Biathlon World Championships 2009

Biathlon World Championships 2009
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Kati Wilhelm
persecution	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Helena Jonsson
singles	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Kati Wilhelm
Mass start	Dominik Landertinger	Olga Saizewa
Season	Norway	Russia
Mixed relay	France
← Östersund 2008 Mixed World Championships Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 → Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 →

The 43rd Biathlon World Championships took place from February 13-22, 2009 in Pyeongchang , South Korea . The dress rehearsal for the Biathlon World Championships 2009 took place from February 27th to March 2nd, 2008 on the competition area under construction. Two sprint and two pursuit races as well as a mixed relay were held.

After the city lost the vote to host the Biathlon World Championships in 2008 against the Swedish Östersund with 11:30 votes, it prevailed as the host of the Biathlon World Championships 2009 with 23:22 votes against the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk . Pyeongchang aligned with the ski stadium Alpensia the 2018 Winter Olympics from.

The Youth and Junior World Championships were held from January 28 to February 3 in the Canadian Canmore instead.

In the following year, 2010, the Olympic Winter Games were the regular highlight of the season . Therefore, in 2010 only the non-Olympic mixed relay was held as a world championship.

Medal table

Nations
final after 11 competitions

space	country
01	Norway	4th	1	3	8th
02	Germany	2	4th	2	8th
03	Russia	2	1	3	6th
04th	Austria	1	2	0	3
05	Sweden	1	1	1	3
06th	France	1	0	1	2
07th	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
09	Croatia	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	athlete
01	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	4th	0	0	4th
02	Lars Berger	1	1	0	2
	Dominik Landertinger	1	1	0	2
04th	Halvard Hanevold	1	0	1	2
05	Vincent Defrasne	1	0	0	1
	Simon Fourcade	1	0	0	1
	Emil Hegle Svendsen	1	0	0	1
08th	Christoph Sumann	0	2	0	2
09	Christoph Stephan	0	1	1	2
010	Simon Eder	0	1	0	1
	Daniel Mesotitsch	0	1	0	1
	Maxim Chudov	0	1	0	1
	Carl Johan Bergman	0	1	0	1
	David Ekholm	0	1	0	1
015th	Michael Greis	0	0	2	2
	Arnd Peiffer	0	0	2	2
017th	Michael Rösch	0	0	1	1
	Jakov Fak	0	0	1	1
	Alexander Os	0	0	1	1
	Ivan Cheresov	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 6 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Kati Wilhelm	2	2	0	4th
02	Olga Saizewa	2	0	2	4th
03	Helena Jonsson	1	1	1	3
04th	Sylvie Becaert	1	0	1	2
	Marie-Laure Brunet	1	0	1	2
06th	Anna Bulygina	1	0	0	1
	Olga Medvedzewa	1	0	0	1
	Svetlana Slepzowa	1	0	0	1
09	Simone Hauswald	0	1	1	2
	Andrea Henkel	0	1	1	2
011	Martina Beck	0	1	0	1
	Magdalena Neuner	0	1	0	1
	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	0	1	0	1
	Anastasiya Kuzmina	0	1	0	1
	Teja Gregorin	0	1	0	1
016	Sandrine Bailly	0	0	1	1
	Marie Dorin	0	0	1	1
	Torah Berger	0	0	1	1

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	24: 16.5	1 + 1
2	Lars Berger	+1.2	1 + 1
3	Halvard Hanevold	+12.5	0 + 0
4th	Alexander Os	+24.6	1 + 0
5	Maxim Chudov	+29.1	0 + 0
6th	Simon Fourcade	+50.1	0 + 1
7th	Michael Greis	+53.7	1 + 1
8th	Simon Eder	+59.2	0 + 1
9	Simon Hallenbarter	+1: 11.9	1 + 0
10	Janez Marič	+1: 19.0	1 + 0

Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 11:15 am CET

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	31: 46.7	0 + 2 + 0 + 2
2	Maxim Chudov	+41.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 2
3	Alexander Os	+52.8	0 + 0 + 2 + 1
4th	Tomasz Sikora	+1: 33.4	0 + 0 + 2 + 1
5	Lars Berger	+1: 52.9	2 + 3 + 1 + 2
6th	Halvard Hanevold	+2: 06.9	0 + 1 + 3 + 1
7th	Andrij Derysemlya	+2: 09.8	0 + 1 + 2 + 1
8th	Martin Fourcade	+2: 20.9	2 + 1 + 2 + 1
9	Michael Rösch	+2: 29.2	0 + 1 + 2 + 1
10	Simon Fourcade	+2: 31.7	2 + 1 + 2 + 1

Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 11:15 am
Some runners, including Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Lars Berger and Michael Rösch , were given a one-minute time penalty for leaving the competition course. The nations concerned protested against this decision. The protest was accepted and the original order was restored.

