The 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008.
This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1–9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).
For a list of the Total and Relay World Cup winners and runners-up of all World Cup seasons since 1977–78, see the Biathlon World Cup article.
For the eighth successive season, the race victory gives 50 points, a 2nd place gives 46 pts, a 3rd place 43 pts, a 4th place 40 pts, a fifth place 37 pts, a 6th place 34 pts, then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place (16 pts), then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place (see the Place/Points table on the page's upper right). Equal placings, i.e. same-time finishes (ties) give an equal number of points.
The sum of all WC points of the season, minus the score from a predetermined number of events (say, 3) give the biathlete's accumulated WC score (naturally, the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores). Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories, 2nd places, 3rd places, and so on, in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil.
In addition to the Total WC score as described above, the points from races in each separate single-biathlete format—Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start—accumulate toward separate scores with associated "sub-Cups" to be won. See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats.
In any given race, the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow number bib. The leader of the specific race format wears a red bib. If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format's World Cup, a combined yellow-and-red bib is worn. In the first races of the season, the winners of the previous season's Cups wear the associated bibs.
There are also two multi-biathlete Cups to be won, namely the Relay and Nation Cups. The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation's team in the same manner as in the single-biathlete Cups. No leader bibs are worn during the Relays. For the Nation Cup, the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races, as well as the Relay scores, are accumulated. The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale; each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup, and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1.
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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007–08 season.[1]
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The 2007 08 Biathlon World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season of biathlon organised by the International Biathlon Union The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008 2007 08 Biathlon World CupDisciplineMenWomenOverallOle Einar BjorndalenMagdalena NeunerNations CupNorwayGermanyIndividualVincent DefrasneMartina GlagowSprintOle Einar BjorndalenMagdalena NeunerPursuitOle Einar BjorndalenSandrine BaillyMass startOle Einar BjorndalenMagdalena NeunerRelayNorwayNorwayCompetition 2006 072008 09 This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season s twenty seven individual races and five relays for both genders arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 denoted WC 1 9 accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships held between WC 6 and 7 and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores For a list of the Total and Relay World Cup winners and runners up of all World Cup seasons since 1977 78 see the Biathlon World Cup article Contents 1 Scores and leader bibs 2 Calendar 3 Medal table 4 World Cup podiums 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 4 3 Men s team 4 4 Women s team 4 5 Mixed 5 Standings Men 5 1 Overall 5 2 Individual 5 3 Sprint 5 4 Pursuit 5 5 Mass start 5 6 Relay 5 7 Nation 6 Standings Women 6 1 Overall 6 2 Individual 6 3 Sprint 6 4 Pursuit 6 5 Mass start 6 6 Relay 6 7 Nation 7 Achievements 8 Retirements 9 References and notesScores and leader bibs editFor the eighth successive season the race victory gives 50 points a 2nd place gives 46 pts a 3rd place 43 pts a 4th place 40 pts a fifth place 37 pts a 6th place 34 pts then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place 16 pts then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place see the Place Points table on the page s upper right Equal placings i e same time finishes ties give an equal number of points The sum of all WC points of the season minus the score from a predetermined number of events say 3 give the biathlete s accumulated WC score naturally the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories 2nd places 3rd places and so on in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil In addition to the Total WC score as described above the points from races in each separate single biathlete format Individual Sprint Pursuit and Mass start accumulate toward separate scores with associated sub Cups to be won See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats In any given race