2007–08 Biathlon World Cup

Discipline|  Men|  Women
Overall|  Ole Einar Bjørndalen|  Magdalena Neuner
Nations Cup|  Norway|  Germany
Individual|  Vincent Defrasne|  Martina Glagow
Sprint|  Ole Einar Bjørndalen|  Magdalena Neuner
Pursuit|  Ole Einar Bjørndalen|  Sandrine Bailly
Mass start|  Ole Einar Bjørndalen|  Magdalena Neuner
Relay|  Norway|  Norway
Competition

←2006–07

2008–09→

2007–08 Biathlon World Cup

Men

* Overall
* Individual
* Sprint
* Pursuit
* Mass start
* Relay
* Nation

Women

* Overall
* Individual
* Sprint
* Pursuit
* Mass start
* Relay
* Nation

World Cup locations

* Kontiolahti
* Hochfilzen
* Pokljuka
* Oberhof
* Ruhpolding
* Antholz-Anterselva
* Pyeongchang
* Khanty-Mansiysk
* Holmenkollen

See also

* World Championships

* <-2006–07
* Biathlon World Cup
* 2008–09->

* v
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The 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008.

This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1-9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).

* For a list of the Total and Relay World Cup winners and runners-up of all World Cup seasons since 1977–78, see the Biathlon World Cup article.

## Scores and leader bibs

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* For the eighth successive season, the race victory gives 50 points, a 2nd place gives 46 pts, a 3rd place 43 pts, a 4th place 40 pts, a fifth place 37 pts, a 6th place 34 pts, then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place (16 pts), then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place (see the Place/Points table on the page's upper right). Equal placings, i.e. same-time finishes (ties) give an equal number of points.
* The sum of all WC points of the season, minus the score from a predetermined number of events (say, 3) give the biathlete's accumulated WC score (naturally, the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores). Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories, 2nd places, 3rd places, and so on, in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil.
* In addition to the Total WC score as described above, the points from races in each separate single-biathlete format--Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start--accumulate toward separate scores with associated "sub-Cups" to be won. See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats.
* In any given race, the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow number bib. The leader of the specific race format wears a red bib. If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format's World Cup, a combined yellow-and-red bib is worn. In the first races of the season, the winners of the previous season's Cups wear the associated bibs.
* There are also two multi-biathlete Cups to be won, namely the Relay and Nation Cups. The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation's team in the same manner as in the single-biathlete Cups. No leader bibs are worn during the Relays. For the Nation Cup, the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races, as well as the Relay scores, are accumulated. The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale; each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup, and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1.

## Calendar

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007–08 season.[1]

Location  | Date  | Individual  | Sprint  | Pursuit  | Mass start | Relay  | Details

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Kontiolahti | 29 November–2 December  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  | details
Hochfilzen | 6–9 December  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | details
Pokljuka | 12–16 December  | ●  | ●  |  |  | ●  | details
Oberhof | 2–6 January  |  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  | details
Ruhpolding | 8–13 January  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | details
Antholz | 16–20 January  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | details
Östersund | 8–17 February  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | World Championships
Pyeongchang | 28 February–2 March  |  | ●  | ●  |  |  | details
Khanty-Mansiysk | 5–9 March  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | details
Holmenkollen | 12–16 March  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | details
Total  | 3  | 10  | 8  | 5  | 5  |

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Germany| 24| 11| 21| 56
2|  Norway| 20| 15| 10| 45
3|  Russia| 11| 23| 17| 51
4|  France| 5| 4| 3| 12
5|  Poland| 2| 1| 0| 3
6|  Sweden| 1| 3| 2| 6
7|  Czech Republic| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Italy| 0| 3| 2| 5
9|  Austria| 0| 1| 3| 4
Ukraine| 0| 1| 3| 4
11|  Finland| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Belarus| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  China| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 64| 64| 64| 192

## World Cup podiums

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### Men

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Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
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1  | 29 November 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 20 km Individual  |  Vincent Defrasne |  Halvard Hanevold |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Vincent Defrasne | Detail
1  | 1 December 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 10 km Sprint  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Dmitry Yaroshenko |  Carsten Pump | Detail
1  | 2 December 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Dmitry Yaroshenko |  Ivan Tcherezov | Detail
2  | 7 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint  |  Dmitry Yaroshenko |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Andrei Makoveev |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail
2  | 8 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Dmitry Yaroshenko |  Daniel Graf | Detail
3  | 13 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 20 km Individual  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Alexander Wolf |  Serhiy Sednev | Detail
3  | 15 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 10 km Sprint  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Dmitry Yaroshenko |  Mattias Nilsson | Detail
4  | 5 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 10 km Sprint  |  Tomasz Sikora |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
4  | 6 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 15 km Mass Start  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Nikolay Kruglov |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
5  | 12 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint  |  Michael Greis |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Alexander Wolf | Detail
5  | 13 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Michael Greis |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
6  | 18 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint  |  Michael Greis |  Nikolay Kruglov |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail
6  | 19 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Björn Ferry |  Nikolay Kruglov |  Michael Greis | Detail
6  | 20 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Mass Start  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Björn Ferry |  Michael Greis | Detail
WC  | 9 February 2008  |  Östersund | 10 km Sprint  |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Halvard Hanevold |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail
WC  | 10 February 2008  |  Östersund | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Alexander Wolf | Detail
WC  | 14 February 2008  |  Östersund | 20 km Individual  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Maxim Maksimov | Detail
WC  | 17 February 2008  |  Östersund | 15 km Mass Start  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Maxim Tchoudov | Detail
7  | 27 February 2008  |  Pyeongchang | 10 km Sprint  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Halvard Hanevold |  Friedrich Pinter | Detail
7  | 29 February 2008  |  Pyeongchang | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Michael Greis |  Halvard Hanevold |  Alexander Os | Detail
8  | 6 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Sprint  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Andrei Makoveev | Detail
8  | 8 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Tomasz Sikora |  Andrei Makoveev | Detail
8  | 9 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 15 km Mass Start  |  Tomasz Sikora |  Daniel Graf |  Michal Šlesingr | Detail
9  | 13 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Sprint  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Michael Rösch |  Friedrich Pinter | Detail
9  | 15 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Friedrich Pinter |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
9  | 16 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 15 km Mass Start  |  Michal Šlesingr |  Nikolay Kruglov |  Halvard Hanevold | Detail

### Women

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Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
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1  | 29 November 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 15 km Individual  |  Martina Glagow |  Tatiana Moiseeva |  Simone Denkinger |  Martina Glagow | Detail
1  | 30 November 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Martina Glagow |  Kati Wilhelm |  Tora Berger | Detail
1  | 2 December 2007  |  Kontiolahti | 10 km Pursuit  |  Tora Berger |  Andrea Henkel |  Martina Glagow | Detail
2  | 7 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Sandrine Bailly |  Ekaterina Iourieva |  Kati Wilhelm | Detail
2  | 8 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 10 km Pursuit  |  Sandrine Bailly |  Ekaterina Iourieva |  Kati Wilhelm |  Sandrine Bailly | Detail
3  | 13 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 15 km Individual  |  Ekaterina Iourieva |  Michela Ponza |  Martina Glagow |  Martina Glagow | Detail
3  | 15 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Sandrine Bailly |  Kaisa Mäkäräinen |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
4  | 5 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Tora Berger |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
4  | 6 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Olga Anisimova |  Tatiana Moiseeva | Detail
5  | 11 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Kaisa Varis |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Helena Jonsson | Detail
5  | 13 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 10 km Pursuit  |  Solveig Rogstad |  Kati Wilhelm |  Kaisa Mäkäräinen |  Kati Wilhelm | Detail
6  | 17 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Kati Wilhelm |  Andrea Henkel |  Svetlana Sleptsova | Detail
6  | 19 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit  |  Andrea Henkel |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Tora Berger | Detail
6  | 20 January 2008  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Andrea Henkel |  Anna Carin Olofsson |  Kati Wilhelm | Detail
WC  | 9 February 2008  |  Östersund | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Andrea Henkel |  Albina Akhatova |  Oksana Khvostenko |  Andrea Henkel | Detail
WC  | 10 February 2008  |  Östersund | 10 km Pursuit  |  Andrea Henkel |  Ekaterina Iourieva |  Albina Akhatova | Detail
WC  | 14 February 2008  |  Östersund | 15 km Individual  |  Ekaterina Iourieva |  Martina Glagow |  Oksana Khvostenko | Detail
WC  | 16 February 2008  |  Östersund | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Tora Berger |  Ekaterina Iourieva | Detail
7  | 28 February 2008  |  Pyeongchang | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Sandrine Bailly |  Michela Ponza |  Sandrine Bailly | Detail
7  | 1 March 2008  |  Pyeongchang | 10 km Pursuit  |  Sandrine Bailly |  Michela Ponza |  Albina Akhatova | Detail
8  | 6 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Sandrine Bailly |  Albina Akhatova | Detail
8  | 8 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Pursuit  |  Kathrin Hitzer |  Sandrine Bailly |  Andrea Henkel | Detail
8  | 9 March 2008  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Kathrin Hitzer |  Magdalena Neuner |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
9  | 13 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Tora Berger |  Kati Wilhelm | Detail
9  | 15 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Pursuit  |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Kati Wilhelm |  Liu Xianying | Detail
9  | 16 March 2008  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Kati Wilhelm |  Solveig Rogstad |  Michela Ponza | Detail

