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Host city | Ă–stersund |
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Country | Sweden |
Events | 11 |
Opening | 8 February 2008 (2008-02-08) |
Closing | 17 February 2008 (2008-02-17) |
Main venue | Ă–stersund 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 Ă— 6 km + 2 Ă— 7.5 km relay |
14 February | Women's 15 km individual |
Men's 20 km individual | |
16 February | Men's 4 Ă— 7.5 km relay |
Women's 12.5 km mass start | |
17 February | Men's 15 km mass start |
Women's 4 Ă— 6 km relay |
Medal winners※
Men※
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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10 km sprint details |
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 details |
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 details |
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 Ă— 7.5 km relay details |
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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 details |
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 details |
Andrea Henkel![]() |
19:43.1 (0+0) |
Albina Akhatova![]() |
19:55.8 (0+0) |
Oksana Khvostenko![]() |
20:06.3 (0+0) |
10 km pursuit details |
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 details |
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 Ă— 6 km relay details |
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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 details |
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 Ă— 6 + 2 Ă— 7.5 km W+M relay details |
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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 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
References※
- "Results of the 2008 World Championships, Ă–stersund (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