the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow number bib The leader of the specific race format wears a red bib If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format s World Cup a combined yellow and red bib is worn In the first races of the season the winners of the previous season s Cups wear the associated bibs There are also two multi biathlete Cups to be won namely the Relay and Nation Cups The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation s team in the same manner as in the single biathlete Cups No leader bibs are worn during the Relays For the Nation Cup the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races as well as the Relay scores are accumulated The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1 Calendar editBelow is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007 08 season 1 Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details nbsp Kontiolahti 29 November 2 December details nbsp Hochfilzen 6 9 December details nbsp Pokljuka 12 16 December details nbsp Oberhof 2 6 January details nbsp Ruhpolding 8 13 January details nbsp Antholz 16 20 January details nbsp Ostersund 8 17 February World Championships nbsp Pyeongchang 28 February 2 March details nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 5 9 March details nbsp Holmenkollen 12 16 March detailsTotal 3 10 8 5 5Medal table editRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Germany241121562 nbsp Norway201510453 nbsp Russia112317514 nbsp France543125 nbsp Poland21036 nbsp Sweden13267 nbsp Czech Republic10128 nbsp Italy03259 nbsp Austria0134 nbsp Ukraine013411 nbsp Finland011212 nbsp Belarus010113 nbsp China0011Totals 13 entries 646464192World Cup podiums editMen edit Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib After competition Det 1 29 November 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 20 km Individual nbsp Vincent Defrasne nbsp Halvard Hanevold nbsp Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Vincent Defrasne Detail1 1 December 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Carsten Pump Detail1 2 December 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Ivan Tcherezov nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Ivan Tcherezov Detail2 7 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Andrei Makoveev nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen Detail2 8 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Daniel Graf Detail3 13 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 20 km Individual nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Alexander Wolf nbsp Serhiy Sednev Detail3 15 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 10 km Sprint nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Mattias Nilsson Detail4 5 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 10 km Sprint nbsp Tomasz Sikora nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail4 6 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 15 km Mass Start nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail5 12 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint nbsp Michael Greis nbsp Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Alexander Wolf Detail5 13 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Michael Greis nbsp Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail6 18 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 10 km Sprint nbsp Michael Greis nbsp Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen Detail6 19 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Bjorn Ferry nbsp Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Michael Greis Detail6 20 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 15 km Mass Start nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Bjorn Ferry nbsp Michael Greis DetailWC 9 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 10 km Sprint nbsp Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Halvard Hanevold nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen DetailWC 10 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Alexander Wolf DetailWC 14 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 20 km Individual nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Maxim Maksimov DetailWC 17 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 15 km Mass Start nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Maxim Tchoudov Detail7 27 February 2008 nbsp Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Halvard Hanevold nbsp Friedrich Pinter Detail7 29 February 2008 nbsp Pyeongchang 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Michael Greis nbsp Halvard Hanevold nbsp Alexander Os Detail8 6 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 10 km Sprint nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Andrei Makoveev Detail8 8 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Tomasz Sikora nbsp Andrei Makoveev Detail8 9 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start nbsp Tomasz Sikora nbsp Daniel Graf nbsp Michal Slesingr Detail9 13 