Biathlon World Championships 2005

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.

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

Schedule
Date Time Event
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
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)5016
2 Germany (GER)3429
3 Russia (RUS)1326
4 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
5 China (CHN)0202
6 Sweden (SWE)0101
7 Belarus (BLR)0022
8 Austria (AUT)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Latvia (LAT)0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

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
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