2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 6 December 2008 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

Competition format The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2007–08 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Ole Einar Bjørndalen 383Silver: Dmitri Yaroshenko 291Bronze: Emil Hegle Svendsen 253

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Emil Hegle Svendsen 25:42.3 Tomasz Sikora 25:55.0 Simon Fourcade 26:10.4 Hochfilzendetails Emil Hegle Svendsen 26:08.1 Ivan Tcherezov 26:34.4 Alexander Os 26:41.0 Hochfilzendetails Lars Berger 25:23.1 Alexander Os 26:01.0 Carl Johan Bergman 26:14.7 Oberhofdetails Maxim Tchoudov 25:49.5 Michael Rösch 26:02.2 Tomasz Sikora 26:14.7 Ruhpoldingdetails Ole Einar Bjørndalen 23:25.8 Dominik Landertinger 23:59.2 Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:01.1 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:52.5 Bjoern Ferry 24:56.1 Tomasz Sikora 24:59.2 World Championshipsdetails Ole Einar Bjørndalen 24:16.5 Lars Berger 24:17.7 Halvard Hanevold 24:29.0 Vancouverdetails Lars Berger 24:06.5 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 24:20.6 Christoph Sumann 24:46.0 Trondheimdetails Michael Greis 26:11.3 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 26:29.6 Simon Eder 26:43.1 Khanty-Mansiyskdetails Arnd Peiffer 25:51.1 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 26:14.2 Christoph Sumann 26:18.4

