

Final standings after 26 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Individual Women|Individual]]

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Magdalena Neuner
2.	ROM Éva Tófalvi
3.	NOR Tora Berger
4.	GER Kati Wilhelm
5.	RUS Olga Zaitseva

Final standings after 4 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Sprint Women|Sprint]]

Pos.	Points
1.	SWE Helena Jonsson
2.	GER Magdalena Neuner
3.	NOR Tora Berger
4.	GER Kati Wilhelm
5.	BLR Darya Domracheva

Final standings after 10 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Pursuit Women|Pursuit]]

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Kati Wilhelm
2.	NOR Tora Berger
3.	GER Martina Beck
4.	GER Andrea Henkel
5.	GER Magdalena Neuner

Final standings after 7 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Mass start Women|Mass start]]

Pos.	Points
1.	SWE Helena Jonsson
2.	GER Kati Wilhelm
3.	GER Simone Hauswald
4.	RUS Olga Zaitseva
5.	GER Andrea Henkel

Final standings after 5 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Relay Women|Relay]]

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Germany
2.	FRA France
3.	UKR Ukraine
4.	CHN Republic of China
5.	SWE Sweden

Final standings after 6 races.

[[2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - Nation Women|Nation]]

Pos.	Points
1.	GER
2.	SWE
3.	FRA
4.	UKR
5.	NOR

Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory:

Wang Chunli, 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; also her first individual podium
Simone Hauswald, 29, in her 9th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2004-05 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
Éva Tófalvi, 30, in her 13th season — the WC 3 Individual in Hochfilzen; also her first individual podium
Anna Boulygina, 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; also her first individual podium
Christoph Stephan, 23, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz-Anterselva; also his first individual podium
Dominik Landertinger, 20, in his 2nd season — the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang; first podium was 2008-09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Vincent Jay, 23, in his 4th season — the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver; also his first individual podium
Arnd Peiffer, 22, in his 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also his first individual podium
Tina Bachmann, 22, in her 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also her first individual podium
Simon Eder, 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, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Darya Domracheva, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Jakov Fak, 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
Teja Gregorin, 28, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
Anastasiya Kuzmina, 24, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang
Daniel Bohm, 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
Jeremy Teela, 32, in his 13th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
Marie-Laure Brunet, 20, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Trondheim
Marie Dorin, 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, 7 (88) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen, 5 (11) first places
Michael Greis, 2 (11) first places
Lars Berger, 2 (5) first places
Maxim Tchoudov, 2 (4) first places
Tomasz Sikora, 1 (5) first place
Christoph Sumann, 1 (4) first place
Björn Ferry, 1 (2) first place
Christoph Stephan, 1 (1) first place
Dominik Landertinger, 1 (1) first place
Vincent Jay, 1 (1) first place
Arnd Peiffer, 1 (1) first place
Simon Eder, 1 (1) first place ;Women
Helena Jonsson, 4 (5) first places
Kati Wilhelm, 3 (21) first places
Magdalena Neuner, 3 (14) first places
Simone Hauswald, 3 (3) first places
Andrea Henkel, 2 (16) first places
Martina Beck, 2 (15) first places
Olga Zaitseva, 2 (8) first places
Tora Berger, 2 (4) first places
Svetlana Sleptsova, 1 (4) first place
Wang Chunli, 1 (1) first place
Éva Tófalvi, 1 (1) first place
Anna Boulygina, 1 (1) first place
Tina Bachmann, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 2008–09 season:

Olegs Maluhins
Stian Eckhoff
Mikhail Kochkin
Pavlina Filipova
Romy Beer
Albina Akhatova
Olga Anisimova
Oksana Neupokoeva
Tetiana Rud

References

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