# 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and has been held in Östersund, Sweden, from 2 December until 6 December 2009

## Schedule of events

The time schedule of the event stands below
| Date | Time | Events |
| December 2 | 17:10 cet | Women's 15 km Individual |
| December 3 | 17:10 cet | Men's 20 km Individual |
| December 5 | 11:30 cet | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| December 5 | 14:30 cet | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 6 | 11:00 cet | Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay |
| December 6 | 14:00 cet | Women's 4 x 6 km Relay |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 20 km Individual details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 52:43.7 (0+1+0+0) | Tim Burke United States | 53:19.2 (0+0+0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 53:33.2 (0+0+0+1) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 23:30.1 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:55.2 (0+1) | Tim Burke United States | 24:07.3 (0+0) |
| 4 x 7.5 km Relay details | France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade | 1:15:10.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) | Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Lars Berger Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 1:15:24.0 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (2+3) (0+0) (0+1) | Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann | 1:15:28.5 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km Individual details | Helena Jonsson Sweden | 43:01.4 (0+0+1+0) | Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Sweden | 43:27.6 (0+1+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 44:17.8 (0+1+0+1) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Tora Berger Norway | 21:21.5 (0+0) | Olga Medvedtseva Russia | 21:28.3 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 21:31.5 (0+0) |
| 4 x 6 km Relay details | Germany Martina Beck Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm | 1:10:52.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) | Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Zaitseva Olga Medvedtseva | 1:11:10.9 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) | France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly | 1:12:17.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) |

## Achievements
### Best performance for all time

* Tim Burke (USA), 2 place in Individual
* Martin Fourcade (FRA), 7 place in Individual
* Anton Shipulin (RUS), 22 place in Individual
* Lukas Hofer (ITA), 20 place in Sprint
* Victor Vasilyev (RUS), 25 place in Sprint
* Michael Hauser (AUT), 82 place in Sprint
* Stefan Gavrila (ROU), 89 place in Sprint
* Joel Sloof (NED), 105 place in Sprint
* Thierry Langer (BEL), 106 place in Sprint
* Valj Semerenko (UKR), 5 place in Individual
* Juliane Doll (GER), 12 place in Individual
* Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN), 19 place in Individual
* Mihaela Purdea (ROU), 25 place in Individual
* Marina Lebedeva (KAZ), 48 place in Individual
* Song Chaoqing (CHN), 5 place in Sprint
* Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 7 place in Sprint
* Agnieszka Cyl (POL), 14 place in Sprint
* Megan Imre (CAN), 41 place in Sprint
* Nina Karasevych (UKR), 43 place in Sprint
* Miriam Gössner (GER), 58 place in Sprint
* Emilia Yordanova (BUL), 63 place in Sprint
* Zanna Juskane (LAT), 88 place in Sprint

### First World Cup race

* Kevin Patzoldt (USA), 69 place in Individual
* Łukasz Witek (POL), 93 place in Individual
* Michael Hauser (AUT), 96 place in Individual
* Stefan Gavrila (ROU), 121 place in Individual
* Thierry Langer (BEL), 125 place in Individual
* Joel Sloof (NED), 126 place in Individual
* Kleanthis Karamichas (GRE), 130 place in Individual
* Aleksei Volkov (RUS), 74 place in Sprint
* Mikhail Siamionau (BLR), 95 place in Sprint
* Miroslav Kenanov (BUL), 114 place in Sprint
* Mindaugas Kovoliūnas (LTU), 126 place in Sprint
* Rokas Suslavičius (LTU), 131 place in Sprint
* Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT), DSQ in Sprint
* Natalya Burdyga (RUS), 29 place in Individual
* Emelie Larsson (SWE), 61 place in Individual
* Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR), 62 place in Individual
* Miriam Gössner (GER), 73 place in Individual
* Lyubov Filimonova (KAZ), 81 place in Individual
* Kerstin Muschet (AUT), 105 place in Individual
* Elisabeth Juudas (EST), 111 place in Individual
* Mariya Sadilova (RUS), 75 place in Sprint
* Niya Dimitrova (BUL), 82 place in Sprint
* Sarianna Repo (FIN), 89 place in Sprint
* Romana Schrempf (AUT), 95 place in Sprint
* Elin Mattson (SWE), 98 place in Sprint
* Ramona Düringer (AUT), 101 place in Sprint
* Kristel Viigipuu (EST), 108 place in Sprint