FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003. The double pursuit distances of 10 km (5 km classical mass start + 5 km freestyle pursuit) women and 20 km (10 km classical mass start + 10 km freestyle pursuit) men were lengthened to 15 km for women (7.5 km classical mass start + 7.5 km freestyle pursuit) and 30 km for men (15 km classical mass start + 15 km freestyle pursuit). Team sprint was also added as well. The Nordic combined 4 × 5 km team event had its change between ski jumping points and cross-country skiing start time changed from 1 point equals to 1.5 seconds to 1 point equals 1 second at this championship.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005.
Host cityOberstdorf, Germany
Events19
Opening ceremony16 February
Closing ceremony27 February
Main venueSchattenbergschanze
WebsiteOberstdorf2005.com

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometre freestyle[1]
Pietro Piller Cottrer
 Italy
34:49.7 Fulvio Valbusa
 Italy
35:00.9 Tore Ruud Hofstad
 Norway
35:03.9
30 kilometre skiathlon[2]
Vincent Vittoz
 France
1:19:20.5 Giorgio Di Centa
 Italy
1:19:21.3 Frode Estil
 Norway
1:19:21.3
50 kilometre classic mass start[3]
Frode Estil
 Norway
2:30:10.1 Anders Aukland
 Norway
2:30:10.8 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
 Norway
2:30:11.5
4 × 10 kilometre relay[4]
 Norway
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Frode Estil
Lars Berger
Tore Ruud Hofstad
1:39:04.4  Germany
Jens Filbrich
Andreas Schlütter
Tobias Angerer
Axel Teichmann
1:39:22.1  Russia
Nikolay Pankratov
Vasily Rochev
Yevgeny Dementyev
Nikolay Bolshakov
1:39:23.1
Sprint classic[5]
Vasily Rochev
 Russia
Tor Arne Hetland
 Norway
Thobias Fredriksson
 Sweden
Team sprint[6]
 Norway
Tore Ruud Hofstad
Tor Arne Hetland
14:08.6  Germany
Jens Filbrich
Axel Teichmann
14:12.4  Czech Republic
Dušan Kožíšek
Martin Koukal
14:13.4

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometre freestyle[7]
Kateřina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
26:27.6 Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
26:28.8 Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
26:42.8
15 kilometre skiathlon[8]
Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
42:16.8 Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
42:32.5 Kristin Størmer Steira
 Norway
42:42.7
30 kilometre classic mass start[9]
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
1:27:05.8 Virpi Kuitunen
 Finland
1:27:14.7 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
 Russia
1:27:16.1
4 × 5 kilometre relay[10]
 Norway
Vibeke Skofterud
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
57:15.7  Russia
Larisa Kurkina
Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova
Yuliya Chepalova
57:23.3  Italy
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
Arianna Follis
58:05.4
Sprint classic[11]
Emilie Öhrstig
 Sweden
Lina Andersson
 Sweden
Sara Renner
 Canada
Team sprint[12]
 Norway
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Marit Bjørgen
12:19.7  Finland
Riitta-Liisa Lassila
Pirjo Manninen
12:22.5  Russia
Yuliya Chepalova
Alyona Sidko
12:23.3
  • On the women's sprint classic, Sara Renner of Canada became the first North American skier to win a medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships.

Men's Nordic combined

7.5 km sprint

27 February 2005

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Ronny Ackermann (GER) 20:15.6
Silver  Magnus Moan (NOR) 20:26.7
Bronze  Kristian Hammer (NOR) 20:53.3

15 km individual Gundersen

18 February 2005

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Ronny Ackermann (GER) 38:56.2
Silver  Björn Kircheisen (GER) 38:57.6
Bronze  Felix Gottwald (AUT) 38:59.4

4 × 5 km team

23 February 2005

Medal Team Time
Gold  Norway (Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, Kristian Hammer) 49:45.5
Silver  Germany (Sebastian Haseney, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) 49:52.6
Bronze  Austria (Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald) 49:52.9

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

19 February 2005

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Rok Benkovič (SLO) 256.0
Silver  Jakub Janda (CZE) 249.5
Bronze  Janne Ahonen (FIN) 249.0

Individual large hill

25 February 2005

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Janne Ahonen (FIN) 313.2
Silver  Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) 306.2
Bronze  Jakub Janda (CZE) 304.2

Team normal hill

20 February 2005

Medal Team Points
Gold  Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) 970.5
Silver  Germany (Michael Neumayer, Martin Schmitt, Michael Uhrmann, Georg Späth) 964.0
Bronze  Slovenia (Primož Peterka, Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič, Jernej Damjan) 929.5

Team large hill

26 February 2005

Medal Team Points
Gold  Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) 1137.3
Silver  Finland (Risto Jussilainen, Tami Kiuru, Matti Hautamäki, Janne Ahonen) 1122.9
Bronze  Norway (Bjørn Einar Romøren, Sigurd Pettersen, Lars Bystøl, Roar Ljøkelsøy) 1113.5

Medal table

Medal winners by nation.

  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)75719
2 Germany (GER)*2507
3 Russia (RUS)2237
4 Austria (AUT)2024
5 Finland (FIN)1315
6 Italy (ITA)1214
7 Czech Republic (CZE)1124
8 Sweden (SWE)1113
9 Slovenia (SLO)1012
10 France (FRA)1001
11 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (11 nations)19191957

References

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