2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5

Last updated March 24, 2023

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/World Cup 5 was scheduled to be held in Ruhpolding, Germany. From Wednesday January 14 until Sunday January 18, 2009.

Schedule of events

The provisional schedule of the event is below.^[1]

Date	Time	Events
January 14	17:40 cet	Women's 4 x 6 km Relay
January 15	17:40 cet	Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay
January 16	14:30 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
January 17	14:15 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
January 18	12:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
January 18	15:00 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 7.5 km Relay details	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)
10 km Sprint details	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)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	36:17.4 (0+1+0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	36:51.8 (1+0+0+0)	Dominik Landertinger Austria	37:03.9 (1+1+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 6 km Relay details	Germany Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner	1:16:41.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3)	Sweden Sofia Domeij Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Maria Nilsson	1:17:37.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1)	China Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Song Chaoqing	1:19:02.3 (0+4) (0+3) (0+3) (0+4)
7.5 km Sprint details	Magdalena Neuner Germany	23:26.6 (0+1)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	23:26.8 (0+0)	Darya Domracheva Belarus	23:40.6 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Magdalena Neuner Germany	32:56.5 (1+1+1+1)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	33:18.2 (1+0+0+2)	Tora Berger Norway	33:25.5 (1+0+0+1)

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References

↑ "Ruhpolding World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-01-04.

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[1] "Ruhpolding World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-01-04.

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