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

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. 6795 2. 6446 3. 6413 4. 5908 5. 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. 6954 2. 5926 3. 5925 4. 5894 5. 5827 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

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)

Men , 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:

References

External links IBU official site