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen nbsp Michael Rosch nbsp Friedrich Pinter Detail9 15 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 12 5 km Pursuit nbsp Ivan Tcherezov nbsp Friedrich Pinter nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail9 16 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start nbsp Michal Slesingr nbsp Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Halvard Hanevold DetailWomen edit Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib After competition Det 1 29 November 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 15 km Individual nbsp Martina Glagow nbsp Tatiana Moiseeva nbsp Simone Denkinger nbsp Martina Glagow Detail1 30 November 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Martina Glagow nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Tora Berger Detail1 2 December 2007 nbsp Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit nbsp Tora Berger nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Martina Glagow Detail2 7 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Kati Wilhelm Detail2 8 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Sandrine Bailly Detail3 13 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 15 km Individual nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Michela Ponza nbsp Martina Glagow nbsp Martina Glagow Detail3 15 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Kaisa Makarainen nbsp Magdalena Neuner Detail4 5 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Tora Berger nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Magdalena Neuner Detail4 6 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 12 5 km Mass Start nbsp Magdalena Neuner nbsp Olga Anisimova nbsp Tatiana Moiseeva Detail5 11 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Kaisa Varis nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Helena Jonsson Detail5 13 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit nbsp Solveig Rogstad nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Kaisa Makarainen nbsp Kati Wilhelm Detail6 17 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova Detail6 19 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 10 km Pursuit nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Tora Berger Detail6 20 January 2008 nbsp Antholz Anterselva 12 5 km Mass Start nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Anna Carin Olofsson nbsp Kati Wilhelm DetailWC 9 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Albina Akhatova nbsp Oksana Khvostenko nbsp Andrea Henkel DetailWC 10 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 10 km Pursuit nbsp Andrea Henkel nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Albina Akhatova DetailWC 14 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 15 km Individual nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Martina Glagow nbsp Oksana Khvostenko DetailWC 16 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 12 5 km Mass Start nbsp Magdalena Neuner nbsp Tora Berger nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva Detail7 28 February 2008 nbsp Pyeongchang 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Magdalena Neuner nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Michela Ponza nbsp Sandrine Bailly Detail7 1 March 2008 nbsp Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Michela Ponza nbsp Albina Akhatova Detail8 6 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Magdalena Neuner nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Albina Akhatova Detail8 8 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit nbsp Kathrin Hitzer nbsp Sandrine Bailly nbsp Andrea Henkel Detail8 9 March 2008 nbsp Khanty Mansiysk 12 5 km Mass Start nbsp Kathrin Hitzer nbsp Magdalena Neuner nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Magdalena Neuner Detail9 13 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 7 5 km Sprint nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Tora Berger nbsp Kati Wilhelm Detail9 15 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Liu Xianying Detail9 16 March 2008 nbsp Oslo Holmenkollen 12 5 km Mass Start nbsp Kati Wilhelm nbsp Solveig Rogstad nbsp Michela Ponza DetailMen s team edit Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third2 9 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 4x7 5 km Relay nbsp Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Nikolay Kruglov Dmitry Yaroshenko nbsp Germany Michael Rosch Daniel Graf Carsten Pump Michael Greis3 16 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 4x7 5 km Relay nbsp Russia Andrei Makoveev Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Germany Michael Rosch Alexander Wolf Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis nbsp Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder4 4 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 4x7 5 km Relay nbsp Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov nbsp Germany Michael Rosch Alexander Wolf Carsten Pump Michael Greis5 10 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 