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.
Cross-country skiing Men 15 kilometre freestyleMen's 15 kilometre freestyle resultsPietro Piller Cottrer 34:49.7Fulvio Valbusa 35:00.9Tore Ruud Hofstad 35:03.9 30 kilometre skiathlonMen's 30 kilometre pursuit resultsVincent Vittoz 1:19:20.5Giorgio Di Centa 1:19:21.3Frode Estil 1:19:21.3 Frode Estil 2:30:10.1 Anders Aukland 2:30:10.8 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 2:30:11.5 4 × 10 kilometre relayMen's 4 × 10 kilometre relay resultsOdd-Bjørn HjelmesetFrode EstilLars BergerTore Ruud Hofstad 1:39:04.4Jens FilbrichAndreas SchlütterTobias AngererAxel Teichmann 1:39:22.1Nikolay PankratovVasily RochevYevgeny DementyevNikolay Bolshakov 1:39:23.1 Sprint classicMen's sprint classic resultsVasily Rochev 2:32.1Tor Arne Hetland 2:32.3Thobias Fredriksson 2:39.0 Team sprintMen's team sprint resultsTore Ruud HofstadTor Arne Hetland 14:08.6Jens FilbrichAxel Teichmann 14:12.4Dušan KožíšekMartin Koukal 14:13.4
Women 10 kilometre freestyleWomen's 10 kilometre freestyle resultsKateřina Neumannová 26:27.6Yuliya Chepalova 26:28.8Marit Bjørgen 26:42.8 15 kilometre skiathlonWomen's 15 kilometre pursuit resultsYuliya Chepalova 42:16.8Marit Bjørgen 42:32.5Kristin Størmer Steira 42:42.7 Marit Bjørgen 1:27:05.8Virpi Kuitunen 1:27:14.7Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 1:27:16.1 4 × 5 kilometre relayWomen's 4 × 5 kilometre relay resultsVibeke SkofterudHilde Gjermundshaug PedersenKristin Størmer SteiraMarit Bjørgen 57:15.7Larisa KurkinaNatalya Baranova-MasalkinaYevgeniya Medvedeva-AbruzovaYuliya Chepalova 57:23.3Gabriella ParuzziAntonella ConfortolaSabina ValbusaArianna Follis 58:05.4 Sprint classicWomen's sprint classic resultsEmilie Öhrstig 2:15.5Lina Andersson 2:16.8Sara Renner 2:16.9 Team sprintWomen's team sprint resultsHilde Gjermundshaug PedersenMarit Bjørgen 12:19.7Riitta-Liisa LassilaPirjo Manninen 12:22.5Yuliya ChepalovaAlyona 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 20:15.6 Silver 20:26.7 Bronze 20:53.3
15 km individual Gundersen 18 February 2005
Medal Athlete Time Gold 38:56.2 Silver 38:57.6 Bronze 38:59.4
4 × 5 km team 23 February 2005
Medal Athlete Time Gold (Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, Kristian Hammer) 49:45.5 Silver (Sebastian Haseney, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) 49:52.6 Bronze (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 256.0 Silver 249.5 Bronze 249.0
Individual large hill 25 February 2005
Medal Athlete Points Gold 313.2 Silver 307.2 Bronze 304.2
Team normal hill 20 February 2005
Medal Athlete Points Gold (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) 970.5 Silver (Michael Neumayer, Martin Schmitt, Michael Uhrmann, Georg Späth) 964.0 Bronze (Primož Peterka, Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič, Jernej Damjan) 929.5
Team large hill 26 February 2005
Medal Athlete Points Gold (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) 1137.3 Silver (Risto Jussilainen, Tami Kiuru, Matti Hautamäki, Janne Ahonen) 1122.9 Bronze (Bjørn Einar Romøren, Sigurd Pettersen, Lars Bystøl, Roar Ljøkelsøy) 1113.5
Medal table Medal winners by nation.
References
External links FIS 2005 Cross country results FIS 2005 Nordic combined results FIS 2005 Ski jumping results