2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 will be held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 10 February until 12 February 2012.^[1]

Schedule of events

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Martin Fourcade  France	24:58.2 (0+1)	Timofey Lapshin  Russia	24:59.0 (0+0)	Benjamin Weger   Switzerland	24:59.8 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	33:43.8 (2+0+0+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	33:57.6 (0+1+0+2)	Dmitry Malyshko  Russia	34:06.5 (1+0+1+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	23:07.4 (1+0)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	23:19.7 (1+0)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	23:24.4 (2+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	32:23.0 (0+1+0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	32:58.9 (0+1+1+2)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	33:00.0 (2+0+2+0)

Mixed

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details	France Sophie Boilley Anais Bescond Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Vincent Jay	1:26:22.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Ukraine Natalya Burdyga Olena Pidhrushna Andriy Deryzemlya Serguei Sednev	1:26:23.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)	Slovakia Jana Gerekova Anastasiya Kuzmina Matej Kazar Miroslav Matiaško	1:27:06.5 (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

First World Cup race

References

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