2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 8 was the eighth event of the World Cup season and was held in Trondheim, Norway, from Thursday March 19 until Sunday March 22, 2009.

Schedule of events

The timeschedule of the event stands below[1]

Date	Time	Events
March 19	11:30 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:15 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
March 21	12:30 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	14:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
March 22	13:15 cet	Men's 15 km Mass Start
	15:15 cet	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Event summary

Men

Event:	Winner:	Time	Second:	Time	Third:	Time
10 km Sprint details	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)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	33:36.3 (1+0+1+0)	Simon Eder  Austria	34:01.4 (0+0+1+0)	Tomasz Sikora  Poland	34:01.6 (0+1+1+0)
15 km Mass Start details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	41:12.9 (0+0+0+0)	Simon Eder  Austria	41:52.0 (0+0+1+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	42:06.3 (1+0+0+1)

Women

Event:	Winner:	Time	Second:	Time	Third:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	22:56.9 (0+0)	Helena Jonsson  Sweden	23:02.4 (0+0)	Sylvie Becaert  France	23:08.0 (0+1)
10 km Pursuit details	Andrea Henkel  Germany	30:08.8 (0+0+0+0)	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	30:21.7 (0+0+0+1)	Marie-Laure Brunet  France	30:37.1 (0+0+0+1)
12.5 km Mass Start details	Tora Berger  Norway	39:29.7 (0+0+0+1)	Simone Hauswald  Germany	39:30.7 (1+0+0+1)	Sandrine Bailly  France	39:31.8 (0+0+0+1)

References

1. "Trondheim World Cup schedule". Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-03-22.