# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2008

The 2008 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Ruhpolding, Germany from January 26 to February 2 2008. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 36:10.9 (0+0+0+1) | Nicole Wötzel Germany | 37:17.3 (0+1+1+0) | Natália Prekopová Slovakia | 37:53.0 (0+0+0+1) |
| 6 km sprint details | Maren Hammerschmidt Germany | 20:21.6 (0+0) | Elise Ringen Norway | 20:23.8 (1+1) | Janin Hammerschmidt Germany | 20:31.3 (1+1) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Janin Hammerschmidt Germany | 34:41.1 (1+0+4+1) | Sophie Boilley France | 35:01.1 (0+1+2+1) | Elise Ringen Norway | 35:09.0 (2+2+4+2) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Janin Hammerschmidt Nicole Wötzel | 1:14:28.5 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) | Norway Ada Ringen Synnøve Solemdal Elise Ringen | 1:17:04.8 (0+1) (1+3) (1+3) (1+3) (0+0) (2+3) | Italy Dorothea Wierer Alexia Runggaldier Monika Messner | 1:17:58.6 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Susann König Germany | 47:39.0 (1+1+0+1) | Marie Laure Brunet France | 48:02.8 (0+1+0+1) | Iris Schwabl Austria | 49:05.8 (1+0+0+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 24:38.9 (0+2) | Susann König Germany | 25:20.7 (0+1) | Marine Dusser France | 25:46.0 (0+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 37:22.6 (0+2+3+2) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 39:50.3 (0+0+2+1) | Marie Laure Brunet France | 40:07.8 (2+0+2+2) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Germany Franziska Hildebrand Susann König Miriam Gössner | 1:11:06.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) | France Anaïs Bescond Marine Dusser Marie Laure Brunet | 1:11:42.4 (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) | Russia Yuliya Kornilyuk Olga Vilukhina Anastasia Zagoruiko | 1:12:24.6 (1+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Ludwig Ehrhart France | 38:24.6 (0+0+1+0) | Manuel Müller Germany | 39:35.0 (0+1+1+0) | Mathieu Souchal France | 39:47.5 (0+0+0+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Vladiimir Alenishko Belarus | 22:53.8 (0+1) | Remi Borgeot France | 23:06.1 (0+0) | Ludwig Ehrhart France | 23:10.3 (0+1) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Ludwig Ehrhart France | 33:10.6 (0+0+1+2) | Manuel Müller Germany | 33:48.3 (0+1+1+1) | Leif Nordgren United States | 34:12.0 (0+1+2+1) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Benjamin Thym Benedikt Doll Felix Schuster | 1:08:14.1 (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) | Norway Sondre Eide Erlend Bjøntegaard Vegar Bergli | 1:09:03.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+2) (0+1) | Italy Pietro Dutto Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch | 1:09:08.6 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (3+3) (0+3) (0+1) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix France | 42:09.1 (1+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 42:09.7 (0+1+0+1) | Dmitriy Blinov Russia | 42:41.6 (0+0+1+0) |
| 10 km sprint details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 24:47.7 (0+0) | Florian Graf Germany | 24:59.7 (0+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:04.4 (0+2) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Anton Shipulin Russia | 39:50.9 (0+0+0+0) | Florian Graf Germany | 41:28.1 (0+0+4+0) | Viktor Vasilyev Russia | 41:45.3 (0+0+2+2) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | Russia Dmitriy Blinov Anton Shipulin Pavel Magazeev Viktor Vasilyev | 1:35:21.6 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) | Norway Magnus L'Abeé-Lund Dag Erik Kokkin Anders Hennum Aril Askestad | 1:26:44.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | Germany Simon Schempp Manuel Müller Arnd Peiffer Florian Graf | 1:36:13.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER)* | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |