The 42nd Biathlon World Championships were held in Östersund, Sweden from 8 to 17 February 2008. It was the second time Östersund was hosting the Biathlon World Championships, the first being in 1970. It was also 50 years after the first Biathlon World Championships, which were held 1958 in Saalfelden, Austria.
There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and the relatively new mixed relay. The championships were dominated by the German, Norwegian, and Russian teams, which would win every competition and 28 of the 33 available medals.
Schedule Date Event 9 February Women's 7.5 km sprint Men's 10 km sprint 10 February Women's 10 km pursuit Men's 7.5 km pursuit 12 February 14 February Women's 15 km individual Men's 20 km individual 16 February Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay Women's 12.5 km mass start 17 February Men's 15 km mass start Women's 4 × 6 km relay
Medal winners
Men 10 km sprintMen's sprint results 22:25.4(0+0) 22:45.2(0+0) 22:55.4(0+2) 12.5 km pursuitMen's pursuit results 31:04.5(0+1+1+0) 31:14.6(2+0+2+0) 31:47.3(0+0+1+0) 20 km individualMen's individual results 51:51.9(0+1+0+0) 52:23.3(1+1+0+0) 52:26.7(0+0+0+0) 4 × 7.5 km relayMen's relay results 1:21:00.7(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1) 1:21:49.9(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) 1:22:43.2(0+0) (1+3)(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (1+3)(0+3) (0+2) 15 km mass startMen's mass start results 36:12.6(1+0+0+0) 36:13.0(0+0+1+0) 36:37.5(0+1+2+0)
Women 7.5 km sprintWomen's sprint results 19:43.1(0+0) 19:55.8(0+0) 20:06.3(0+0) 10 km pursuitWomen's pursuit results 28:56.0(0+0+0+0) 29:16.5(0+0+0+0) 29:34.5(0+0+0+0) 15 km individualWomen's individual results 44:23.8(0+0+0+0) 45:37.1(1+0+0+0) 46:48.2(0+0+1+0) 4 × 6 km relayWomen's relay results 1:10:12.6(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+2) (1+3)(0+2) (0+2) 1:10:43.5(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) 1:11:48.3(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (1+3)(0+1) (1+3)(0+2) (0+2) 12.5 km mass startWomen's mass start results 39:36.5(0+0+2+2) 39:39.5(1+0+0+0) 40:06.0(1+0+1+0)
Mixed Mixed relay results 1:12:20.5(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1) 1:13:13.1(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2) 1:13:23.4(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(1+3) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2)
Medal summary
References
External links
Östersund 2008 - official website