2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2

Last updated July 15, 2024

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/World Cup 2 is the second event of the season and will be held in Hochfilzen, Austria. From Friday December 12 until Sunday December 14, 2008.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
December 12	11:30 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
December 12	14:15 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
December 13	11:45 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
December 13	14:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
December 14	11:00 cet	Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay
December 14	14:15 cet	Women's 4 x 6 km Relay

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	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)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	35:46.3 (1+0+1+1)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	35:55.7 (0+0+2+0)	Tomasz Sikora Poland	35:58.4(1+0+0+2)
4 x 7.5 km Relay details	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Maxim Maksimov Nikolay Kruglov	1:24:22.97 (0+0) (1+5) (0+3) (0+1)	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	1:26:11.08 (0+3) (0+1) (2+4) (0+1)	Ukraine Vyacheslav Derkach Andriy Deryzemlya Oleg Berezhnoy Serguei Sednev	1:27:01.50 (2+4) (1+4) (0+1) (0+3)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Simone Hauswald Germany	23:04.3 (0+0)	Svetlana Sleptsova Russia	23:18.4 (0+2)	Andrea Henkel Germany	23:22.6 (0+1)
10 km Pursuit details	Martina Beck Germany	33:41.28 (0+0+1+0)	Svetlana Sleptsova Russia	33:59.56 (1+0+1+2)	Simone Hauswald Germany	34:00.40 (0+1+2+2)
4 x 6 km Relay details	Norway Solveig Rogstad Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger	1:12:44.3 (0+1) (0+0) (1+6) (0+1)	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Julie Carraz-Collin Sandrine Bailly	1:12:46.4 (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3)	Germany Andrea Henkel Martina Beck Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm	1:13:28.5 (0+4) (0+2) (0+4) (2+3)

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References

↑ "Hochfilzen World Cup schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2008-11-28.

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[1] "Hochfilzen World Cup schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2008-11-28.

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