Biathlon World Championships 2005

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Biathlon World Championships 2005
Host city Hochfilzen
CountryAustria
Events8
Opening4 March 2005 (2005-03-04)
Closing13 March 2005 (2005-03-13)

The 40th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen, Austria from 4 to 13 March. Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions. The mixed relay, contested for the first time in the World Championships, was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeEvent
5 March10:00Men's 10 km sprint
14:00Women's 7.5 km sprint
6 March10:00Men's 12.5 km pursuit
13:00Women's 10 km pursuit
8 March14:15Women's 15 km individual
9 March14:15Men's 20 km individual
11 March14:15Women's 4 × 6 km relay
12 March14:45Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
13 March10:45Women's 12.5 km mass start
12:45Men's 15 km mass start
20 March13:00Mixed 4 × 6 km relay

Medal winners

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 km sprint [1] Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
24:37.5
(1+0)
Sven Fischer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
24:48.0
(1+0)
Ilmārs Bricis
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
25:01.5
(0+0)
12.5 km pursuit [2] Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
36:41.4
(0+1+1+1)
Sergei Tchepikov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
37:20.6
(0+0+0+0)
Sven Fischer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
37:32.1
(2+0+1+0)
20 km individual [3] Roman Dostál
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
1:00:24.5
(0+0+0+1)
Michael Greis
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:00:33.9
(0+0+0+0)
Ricco Groß
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:00:51.4
(1+0+0+1)
4 × 7.5 km relay [4] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Stian Eckhoff
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
1:21:59.2
(0+2) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Sergei Rozhkov
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
1:22:25.2
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Wolfgang Rottmann
Christoph Sumann
1:22:42.5
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
15 km mass start [5] Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
40:51.9
(1+0+2+0)
Sven Fischer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
41:03.8
(0+1+1+1)
Raphaël Poirée
Flag of France.svg  France
41:12.5
(0+0+1+1)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
7.5 km sprint [6] Uschi Disl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
21:58.6
(0+0)
Olga Zaitseva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
22:02.1
(0+0)
Olena Zubrilova
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
22:25.2
(0+0)
10 km pursuit [7] Uschi Disl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
33:32.5
(1+0+2+1)
Liu Xianying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
33:50.4
(0+1+1+2)
Olga Zaitseva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
34:13.1
(0+1+1+2)
15 km individual [8] Andrea Henkel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
52:37.5
(0+1+0+0)
Sun Riboun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
53:07.7
(0+1+0+1)
Linda Tjørhom
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
53:11.8
(1+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay [9] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Olga Pyleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Zaitseva
1:13:44.4
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Uschi Disl
Katrin Apel
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
1:14:25.8
(0+3) (1+3)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Ekaterina Ivanova
Olga Nazarova
Lyudmila Ananko
Olena Zubrylava
1:14:37.6
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
12.5 km mass start [10] Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
41:40.3
(0+1+0+3)
Anna Carin Olofsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
41:44.0
(0+1+1+1)
Olga Pyleva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
41:48.7
(1+1+1+0)

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
4 × 6 km W+M relay [11] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Olga Pyleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Ivan Cherezov
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
1:13:24.1
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Zaitseva
Sergey Tchepikov
Sergey Rozhkov
1:13:31.4
(0+0) (0+0)
(1+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+3)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Uschi Disl
Kati Wilhelm
Michael Greis
Ricco Groß
1:13:58.3
(1+3) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+3)

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)5016
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3429
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1326
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1001
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0202
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0022
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

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References

  1. Men's sprint results
  2. Men's pursuit results
  3. Men's individual results
  4. Men's relay results
  5. Men's mass start results
  6. Women's sprint results
  7. Women's pursuit results
  8. Women's individual results
  9. Women's relay results
  10. Women's mass start results
  11. Mixed relay results