# 2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering

The 2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the second World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in the Spanish Aran Valley (Catalonia) from March 1 to March 6, 2004.
Compared to the 2002 World Championship a relay race and a vertical race competition was added.

## Results
### Nation ranking and medals

(all age groups)
| ranking | country | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | team | team | team | team | individual | individual | individual | individual | relay | relay | relay | relay | |
| ranking | country | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | total points |
| 1 | Switzerland | 501 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 466 | 1 | 1 | | 1378 | 3 | | 2 | 364 | 1 | | 1 | 2709 |
| 2 | Italy | 469 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 436 | | 1 | 1 | 1390 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 344 | | 1 | 1 | 2639 |
| 3 | France | 351 | 1 | 1 | | 460 | 1 | | 1 | 1255 | | 1 | 1 | 380 | 1 | 1 | | 2446 |
| 4 | Spain | 350 | 1 | | 1 | 222 | | | | 1018 | | 1 | | 296 | | | | 1886 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 286 | | | | 134 | | | | 453 | | | | 280 | | | | 1153 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 252 | | 1 | | 114 | | | | 582 | | | | 144 | | | | 1092 |
| 7 | Germany | 268 | | | | 224 | | | | 320 | | | | 120 | | | | 932 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 160 | | | | 78 | | | | 425 | | | | 140 | | | | 803 |
| 9 | Andorra | 151 | | | | 104 | | | | 150 | | | | 132 | | | | 537 |
| 10 | Romania | 55 | | | | 28 | | | | 290 | | | | 136 | | | | 509 |
| 11 | Greece | 142 | | | | 42 | | | | 193 | | | | 116 | | | | 493 |
| 12 | Poland | | | | | 68 | | | | 298 | | 1 | | 124 | | | | 490 |
| 13 | Austria | 148 | | | | 64 | | | | 147 | | | | | | | | 359 |
| 14 | Japan | 109 | | | | 14 | | | | 64 | | | | 112 | | | | 299 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 56 | | | | 34 | | | | 186 | | | | | | | | 276 |
| 16 | United States | 146 | | | | | | | | 128 | | | | | | | | 274 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 127 | | | | 14 | | | | 58 | | | | | | | | 199 |
| 18 | Denmark | 121 | | | | 18 | | | | 53 | | | | | | | | 192 |
| 19 | Canada | 95 | | | | | | | | 75 | | | | | | | | 170 |
| 20 | Liechtenstein | 82 | | | | | | | | 74 | | | | | | | | 156 |
| 21 | Russia | 70 | | | | 16 | | | | 53 | | | | | | | | 139 |
| 22 | Argentina | 68 | | | | 12 | | | | 45 | | | | | | | | 125 |
| 23 | China | 89 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 89 |
| 24 | Morocco | 61 | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 69 |
| 25 | Eritrea | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 26 | Chile | 34 | | | | 2 | | | | 14 | | | | | | | | 50 |
| 27 | South Korea | 27 | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 28 | Belgium | | | | | | | | | 30 | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 29 | Croatia | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |

### Vertical race

event held on March 2, 2004
altitude difference (ascent): 950m
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):
| Women ranking participant total time  Favre-Moretti 00h 48' 21"  Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 00h 50' 13"  Gloriana Pellissier 00h 50' 56" 4  Corinne Favre 00h 52' 26" 5  Jeannie Wall 00h 53' 22" 6  Annamaria Baudena 00h 54' 34" 7  Marie Troillet 00h 56' 13" 8  Christine Echtler-Schleich 00h 56' 51" 9  Lucie Oršulová 00h 57' 28" 10  Maria Luisa Riva 00h 57' 45" | Men ranking participant total time  Patrick Blanc 00h 40' 27"  Florent Perrier 00h 40' 51"  Sébastien Epiney 00h 41' 27" 4  Jean Pellissier 00h 41' 47" 5  Olivier Nägele 00h 41' 49" 6  Andreas Ringhofer 00h 43' 00" 7  Manuel Pérez Brunicardi 00h 43' 08" 8  Martin Riz 00h 43' 39" 9  Jean-Yves Rey 00h 43' 49" 10  Javier Martín de Villa 00h 44' 07" |

