2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 6 December 2008 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2007–08 Top 3 standings

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Medal Athlete Points
Gold:   Ole Einar Bjørndalen 383
Silver:   Dmitri Yaroshenko 291
Bronze:   Emil Hegle Svendsen 253

Medal winners

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Östersund
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Emil Hegle Svendsen
  Norway
25:42.3
(0+1)
Tomasz Sikora
  Poland
25:55.0
(0+1)
Simon Fourcade
  France
26:10.4
(0+0)
Hochfilzen
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Emil Hegle Svendsen
  Norway
26:08.1
(0+0)
Ivan Tcherezov
  Russia
26:34.4
(0+1)
Alexander Os
  Norway
26:41.0
(1+0)
Hochfilzen
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Lars Berger
  Norway
25:23.1
(0+0)
Alexander Os
  Norway
26:01.0
(0+1)
Carl Johan Bergman
  Sweden
26:14.7
(0+1)
Oberhof
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Maxim Tchoudov
  Russia
25:49.5
(0+0)
Michael Rösch
  Germany
26:02.2
(0+0)
Tomasz Sikora
  Poland
26:14.7
(1+0)
Ruhpolding
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Norway
23:25.8
(0+0)
Dominik Landertinger
  Austria
23:59.2
(0+0)
Emil Hegle Svendsen
  Norway
24:01.1
(0+1)
Antholz-Anterselva
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Emil Hegle Svendsen
  Norway
24:52.5
(0+0)
Bjoern Ferry
  Sweden
24:56.1
(0+0)
Tomasz Sikora
  Poland
24:59.2
(0+0)
World Championships
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Norway
24:16.5
(1+1)
Lars Berger
  Norway
24:17.7
(1+1)
Halvard Hanevold
  Norway
24:29.0
(0+0)
Vancouver
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Lars Berger
  Norway
24:06.5
(0+0)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Norway
24:20.6
(0+0)
Christoph Sumann
  Austria
24:46.0
(0+0)
Trondheim
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Michael Greis
  Germany
26:11.3
(0+0)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Norway
26:29.6
(1+0)
Simon Eder
  Austria
26:43.1
(0+0)
Khanty-Mansiysk
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Arnd Peiffer
  Germany
25:51.1
(0+0)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Norway
26:14.2
(0+1)
Christoph Sumann
  Austria
26:18.4
(0+0)

