2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Relay Men started on December 14, 2008 in Hochfilzen and will end on March 15, 2009 in Vancouver. Defending titlist is the Norwegian team.

The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

2007-08 Top 3 Standings

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Medal Country Points[1]
Gold:   Norway 196
Silver:   Russia 192
Bronze:   Germany 175

Medal winners

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Hochfilzen (1)
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  Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Maxim Tchoudov
Maxim Maksimov
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
1:24:22.97
(0+0)
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+0)
  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
1:26:11.08
(0+0)
(0+0)
(0+2)
(0+0)
  Ukraine
Vyacheslav Derkach
Andriy Deryzemlya
Oleg Berezhnoy
Serguei Sednev
1:27:01.50
(2+0)
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+0)
Hochfilzen (2)
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  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Tobias Eberhard
Christoph Sumann
1:21:23.18
(0+2)
(0+3)
(0+0)
(0+0)
  Sweden
Magnús Jónsson
Mattias Nilsson
Björn Ferry
Carl Johan Bergman
1:22:34.33
(0+2)
(1+5)
(0+2)
(0+3)
  France
Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Simon Fourcade
1:22:39.44
(0+2)
(0+0)
(0+2)
(0+1)
Oberhof
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  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
1:19:36.6
(0+3)
(0+3)
(0+4)
(0+2)
  Germany
Michael Greis
Michael Rösch
Arnd Peiffer
Toni Lang
1:19:55.8
(1+3)
(0+2)
(0+0)
(0+4)
  Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Rune Brattsveen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
1:20:52.6
(0+1)
(1+6)
(0+2)
(1+3)
Ruhpolding
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  Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Alexander Os
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
1:24:54.0
(0+2)
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+2)
  Germany
Michael Rösch
Christoph Stephan
Arnd Peiffer
Toni Lang
1:26:14.2
(0+3)
(0+1)
(0+4)
(0+2)
  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Tobias Eberhard
Christoph Sumann
1:26:37.1
(0+5)
(0+3)
(0+3)
(0+2)
World Championships
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  Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Lars Berger
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
1:08:04.1
(1+3)
(1+3)
(0+0)
(0+3)
  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
1:08:16.7
(0+1)
(0+1)
(0+3)
(0+2)
  Germany
Michael Rösch
Christoph Stephan
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Greis
1:08:36.8
(0+2)
(0+4)
(0+1)
(0+3)
Vancouver
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  Sweden
David Ekholm
Mattias Nilsson
Fredrik Lindström
Carl Johan Bergman
1:16:18.6
(0+1)
(0+3)
(0+2)
(0+0)
  France
Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Martin Fourcade
Simon Fourcade
1:16:24.9
(0+2)
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+0)
  Germany
Simon Schempp
Daniel Böhm
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Rösch
1:16:35.0
(0+3)
(0+3)
(0+2)
(0+2)

Final standings

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# Country HOC1 HOC2 OBE RUH WCH VAN Total[2]
1   Austria 54 60 60 48 54 40 276
2   Norway 43 38 48 60 60 43 254
3   Germany 32 43 54 54 48 48 247
4   France 30 48 43 38 43 54 226
5   Sweden 38 54 34 34 32 60 220
6   Ukraine 48 40 28 26 40 38 194
7   Italy 31 32 29 43 36 31 173
8   Belarus 34 36 40 22 22 34 166
9   Czech Republic 28 34 32 36 31 30 162
10   Slovenia 40 27 30 31 26 32 160
11   Switzerland 29 30 38 27 34 28 159
12   Slovakia 27 31 36 32 29 155
13   United States 26 28 31 40 20 29 154
14   Russia 60 38 36 134
15   Latvia 21 26 26 25 24 122
16   Finland 22 24 25 30 19 120
17   Bulgaria 19 22 23 24 30 118
18   Canada 36 29 25 26 116
19   United Kingdom 20 21 22 21 16 25 109
20   Poland 25 0 28 28 27 108
21   Estonia 24 0 24 29 27 104
22   Japan 25 27 23 23 98
23   Kazakhstan 23 23 21 67
24   South Korea 20 20 18 58
25   Serbia 18 19 15 52
26   China 17 17

References

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  1. ^ "2007/08 Final Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  2. ^ "Standings Relay men" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2009-01-15.