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	52: 28.0	0 + 0 + 2 + 1
2	Christoph Stephan	+14.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Jakov Fak	+17.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
4th	Simon Fourcade	+18.0	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
5	David Ekholm	+26.3	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
6th	Dominik Landertinger	+36.0	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
7th	Ivan Cheresov	+37.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
8th	Andrij Derysemlya	+39.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
9	Tomasz Sikora	+44.9	0 + 2 + 1 + 1
10	Maxim Chudov	+49.3	2 + 0 + 0 + 0

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 6:15 am

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Dominik Landertinger	38: 32.5	2 + 0 + 0 + 1
2	Christoph Sumann	+8.9	2 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Ivan Cheresov	+13.9	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
4th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+21.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 2
5	Michael Rösch	+34.7	1 + 0 + 1 + 2
6th	Tomasz Sikora	+36.5	1 + 2 + 0 + 2
7th	Maxim Chudov	+45.9	1 + 0 + 2 + 1
8th	Simon Eder	+50.6	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
9	Simon Fourcade	+52.8	2 + 1 + 0 + 0
10	Christian De Lorenzi	+53.5	0 + 0 + 1 + 2

Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 9:45 am

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Norway	Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Berger Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 08: 04.1	1 + 3 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3
2	Austria	Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	+12.6	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2
3	Germany	Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis	+32.7	0 + 2 0 + 4 0 + 1 0 + 3
4th	France	Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade	+56.6	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0
5	Ukraine	Oleksandr Bilanenko Vyacheslav Derkach Andrij Derysemlja Roman Pryma	+1: 14.7	0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2
6th	Russia	Yevgeny Ustjugow Iwan Tscheresow Maxim Maximow Maxim Tschudow	+1: 41.9	1 + 4 0 + 1 0 + 4 0 + 1
7th	Italy	Christian De Lorenzi René-Laurent Vuillermoz Christian Martinelli Markus Windisch	+2: 09.3	1 + 4 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3
8th	Switzerland	Ivan Joller Matthias Simmen Thomas Frei Simon Hallenbarter	+2: 20.3	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2
9	Sweden	Magnus Jonsson Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	+3: 11.3	1 + 3 1 + 5 0 + 3 0 + 1
10	Czech Republic	Michal Šlesingr Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Jaroslav Soukup	+3: 11.4	0 + 0 1 + 3 2 + 5 0 + 2

Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 11:15 a.m.

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Kati Wilhelm	21: 11.1	0 + 0
2	Simone Hauswald	+9.9	0 + 0
3	Olga Saizewa	+27.1	0 + 0
4th	Anna Bulygina	+53.3	0 + 0
5	Helena Jonsson	+54.7	1 + 0
6th	Andrea Henkel	+55.0	1 + 1
7th	Anastasiya Kuzmina	+1: 07.3	0 + 1
8th	Magdalena Neuner	+1: 08.5	2 + 1
9	Wolha Nasarawa	+1: 26.3	0 + 1
10	Sandrine Bailly	+1: 27.0	1 + 0

Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:45 am

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Helena Jonsson	34: 12.3	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Kati Wilhelm	+18.3	1 + 1 + 3 + 1
3	Olga Saizewa	+24.1	0 + 3 + 1 + 2
4th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+36.9	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
5	Darja Domratschawa	+39.1	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
6th	Martina Beck	+46.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
7th	Marie-Laure Brunet	+54.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
8th	Natalia Levchenkova	+1: 14.8	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
9	Torah Berger	+1: 15.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 2
10	Veronika Vítková	+1: 16.8	1 + 0 + 0 + 1

Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 9:00 am
Andrea Henkel , sixth in the sprint race, was disqualified from the pursuit race for violating the safety rules for handling biathlon weapons.

