FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005.
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| Host city | Oberstdorf, Germany |
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| 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.
Contents
Men's cross country
1.2 km individual sprint classical
February 22, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Vasili Rotchev (RUS) |
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| Silver |  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Silver | Lina Andersson (SWE) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
