2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8
# 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 March until 10 March 2013.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| March 7 | 12:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual |
| March 7 | 15:30 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
| March 9 | 13:00 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| March 9 | 16:00 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| March 10 | 12:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
| March 10 | 15:30 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Tim |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km Individual details | Martin Fourcade France | 49:40.6 (1+0+0+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 49:47.5 (0+0+0+0) | Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 50:12.5 (0+0+0+0) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:17.3 (0+0) | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 25:59.6 (0+1) | Henrik L'Abée-Lund Norway | 26:08.3 (0+0) |
| 4x7.5 km Relay details | Russia Anton Shipulin Alexandr Loginov Dmitry Malyshko Evgeny Ustyugov | 1:09:50.8 (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll | 1:10:29.1 (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) | Czech Republic Michal Šlesingr Jaroslav Soukup Vit Janov Ondřej Moravec | 1:10:33.7 (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 km Individual details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 45:45.2 (0+0+0+2) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 46:19.8 (0+0+0+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 46:32.0 (0+1+0+0) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Magdalena Gwizdoń Poland | 25:28.7 (0+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 25:38.9 (1+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 25:42.4 (0+1) |
| 4x6 km Relay details | Germany Andrea Henkel Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Miriam Gössner Laura Dahlmeier | 1:09:27.1 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) | Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Mariya Panfilova | 1:09:39.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Norway Hilde Fenne Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger | 1:09:48.3 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 3rd place in Individual
* Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT), 4th place in Individual
* Benedikt Doll (GER), 6th place in Individual
* Alexey Slepov (RUS), 27th place in Individual and 9th in Sprint
* Alexei Almoukov (AUS), 33rd place in Individual
* Sergey Klyachin (RUS), 38th place in Individual
* Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 46th place in Individual
* Damir Rastić (SRB), 59th place in Individual
* Krisjanis Meirans (LAT), 96th place in Individual
* Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 3rd place in Sprint
* Dominik Windisch (ITA), 5th place in Sprint
* Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 20th place in Sprint
* Vit Janov (CZE), 39th place in Sprint
* Mariya Panfilova (UKR), 13th place in Individual
* Annelies Cook (USA), 14th place in Individual
* Iris Schwabl (AUT), 19th place in Individual
* Hilde Fenne (NOR), 25th place in Individual
* Victoria Padial (ESP), 40th place in Individual
* Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ), 43rd place in Individual
* Chardine Sloof (NED), 66th place in Individual
* Jaqueline Mourão (BRA), 83rd place in Individual
* Outi Groendahl (FIN), 87th place in Individual
* Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER), 6th place in Sprint
* Jitka Landová (CZE), 37th place in Sprint
* Vanessa Hinz (GER), 43rd place in Sprint
* Sanna Markkanen (FIN), 57th place in Sprint

### First World Cup race

* Vanessa Hinz (GER), 45th place in Individual
* Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 58th place in Sprint
