Biathlon World Championships 2008

Host city| Östersund
Country| Sweden
Events| 11
Opening| 8 February 2008 (2008-02-08)
Closing| 17 February 2008 (2008-02-17)
Main venue| Östersund Ski Stadium

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Östersund Ski Stadium

The 42nd Biathlon World Championships were held in Östersund, Sweden from 8 to 17 February 2008. It was the second time Östersund was hosting the Biathlon World Championships, the first being in 1970. It was also 50 years after the first Biathlon World Championships, which were held 1958 in Saalfelden, Austria.

There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and the relatively new mixed relay. The championships were dominated by the German, Norwegian, and Russian teams, which would win every competition and 28 of the 33 available medals.

## Schedule

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Date  | Event

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9 February | Women's 7.5 km sprint
Men's 10 km sprint
10 February | Women's 10 km pursuit
Men's 7.5 km pursuit
12 February | 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay
14 February | Women's 15 km individual
Men's 20 km individual
16 February | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women's 12.5 km mass start
17 February | Men's 15 km mass start
Women's 4 × 6 km relay

## Medal winners

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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10 km sprint[1]
details | Maxim Tchoudov
Russia | 22:25.4
(0+0)  | Halvard Hanevold
Norway | 22:45.2
(0+0)  | Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway | 22:55.4
(0+2)
12.5 km pursuit[2]
details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway | 31:04.5
(0+1+1+0)  | Maxim Tchoudov
Russia | 31:14.6
(2+0+2+0)  | Alexander Wolf
Germany | 31:47.3
(0+0+1+0)
20 km individual[3]
details | Emil Hegle Svendsen
Norway | 51:51.9
(0+1+0+0)  | Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway | 52:23.3
(1+1+0+0)  | Maxim Maksimov
Russia | 52:26.7
(0+0+0+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay[4]
details |  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko
Maxim Tchoudov

| 1:21:00.7
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1) |  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Rune Brattsveen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

| 1:21:49.9
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0) |  Germany

Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis

| 1:22:43.2
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+2) (1+3)
(0+3) (0+2)
15 km mass start[5]
details | Emil Hegle Svendsen
Norway | 36:12.6
(1+0+0+0)  | Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway | 36:13.0
(0+0+1+0)  | Maxim Tchoudov
Russia | 36:37.5
(0+1+2+0)

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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7.5 km sprint[6]
details | Andrea Henkel
Germany | 19:43.1
(0+0)  | Albina Akhatova
Russia | 19:55.8
(0+0)  | Oksana Khvostenko
Ukraine | 20:06.3
(0+0)
10 km pursuit[7]
details | Andrea Henkel
Germany | 28:56.0
(0+0+0+0)  | Ekaterina Iourieva
Russia | 29:16.5
(0+0+0+0)  | Albina Akhatova
Russia | 29:34.5
(0+0+0+0)
15 km individual[8]
details | Ekaterina Iourieva
Russia | 44:23.8
(0+0+0+0)  | Martina Glagow
Germany | 45:37.1
(1+0+0+0)  | Oksana Khvostenko
Ukraine | 46:48.2
(0+0+1+0)
4 × 6 km relay[9]
details |  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) |  Ukraine

Oksana Yakovleva
Vita Semerenko
Valentyna Semerenko
Oksana Khvostenko

| 1:10:43.5
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0) |  France

Delphyne Peretto
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly

| 1:11:48.3
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+2) (0+2)
12.5 km mass start[10]
details | Magdalena Neuner
Germany | 39:36.5
(0+0+2+2)  | Tora Berger
Norway | 39:39.5
(1+0+0+0)  | Ekaterina Iourieva
Russia | 40:06.0
(1+0+1+0)

### Mixed

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[11]
details |  Germany

Sabrina Buchholz
Magdalena Neuner
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis

| 1:12:20.5
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1) |  Belarus

Liudmila Kalinchik
Darya Domracheva
Rustam Valiullin
Sergey Novikov

| 1:13:13.1
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2) |  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Oksana Neupokoeva
Nikolay Kruglov
Dmitry Yaroshenko

| 1:13:23.4
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(1+3) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+2)

## Medal summary

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Germany (GER)| 5| 1| 2| 8
2|  Norway (NOR)| 3| 5| 1| 9
3|  Russia (RUS)| 3| 3| 5| 11
4|  Ukraine (UKR)| 0| 1| 2| 3
5|  Belarus (BLR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 11| 11| 11| 33

## References

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1. ^ Men's sprint results
2. ^ Men's pursuit results
3. ^ Men's individual results
4. ^ Men's relay results
5. ^ Men's mass start results
6. ^ Women's sprint results
7. ^ Women's pursuit results
8. ^ Women's individual results
9. ^ Women's relay results
10. ^ Women's mass start results
11. ^ Mixed relay results

* "Results of the 2008 World Championships, Östersund (SWE), 8-17 Feb 2008". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-14.

## External links

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Media related to 2008 Biathlon World Championships at Wikimedia Commons

* Östersund 2008 - official website

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