### Team

Event held on March 3, 2004
altitude difference:
* ascent: 2,128m
* downhill: 2,128m
List of the best 10 teams by gender:
| Women ranking team total time  Favre-Moretti/Mabillard 03h 05' 43"  Bapst/Crettenand-Moretti 03h 18' 50"  Corinne Favre/Toïgo 03h 20' 25" 4  Oggeri/Ducognon 03h 20' 41" 5  Bourillon/Lathuraz 03h 21' 03" 6  Nex/Riva 03h 24' 36" 7  Rogger/Renzler 03h 25' 23" 8  Magnenat/Zimmermann 03h 42' 17" 9  Echtler-Schleich/Treimer 03h 45' 59" 10  Roca Rodríguez/C. Bes Ginesta 03h 55' 04" | Men ranking team total time  P. Blanc/Perrier 02h 31' 54"  Battel/Pellissier 02h 33' 19"  Brunod/Reichegger 02h 34' 45" 4  J.-Y. Rey/Epiney 02h 37' 18" 5  Hug/Pittex 02h 38' 35" 6  Meilleur/Tomio 02h 39' 25" 7  Leitner/Svätojánsky 02h 39' 59" 8  Giacomelli/Mezzanotte 02h 40' 22" 9  Lugger/Ringhofer 02h 41' 53" 10  Taramarcaz/F. Troillet 02h 43' 38" |

### Individual

Event held on March 5, 2004
* distance: ~ 20 km
* altitude difference:
** ascent: 1,720m
** downhill: 1,720m
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):
| Women ranking participant total time  Cristina Favre-Moretti 02h 21' 55"  Gloriana Pellissier 02h 30' 10"  Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 02h 31' 57" 4  Catherine Mabillard 02h 33' 05" 5  Delphine Oggeri 02h 35' 18" 6  Nathalie Bourillon 02h 35' 52" 7  Véronique Lathuraz 02h 35' 53" 8  Maria Luisa Riva 02h 39(+3)' 01" 9  Marie Troillet 02h 43' 09" 10  Corinne Favre 02h 44' 15" | Men ranking participant total time  Rico Elmer 02h 00' 38"  Florent Perrier 02h 01' 03"  Dennis Brunod 02h 01' 19" 4  Manfred Reichegger 02h 02' 11" 5  Alexander Lugger 02h 02' 22" 6  Patrick Blanc 02h 03' 31" 7  Grégory Gachet 02h 05' 50" 8  Olivier Nägele 02h 05' 06" 9  Taramarcaz 02h 06' 16" 10  Jean Pellissier 02h 06' 18" |

### Relay

Event held on March 6, 2004
List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):
Women
ranking
team
Gesamtzeit
 Isabella Crettenand-Moretti/Catherine Mabillard/Cristina Favre-Moretti
00h 46' 02"
 Nathalie Bourillon/Véronique Lathuraz/Delphine Oggeri
00h 47' 16"
 Annamaria Baudena/Christiane Nex/Gloriana Pellissier
00h 49' 21"
4
 Alice Korbová/Kamila Bulířová/Lucie Oršulová
00h 50' 45"
5
 Emma Roca Rodríguez/Cristina Bes Ginesta/Iolanda García Sàez
00h 52' 25" :
Men
ranking
team
total time
 Stéphane Brosse/Cédric Tomio/Florent Perrier/Patrick Blanc
00h 49' 33"
 Carlo Battel/Graziano Boscacci/Martin Riz/Guido Giacomelli
00h 49' 43"
 Alexander Hug/Alain Richard/Pierre Bruchez/Rico Elmer
00h 51' 46"
4
 Agustí Roc Amador/Javier Martín de Villa/Dani León Roca/Manuel Pérez Brunicardi
00h 52' 44"
5
 Miroslav Leitner/Branislav Kačina/Milan Madaj/Peter Svätojánsky
00h 53' 17"
6
 Tone Karničar/Jernej Karničar/Žiga Karničar/Marko Lihteneker
00h 56' 44"
7
 Ionuţ Găliţeanu/Silviu Manea/Péter Károly/Lucian Clinciu
00h 57' 35"
8
 Joan Vilana Díaz/Manel Pelegrina Lopez/Xavier Capdevila Romero/Toni Casals Rueda
00h 57' 44"
9
 Jaroslav Bánský/Tomáš Němec/Michal Němec/Miroslav Duch
00h 58' 23"
10
 Jakub Brzosko/Grzegorz Bargiel/Adam Gomola/Maciej Ziarko
00h 58' 45"
11
 Toni Steurer/Tim Stachel/Gerhard Reithmeier/Stefan Klinger
00h 54(+6)' 15" :

### Combination ranking

(individual, team, vertical race rankings)
List of the best 10 participants by gender:
| Women ranking participant  Cristina Favre-Moretti  Catherine Mabillard  Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 4  Delphine Oggeri 5  Nathalie Bourillon 6  Véronique Lathuraz 7  Corinne Favre 8  Maria Luisa Riva 9  Astrid Renzler 10  Silvia Treimer | Men ranking participant  Florent Perrier  Patrick Blanc  Dennis Brunod 4  Manfred Reichegger 5  Jean Pellissier 6  Alexander Lugger 7  Peter Svätojánsky 8  Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz 9  Miroslav Leitner 10  Christian Pittex |