2008 Summer Biathlon World Championships

Host City Haute Maurienne
Country FRA
Held 22 – 28 September 2008
Competitors 23
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Cross Country - Sprint (4 km) Men Medal 3 3
Cross Country - Pursuit (6 km) Men Medal 3 2
Roller Ski - Sprint (10 km) Men Medal 3 2
Roller Ski - Pursuit (12.5 km) Men Medal 3 2
Cross Country - Sprint (3 km) Women Medal 3 1
Cross Country - Pursuit (5 km) Women Medal 3 1
Roller Ski - Sprint (7.5 km) Women Medal 3 3
Roller Ski - Pursuit (10 km) Women Medal 3 3
Roller Ski - Mixed Relay (2x6 km + 2x7.5 km) Mixed Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 4 3 4 11
2 France FRA 3 4 0 7
3 Slovenia SLO 2 1 0 3
4 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 1 2
5 Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
= Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Cross Country - Sprint (4 km), Men Aleksey Katrenko RUS Dias Keneshev KAZ Ruslan Nasyrov UZB
Cross Country - Pursuit (6 km), Men Aleksey Katrenko RUS Sergey Balandin RUS Dias Keneshev KAZ
Roller Ski - Sprint (10 km), Men Simon Fourcade FRA Vincent Defrasne FRA Kirill Shcherbakov RUS
Roller Ski - Pursuit (12.5 km), Men Simon Fourcade FRA Vincent Defrasne FRA Matthias Simmen SUI
Roller Ski - Mixed Relay (2x6 km + 2x7.5 km), Mixed France FRA Slovenia SLO Italy ITA
Cross Country - Sprint (3 km), Women Yekaterina Sidorenko RUS Lyubov Yermolayeva RUS Anastasiya Kuznetsova RUS
Cross Country - Pursuit (5 km), Women Yekaterina Sidorenko RUS Lyubov Yermolayeva RUS Anastasiya Kuznetsova RUS
Roller Ski - Sprint (7.5 km), Women Teja Gregorin SLO Marie-Laure Brunet FRA Mariya Kosinova RUS
Roller Ski - Pursuit (10 km), Women Teja Gregorin SLO Marie-Laure Brunet FRA Natalia Levcencova MDA