Final standings

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# Name ÖST HOC HOC OBE RUH ANT WCH VAN TRO KHA Total[1]
1.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen 43 29 18 60 60 54 54 54 372
2   Tomasz Sikora 54 43 36 48 29 48 25 26 28 23 337
3   Emil Hegle Svendsen 60 60 17 48 60 30 43 318
4   Michael Greis 27 34 40 1 36 36 36 60 36 306
5   Maxim Tchoudov 16 36 8 60 31 28 40 14 43 29 297
6   Alexander Os 25 48 54 31 29 10 43 0 40 4 284
7   Christoph Sumann 5 32 38 2 30 38 0 48 22 48 263
8   Ivan Tcherezov 34 54 32 23 25 3 34 38 15 258
9   Halvard Hanevold 30 23 23 16 21 40 48 15 29 27 257
10   Carl Johan Bergman 31 21 48 24 40 43 0 29 20 0 256
11   Björn Ferry 6 40 30 23 16 54 1 36 32 238
12   Lars Berger 11 60 0 8 7 54 60 34 0 234
13   Daniel Mesotitsch 21 19 28 0 17 30 12 32 17 28 204
14   Simon Fourcade 48 11 34 0 15 14 38 43 0 0 203
15   Dominik Landertinger 0 0 28 54 19 24 23 34 182
16   Simon Eder 3 26 9 22 34 21 48 16 179
17   Michal Šlesingr 0 0 11 43 24 32 9 17 16 24 176
18   Friedrich Pinter 0 0 19 27 34 24 12 27 31 174
19   Michael Rösch 0 17 9 54 36 13 27 0 13 0 169
20   Andrei Makoveev 20 12 11 31 0 0 17 7 25 26 149
21   Tobias Eberhard 0 3 29 32 0 31 16 14 21 146
22   Christoph Stephan 22 4 21 40 4 29 19 0 0 6 145
23   Arnd Peiffer 36 11 16 19 0 60 142
24   Andreas Birnbacher 31 0 38 32 0 1 40 142
25   Simon Hallenbarter 0 0 14 6 10 32 18 24 38 142
26   Rustam Valiullin 32 9 12 29 2 0 0 31 0 17 132
27   Tim Burke 0 0 20 0 26 30 0 32 18 126
28   Christian De Lorenzi 40 2 0 4 43 0 14 22 0 0 125
29   Alexander Wolf 26 30 23 0 0 0 0 13 3 30 125
30   Janez Maric 0 0 0 0 38 0 31 38 15 0 122
31   Martin Fourcade 31 0 19 0 23 30 18 0 121
32   Evgeny Ustyugov 0 13 34 0 27 13 25 112
33   Ronny Hafsas 38 1 34 27 3 0 5 108
34   Markus Windisch 36 10 0 10 25 0 22 0 0 0 103
35   Vincent Defrasne 2 0 43 14 26 12 0 1 98
36   Mattias Nilsson 0 38 0 9 0 4 15 23 0 0 89
37   Jay Hakkinen 18 27 0 25 19 0 0 0 89
38   Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. 19 25 26 13 0 0 83
39   Jean Philippe Leguellec 28 24 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 82
40   Vyacheslav Derkach 14 0 17 0 21 0 10 0 19 81
41   Klemen Bauer 0 0 0 5 0 17 28 5 9 12 76
42   Andriy Deryzemlya 0 7 25 7 0 29 4 0 0 72
43   Jaroslav Soukup 17 0 0 22 0 0 4 5 20 68
44   Sergey Novikov 13 22 15 0 0 10 2 6 0 68
45   Tomáš Holubec 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 0 66
46   Roman Pryma 15 20 16 0 0 13 0 0 0 64
47   Frode Andresen 24 0 14 25 0 63
48   Pavol Hurajt 7 0 0 0 0 21 0 26 3 57
49   Jörgen Brink 0 15 0 0 40 0 0 55
50   Jakov Fak 4 0 0 0 27 10 8 0 49
51   Vincent Jay 0 13 24 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 48
52   Magnús Jónsson 10 0 0 12 5 20 0 0 47
53   Stian Eckhoff 19 27 46
54   David Ekholm 0 0 0 0 0 27 6 10 0 43
55   Rene Laurent Vuillermoz 0 0 6 0 0 24 2 11 43
56   Roman Dostál 29 0 0 11 0 0 0 40
57   Daniel Böhm 12 21 0 7 40
58   Simon Schempp 24 14 38
59   Roland Lessing 0 0 0 5 0 0 31 36
60   Hans Martin Gjedrem 18 0 18 0 36
61   Thomas Frei 0 26 0 0 0 0 7 0 33
62   Matthias Simmen 23 0 4 6 0 0 0 33
63   Toni Lang 0 14 0 19 0 0 33
64   Maxim Maksimov 0 6 2 0 20 0 1 3 32
65   Rune Brattsveen 7 22 29
66   Fredrik Lindström 0 28 0 28
67   Ilmārs Bricis 0 0 1 10 16 0 0 27
68   Zdeněk Vítek 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 24
69   Lowell Bailey 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 21 0 24
70   Olexander Bilanenko 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 22
71   Zhang Chengye 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
72   Alexis Bœuf 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
73   Ivan Joller 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 19
74   Christian Martinelli 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18
75   Julian Eberhard 0 5 13 0 0 0 18
76   Alexandr Syman 12 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 18
77   Serguei Sednev 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 17
78   Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 0 16 0 0 16
79   Paavo Puurunen 5 0 0 0 11 16
80   Dušan Šimočko 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
81   Hidenori Isa 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 15
82   Artem Gusev 0 0 13 13
83   Mattia Cola 8 4 0 12
84   Indrek Tobreluts 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
85   Christoph Knie 8 8
86   Sergey Sadovnikov 0 8 0 0 0 8
87   Alexsandr Chervyhkov 0 0 0 0 8 8
88   Zhang Qing 7 7
89   Krasimir Anev 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
90   Priit Viks 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
91   Robin Clegg 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
92   Kauri Koiv 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
93   Lois Habert 0 0 1 0 0 1

References

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