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Kati Wilhelm	44: 03.1	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
2	Teja Gregorin	+39.5	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Torah Berger	+46.5	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
4th	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	+58.6	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
5	Veronika Vítková	+1: 20.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
6th	Elena Khrustalyova	+1: 29.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Éva Tófalvi	+1: 29.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
8th	Helena Jonsson	+1: 42.5	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
9	Sandrine Bailly	+1: 49.4	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
10	Andrea Henkel	+1: 51.1	0 + 2 + 0 + 1

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 10.15 a.m.

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Olga Saizewa	34: 18.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
2	Anastasiya Kuzmina	+7.5	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
3	Helena Jonsson	+12.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
4th	Wita Semerenko	+34.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Andrea Henkel	+35.2	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
6th	Darja Domratschawa	+44.0	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
7th	Magdalena Neuner	+50.1	2 + 0 + 1 + 2
8th	Marie-Laure Brunet	+51.8	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
9	Olga Medvedzewa	+53.7	0 + 1 + 2 + 0
10	Veronika Vítková	+56.4	0 + 1 + 1 + 0

Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 9:00 a.m.

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Russia	Svetlana Slepzowa Anna Bulygina Olga Medwedzewa Olga Saizewa	1: 13: 12.9	0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 1
2	Germany	Martina Beck Magdalena Neuner Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	+1: 15.1	0 + 2 2 + 6 0 + 2 1 + 4
3	France	Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	+1: 27.5	0 + 1 0 + 5 0 + 3 1 + 4
4th	Belarus	Lyudmila Kalintschyk Darja Domratschawa Volha Nasarawa Nadseja Skardsina	+1: 41.7	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 3
5	Sweden	Sofia Domeij Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson	+2: 29.9	0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2 2 + 3
6th	Poland	Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Weronika Nowakowska Agnieszka Grzybek	+2: 55.8	0 + 4 3 + 3 1 + 3 0 + 2
7th	People's Republic of China	Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Song Chaoqing	+3: 15.7	1 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 5 0 + 3
8th	Romania	Dana Cojocea Éva Tófalvi Mihaela Purdea Alexandra Stoian	+5: 02.1	2 + 3 1 + 6 0 + 2 0 + 3
9	Canada	Megan Imrie Zina Kocher Sandra Keith Megan Tandy	+5: 20.8	0 + 5 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 4
10	United States	Lanny Barnes Haley Johnson Laura Spector Tracy Barnes	+5: 29.5	0 + 2 0 + 5 0 + 3 0 + 0

Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 11:15 am

Mixed

Relay 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km

space	country	Sportswoman)	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	France	Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade	1: 10: 30.0	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2
2	Sweden	Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek David Ekholm Carl Johan Bergman	+6.2	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2
3	Germany	Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis	+9.0	0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 4
4th	Norway	Tora Berger Anne Ingstadbjørg Lars Berger Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+52.7	0 + 0 1 + 5 0 + 2 0 + 3
5	Russia	Svetlana Slepzowa Olga Saizewa Iwan Tscheresow Maxim Tschudow	+1: 09.5	0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2
6th	Finland	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Mari Laukkanen Paavo Puurunen Timo Antila	+1: 13.6	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 4
7th	Italy	Michela Ponza Katja Haller Christian De Lorenzi Markus Windisch	+1: 29.7	0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 4 1 + 4
8th	Poland	Agnieszka Grzybek Weronika Nowakowska Krzysztof Pływaczyk Tomasz Sikora	+1: 36.2	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 0
9	Belarus	Wolha Nasarawa Darja Domratschawa Rustam Waliullin Sjarhej Nowikau	+2: 03.0	0 + 2 0 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 0
10	Slovakia	Anastasiya Kuzmina Martina Halinárová Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko	+2: 05.5	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:00 a.m.

doping

One day before the start of the world championships, the members of the Russian contingent and reigning world and vice world champions Jekaterina Jurjewa , Albina Achatowa and Dmitri Jaroshenko were convicted of doping after the opening of the B sample from the World Cup in Östersund in December; immediately afterwards they left South Korea for Moscow.

See also

• Biathlon World Championships 2009 / Results
• European Biathlon Championships 2009
• Biathlon World Cup 2008/2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} All times refer to CET = UTC +1, local time is UTC + 9.
2. ↑ Bjoerndalen after Chaos race world champion. sport.ard.de from February 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010 ; Retrieved February 15, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Henkel disqualified for hunting races. zdf.de from February 15, 2009. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 20, 2009 ; Retrieved February 15, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Russian world-class trio was doped. In: Spiegel Online . February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009 .