Final standings # Name ÖST HOC HOC OBE RUH ANT WCH VAN TRO KHA TotalStandings Sprint men 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 43 29 – 18 60 – 60 54 54 54 372 2 Tomasz Sikora 54 43 36 48 29 48 25 26 28 23 337 3 Emil Hegle Svendsen 60 60 – 17 48 60 – – 30 43 318 4 Michael Greis 27 34 40 – 1 36 36 36 60 36 306 5 Maxim Tchoudov 16 36 8 60 31 28 40 14 43 29 297 6 Alexander Os 25 48 54 31 29 10 43 0 40 4 284 7 Christoph Sumann 5 32 38 2 30 38 0 48 22 48 263 8 Ivan Tcherezov 34 54 32 – 23 25 3 34 38 15 258 9 Halvard Hanevold 30 23 23 16 21 40 48 15 29 27 257 10 Carl Johan Bergman 31 21 48 24 40 43 0 29 20 0 256 11 Björn Ferry 6 40 30 23 16 54 1 – 36 32 238 12 Lars Berger 11 – 60 0 8 7 54 60 34 0 234 13 Daniel Mesotitsch 21 19 28 0 17 30 12 32 17 28 204 14 Simon Fourcade 48 11 34 0 15 14 38 43 0 0 203 15 Dominik Landertinger 0 0 – 28 54 19 24 – 23 34 182 16 Simon Eder – – 3 26 9 22 34 21 48 16 179 17 Michal Šlesingr 0 0 11 43 24 32 9 17 16 24 176 18 Friedrich Pinter 0 0 19 27 34 24 – 12 27 31 174 19 Michael Rösch 0 17 9 54 36 13 27 0 13 0 169 20 Andrei Makoveev 20 12 11 31 0 0 17 7 25 26 149 21 Tobias Eberhard 0 3 29 32 0 31 – 16 14 21 146 22 Christoph Stephan 22 4 21 40 4 29 19 0 0 6 145 23 Arnd Peiffer – – – 36 11 16 – 19 0 60 142 24 Andreas Birnbacher – 31 0 38 32 0 – – 1 40 142 25 Simon Hallenbarter 0 0 14 – 6 10 32 18 24 38 142 26 Rustam Valiullin 32 9 12 29 2 0 0 31 0 17 132 27 Tim Burke 0 – 0 20 0 26 30 0 32 18 126 28 Christian De Lorenzi 40 2 0 4 43 0 14 22 0 0 125 29 Alexander Wolf 26 30 23 0 0 0 0 13 3 30 125 30 Janez Maric 0 0 0 0 38 0 31 38 15 0 122 31 Martin Fourcade – – 31 0 19 0 23 30 18 0 121 32 Evgeny Ustyugov – – – 0 13 34 0 27 13 25 112 33 Ronny Hafsas 38 1 – 34 27 – – 3 0 5 108 34 Markus Windisch 36 10 0 10 25 0 22 0 0 0 103 35 Vincent Defrasne 2 0 43 14 26 12 0 1 – – 98 36 Mattias Nilsson 0 38 0 9 0 4 15 23 0 0 89 37 Jay Hakkinen 18 27 0 25 19 0 – 0 0 – 89 38 Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. 19 25 26 13 – 0 0 – – – 83 39 Jean Philippe Leguellec 28 24 0 – 0 20 0 0 0 10 82 40 Vyacheslav Derkach 14 0 17 0 – 21 0 10 0 19 81 41 Klemen Bauer 0 0 0 5 0 17 28 5 9 12 76 42 Andriy Deryzemlya 0 7 25 7 – 0 29 4 0 0 72 43 Jaroslav Soukup 17 0 0 22 0 0 4 – 5 20 68 44 Sergey Novikov 13 22 15 0 – 0 10 2 6 0 68 45 Tomáš Holubec 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 0 66 46 Roman Pryma 15 20 16 0 – 0 13 0 0 0 64 47 Frode Andresen 24 0 – – 14 – – 25 0 – 63 48 Pavol Hurajt 7 0 0 0 0 – 21 0 26 3 57 49 Jörgen Brink 0 15 0 0 – – – 40 0 0 55 50 Jakov Fak 4 0 0 0 – – 27 10 8 0 49 51 Vincent Jay 0 13 24 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 48 52 Magnús Jónsson 10 – 0 0 12 5 20 0 – 0 47 53 Stian Eckhoff – 19 27 – – – – – – – 46 54 David Ekholm 0 0 0 0 0 27 – 6 10 0 43 55 Rene Laurent Vuillermoz 0 0 6 0 0 24 2 11 – – 43 56 Roman Dostál 29 0 0 11 0 0 – – 0 – 40 57 Daniel Böhm – – – 12 – – – 21 0 7 40 58 Simon Schempp – – – – – – – 24 – 14 38 59 Roland Lessing 0 0 0 – 5 0 0 – 31 – 36 60 Hans Martin Gjedrem – – 18 0 – 18 – 0 – – 36 61 Thomas Frei 0 26 0 – 0 – 0 0 7 0 33 62 Matthias Simmen 23 0 4 – – 6 0 0 0 – 33 63 Toni Lang 0 14 0 19 0 0 – – – – 33 64 Maxim Maksimov 0 6 2 0 20 0 – 1 3 – 32 65 Rune Brattsveen – – 7 – – – – – – 22 29 66 Fredrik Lindström – 0 – – – – – 28 0 – 28 67 Ilmārs Bricis 0 0 – 1 10 – 16 0 0 – 27 68 Zdeněk Vítek 1 0 0 – 22 – 0 0 0 1 24 69 Lowell Bailey 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 21 0 24 70 Olexander Bilanenko 0 0 0 – 0 11 0 0 0 11 22 71 Zhang Chengye 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 – 21 72 Alexis Bœuf – – 21 0 0 0 – – 0 0 21 73 Ivan Joller 0 0 0 – – 0 11 0 0 8 19 74 Christian Martinelli 0 0 0 – 0 0 18 0 – – 18 75 Julian Eberhard 0 5 13 – 0 0 – 0 – – 18 76 Alexandr Syman 12 0 0 0 – 0 6 0 0 – 18 77 Serguei Sednev 0 0 0 0 – 15 – 0 0 2 17 78 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 0 16 – 0 – – – 0 – – 16 79 Paavo Puurunen – – 5 – 0 0 0 – 11 – 16 80 Dušan Šimočko 0 0 0 15 0 – 0 0 0 – 15 81 Hidenori Isa 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 – – – 15 82 Artem Gusev – – – – – – – 0 0 13 13 83 Mattia Cola – 8 – – – – – – 4 0 12 84 Indrek Tobreluts 9 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0 9 85 Christoph Knie – – – – – – – – – 8 8 86 Sergey Sadovnikov – – – – 0 8 – 0 0 0 8 87 Alexsandr Chervyhkov 0 0 – 0 0 – 8 – – – 8 88 Zhang Qing – – – – – – 7 – – – 7 89 Krasimir Anev 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 – 0 – 5 90 Priit Viks 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 – – 0 3 91 Robin Clegg 3 0 – – 0 0 0 0 – – 3 92 Kauri Koiv – 0 0 0 0 2 0 – 0 0 2 93 Lois Habert 0 0 1 – – 0 – 0 – – 1

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