The 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008.
This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1–9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).
For a list of the Total and Relay World Cup winners and runners-up of all World Cup seasons since 1977–78, see the Biathlon World Cup article.
Scores and leader bibs
For the eighth successive season, the race victory gives 50 points, a 2nd place gives 46 pts, a 3rd place 43 pts, a 4th place 40 pts, a fifth place 37 pts, a 6th place 34 pts, then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place (16 pts), then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place (see the Place/Points table on the page's upper right). Equal placings, i.e. same-time finishes (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, minus the score from a predetermined number of events (say, 3) give the biathlete's accumulated WC score (naturally, the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores). Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories, 2nd places, 3rd places, and so on, in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil. In addition to the Total WC score as described above, the points from races in each separate single-biathlete format—Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start—accumulate toward separate scores with associated "sub-Cups" to be won. See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats. In any given race, the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow number bib. The leader of the specific race format wears a red bib. If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format's World Cup, a combined yellow-and-red bib is worn. In the first races of the season, the winners of the previous season's Cups wear the associated bibs. There are also two multi-biathlete Cups to be won, namely the Relay and Nation Cups. The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation's team in the same manner as in the single-biathlete Cups. No leader bibs are worn during the Relays. For the Nation Cup, the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races, as well as the Relay scores, are accumulated. The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale; each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup, and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1.
Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007–08 season.World Cup Schedule Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details Kontiolahti 29 November–2 December ● ● ● details Hochfilzen 6–9 December ● ● ● details Pokljuka 12–16 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 2–6 January ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 8–13 January ● ● ● details Antholz 16–20 January ● ● ● details Östersund 8–17 February ● ● ● ● ● World Championships Pyeongchang 28 February–2 March ● ● details Khanty-Mansiysk 5–9 March ● ● ● details Holmenkollen 12–16 March ● ● ● details Total 3 10 8 5 5
Medal table
World Cup podiums
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 29 November 2007 Kontiolahti 20 km Individual Vincent Defrasne Halvard Hanevold Maxim Tchoudov Vincent Defrasne Detail 1 1 December 2007 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Dmitry Yaroshenko Carsten Pump Detail 1 2 December 2007 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Ivan Tcherezov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Dmitry Yaroshenko Ivan Tcherezov Detail 2 7 December 2007 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Dmitry Yaroshenko Ole Einar Bjørndalen Andrei Makoveev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 2 8 December 2007 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Dmitry Yaroshenko Daniel Graf Detail 3 13 December 2007 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Wolf Serhiy Sednev Detail 3 15 December 2007 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Dmitry Yaroshenko Mattias Nilsson Detail 4 5 January 2008 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Tomasz Sikora Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 4 6 January 2008 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Nikolay Kruglov Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 12 January 2008 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Michael Greis Maxim Tchoudov Alexander Wolf Detail 5 13 January 2008 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Michael Greis Maxim Tchoudov Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 6 18 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Michael Greis Nikolay Kruglov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 6 19 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Björn Ferry Nikolay Kruglov Michael Greis Detail 6 20 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Björn Ferry Michael Greis Detail WC 9 February 2008 Östersund 10 km Sprint Maxim Tchoudov Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 10 February 2008 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Maxim Tchoudov Alexander Wolf Detail WC 14 February 2008 Östersund 20 km Individual Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Maxim Maksimov Detail WC 17 February 2008 Östersund 15 km Mass Start Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Maxim Tchoudov Detail 7 27 February 2008 Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint Emil Hegle Svendsen Halvard Hanevold Friedrich Pinter Detail 7 29 February 2008 Pyeongchang 12.5 km Pursuit Michael Greis Halvard Hanevold Alexander Os Detail 8 6 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Andrei Makoveev Detail 8 8 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Emil Hegle Svendsen Tomasz Sikora Andrei Makoveev Detail 8 9 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Tomasz Sikora Daniel Graf Michal Šlesingr Detail 9 13 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Emil Hegle Svendsen Michael Rösch Friedrich Pinter Detail 9 15 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Ivan Tcherezov Friedrich Pinter Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 9 16 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Michal Šlesingr Nikolay Kruglov Halvard Hanevold Detail
Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 29 November 2007 Kontiolahti 15 km Individual Martina Glagow Tatiana Moiseeva Simone Denkinger Martina Glagow Detail 1 30 November 2007 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Martina Glagow Kati Wilhelm Tora Berger Detail 1 2 December 2007 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Tora Berger Andrea Henkel Martina Glagow Detail 2 7 December 2007 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Ekaterina Iourieva Kati Wilhelm Detail 2 8 December 2007 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Ekaterina Iourieva Kati Wilhelm Sandrine Bailly Detail 3 13 December 2007 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Ekaterina Iourieva Michela Ponza Martina Glagow Martina Glagow Detail 3 15 December 2007 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Kaisa Mäkäräinen Magdalena Neuner Detail 4 5 January 2008 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Tora Berger Svetlana Sleptsova Magdalena Neuner Detail 4 6 January 2008 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Olga Anisimova Tatiana Moiseeva Detail 5 11 January 2008 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Varis Svetlana Sleptsova Helena Jonsson Detail 5 13 January 2008 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Solveig Rogstad Kati Wilhelm Kaisa Mäkäräinen Kati Wilhelm Detail 6 17 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Andrea Henkel Svetlana Sleptsova Detail 6 19 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Andrea Henkel Svetlana Sleptsova Tora Berger Detail 6 20 January 2008 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Andrea Henkel Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Detail WC 9 February 2008 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Andrea Henkel Albina Akhatova Oksana Khvostenko Andrea Henkel Detail WC 10 February 2008 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Andrea Henkel Ekaterina Iourieva Albina Akhatova Detail WC 14 February 2008 Östersund 15 km Individual Ekaterina Iourieva Martina Glagow Oksana Khvostenko Detail WC 16 February 2008 Östersund 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Tora Berger Ekaterina Iourieva Detail 7 28 February 2008 Pyeongchang 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Sandrine Bailly Michela Ponza Sandrine Bailly Detail 7 1 March 2008 Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Michela Ponza Albina Akhatova Detail 8 6 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Sandrine Bailly Albina Akhatova Detail 8 8 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Kathrin Hitzer Sandrine Bailly Andrea Henkel Detail 8 9 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner Svetlana Sleptsova Magdalena Neuner Detail 9 13 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Sleptsova Tora Berger Kati Wilhelm Detail 9 15 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Svetlana Sleptsova Kati Wilhelm Liu Xianying Detail 9 16 March 2008 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Kati Wilhelm Solveig Rogstad Michela Ponza Detail
Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 9 December 2007 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 3 16 December 2007 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 4 4 January 2008 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 10 January 2008 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay WC 16 February 2008 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay
Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 9 December 2007 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay 3 16 December 2007 Pokljuka 4x6 km Relay 4 3 January 2008 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay 5 9 January 2008 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay WC 17 February 2008 Östersund 4x6 km Relay
Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third WC 12 February 2008 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay 7 2 March 2008 Pyeongchang 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay
Standings: Men
Overall Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 869 2. Dmitry Yaroshenko 696 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 687 4. Michael Greis 596 5. Ivan Tcherezov 573 Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Vincent Defrasne 104 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 100 3. Halvard Hanevold 82 4. Maxim Tchoudov 80 5. Friedrich Pinter 69 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 383 2. Dmitry Yaroshenko 291 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 253 4. Michael Greis 233 5. Björn Ferry 222 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 247 2. Dmitry Yaroshenko 233 3. Björn Ferry 221 4. Michael Greis 220 5. Ivan Tcherezov 220 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass start Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 180 2. Nikolay Kruglov 143 3. Dmitry Yaroshenko 128 4. Michael Greis 125 5. Emil Hegle Svendsen 124 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 196 2. Russia 192 3. Germany 175 4. Sweden 148 5. Austria 147 Final standings after 5 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 5830 2. 5744 3. 5450 4. 4857 5. 4750 Final standings after 18 races.
Standings: Women
Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 815 2. Sandrine Bailly 804 3. Andrea Henkel 764 4. Kati Wilhelm 746 5. Martina Glagow 675 Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Martina Glagow 139 2. Tatiana Moiseeva 111 3. Ekaterina Iourieva 107 4. Helena Jonsson 98 5. Teja Gregorin 81 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 324 2. Sandrine Bailly 318 3. Kati Wilhelm 303 4. Andrea Henkel 297 5. Svetlana Sleptsova 293 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Sandrine Bailly 300 2. Andrea Henkel 289 3. Kati Wilhelm 253 4. Tora Berger 238 5. Magdalena Neuner 231 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass start Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 186 2. Kati Wilhelm 138 3. Michela Ponza 135 4. Helena Jonsson 135 5. Ekaterina Iourieva 127 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 250 2. Russia 178 3. France 172 4. Norway 154 5. Ukraine 152