The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup/Individual Women started on Thursday December 4, 2008 in Östersund and finished Wednesday March 11, 2009 in Vancouver at the pre-Olympic biathlon event. The defending titlist was Martina Beck of Germany.
Competition format The format consists of a 15 kilometre (9.3 mi) individual race and is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2007–2008 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Martina Beck139Silver: Tatiana Moiseeva111Bronze: Ekaterina Iourieva107
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsHelena Jonsson 45:05.1(0+0+0+0)Kati Wilhelm 45:44.8(1+0+0+0)Magdalena Neuner 46:20.5(0+0+0+1)Hochfilzendetails Éva Tófalvi 50:20.5(0+0+0+0)Svetlana Sleptsova50:52.9(0+1+0+1)Simone Hauswald52:13.3(0+2+0+1)World ChampionshipsdetailsKati Wilhelm 44:03.1(0+1+0+0)Teja Gregorin 44:42.6(0+0+0+1)Tora Berger 44:49.6(0+0+0+1)VancouverdetailsSimone Hauswald 42:44.6(0+0+0+0)Olga Zaitseva 43:23.9 (0+0+0+1)Vita Semerenko 43:50.4 (0+0+1+0)
Final standings # Name ÖST HOC WCH VAN TotalStandings Individual women 1. Magdalena Neuner 48 38 – 43 129 2 Éva Tófalvi 6 60 36 27 123 3 Tora Berger 38 – 48 36 122 4 Kati Wilhelm 54 – 60 1 115 5 Olga Zaitseva 13 32 27 54 113 6 Helena Jonsson 60 14 34 17 111 7 Vita Semerenko 34 20 29 48 111 8 Simone Hauswald – 48 – 60 108 9 Andrea Henkel 31 9 31 40 102 10 Oksana Khvostenko 43 27 20 29 99 11 Anna Carin Olofsson 29 23 43 0 95 12 Svetlana Sleptsova 23 54 – 16 94 13 Liu Xianying 40 34 0 18 92 14 Darya Domracheva 32 25 30 – 87 15 Teja Gregorin 3 – 54 26 83 16 Martina Beck 36 28 13 19 83 17 Sandrine Bailly 0 10 32 38 80 18 Anne Ingstadbjoerg 30 16 15 28 74 19 Katja Haller 12 33 24 0 67 20 Olga Medvedtseva 0 43 22 0 65 21 Nadezhda Skardino 25 29 9 8 63 22 Natalia Levchenkova 27 0 23 11 61 23 Weronika Novakowska 21 – 5 34 60 24 Michela Ponza 8 19 3 31 58 25 Valj Semerenko 16 0 15 25 56 26 Marie-Laure Brunet 22 – 26 – 48 27 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 0 36 11 – 47 28 Olena Pidrushna 14 0 25 7 46 29 Solveig Rogstad 5 40 0 0 45 30 Anastasiya Kuzmina – – 12 32 44 31 Agnieszka Grzybek – 21 21 0 42 32 Eveli Saue 0 11 0 30 41 33 Veronika Vítková – 0 40 – 40 34 Andreja Mali 0 26 0 13 39 35 Sylvie Becaert 0 0 19 20 39 36 Elena Khrustaleva 0 0 38 – 38 37 Pavlina Filipova 9 0 28 – 37 38 Anne Preussler 17 18 – – 35 39 Wang Chunli 0 30 0 4 34 40 Kong Yingchao 10 24 – – 34 41 Iana Romanova – – 17 15 32 42 Oksana Neupokoeva – 17 – 13 30 43 Madara Liduma 19 0 10 0 29 44 Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen 28 0 – – 28 45 Liv Kjersti Eikeland 26 0 – 0 26 46 Paulina Bobak 0 22 4 – 26 47 Lilia Vaygina-Efremova 20 6 – – 26 48 Magda Rezlerova 18 7 0 0 25 49 Pauline Macabies 0 0 – 24 24 50 Jenny Jonsson 0 0 – 23 23 51 Liudmila Ananko 23 0 – – 23 52 Julie Carraz-Collin 0 1 – 22 23 53 Marie Dorin 0 0 8 14 22 54 Juliane Doll – – – 21 21 55 Anna Boulygina 4 – 16 0 20 56 Haley Johnson 0 0 18 0 18 57 Kathrin Hitzer 3 15 0 – 18 58 Dong Xue 11 5 0 0 16 59 Olga Nazarova 0 2 8 6 16 60 Olga Kudrashova 15 0 0 0 15 61 Diana Rasimovičiūtė 0 12 0 3 15 62 Anna Maria Nilsson 0 13 0 0 13 63 Lubomira Kalinova 0 0 0 10 10 64 Zdenka Vejnarova 0 0 0 9 9 65 Ann Kristin Flatland – 8 0 – 8 66 Sofia Domeij 7 0 0 0 7 67 Zina Kocher 0 0 6 0 6 68 Kari Henneseid Eie 0 0 – 5 5 69 Kadri Lehtla 0 4 0 – 4 70 Song Chaoqing 0 3 – 0 3 71 Liudmila Kalinchik 0 0 – 2 2 72 Andrijana Stipanicic – 0 2 0 2 73 Magdalena Gwizdoń 0 0 1 0 1 74 Sabrina Buchholz 1 – – – 1
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