2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/World Cup 5 was scheduled to be held in Ruhpolding, Germany. From Wednesday January 14 until Sunday January 18, 2009.

Schedule of events

The provisional schedule of the event is below.

Date	Time	Events
January 14	17:40 cet	Women's 4 x 6 km Relay
January 15	17:40 cet	Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay
January 16	14:30 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
January 17	14:15 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
January 18	12:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	15:00 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 7.5 km Relay details	Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:24:54.0 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2)	Germany Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Toni Lang	1:26:14.2 (0+3) (0+1) (0+4) (0+2)	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Christoph Sumann	1:26:37.1 (0+5) (0+3) (0+3) (0+2)
10 km Sprint details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	23:25.8 (0+0)	Dominik Landertinger Austria	23:59.2 (0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	24:01.1 (0+1)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	36:17.4 (0+1+0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	36:51.8 (1+0+0+0)	Dominik Landertinger Austria	37:03.9 (1+1+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 6 km Relay details	Germany Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner	1:16:41.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3)	Sweden Sofia Domeij Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Maria Nilsson	1:17:37.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1)	China Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Song Chaoqing	1:19:02.3 (0+4) (0+3) (0+3) (0+4)
7.5 km Sprint details	Magdalena Neuner Germany	23:26.6 (0+1)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	23:26.8 (0+0)	Darya Domracheva Belarus	23:40.6 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Magdalena Neuner Germany	32:56.5 (1+1+1+1)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	33:18.2 (1+0+0+2)	Tora Berger Norway	33:25.5 (1+0+0+1)