Biathlon World Championships 2008
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Host city | Östersund |
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Country | Sweden |
Events | 11 |
Opening ceremony | 8 February 2008 |
Closing ceremony | 17 February 2008 |
Main venue | Östersund Ski Stadium |
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[]
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[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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10 km sprint[1] |
Maxim Tchoudov![]() |
22:25.4 (0+0) |
Halvard Hanevold![]() |
22:45.2 (0+0) |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
22:55.4 (0+2) |
12.5 km pursuit[2] |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
31:04.5 (0+1+1+0) |
Maxim Tchoudov![]() |
31:14.6 (2+0+2+0) |
Alexander Wolf![]() |
31:47.3 (0+0+1+0) |
20 km individual[3] |
Emil Hegle Svendsen![]() |
51:51.9 (0+1+0+0) |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
52:23.3 (1+1+0+0) |
Maxim Maksimov![]() |
52:26.7 (0+0+0+0) |
4 × 7.5 km relay[4] |
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1:21:00.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) |
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1:21:49.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) |
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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] |
Emil Hegle Svendsen![]() |
36:12.6 (1+0+0+0) |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
36:13.0 (0+0+1+0) |
Maxim Tchoudov![]() |
36:37.5 (0+1+2+0) |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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7.5 km sprint[6] |
Andrea Henkel![]() |
19:43.1 (0+0) |
Albina Akhatova![]() |
19:55.8 (0+0) |
Oksana Khvostenko![]() |
20:06.3 (0+0) |
10 km pursuit[7] |
Andrea Henkel![]() |
28:56.0 (0+0+0+0) |
Ekaterina Iourieva![]() |
29:16.5 (0+0+0+0) |
Albina Akhatova![]() |
29:34.5 (0+0+0+0) |
15 km individual[8] |
Ekaterina Iourieva![]() |
44:23.8 (0+0+0+0) |
Martina Glagow![]() |
45:37.1 (1+0+0+0) |
Oksana Khvostenko![]() |
46:48.2 (0+0+1+0) |
4 × 6 km relay[9] |
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1:10:12.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+2) (0+2) |
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1:10:43.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) |
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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] |
Magdalena Neuner![]() |
39:36.5 (0+0+2+2) |
Tora Berger![]() |
39:39.5 (1+0+0+0) |
Ekaterina Iourieva![]() |
40:06.0 (1+0+1+0) |
Mixed[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[11] |
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1:12:20.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |
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1:13:13.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) |
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1:13:23.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) |
Medal summary[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 nations) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
References[]
- "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[]
Media related to 2008 Biathlon World Championships at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
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- Biathlon competitions in Sweden
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- Sports competitions in Östersund
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