2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8
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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 | 
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| March 7 | 12:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual | 
| 15:30 CET | Men's 20 km Individual | |
| March 9 | 13:00 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint | 
| 16:00 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint | |
| March 10 | 12:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay | 
| 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 Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 3rd place in Individual
 Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT), 4th place in Individual Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT), 4th place in Individual
 Benedikt Doll (GER), 6th place in Individual Benedikt Doll (GER), 6th place in Individual
 Alexey Slepov (RUS), 27th place in Individual and 9th in Sprint Alexey Slepov (RUS), 27th place in Individual and 9th in Sprint
.svg.png) Alexei Almoukov (AUS), 33rd place in Individual Alexei Almoukov (AUS), 33rd place in Individual
 Sergey Klyachin (RUS), 38th place in Individual Sergey Klyachin (RUS), 38th place in Individual
 Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 46th place in Individual Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 46th place in Individual
 Damir Rastić (SRB), 59th place in Individual Damir Rastić (SRB), 59th place in Individual
 Krisjanis Meirans (LAT), 96th place in Individual Krisjanis Meirans (LAT), 96th place in Individual
 Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 3rd place in Sprint Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 3rd place in Sprint
 Dominik Windisch (ITA), 5th place in Sprint Dominik Windisch (ITA), 5th place in Sprint
 Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 20th place in Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 20th place in Sprint
 Vit Janov (CZE), 39th place in Sprint Vit Janov (CZE), 39th place in Sprint
 Mariya Panfilova (UKR), 13th place in Individual Mariya Panfilova (UKR), 13th place in Individual
 Annelies Cook (USA), 14th place in Individual Annelies Cook (USA), 14th place in Individual
 Iris Schwabl (AUT), 19th place in Individual Iris Schwabl (AUT), 19th place in Individual
 Hilde Fenne (NOR), 25th place in Individual Hilde Fenne (NOR), 25th place in Individual
 Victoria Padial (ESP), 40th place in Individual Victoria Padial (ESP), 40th place in Individual
 Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ), 43rd place in Individual Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ), 43rd place in Individual
 Chardine Sloof (NED), 66th place in Individual Chardine Sloof (NED), 66th place in Individual
 Jaqueline Mourão (BRA), 83rd place in Individual Jaqueline Mourão (BRA), 83rd place in Individual
 Outi Groendahl (FIN), 87th place in Individual Outi Groendahl (FIN), 87th place in Individual
 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER), 6th place in Sprint Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER), 6th place in Sprint
 Jitka Landová (CZE), 37th place in Sprint Jitka Landová (CZE), 37th place in Sprint
 Vanessa Hinz (GER), 43rd place in Sprint Vanessa Hinz (GER), 43rd place in Sprint
 Sanna Markkanen (FIN), 57th place in Sprint Sanna Markkanen (FIN), 57th place in Sprint
- First World Cup race
 Vanessa Hinz (GER), 45th place in Individual Vanessa Hinz (GER), 45th place in Individual
 Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 58th place in Sprint Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 58th place in Sprint