Biathlon World Championships 2008

Biathlon World Championships 2008
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Maxim Chudov	Andrea Henkel
persecution	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Andrea Henkel
singles	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ekaterina Yuryeva
Mass start	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Magdalena Neuner
Season	Russia	Germany
Mixed relay	Germany
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Logo of the 42nd Biathlon World Championships

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The 42nd Biathlon World Championships were from 8 to 17 February 2008 at the Swedish Ostersund instead.

At the congress of the International Biathlon Union , the city prevailed in the first ballot with an absolute majority of 30:11 as the host of the Biathlon World Championships 2008 against Pyeongchang ( South Korea ).

The youth and junior world championships took place from January 25th to February 2nd in Ruhpolding, Germany.

Starting places

The following list shows the maximum number of athletes the listed nations can enter for the title fights. However, a maximum of four participants per nation and competition are eligible to start. The defending champions from sprint, individual and mass start are given a personal right to start in the respective disciplines and therefore do not fall under the respective national contingent.

Abbreviation nation Men Women ARG  Argentina 1 0 OUT  Australia 1 0 AUT  Austria 6th 1 BEL  Belgium 4th 2 BIH  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 BLR  Belarus 5 6th BUL  Bulgaria 5 5 CAN  Canada 4th 4th CHN  People's Republic of China 4th 5 CRO  Croatia 1 2 CZE  Czech Republic 5 5 EST  Estonia 5 5 FIN  Finland 5 5 FRA  France 8th 8th GBR  United Kingdom 5 2 GER  Germany 8th 8th GRE  Greece 3 0 GRL  Greenland 2 0 HUN  Hungary 3 0 ITA  Italy 5 5

Abbreviation nation Men Women JPN  Japan 2 2 KAZ  Kazakhstan 6th 6th COR  South Korea 2 2 LAT  Latvia 5 4th LTU  Lithuania 0 1 MDA  Moldova 1 1 MKD  Macedonia 1 0 NED  Netherlands 1 0 NOR  Norway 8th 8th POLE  Poland 5 5 ROU  Romania 0 4th RUS  Russia 8th 8th SLO  Slovenia 4th 5 SRB  Serbia 4th 0 SUI  Switzerland 5 1 SVK  Slovakia 5 5 SWE  Sweden 6th 6th UKR  Ukraine 7th 7th United States  United States 5 4th

Medal table

Medal ceremony of the mixed competition (gold: Germany, silver: Belarus, bronze: Russia)

Nations
final after 11 competitions

space	country
01	Germany	5	1	2	8th
02	Norway	3	5	1	9
03	Russia	3	3	5	11
04th	Ukraine	-	1	2	3
05	Belarus	-	1	-	1
06th	France	-	-	1	1

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Maxim Chudov	2	1	1	4th
02	Emil Hegle Svendsen	2	1	0	3
03	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1	3	1	5
04th	Andreas Birnbacher	1	0	1	2
	Michael Greis	1	0	1	2
	Dmitri Yaroshenko	1	0	1	2
	Nikolai Kruglow	1	0	1	2
08th	Ivan Cheresov	1	0	0	1
09	Halvard Hanevold	0	2	0	2
010	Brattsveen rune	0	1	0	1
	Sjarhej Nowikau	0	1	0	1
	Rustam Waliullin	0	1	0	1
013	Alexander Wolf	0	0	2	2
014th	Maxim Maximov	0	0	1	1
	Michael Rösch	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 6 competitions

space	sportswoman	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Andrea Henkel	3	0	0	3
	Magdalena Neuner	3	0	0	3
03	Ekaterina Yuryeva	1	1	1	3
04th	Martina Glagow	1	1	0	2
05	Sabrina Buchholz	1	0	0	1
	Kati Wilhelm	1	0	0	1
07th	Oxana Chwostenko	0	1	2	3
08th	Albina Akhatova	0	1	1	2
09	Torah Berger	0	1	0	1
	Darja Domratschawa	0	1	0	1
	Lyudmila Kalintschyk	0	1	0	1
	Oxana Jakovljewa	0	1	0	1
	Walentyna Semerenko	0	1	0	1
	Wita Semerenko	0	1	0	1
015th	Sandrine Bailly	0	0	1	1
	Sylvie Becaert	0	0	1	1
	Marie-Laure Brunet	0	0	1	1
	Oksana Neupokoyeva	0	0	1	1
	Delphyne Peretto	0	0	1	1
	Svetlana Slepzowa	0	0	1	1

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Maxim Chudov	22: 25.4	0-0
2	Halvard Hanevold	+19.8	0-0
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+30.0	0-2
4th	Ivan Cheresov	+35.8	0-1
5	Michael Rösch	+43.5	0-1
6th	Michal Šlesingr	+55.7	0-0
7th	Daniel Graf	+58.5	1-0
8th	Andreas Birnbacher	+1: 00.4	0-0
9	Tim Burke	+1: 05.0	0-1
10	Dmitri Yaroshenko	+1: 05.6	0-2

Date: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 2:15 p.m.
114 athletes started.