4x7 5 km Relay nbsp Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Rune Brattsveen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Russia Ivan Tcherezov Nikolay Kruglov Dmitry Yaroshenko Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Germany Michael Rosch Alexander Wolf Carsten Pump Michael GreisWC 16 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 4x7 5 km Relay nbsp Russia Ivan Tcherezov Nikolay Kruglov Dmitry Yaroshenko Maxim Tchoudov nbsp Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Rune Brattsveen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjorndalen nbsp Germany Michael Rosch Alexander Wolf Andreas Birnbacher Michael GreisWomen s team edit Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third2 9 December 2007 nbsp Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay nbsp Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm nbsp Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Anisimova Tatiana Moiseeva Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp Sweden Elisabeth Hogberg Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Maria Nilsson Helena Jonsson3 16 December 2007 nbsp Pokljuka 4x6 km Relay nbsp Germany Martina Glagow Sabrina Buchholz Magdalena Neuner Andrea Henkel nbsp Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Oksana Neupokoeva Natalia Guseva Ekaterina Iourieva nbsp France Delphyne Peretto Marie Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly4 3 January 2008 nbsp Oberhof 4x6 km Relay nbsp Germany Simone Denkinger Andrea Henkel Kathrin Hitzer Kati Wilhelm nbsp France Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Pauline Macabies Sandrine Bailly nbsp Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Oksana Neupokoeva Tatiana Moiseeva Natalia Guseva5 9 January 2008 nbsp Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay nbsp Germany Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner Sabrina Buchholz Kati Wilhelm nbsp Norway Tora Berger Anne Ingstadbjorg Solveig Rogstad Ann Kristin Flatland nbsp Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Anisimova Ekaterina Iourieva Natalia GusevaWC 17 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 4x6 km Relay nbsp Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm nbsp Ukraine Oksana Yakovlieva Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Oksana Khvostenko nbsp France Delphyne Peretto Marie Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Sandrine BaillyMixed edit Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second ThirdWC 12 February 2008 nbsp Ostersund 2x6 km 2x7 5 km Mixed Relay nbsp Germany Sabrina Buchholz Magdalena Neuner Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis nbsp Belarus Liudmila Kalinchik Darya Domracheva Rustam Valiullin Sergey Novikov nbsp Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Oksana Neupokoeva Nikolay Kruglov Dmitry Yaroshenko7 2 March 2008 nbsp Pyeongchang 2x6 km 2x7 5 km Mixed Relay nbsp Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Hans Martin Gjedrem Alexander Os nbsp Italy Michela Ponza Katja Haller Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Christian De Lorenzi nbsp France Julie Carraz Collin Pauline Macabies Simon Fourcade Alexis BœufStandings Men editOverall edit Pos Points1 nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen 8692 nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko 6963 nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen 6874 nbsp Michael Greis 5965 nbsp Ivan Tcherezov 573Final standings after 26 races Individual edit Pos Points1 nbsp Vincent Defrasne 1042 nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen 1003 nbsp Halvard Hanevold 824 nbsp Maxim Tchoudov 805 nbsp Friedrich Pinter 69Final standings after 3 races Sprint edit Pos Points1 nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen 3832 nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko 2913 nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen 2534 nbsp Michael Greis 2335 nbsp Bjorn Ferry 222Final standings after 10 races Pursuit edit Pos Points1 nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen 2472 nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko 2333 nbsp Bjorn Ferry 2214 nbsp Michael Greis 2205 nbsp Ivan Tcherezov 220Final standings after 8 races Mass start edit Pos Points1 nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen 1802 nbsp Nikolay Kruglov 1433 nbsp Dmitry Yaroshenko 1284 nbsp Michael Greis 1255 nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen 124Final standings after 5 races Relay edit Pos Points1 nbsp Norway 1962 nbsp Russia 1923 nbsp Germany 1754 nbsp Sweden 1485 nbsp Austria 147Final standings after 5 races Nation edit Pos Points1 nbsp Norway 58302 nbsp Russia 57443 nbsp Germany 54504 nbsp Austria 48575 nbsp Sweden 4750Final standings after 18 races Standings Women editOverall edit Pos Points1 nbsp Magdalena Neuner 8152 nbsp Sandrine Bailly 8043 nbsp Andrea Henkel 7644 nbsp Kati Wilhelm 7465 nbsp Martina Glagow 675Final standings after 26 races Individual edit Pos Points1 nbsp Martina