# 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Saturday 6 December 2008 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2007–08 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 383 |
| Silver: | Dmitri Yaroshenko | 291 |
| Bronze: | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 253 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:42.3 (0+1) | Tomasz Sikora Poland | 25:55.0 (0+1) | Simon Fourcade France | 26:10.4 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 26:08.1 (0+0) | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 26:34.4 (0+1) | Alexander Os Norway | 26:41.0 (1+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Lars Berger Norway | 25:23.1 (0+0) | Alexander Os Norway | 26:01.0 (0+1) | Carl Johan Bergman Sweden | 26:14.7 (0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Maxim Tchoudov Russia | 25:49.5 (0+0) | Michael Rösch Germany | 26:02.2 (0+0) | Tomasz Sikora Poland | 26:14.7 (1+0) |
| Ruhpolding details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 23:25.8 (0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 23:59.2 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:01.1 (0+1) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 24:52.5 (0+0) | Bjoern Ferry Sweden | 24:56.1 (0+0) | Tomasz Sikora Poland | 24:59.2 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 24:16.5 (1+1) | Lars Berger Norway | 24:17.7 (1+1) | Halvard Hanevold Norway | 24:29.0 (0+0) |
| Vancouver details | Lars Berger Norway | 24:06.5 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 24:20.6 (0+0) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 24:46.0 (0+0) |
| Trondheim 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) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:51.1 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 26:14.2 (0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 26:18.4 (0+0) |

## Final standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | HOC | OBE | RUH | ANT | WCH | VAN | TRO | KHA | Total |
| 1. | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 43 | 29 | – | 18 | 60 | – | 60 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 372 |
| 2 | Tomasz Sikora | 54 | 43 | 36 | 48 | 29 | 48 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 337 |
| 3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 60 | 60 | – | 17 | 48 | 60 | – | – | 30 | 43 | 318 |
| 4 | Michael Greis | 27 | 34 | 40 | – | 1 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 60 | 36 | 306 |
| 5 | Maxim Tchoudov | 16 | 36 | 8 | 60 | 31 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 43 | 29 | 297 |
| 6 | Alexander Os | 25 | 48 | 54 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 284 |
| 7 | Christoph Sumann | 5 | 32 | 38 | 2 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 48 | 22 | 48 | 263 |
| 8 | Ivan Tcherezov | 34 | 54 | 32 | – | 23 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 258 |
| 9 | Halvard Hanevold | 30 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 48 | 15 | 29 | 27 | 257 |
| 10 | Carl Johan Bergman | 31 | 21 | 48 | 24 | 40 | 43 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 256 |
| 11 | Björn Ferry | 6 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 54 | 1 | – | 36 | 32 | 238 |
| 12 | Lars Berger | 11 | – | 60 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 60 | 34 | 0 | 234 |
| 13 | Daniel Mesotitsch | 21 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 204 |
| 14 | Simon Fourcade | 48 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 38 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
| 15 | Dominik Landertinger | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 54 | 19 | 24 | – | 23 | 34 | 182 |
| 16 | Simon Eder | – | – | 3 | 26 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 179 |
| 17 | Michal Šlesingr | 0 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 176 |
| 18 | Friedrich Pinter | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 34 | 24 | – | 12 | 27 | 31 | 174 |
| 19 | Michael Rösch | 0 | 17 | 9 | 54 | 36 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 169 |
| 20 | Andrei Makoveev | 20 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 149 |
| 21 | Tobias Eberhard | 0 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 31 | – | 16 | 14 | 21 | 146 |
| 22 | Christoph Stephan | 22 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 145 |
| 23 | Arnd Peiffer | – | – | – | 36 | 11 | 16 | – | 19 | 0 | 60 | 142 |
| 24 | Andreas Birnbacher | – | 31 | 0 | 38 | 32 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 40 | 142 |
| 25 | Simon Hallenbarter | 0 | 0 | 14 | – | 6 | 10 | 32 | 18 | 24 | 38 | 142 |
| 26 | Rustam Valiullin | 32 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 132 |
| 27 | Tim Burke | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 126 |
| 28 | Christian De Lorenzi | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 29 | Alexander Wolf | 26 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 125 |
| 30 | Janez Maric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 122 |
| 31 | Martin Fourcade | – | – | 31 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 121 |
| 32 | Evgeny Ustyugov | – | – | – | 0 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 112 |
| 33 | Ronny Hafsas | 38 | 1 | – | 34 | 27 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 5 | 108 |
| 34 | Markus Windisch | 36 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| 35 | Vincent Defrasne | 2 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 98 |
| 36 | Mattias Nilsson | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 37 | Jay Hakkinen | 18 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 89 |
| 38 | Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. | 19 | 25 | 26 | 13 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 83 |
| 39 | Jean Philippe Leguellec | 28 | 24 | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 82 |
| 40 | Vyacheslav Derkach | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 81 |
| 41 | Klemen Bauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 76 |
| 42 | Andriy Deryzemlya | 0 | 7 | 25 | 7 | – | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 43 | Jaroslav Soukup | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | 20 | 68 |
| 44 | Sergey Novikov | 13 | 22 | 15 | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 68 |
| 45 | Tomáš Holubec | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 66 |
| 46 | Roman Pryma | 15 | 20 | 16 | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 47 | Frode Andresen | 24 | 0 | – | – | 14 | – | – | 25 | 0 | – | 63 |
| 48 | Pavol Hurajt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 57 |
| 49 | Jörgen Brink | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 40 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| 50 | Jakov Fak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 49 |
| 51 | Vincent Jay | 0 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 52 | Magnús Jónsson | 10 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 0 | – | 0 | 47 |
| 53 | Stian Eckhoff | – | 19 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 |
| 54 | David Ekholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | – | 6 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
| 55 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 11 | – | – | 43 |
| 56 | Roman Dostál | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | 40 |
| 57 | Daniel Böhm | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | 7 | 40 |
| 58 | Simon Schempp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 14 | 38 |
| 59 | Roland Lessing | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | – | 36 |
| 60 | Hans Martin Gjedrem | – | – | 18 | 0 | – | 18 | – | 0 | – | – | 36 |
| 61 | Thomas Frei | 0 | 26 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| 62 | Matthias Simmen | 23 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 |
| 63 | Toni Lang | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 |
| 64 | Maxim Maksimov | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 32 |
| 65 | Rune Brattsveen | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 29 |
| 66 | Fredrik Lindström | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0 | – | 28 |
| 67 | Ilmārs Bricis | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 |
| 68 | Zdeněk Vítek | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 69 | Lowell Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 70 | Olexander Bilanenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 71 | Zhang Chengye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 |
| 72 | Alexis Bœuf | – | – | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 73 | Ivan Joller | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 74 | Christian Martinelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | – | – | 18 |
| 75 | Julian Eberhard | 0 | 5 | 13 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 18 |
| 76 | Alexandr Syman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 |
| 77 | Serguei Sednev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 78 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | 0 | 16 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 16 |
| 79 | Paavo Puurunen | – | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 16 |
| 80 | Dušan Šimočko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 |
| 81 | Hidenori Isa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 82 | Artem Gusev | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 83 | Mattia Cola | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 84 | Indrek Tobreluts | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 85 | Christoph Knie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| 86 | Sergey Sadovnikov | – | – | – | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 87 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 88 | Zhang Qing | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 89 | Krasimir Anev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 5 |
| 90 | Priit Viks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 3 |
| 91 | Robin Clegg | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| 92 | Kauri Koiv | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 | Lois Habert | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |