Biathlon World Championships 2008

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| host_city = Östersund

| country = Sweden

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| events = 11

| opening = {{Start date|2008|2|8|df=y}}

| closing = {{End date|2008|2|17|df=y}}

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| stadium = Östersund Ski Stadium

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| previous = Anterselva 2007

| next = Pyeongchang 2009

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Image:Östersunds skidstadion Biathlon WC 2008.JPG

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

Date ! Event
class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\| 9 February	Women's 7.5 km sprint
Men's 10 km sprint
rowspan="2" \| 10 February	Women's 10 km pursuit
Men's 7.5 km pursuit
12 February	{{nowrap\|2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay}}
rowspan="2"\| 14 February	Women's 15 km individual
Men's 20 km individual
rowspan="2"\| 16 February	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women's 12.5 km mass start
rowspan="2"\| 17 February	Men's 15 km mass start
Women's 4 × 6 km relay

Medal winners

=Men=

10 km sprint[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Men's sprint results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Men's sprint}}

|{{flagmedalist|Maxim Tchoudov|RUS}}

22:25.4
(0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Halvard Hanevold|NOR}}

22:45.2
(0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Ole Einar Bjørndalen|NOR}}

22:55.4
(0+2)

12.5 km pursuit[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Men's pursuit results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Men's pursuit}}

|{{flagmedalist|Ole Einar Bjørndalen|NOR}}

31:04.5
(0+1+1+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Maxim Tchoudov|RUS}}

31:14.6
(2+0+2+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Alexander Wolf|GER}}

31:47.3
(0+0+1+0)

20 km individual[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Men's individual results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Men's individual}}

|{{flagmedalist|Emil Hegle Svendsen|NOR}}

51:51.9
(0+1+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Ole Einar Bjørndalen|NOR}}

52:23.3
(1+1+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Maxim Maksimov|RUS}}

52:26.7
(0+0+0+0)

4 × 7.5 km relay[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Men's relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Men's relay}}

|{{relay|{{RUS}}|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)

|{{relay|{{NOR}}|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)

|{{relay|{{GER}}|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[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Men's mass start results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Men's mass start}}

|{{flagmedalist|Emil Hegle Svendsen|NOR}}

36:12.6
(1+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Ole Einar Bjørndalen|NOR}}

36:13.0
(0+0+1+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Maxim Tchoudov|RUS}}

36:37.5
(0+1+2+0)

=Women=

7.5 km sprint[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Women's sprint results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Women's sprint}}

|{{flagmedalist|Andrea Henkel|GER}}

19:43.1
(0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Albina Akhatova|RUS}}

19:55.8
(0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Oksana Khvostenko|UKR}}

20:06.3
(0+0)

10 km pursuit[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Women's pursuit results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Women's pursuit}}

|{{flagmedalist|Andrea Henkel|GER}}

28:56.0
(0+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Ekaterina Iourieva|RUS}}

29:16.5
(0+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Albina Akhatova|RUS}}

29:34.5
(0+0+0+0)

15 km individual[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Women's individual results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Women's individual}}

|{{flagmedalist|Ekaterina Iourieva|RUS}}

44:23.8
(0+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Martina Glagow|GER}}

45:37.1
(1+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Oksana Khvostenko|UKR}}

46:48.2
(0+0+1+0)

4 × 6 km relay[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Women's relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Women's relay}}

|{{relay|{{GER}}|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)

|{{relay|{{UKR}}|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)

|{{relay|{{FRA}}|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[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Women's mass start results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Women's mass start}}

|{{flagmedalist|Magdalena Neuner|GER}}

39:36.5
(0+0+2+2)

|{{flagmedalist|Tora Berger|NOR}}

39:39.5
(1+0+0+0)

|{{flagmedalist|Ekaterina Iourieva|RUS}}

40:06.0
(1+0+1+0)

=Mixed=

{{nowrap|2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay}}[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0708/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Mixed relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2008 – Mixed relay}}

|{{relay|{{GER}}|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)

|{{relay|{{BLR}}|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)

|{{relay|{{RUS}}|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

{{Medals table

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| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 1

| gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 5

| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0 | name_BLR = {{flagteam|BLR|1995}}

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1

}}

References

{{cite web | url = http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?EventId=BT0708SWRLCH__ | title = Results of the 2008 World Championships, Östersund (SWE), 8–17 Feb 2008 | publisher = International Biathlon Union | access-date = 2008-02-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213112903/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT0708SWRLCH__ | archive-date = 13 February 2008 | url-status = dead }}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080120173509/http://www.ostersund2008.se/index.asp?lang=en Östersund 2008 - official website]

2008

Category:International sports competitions hosted by Sweden

Biathlon World Championships

Category:Biathlon competitions in Sweden

Category:2008 in Swedish sport

Category:Sports competitions in Östersund

Category:February 2008 sports events in Europe