Glagow 1392 nbsp Tatiana Moiseeva 1113 nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva 1074 nbsp Helena Jonsson 985 nbsp Teja Gregorin 81Final standings after 3 races Sprint edit Pos Points1 nbsp Magdalena Neuner 3242 nbsp Sandrine Bailly 3183 nbsp Kati Wilhelm 3034 nbsp Andrea Henkel 2975 nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova 293Final standings after 10 races Pursuit edit Pos Points1 nbsp Sandrine Bailly 3002 nbsp Andrea Henkel 2893 nbsp Kati Wilhelm 2534 nbsp Tora Berger 2385 nbsp Magdalena Neuner 231Final standings after 8 races Mass start edit Pos Points1 nbsp Magdalena Neuner 1862 nbsp Kati Wilhelm 1383 nbsp Michela Ponza 1354 nbsp Helena Jonsson 1355 nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva 127Final standings after 5 races Relay edit Pos Points1 nbsp Germany 2502 nbsp Russia 1783 nbsp France 1724 nbsp Norway 1545 nbsp Ukraine 152Final standings after 5 races Nation edit Pos Points1 nbsp Germany 58962 nbsp Russia 55783 nbsp France 50714 nbsp Norway 50445 nbsp Sweden 4865Final standings after 18 races Achievements editFirst World Cup career victory nbsp Tora Berger NOR 26 in her 6th season the WC 1 Pursuit in Kontiolahti first podium was 2004 05 Sprint in Antholz Anterselva nbsp Dmitri Yaroshenko RUS 31 in his 6th season the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen first podium was 2006 07 Sprint in Ostersund nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR 22 in his 3rd season the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka first podium was 2006 07 Sprint in Ruhpolding nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva RUS 24 in her 3rd season the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka first podium was 2006 07 Sprint in Lahti nbsp Kaisa Varis FIN 32 in her 2nd season the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding also her first individual podium nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova RUS 21 in her 2nd season the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding first podium was 2007 08 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof nbsp Solveig Rogstad NOR 25 in her 3rd season the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding also her first individual podium nbsp Bjorn Ferry SWE 29 in his 7th season the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz Anterselva first podium was 2004 05 Sprint in Torino Cesana San Sicario nbsp Kathrin Hitzer GER 21 in her 2nd season the WC 8 Pursuit in Khanty Mansiysk first podium was 2006 07 Pursuit in Lahti nbsp Michal Slesingr CZE 25 in his 7th season the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen first podium was 2006 07 Sprint in Antholz AnterselvaFirst World Cup podium nbsp Carsten Pump GER 31 in his 6th season no 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti nbsp Daniel Graf GER 26 in his 5th season no 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen nbsp Serhiy Sednev UKR 23 in his 4th season no 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka nbsp Kaisa Makarainen FIN 24 in her 3rd season no 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka nbsp Olga Anisimova RUS 35 in her 6th season no 2 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof nbsp Maxim Maksimov RUS 28 in his 2nd season no 3 in the World Championships 2008 Individual in Ostersund nbsp Friedrich Pinter AUT 30 in his 7th season no 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in PyeongchangVictory in this World Cup all time number of victories in parentheses Men nbsp Ole Einar Bjorndalen NOR 7 81 first places nbsp Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR 6 6 first places nbsp Michael Greis GER 4 9 first places nbsp Tomasz Sikora POL 2 4 first places nbsp Ivan Tcherezov RUS 2 3 first places nbsp Vincent Defrasne FRA 1 3 first places nbsp Maxim Tchoudov RUS 1 2 first places nbsp Dmitri Yaroshenko RUS 1 1 first place nbsp Bjorn Ferry SWE 1 1 first place nbsp Michal Slesingr CZE 1 1 first place Women nbsp Sandrine Bailly FRA 4 20 first places nbsp Andrea Henkel GER 4 14 first places nbsp Magdalena Neuner GER 4 11 first places nbsp Svetlana Sleptsova RUS 3 3 first places nbsp Kati Wilhelm GER 2 18 first places nbsp Martina Glagow GER 2 13 first places nbsp Tora Berger NOR 2 2 first places nbsp Ekaterina Iourieva RUS 2 2 first places nbsp Kathrin Hitzer GER 2 2 first places nbsp Solveig Rogstad NOR 1 1 first place nbsp Kaisa Varis FIN 1 1 first placeRetirements editFollowing notable biathletes retired after the 2007 08 season nbsp Ludwig Gredler AUT nbsp Ferreol Cannard FRA nbsp Julien Robert FRA nbsp Alexei Aidarov UKR nbsp Nathalie Santer BEL nbsp Saskia Santer BEL nbsp Kaisa Varis FIN nbsp Delphyne Peretto FRA nbsp Jenny Adler GER nbsp Ute Niziak GER nbsp Gunn Margit Andreassen NOR nbsp Tatiana Moiseeva RUS nbsp Petra Slezakova SVK References and notes edit World Cup Schedule Archived 2008 12 18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 08 Biathlon World Cup amp oldid 1193328974, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
