Summer biathlon European championships 2008
The open summer biathlon European championships 2008 took place from August 13th to 17th in Bansko ( Bulgaria ). The competitions were only held in the sprint, mass start and mixed relay disciplines. With all five possible titles and ten out of 13 possible medals, the representatives of Russia were the most successful. The remaining individual medals and relay silver were won by Czech athletes. The Romanians were only able to secure a medal as the third nation with relay bronze.
Men
Sprint 4 km
space | athlete | time | Shooting error |
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1 | Alexei Katrenko | 13: 39.89 | 2-1 |
2 | Alexandr Katschanowski | 13: 50.13 | 2-1 |
3 | Jaroslav Soukup | 14: 02.49 | 2-1 |
4th | Denis Rychkov | 14: 19.54 | 3-2 |
5 | Vadim Ulischow | 14: 20.64 | 3-2 |
6th | Martin Bogdanov | 14: 23.78 | 1-0 |
7th | Ivan Bogdanov | 14: 30.21 | 1-1 |
8th | Viorel Gheorghiță | 14: 37.98 | 3-5 |
9 | Vitalie Gheorghiță | 14: 55.37 | 5-4 |
10 | Pavol Hurajt | 15: 05.75 | 3-2 |
11 | Jörn Wollschläger | 15: 08.95 | 3-2 |
12 | Dmitri Petin | 15: 13.95 | 1-4 |
13 | Robert Janikulla | 15: 16.61 | 1-1 |
14th | Petr Balcar | 15: 17.30 | 1-2 |
15th | Radoslav Cienik | 15: 19.01 | 2-2 |
16 | Slavomír Imrich | 15: 19.54 | 0-2 |
17th | Ilijan Penew | 15: 19.62 | 3-2 |
18th | Vasily Kirsanov | 15: 20.13 | 3-2 |
19th | Claudiu Suciu | 15: 40.58 | 3-2 |
20th | Tomáš Rusňák | 15: 45.46 | 2-2 |
21st | Alexandru Tișcă | 15: 53.65 | 3-3 |
22nd | Luboš Schorný | 16: 03.25 | 3-2 |
23 | István Muskatal | 16: 19.04 | 3-3 |
24 | Marian Válek | 16: 38.59 | 0-1 |
25th | Wesselin Sembarski | 16: 55.73 | 1-4 |
26th | Bulgaria | 17: 04.72 | 2-2 |
27 | Wassil Chorbadschiew | 17: 19.78 | 2-1 |
28 | Darko Damjanovski | 17: 34.47 | 2-3 |
29 | Igor Vuković | 17: 52.84 | 4-4 |
30th | Admir Hodzić | 17: 59.56 | 2-3 |
31 | Edin Hodžić | 18: 03.20 | 3-3 |
32 | Gjorgji Icoski | 20: 11.16 | 5-3 |
33 | Samwel Torossjan | 22: 48.13 | 5-5 |
dns | Miroslaw Kenanow |
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
33 of 34 registered athletes from eleven countries started.
Krassimir Anev won the junior race ahead of Vladimir Iliev and Sergey Zotov .
Mass start 6 km
space | athlete | time | Shooting error |
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1 | Alexandr Katschanowski | 22: 44.47 | 1-1-0-0 |
2 | Vadim Ulischow | 23: 34.94 | 0-1-2-3 |
3 | Luboš Schorný | 24: 44.77 | 0-0-1-0 |
4th | Alexei Katrenko | 24: 58.40 | 3-1-1-1 |
5 | Pavol Hurajt | 25: 03.18 | 1-3-2-1 |
6th | Ivan Bogdanov | 25: 07.45 | 1-2-2-2 |
7th | Vitalie Gheorghiță | 25: 14.16 | 4-3-5-4 |
8th | Claudiu Suciu | 25: 24.49 | 1-2-3-1 |
9 | Jörn Wollschläger | 25: 33.61 | 1-2-3-3 |
10 | Dmitri Petin | 25: 37.84 | 2-0-1-0 |
11 | Radoslav Cienik | 25: 39.40 | 1-2-2-1 |
12 | Viorel Gheorghiță | 26: 01.23 | 3-5-4-5 |
13 | Vasily Kirsanov | 26: 02.88 | 2-4-1-2 |
14th | Alexandru Tișcă | 26: 09.53 | 1-2-2-2 |
15th | Martin Bogdanov | 26: 13.59 | 1-1-2-2 |
16 | Denis Rychkov | 26: 16.74 | 3-4-5-3 |
17th | Robert Janikulla | 26: 34.80 | 3-0-2-1 |
18th | István Muskatal | 26: 38.28 | 2-4-2-2 |
19th | Petr Balcar | 26: 46.50 | 1-3-0-4 |
20th | Wesselin Sembarski | 27: 27.88 | 1-2-1-1 |
21st | Marian Válek | 27: 30.89 | 1-1-0-2 |
22nd | Ilijan Penew | 27: 42.79 | 4-1-5-4 |
23 | Slavomír Imrich | 28: 12.41 | 4-2-3-3 |
24 | Wassil Chorbadschiew | 28: 38.67 | 1-2-2-2 |
25th | Tomáš Rusňák | 29: 31.79 | 2-4-5-3 |
26th | Igor Vuković | 30: 06.52 | 4-4-2-4 |
27 | Bulgaria | 32: 14.37 | 4-5-3-2 |
Admir Hodzić | 3-4-4- | ||
Edin Hodžić | 3-4-4- |
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 11:00 am
The 29 athletes from nine countries started. Two didn't finish the race. The Russians Alexei Katrenko and Dmitri Petin received a 1-minute time penalty according to IBU rule 7.3.b and thus missed medals.
The junior race was won by Remus Faur ahead of Stanislav Bazeev and Maxim Adiew .
Women
Sprint 3 km
space | athlete | time | Shooting error |
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1 | Ekaterina Sidorenko | 12: 35.43 | 1-3 |
2 | Nadezhda Starik | 12: 46.98 | 2-1 |
3 | Pavla Matyášová | 12: 52.17 | 2-2 |
4th | Natalia Solovyova | 12: 54.25 | 2-2 |
5 | Tatiana Belkina | 13: 21.57 | 3-2 |
6th | Svetlana Dementjewa | 13: 47.85 | 3-2 |
7th | Yevgenia Mikhailova | 13: 49.89 | 2-2 |
8th | Irina Omelciuc | 13: 55.76 | 1-3 |
9 | Ksenija Bodlović | 14: 14.81 | 1-5 |
10 | Simona Crăciun | 14: 16.44 | 2-3 |
11 | Barbora Tomešová | 14: 42.27 | 3-2 |
12 | Lilia Pandurova | 15: 13.56 | 2-2 |
13 | Iwa Slateschka | 15: 35.20 | 2-1 |
14th | Maria Ciobanu | 15: 43.02 | 4-5 |
15th | Vasya Stoimenova | 16: 31.55 | 1-3 |
16 | Simona Bonewa | 16: 52.57 | 5-4 |
17th | Elena Georgieva | 17: 18.46 | 5-4 |
18th | Ana Kuzmanović | 18: 22.18 | 3-4 |
19th | Natalia Cliscova | 21: 53.93 | 3-3 |
dsq | Wioleta Kruscharska | 3-3 |
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
20 athletes from six countries started. The Bulgarian Wioleta Kruscharska was disqualified
according to IBU rule 7.5.k.
Alexandra Walischina won the juniors ahead of Olga Pchelkina and Ekaterina Buzorina .
Mass start 5 km
space | athlete | time | Shooting error |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ekaterina Sidorenko | 23: 20.19 | 2-2-3-2 |
2 | Nadezhda Starik | 23: 51.69 | 0-2-3-4 |
3 | Natalia Solovyova | 24: 00.37 | 1-2-2-3 |
4th | Tatiana Belkina | 24: 23.91 | 3-3-2-2 |
5 | Pavla Matyášová | 24: 57.68 | 1-1-5-4 |
6th | Yevgenia Mikhailova | 25: 32.62 | 3-2-2-1 |
7th | Svetlana Dementjewa | 25: 47.08 | 4-1-2-4 |
8th | Simona Crăciun | 26: 07.69 | 4-2-3-1 |
9 | Barbora Tomešová | 26: 29.92 | 1-1-2-3 |
10 | Lilia Pandurova | 29: 02.69 | 4-0-5-1 |
11 | Iwa Slateschka | 29: 41.03 | 2-2-2-2 |
12 | Simona Bonewa | 30: 17.55 | 0-4-5-4 |
13 | Vasya Stoimenova | 32: 54.29 | 2-3-4-2 |
dnf | Elena Georgieva | 4- | |
dsq | Irina Omelciuc | ||
dsq | Maria Ciobanu | ||
dsq | Ksenija Bodlović | ||
dns | Ana Kuzmanović | ||
dns | Natalia Cliscova |
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
The 17 of 19 registered biathletes from six nations started. Three runners were disqualified according to IBU rule 7.5.v , one athlete did not finish the race.
Alexandra Walischina won the junior race ahead of Aleksandra Khromovskikh and Ekaterina Buzorina .
Mixed relay 2 × 3 + 2 × 4 km
space | country | athlete | time | Shooting error + reload |
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1 | Russia |
Nadeschda Starik Yekaterina Sidorenko Alexei Katrenko Alexander Katschanowski |
53: 02.83 | 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 |
2 | Czech Republic |
Barbora Tomešová Pavla Matyášová Petr Balcar Luboš Schorný |
+4: 50.34 | 0-3 1-3 0-2 3-3 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 |
3 | Romania |
Simona Crăciun Réka Ferencz Alexandru Tișcă Claudiu Suciu |
+6: 35.91 | 0-0 1-3 0-3 0-1 3-3 0-2 2-3 2-3 |
4th | Bulgaria |
Lilija Pandurowa Iwa Slateschka Miroslaw Kenanow Ilijan Penew |
+11: 50.05 | 0-2 0-1 2-3 1-3 2-3 1-3 2-3 3-3 |
5 | Moldova |
Irina Omelciuc Dimitria Ciobanu Vitalie Gheorghiță Viorel Gheorghiță |
+14: 54.38 | 5-2 5-2 3-3 3-3 5-3 4-3 4-3 2-3 |
Date: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 11:00 am
There were five relays at the start. Moldova was given two 2-minute penalties in the person of Irina Omelciuc according to IBU rule 7.4.c. The simultaneous mixed race of the juniors took place with ten relays. Here Russia won ahead of Romania and the Czech Republic.
Web links
- Sprint results (PDF; 70 kB)
- Results mass start (PDF; 65 kB)
- Relay results (PDF; 63 kB)