2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 8 was the eighth event of the World Cup season and was held in Trondheim, Norway, from Thursday March 19 until Sunday March 22, 2009.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below

Date	Time	Events
March 19	11:30 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:15 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
March 21	12:30 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	14:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
March 22	13:15 cet	Men's 15 km Mass Start
	15:15 cet	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Event summary

Men

Event:	Winner:	Time	Second:	Time	Third:	Time
10 km Sprint 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)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	33:36.3 (1+0+1+0)	Simon Eder Austria	34:01.4 (0+0+1+0)	Tomasz Sikora Poland	34:01.6 (0+1+1+0)
15 km Mass Start details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	41:12.9 (0+0+0+0)	Simon Eder Austria	41:52.0 (0+0+1+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	42:06.3 (1+0+0+1)

Women

Event:	Winner:	Time	Second:	Time	Third:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Olga Zaitseva Russia	22:56.9 (0+0)	Helena Jonsson Sweden	23:02.4 (0+0)	Sylvie Becaert France	23:08.0 (0+1)
10 km Pursuit details	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)
12.5 km Mass Start details	Tora Berger Norway	39:29.7 (0+0+0+1)	Simone Hauswald Germany	39:30.7 (1+0+0+1)	Sandrine Bailly France	39:31.8 (0+0+0+1)