### Men's team

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Event  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third

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2  | 9 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Alexander Os
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Maxim Tchoudov
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko

|  Germany

Michael Rösch
Daniel Graf
Carsten Pump
Michael Greis

3  | 16 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Russia

Andrei Makoveev
Maxim Tchoudov
Dmitry Yaroshenko
Nikolay Kruglov

|  Germany

Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis

|  Austria

Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Dominik Landertinger
Simon Eder

4  | 4 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Alexander Os
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Maxim Tchoudov
Dmitry Yaroshenko
Nikolay Kruglov

|  Germany

Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Carsten Pump
Michael Greis

5  | 10 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Rune Brattsveen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko
Maxim Tchoudov

|  Germany

Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Carsten Pump
Michael Greis

WC  | 16 February 2008  |  Östersund | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko
Maxim Tchoudov

|  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Rune Brattsveen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Germany

Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis

### Women's team

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Event  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third

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2  | 9 December 2007  |  Hochfilzen | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Simone Denkinger
Kati Wilhelm

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Olga Anisimova
Tatiana Moiseeva
Ekaterina Iourieva

|  Sweden

Elisabeth Högberg
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Maria Nilsson
Helena Jonsson

3  | 16 December 2007  |  Pokljuka | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Martina Glagow
Sabrina Buchholz
Magdalena Neuner
Andrea Henkel

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Oksana Neupokoeva
Natalia Guseva
Ekaterina Iourieva

|  France

Delphyne Peretto
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly

4  | 3 January 2008  |  Oberhof | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Simone Denkinger
Andrea Henkel
Kathrin Hitzer
Kati Wilhelm

|  France

Delphyne Peretto
Sylvie Becaert
Pauline Macabies
Sandrine Bailly

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Oksana Neupokoeva
Tatiana Moiseeva
Natalia Guseva

5  | 9 January 2008  |  Ruhpolding | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Kathrin Hitzer
Magdalena Neuner
Sabrina Buchholz
Kati Wilhelm

|  Norway

Tora Berger
Anne Ingstadbjorg
Solveig Rogstad
Ann Kristin Flatland

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Olga Anisimova
Ekaterina Iourieva
Natalia Guseva

WC  | 17 February 2008  |  Östersund | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Magdalena Neuner
Kati Wilhelm

|  Ukraine

Oksana Yakovlieva
Vita Semerenko
Valj Semerenko
Oksana Khvostenko

|  France

Delphyne Peretto
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly

### Mixed

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WC  | 12 February 2008  |  Östersund | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay  |  Germany

Sabrina Buchholz
Magdalena Neuner
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis

|  Belarus

Liudmila Kalinchik
Darya Domracheva
Rustam Valiullin
Sergey Novikov

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Oksana Neupokoeva
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko

7  | 2 March 2008  |  Pyeongchang | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay  |  Norway

Ann Kristin Flatland
Solveig Rogstad
Hans Martin Gjedrem
Alexander Os

|  Italy

Michela Ponza
Katja Haller
René-Laurent Vuillermoz
Christian De Lorenzi

|  France

Julie Carraz-Collin
Pauline Macabies
Simon Fourcade
Alexis Bœuf

## Standings: Men

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### Overall

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1. |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 869
2. |  Dmitry Yaroshenko | 696
3. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 687
4. |  Michael Greis | 596
5. |  Ivan Tcherezov | 573

* Final standings after 26 races.

### Individual

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1. |  Vincent Defrasne | 104
2. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 100
3. |  Halvard Hanevold | 82
4. |  Maxim Tchoudov | 80
5. |  Friedrich Pinter | 69

* Final standings after 3 races.

### Sprint

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1. |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 383
2. |  Dmitry Yaroshenko | 291
3. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 253
4. |  Michael Greis | 233
5. |  Björn Ferry | 222

* Final standings after 10 races.

### Pursuit

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1. |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 247
2. |  Dmitry Yaroshenko | 233
3. |  Björn Ferry | 221
4. |  Michael Greis | 220
5. |  Ivan Tcherezov | 220

* Final standings after 8 races.

