Biathlon World Championships 2005

Biathlon World Championships 2005
Host city	Hochfilzen
Country	Austria
Events	8
Opening	4 March 2005
Closing	13 March 2005
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Last updated July 15, 2024

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
5 March	10:00	Men's 10 km sprint
5 March	14:00	Women's 7.5 km sprint
6 March	10:00	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
6 March	13:00	Women's 10 km pursuit
8 March	14:15	Women's 15 km individual
9 March	14:15	Men's 20 km individual
11 March	14:15	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
12 March	14:45	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
13 March	10:45	Women's 12.5 km mass start
13 March	12:45	Men's 15 km mass start
20 March	13:00	Mixed 4 × 6 km relay

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint^[1]	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	24:37.5 (1+0)	Sven Fischer Germany	24:48.0 (1+0)	Ilmārs Bricis Latvia	25:01.5 (0+0)
12.5 km pursuit^[2]	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	36:41.4 (0+1+1+1)	Sergei Tchepikov Russia	37:20.6 (0+0+0+0)	Sven Fischer Germany	37:32.1 (2+0+1+0)
20 km individual^[3]	Roman Dostál Czech Republic	1:00:24.5 (0+0+0+1)	Michael Greis Germany	1:00:33.9 (0+0+0+0)	Ricco Groß Germany	1:00:51.4 (1+0+0+1)
4 × 7.5 km relay^[4]	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)	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)	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 Norway	40:51.9 (1+0+2+0)	Sven Fischer Germany	41:03.8 (0+1+1+1)	Raphaël Poirée France	41:12.5 (0+0+1+1)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 km sprint^[6]	Uschi Disl Germany	21:58.6 (0+0)	Olga Zaitseva Russia	22:02.1 (0+0)	Olena Zubrilova Belarus	22:25.2 (0+0)
10 km pursuit^[7]	Uschi Disl Germany	33:32.5 (1+0+2+1)	Liu Xianying China	33:50.4 (0+1+1+2)	Olga Zaitseva Russia	34:13.1 (0+1+1+2)
15 km individual^[8]	Andrea Henkel Germany	52:37.5 (0+1+0+0)	Sun Riboun China	53:07.7 (0+1+0+1)	Linda Tjørhom Norway	53:11.8 (1+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay^[9]	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)	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)	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 Norway	41:40.3 (0+1+0+3)	Anna Carin Olofsson Sweden	41:44.0 (0+1+1+1)	Olga Pyleva Russia	41:48.7 (1+1+1+0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 6 km W+M relay^[11]	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)	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)	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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	5	0	1	6
2	Germany (GER)	3	4	2	9
3	Russia (RUS)	1	3	2	6
4	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
5	China (CHN)	0	2	0	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
7	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
8	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

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[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

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