2008–09 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2008–09 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition1ladies:	Helena Jonsson
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Michael Greis
Competition3ladies:	Magdalena Neuner
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Helena Jonsson
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition5ladies:	Kati Wilhelm
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Dominik Landertinger
Competition6ladies:	Helena Jonsson
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Austria
Competition7ladies:	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.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		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	●	●	●	●	●
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	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	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	Anastázia Kuzminová	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
2	14 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
3	21 December 2008	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	8 January 2009	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	15 January 2009	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	16 February 2009	Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay
7	15 March 2009	Vancouver	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

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

Mixed

Standings: Men

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1080
2.		870
3.		844
4.		804
5.		780

Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Michael Greis	146
2.		120
3.		119
4.		110
5.		100

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	372
2.		337
3.		318
4.		306
5.		297

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	342
2.		308
3.		276
4.		231
5.		215

Final standings after 7 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Dominik Landertinger	208
2.		199
3.		197
4.		176
5.		170

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Austria	276
2.		254
3.		247
4.		226
5.		220

Final standings after 6 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		6795
2.		6446
3.		6413
4.		5908
5.		5794

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Pos.		Points
1.	Helena Jonsson	952
2.		952
3.		894
4.		891
5.		838

Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Neuner	129
2.		123
3.		122
4.		115
5.		113

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Helena Jonsson	372
2.		358
3.		352
4.		347
5.		329

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Kati Wilhelm	272
2.		246
3.		244
4.		234
5.		231

Final standings after 7 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Helena Jonsson	210
2.		186
3.		174
4.		162
5.		157

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	288
2.		242
3.		232
4.		217
5.		212

Final standings after 6 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		6954
2.		5926
3.		5925
4.		5894
5.		5827

Final standings after 20 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

, 25, in her 3rd season - the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; also her first individual podium
, 29, in her 9th season - the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2004-05 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
, 30, in her 13th season - the WC 3 Individual in Hochfilzen; also her first individual podium
, 25, in her 3rd season - the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; also her first individual podium
, 23, in his 4th season - the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz-Anterselva; also his first individual podium
, 20, in his 2nd season - the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang; first podium was 2008-09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
, 23, in his 4th season - the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver; also his first individual podium
, 22, in his 1st season - the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also his first individual podium
, 22, in her 1st season - the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also her first individual podium
, 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:

, 22, in her 3rd season - no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
, 22, in her 3rd season - no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
, 21, in his 3rd season - no. 3 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
, 28, in her 6th season - no. 2 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
, 24, in her 2nd season - no. 2 in the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang
, 22, in his 1st season - no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
, 32, in his 13th season - no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
, 20, in her 2nd season - no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Trondheim
, 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):

, 7 (88) first places
, 5 (11) first places
, 2 (11) first places
, 2 (5) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 1 (5) first place
, 1 (4) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 4 (5) first places
, 3 (21) first places
, 3 (14) first places
, 3 (3) first places
, 2 (16) first places
, 2 (15) first places
, 2 (8) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 1 (4) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 2008–09 season:

External links

IBU official site

Notes and References

Web site: World Cup Schedule . 2008-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S . 2008-12-18 . dead .
Web site: World Championships . 2008-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184833/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WCH&event_class=S . 2008-09-14 . dead .