### Mass start

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1. |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 180
2. |  Nikolay Kruglov | 143
3. |  Dmitry Yaroshenko | 128
4. |  Michael Greis | 125
5. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 124

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Relay

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1. |  Norway | 196
2. |  Russia | 192
3. |  Germany | 175
4. |  Sweden | 148
5. |  Austria | 147

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Nation

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1. |  Norway | 5830
2. |  Russia | 5744
3. |  Germany | 5450
4. |  Austria | 4857
5. |  Sweden | 4750

* Final standings after 18 races.

## Standings: Women

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### Overall

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 815
2. |  Sandrine Bailly | 804
3. |  Andrea Henkel | 764
4. |  Kati Wilhelm | 746
5. |  Martina Glagow | 675

* Final standings after 26 races.

### Individual

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1. |  Martina Glagow | 139
2. |  Tatiana Moiseeva | 111
3. |  Ekaterina Iourieva | 107
4. |  Helena Jonsson | 98
5. |  Teja Gregorin | 81

* Final standings after 3 races.

### Sprint

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 324
2. |  Sandrine Bailly | 318
3. |  Kati Wilhelm | 303
4. |  Andrea Henkel | 297
5. |  Svetlana Sleptsova | 293

* Final standings after 10 races.

### Pursuit

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1. |  Sandrine Bailly | 300
2. |  Andrea Henkel | 289
3. |  Kati Wilhelm | 253
4. |  Tora Berger | 238
5. |  Magdalena Neuner | 231

* Final standings after 8 races.

### Mass start

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 186
2. |  Kati Wilhelm | 138
3. |  Michela Ponza | 135
4. |  Helena Jonsson | 135
5. |  Ekaterina Iourieva | 127

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Relay

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1. |  Germany | 250
2. |  Russia | 178
3. |  France | 172
4. |  Norway | 154
5. |  Ukraine | 152

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Nation

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1. |  Germany | 5896
2. |  Russia | 5578
3. |  France | 5071
4. |  Norway | 5044
5. |  Sweden | 4865

* Final standings after 18 races.

## Achievements

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First World Cup career victory

* Tora Berger (NOR), 26, in her 6th season -- the WC 1 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
* Dmitri Yaroshenko (RUS) 31, in his 6th season -- the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Östersund
* Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season -- the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Ruhpolding
* Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS), 24, in her 3rd season -- the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Lahti
* Kaisa Varis (FIN), 32, in her 2nd season -- the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; also her first individual podium
* Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 21, in her 2nd season -- the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2007–08 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
* Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 25, in her 3rd season -- the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding; also her first individual podium
* Björn Ferry (SWE), 29, in his 7th season -- the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Torino - Cesana San Sicario
* Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 21, in her 2nd season -- the WC 8 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk ; first podium was 2006–07 Pursuit in Lahti
* Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 25, in his 7th season -- the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen ; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium

* Carsten Pump (GER), 31, in his 6th season -- no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti
* Daniel Graf (GER), 26, in his 5th season -- no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
* Serhiy Sednev (UKR), 23, in his 4th season -- no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka
* Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 24, in her 3rd season -- no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
* Olga Anisimova (RUS), 35, in her 6th season -- no. 2 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof
* Maxim Maksimov (RUS), 28, in his 2nd season -- no. 3 in the World Championships 2008 Individual in Östersund
* Friedrich Pinter (AUT), 30, in his 7th season -- no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Pyeongchang

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men

* Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7 (81) first places
* Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 6 (6) first places
* Michael Greis (GER), 4 (9) first places
* Tomasz Sikora (POL), 2 (4) first places
* Ivan Tcherezov (RUS), 2 (3) first places
* Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 1 (3) first places
* Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 1 (2) first places
* Dmitri Yaroshenko (RUS), 1 (1) first place
* Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (1) first place
* Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Women

* Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 4 (20) first places
* Andrea Henkel (GER), 4 (14) first places
* Magdalena Neuner (GER), 4 (11) first places
* Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 3 (3) first places
* Kati Wilhelm (GER), 2 (18) first places
* Martina Glagow (GER), 2 (13) first places
* Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (2) first places
* Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS), 2 (2) first places
* Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 2 (2) first places
* Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 1 (1) first place
* Kaisa Varis (FIN), 1 (1) first place

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## Retirements

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Following notable biathletes retired after the 2007–08 season:

* Ludwig Gredler (AUT)
* Ferréol Cannard (FRA)
* Julien Robert (FRA)
* Alexei Aidarov (UKR)
* Nathalie Santer (BEL)
* Saskia Santer (BEL)
* Kaisa Varis (FIN)
* Delphyne Peretto (FRA)
* Jenny Adler (GER)
* Ute Niziak (GER)
* Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR)
* Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS)
* Petra Slezakova (SVK)

## References and notes

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1. ^ World Cup Schedule Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine

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