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	31: 04.51	0-1-1-0
2	Maxim Chudov	+10.1	2-0-2-0
3	Alexander Wolf	+42.8	0-0-1-0
4th	Dmitri Yaroshenko	+50.0	1-1-0-0
5	Michal Šlesingr	+52.5	0-0-0-0
6th	Simon Fourcade	+52.6	0-0-1-0
7th	Michael Rösch	+58.0	0-0-1-1
8th	Ivan Cheresov	+58.2	0-1-1-1
9	Halvard Hanevold	+58.5	0-0-1-1
10	Tim Burke	+1: 18.6	0-0-2-0

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 2:15 p.m.
All 60 qualified biathletes competed.

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Emil Hegle Svendsen	51: 51.9	0-1-0-0
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+31.4	1-1-0-0
3	Maxim Maximov	+34.8	0-0-0-0
4th	Simon Fourcade	+1: 05.4	0-0-0-1
5	Maxim Chudov	+1: 22.0	3-0-0-0
6th	Christian De Lorenzi	+1: 34.7	0-1-0-0
7th	Zdeněk Vítek	+1: 40.6	0-1-0-1
8th	Rustam Waliullin	+1: 48.6	0-1-1-0
9	Andrij Derysemlya	+2: 00.1	0-0-1-0
10	Michal Šlesingr	+2: 03.7	0-0-0-1

Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008, 5:15 pm
. 112 starters were registered, two of which did not start and one did not finish the race. For the first time in the 50-year history of biathlon world championships, a decision was held under floodlights, which had actually been planned for the women's individual competition the day before.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Shooting error + reload
1	Russia	Ivan Cheresov Nikolai Kruglow Dmitri Yaroshenko Maxim Tschudow	1: 21: 00.7	0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 0 + 1
2	Norway	Emil Hegle Svendsen Rune Brattsveen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+49.2	0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 0 + 3 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 0
3	Germany	Michael Rösch Alexander Wolf Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis	+1: 42.5	0 + 0 - 1 + 3 0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 2 - 1 + 3 0 + 3 - 0 + 2
4th	Austria	Simon Eder Friedrich Pinter Daniel Mesotitsch Christoph Sumann	+1: 42.9	0 + 10
5	France	Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Simon Fourcade	+2: 42.3	0 + 8
6th	Sweden	David Ekholm Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	+3: 11.0	3 + 10
7th	Czech Republic	Michal Šlesingr Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek	+3: 45.4	0 + 14
8th	Belarus	Sjarhej Nowikau Aljaksandr Syman Wladimir Miklaschewski Rustam Valiullin	+4: 09.5	0 + 9
9	Slovakia		+4: 29.0
10	Ukraine		+4: 47.9

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 12:00 p.m.

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Emil Hegle Svendsen	36: 12.6	1-0-0-0
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+0.4	0-0-1-0
3	Maxim Chudov	+24.9	0-1-2-0
4th	Maxim Maximov	+40.5	0-0-0-0
5	Halvard Hanevold	+1: 04.2	0-0-0-1
6th	Dmitri Yaroshenko	+1: 22.7	0-0-1-3
7th	Vincent Defrasne	+1: 23.0	0-0-1-1
8th	Ivan Cheresov	+1: 31.3	0-1-1-1
9	Bjorn Ferry	+1: 37.1	0-1-1-0
10	Andrij Derysemlya	+1: 38.7	0-2-0-0

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008, 12:00 p.m.

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Andrea Henkel	19: 43.1	0-0
2	Albina Akhatova	+12.7	0-0
3	Oxana Chwostenko	+23.2	0-0
4th	Torah Berger	+30.1	1-0
5	Sandrine Bailly	+31.7	0-1
6th	Svetlana Slepzowa	+35.6	0-1
7th	Magdalena Gwizdoń	+38.7	0-0
8th	Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen	+39.2	0-0
9	Ekaterina Yuryeva	+41.9	0-2
10	Dijana Grudiček-Ravnikar	+42.9	0-0

Date: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 11:00 am
. 96 starters were registered, Zdeňka Vejnarová from the Czech Republic and Andrijana Stipaničić from Croatia did not start.

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Andrea Henkel	28: 56.00	0-0-0-0
2	Ekaterina Yuryeva	+20.5	0-0-0-0
3	Albina Akhatova	+38.5	0-0-0-0
4th	Torah Berger	+55.7	0-0-1-0
5	Sandrine Bailly	+55.9	1-1-0-0
6th	Magdalena Neuner	+1: 44.1	1-1-0-2
7th	Martina Glagow	+2: 13.0	0-0-1-0
8th	Svetlana Slepzowa	+2: 20.8	0-0-2-1
9	Kathrin Hitzer	+2: 21.7	2-0-1-1
10	Oxana Chwostenko	+2: 24.2	0-2-0-2

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 12:00 noon
Of the 60 runners who were eligible to start, four did not compete. A biathlete who had been lapped was taken out of the race.

