# 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Pursuit Women is a biathlon competition for women. It started on Sunday December 7, 2008 in Östersund and is scheduled to finish on Saturday March 28, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Sandrine Bailly of France.

## Competition format

This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

## 2007-08 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Sandrine Bailly | 300 |
| Silver: | Andrea Henkel | 289 |
| Bronze: | Kati Wilhelm | 253 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund | Martina Beck Germany | 32:42.4 (0+0+0+0) | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 33:11.6 (0+1+1+1) | Kati Wilhelm Germany | 33:14.4 (0+1+2+0) |
| Hochfilzen | Martina Beck Germany | 33:41.28 (0+0+1+0) | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 33:59.56 (1+0+1+2) | Simone Hauswald Germany | 34:00.40 (0+1+2+2) |
| Ruhpolding | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 32:56.5 (1+1+1+1) | Kati Wilhelm Germany | 33:18.2 (1+0+0+2) | Tora Berger Norway | 33:25.5 (1+0+0+1) |
| Antholz | Anna Boulygina Russia | 32:49.8 (0+1+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 32:52.1 (0+0+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 32:52.1 (1+0+1+0) |
| World Championships | Helena Jonsson Sweden | 34:12.3 (2+0+0+0) | Kati Wilhelm Germany | 34:30.6 (1+1+3+1) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 34:36.4 (0+3+1+2) |
| Trondheim | 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) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 27:53.0 (1+0+0+1) | Michela Ponza Italy | 28:21.8 (0+0+0+0) | Marie Dorin France | 28:23.5 (0+0+1+0) |

## Final standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | RUH | ANT | WCH | TRO | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Kati Wilhelm | 48 | 36 | 54 | 40 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 272 |
| 2 | Tora Berger | 40 | 43 | 48 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 40 | 246 |
| 3 | Martina Beck | 60 | 60 | 20 | 32 | 38 | 25 | 29 | 244 |
| 4 | Andrea Henkel | 43 | 32 | 29 | 38 | – | 60 | 32 | 234 |
| 5 | Magdalena Neuner | 24 | 14 | 60 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 60 | 231 |
| 6 | Helena Jonsson | 34 | 40 | 36 | 21 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 226 |
| 7 | Olga Zaitseva | 18 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 48 | 54 | 36 | 219 |
| 8 | Darya Domracheva | 36 | 0 | 32 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 20 | 214 |
| 9 | Anna Carin Olofsson | 23 | 30 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 198 |
| 10 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 7 | 0 | 27 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 18 | 178 |
| 11 | Svetlana Sleptsova | 54 | 54 | 43 | – | 13 | – | – | 164 |
| 12 | Marie-Laure Brunet | 20 | 10 | – | 16 | 36 | 48 | 30 | 160 |
| 13 | Liu Xianying | 29 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 12 | – | – | 155 |
| 14 | Éva Tófalvi | 38 | 9 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 153 |
| 15 | Michela Ponza | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 54 | 144 |
| 16 | Simone Hauswald | – | 48 | – | 15 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 140 |
| 17 | Marie Dorin | 11 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 48 | 136 |
| 18 | Vita Semerenko | 30 | 0 | 7 | – | 22 | 30 | 43 | 132 |
| 19 | Anna Boulygina | 0 | – | 1 | 60 | 21 | 13 | 31 | 126 |
| 20 | Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen | 6 | 27 | 18 | – | 0 | 36 | 34 | 121 |
| 21 | Natalia Levchenkova | 19 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 0 | – | 115 |
| 22 | Olga Medvedtseva | 27 | 31 | 28 | – | 27 | – | – | 113 |
| 23 | Magdalena Gwizdon | 26 | 34 | 5 | 0 | – | 27 | 19 | 111 |
| 24 | Sylvie Becaert | 16 | – | 9 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 105 |
| 25 | Wang Chunli | 32 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 26 | – | 103 |
| 26 | Oksana Khvostenko | 28 | 26 | – | 24 | 19 | – | – | 97 |
| 27 | Solveig Rogstad | 31 | 18 | – | – | 18 | 1 | 23 | 91 |
| 28 | Teja Gregorin | – | 23 | 11 | 22 | – | 17 | 2 | 75 |
| 29 | Kathrin Hitzer | 0 | 22 | 22 | 30 | – | – | – | 74 |
| 30 | Eveli Saue | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 66 |
| 31 | Oksana Neupokoeva | 17 | 21 | – | – | – | 22 | 6 | 66 |
| 32 | Juliane Doll | – | – | – | 27 | – | 21 | 14 | 62 |
| 33 | Valj Semerenko | 25 | – | 26 | – | 3 | – | 7 | 61 |
| 34 | Zina Kocher | – | 0 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 58 |
| 35 | Olga Kudrashova | 1 | 5 | 21 | 29 | – | 0 | – | 56 |
| 36 | Iana Romanova | – | – | – | 23 | – | 15 | 16 | 54 |
| 37 | Veronika Vítková | – | – | – | – | 31 | 11 | 11 | 53 |
| 38 | Olga Nazarova | – | 3 | 25 | – | 15 | 7 | 0 | 50 |
| 39 | Sandrine Bailly | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 24 | 21 | 50 |
| 40 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | – | – | 16 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 50 |
| 41 | Ann Kristin Flatland | 12 | 20 | – | – | 11 | 0 | – | 43 |
| 42 | Krystyna Pałka | – | – | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | – | 42 |
| 43 | Song Chaoqing | 0 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 0 | – | – | 42 |
| 44 | Katja Haller | 5 | 12 | – | 0 | 16 | – | 9 | 42 |
| 45 | Tina Bachmann | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 27 | 41 |
| 46 | Weronika Novakowska | – | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | – | 1 | 39 |
| 47 | Anne Ingstadbjoerg | 0 | 19 | – | 5 | – | 10 | – | 34 |
| 48 | Kong Yingchao | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 49 | Dong Xue | 22 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | 29 |
| 50 | Julie Carraz-Collin | 13 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 |
| 51 | Magda Rezlerova | 3 | – | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | – | 29 |
| 52 | Olena Pidrushna | 9 | – | 10 | – | – | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| 53 | Nadezhda Skardino | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 54 | Olga Vulikhina | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 26 |
| 55 | Natalia Sokolova | – | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 56 | Pavlina Filipova | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 14 | – | – | 25 |
| 57 | Elena Khrustaleva | – | 24 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 24 |
| 58 | Olga Anisimova | – | – | 0 | 18 | – | – | 5 | 23 |
| 59 | Madara Liduma | 21 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 21 |
| 60 | Kadri Lehtla | 4 | – | – | – | 0 | 16 | – | 20 |
| 61 | Andreja Mali | 8 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 62 | Liudmila Kalinchik | – | – | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 |
| 63 | Liu Yuan-Yuan | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 |
| 64 | Sabrina Buchholz | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 |
| 65 | Sofia Domeij | – | 2 | 15 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 66 | Dana Plotogea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | – | 16 |
| 67 | Agnieszka Grzybek | – | – | 3 | 3 | 8 | – | 0 | 14 |
| 68 | Synnøve Solemdal | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12 |
| 69 | Zdenka Vejnarova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 70 | Lilia Vaygina-Efremova | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 71 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
| 72 | Liv Kjersti Eikeland | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 7 |
| 73 | Anna Maria Nilsson | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 74 | Pauline Macabies | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| 75 | Veronika Zvaricova | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 76 | Paulina Bobak | – | – | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| 77 | Anna Lebedeva | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| 78 | Lanny Barnes | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 79 | Mihaela Purdea | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |