FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005.
Host city	Oberstdorf, Germany
Events	19
Opening ceremony	16 February
Closing ceremony	27 February
Main venue	Schattenbergschanze
Website	Oberstdorf2005.com

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place February 16-27, 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill 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.

Men's cross country

1.2 km individual sprint classical

February 22, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Vasili Rotchev (RUS)
Silver	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)
Bronze	Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)

6 × 1.2 km team sprint freestyle

February 25, 2005

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Tore Ruud Hofstad, Tor Arne Hetland)	14:08.6
Silver	Germany (Jens Filbrich, Axel Teichmann)	14:12.4
Bronze	Czech Republic (Dušan Kožíšek, Martin Koukal)	14:13.4

15 km freestyle interval start

February 17, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA)	34:44.9
Silver	Fulvio Valbusa (ITA)	35:00.9
Bronze	Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR)	35:03.9

15 km + 15 km double pursuit

February 20, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Vincent Vittoz (FRA)	1:19:20.5
Silver	Giorgio Di Centa (ITA)	1:19:21.3
Bronze	Frode Estil (NOR)	1:19:21.3

Di Centa edged out Estil at the finish line to earn the silver medal.

50 km classical mass start

February 27, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Frode Estil (NOR)	2:30:10.1
Silver	Anders Aukland (NOR)	2:30:10.8
Bronze	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)	2:30:11.5

4 × 10 km relay

February 24, 2005

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, Tore Ruud Hofstad)	1:39:04.4
Silver	Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, Tobias Angerer, Axel Teichmann)	1:39:22.1
Bronze	Russia (Nikolay Pankratov, Vasili Rotchev, Yevgeny Dementyev, Nikolay Bolshakov)	1:39:23.1

Women's cross country

0.9 km individual sprint classical

February 22, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Emelie Öhrstig (SWE)
Silver	Lina Andersson (SWE)
Bronze	Sara Renner (CAN)

Renner is the first Canadian and the first North American woman to medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

6 × 0.9 km team sprint freestyle

February 25, 2005

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Marit Bjørgen)	12:19.7
Silver	Finland (Riitta-Liisa Lassila, Pirjo Manninen)	12:22.5
Bronze	Russia (Yuliya Chepalova, Alena Sidko)	12:23.3

10 km freestyle interval start

February 17, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	26:27.6
Silver	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	26:28.8
Bronze	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	26:42.8

7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit

February 19, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	42:16.8
Silver	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	42:32.5
Bronze	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	42:42.7

30 km classical mass start

February 26, 2005

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	1:27:05.8
Silver	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	1:27:14.7
Bronze	Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS)	1:27:16.1

4 × 5 km relay

February 21, 2005

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen)	57:15.7
Silver	Russia (Larisa Kurkina, Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Yuliya Chepalova)	57:23.3
Bronze	Italy (Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola, Sabina Valbusa, Arianna Follis)	58:05.4

Men's Nordic combined

7.5 km sprint

February 27, 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

February 18, 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

February 23, 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

February 19, 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

February 25, 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

February 20, 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

February 26, 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.

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	7	5	7	19
2	Germany	2	5	0	7
3	Russia	2	2	3	7
4	Austria	2	0	2	4
5	Finland	1	3	1	5
6	Italy	1	2	1	4
7	Czech Republic	1	1	2	4
8	Sweden	1	1	1	3
9	Slovenia	1	0	1	2
10	France	1	0	0	1
11	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Total	19	19	19	57

References

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Championships	1925 Janské Lázně 1926 Lahti 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1929 Zakopane 1930 Oslo 1931 Oberhof 1933 Innsbruck 1934 Sollefteå 1935 Vysoké Tatry 1937 Chamonix 1938 Lahti 1939 Zakopane (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo) 1950 Lake Placid/Rumford 1954 Falun 1958 Lahti 1962 Zakopane 1966 Oslo 1970 Vysoké Tatry 1974 Falun 1978 Lahti 1980 Falun 1982 Oslo 1984 Rovaniemi/Engelberg 1985 Seefeld 1987 Oberstdorf 1989 Lahti 1991 Val di Fiemme 1993 Falun 1995 Thunder Bay 1997 Trondheim 1999 Ramsau 2001 Lahti 2003 Val di Fiemme 2005 Oberstdorf 2007 Sapporo 2009 Liberec 2011 Oslo 2013 Val di Fiemme 2015 Falun 2017 Lahti 2019 Seefeld

Medalists	Cross-country men Cross-country women Nordic combined Ski jumping

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