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The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and has been held in Östersund, Sweden. From Wednesday December 3 until Sunday December 7, 2008.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual details	Michael Greis  Germany	58:52.5 (0+1+0+0)	Alexander Os  Norway	59:43.0 (0+0+0+2)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	59:47.5 (0+2+0+0)
10 km Sprint 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)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Tomasz Sikora  Poland	34:55.5 (0+2+0+1)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	34:58.0 (1+2+0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	35:00.4 (0+1+2+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual details	Helena Jonsson  Sweden	45:05.1 (0+0+0+0)	Kati Wilhelm  Germany	45:44.8 (1+0+0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	46:20.5 (0+0+0+1)
7.5 km Sprint details	Wang Chunli  China	22:48.1 (0+0)	Tora Berger  Norway	22:49.5 (0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	22:52.9 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	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)

References

1. "Östersund World Cup schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-11-28.

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• 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup
• Sports competitions in Östersund
• Biathlon competitions in Sweden
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• December 2008 sports events in Europe