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Ekaterina Yuryeva	44: 23.8	0-0-0-0
2	Martina Glagow	+1: 13.3	1-0-0-0
3	Oxana Chwostenko	+2: 24.4	0-0-1-0
4th	Torah Berger	+2: 28.5	1-1-0-0
5	Tatiana Moiseeva	+2: 40.5	0-1-0-0
6th	Teja Gregorin	+3: 03.0	1-0-0-0
7th	Jana Romanowa	+3: 04.6	1-0-0-0
8th	Natalia Levchenkova	+3: 22.8	1-0-0-0
9	Olga Kudrashova	+3: 28.0	1-0-0-0
10	Solveig Rogstad	+3: 55.0	0-1-0-1

Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008, 2:05 p.m.

The competition, originally intended as a floodlight premiere at world championships, was postponed by one day due to stormy winds.

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Magdalena Neuner	39: 36.53	0-0-2-2
2	Torah Berger	+3.0	1-0-0-0
3	Ekaterina Yuryeva	+29.5	1-0-1-0
4th	Wita Semerenko	+33.6	0-1-0-0
5	Helena Jonsson	+51.0	1-0-1-0
6th	Martina Glagow	+57.0	3-0-0-0
7th	Liu Xianying	+57.5	1-1-1-0
8th	Kati Wilhelm	+1: 01.5	1-1-1-1
9	Michela Ponza	+1: 09.6	0-2-0-0
10	Albina Akhatova	+1: 17.3	0-2-1-1

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 3:00 p.m.

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm	1: 10: 12.6	0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 2 - 1 + 3 0 + 2 - 0 + 2
2	Ukraine	Oxana Jakowljewa Vita Semerenko Walentyna Semerenko Oxana Chwostenko	+30.9	0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 0
3	France	Delphyne Peretto Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	+1: 35.7	0 + 1 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 1 + 3 0 + 1 - 1 + 3 0 + 2 - 0 + 2
4th	Russia	Svetlana Slepzowa Albina Achatowa Tatiana Moissejewa Jekaterina Jurjewa	+1: 39.4	0 + 8
5	Belarus	Lyudmila Kalintschyk Darja Domratschawa Volha Nasarawa Olga Kudraschowa	+1: 46.4	0 + 6
6th	Norway	Solveig Rogstad Anne Ingstadbjörg Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger	+2: 05.7	1 + 8
7th	Poland	Krystyna Pałka Paulina Bobak Magdalena Gwizdoń Agnieszka Grzybek	+2: 15.4	0 + 8
8th	Sweden	Helena Jonsson Anna Maria Nilsson Sofia Domeij Elisabeth Högberg	+2: 15.6	1 + 8
9	Slovakia		+3: 42.0
10	Italy		+3: 59.4

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008, 2:30 p.m.

The German relay was traded as the favorite before the race before the Russians. The Germans started as defending champions and unbeaten for more than twelve months with the same line-up as last year’s victory. In the first lap the Italians were able to keep up with the Germans, but they fell behind after the second change and the race was already decided between the first and the second change. While the firing pin of the rifle broke with the Russian Achatova and her squadron was now 2:16 minutes behind the front of the field, the German starters gained almost one minute ahead of the field with 20 hits in the first four stages until the second change following Ukrainian women. Even the mixed shooting results of the last two German runners Neuner (6 mistakes and one penalty loop) and Wilhelm (four mistakes, without a penalty loop) could no longer jeopardize the victory of the Germans, as the following Ukrainians were very safe in the shooting range and so the gap in the meantime could reduce to 15 seconds, but were inferior to them in long-distance runners. The other squadrons, however, fell further and further back due to poor shooting performance, so that the Russians with the strong final runner Jurjewa were able to overtake the Belarusians who had been in third place after the last standing stage; the Russian final runner was intercepted and overtaken by the French Bailly on the last kilometer .

Mixed

Relay 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Sabrina Buchholz Magdalena Neuner Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis	1: 12: 20.54	0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 0 + 1 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 1
2	Belarus	Lyudmila Kalintschyk Darja Domratschawa Rustam Waliullin Sjarhej Novikau	+52.6	0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 0 + 1 0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 2
3	Russia	Svetlana Slepzowa Oksana Neupokojewa Nikolai Kruglow Dmitri Yaroshenko	+1: 02.9	0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 2 1 + 3 - 0 + 2 0 + 0 - 0 + 2
4th	Sweden	Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	+1: 06.8	0 + 9
5	Italy	Michela Ponza Roberta Fiandino René-Laurent Vuillermoz Christian De Lorenzi	+1: 24.9	0 + 7
6th	Poland	Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Krzysztof Pływaczyk Tomasz Sikora	+1: 44.5	1 + 9
7th	France	Marie Laure Brunet Delphyne Peretto Vincent Jay Loïs Habert	+1: 45.9	0 + 12
8th	Norway	Anne Ingstadbjørg Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen Alexander Os Rune Brattsveen	+2: 49.5	0 + 8
9	Slovenia		+2: 56.5
10	Finland		+3: 01.4

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 2:15 p.m.

See also

• Biathlon World Championships 2008 / Results
• Biathlon World Cup 2007/2008
• European Biathlon Championships 2008

Web links

Commons : Biathlon World Championships 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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