# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2005

The 2005 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from March 14 to March 20, 2005. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 38:25.6 (0+0+1+1) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 39:41.0 (1+0+1+1) | Marie Dorin France | 40:19.0 (0+2+0+0) |
| 6 km sprint details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 21:25.0 (1+1) | Marion Blondeau France | 21:35.8 (0+0) | Anastasiya Kuznetsova Russia | 21:42.7 (0+1) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 26:36.6 (2+0+2+2) | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 27:57.6 (1+2+2+0) | Olga Alifiravets Belarus | 28:20.6 (0+2+2+1) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | France Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Marion Blondeau | 1:05:35.4 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) | Ukraine Vita Semerenko Lyudmyla Zhyber Valentyna Semerenko | 1:06:06.6 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) (0+3) (0+3) | Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Irina Maksimova Anastasiya Kuznetsova | 1:06:24.5 (0+1) (0+1) (2+3) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Anne Preußler Germany | 45:11.7 (0+1+0+1) | Maria Kossinova Russia | 46:15.5 (1+0+1+1) | Mervi Markkanen Finland | 46:20.2 (1+0+0+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 23:08.5 (0+0) | Anna Bulygina Russia | 24:11.3 (1+2) | Anastasiya Shipulina Russia | 24:23.0 (0+2) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Anna Bulygina Russia | 37:08.2 (1+0+5+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 38:10.8 (2+3+2+2) | Maria Kossinova Russia | 38:31.9 (0+0+3+2) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Russia Maria Kossinova Anastasiya Shipulina Anna Bulygina | 59:20.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) | Germany Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner Anne Preußler | 1:02:15.9 (0+2) (1+3) (0+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+3) | Estonia Tagne Tähe Eveli Saue Sirli Hanni | 1:03:28.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Viktor Vasilyev Russia | 33:37.1 (0+0+0+1) | Mario Drescher Austria | 35:29.6 (1+0+0+1) | Anders Bratli Norway | 36:00.3 (0+1+1+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Anders Bratli Norway | 21:01.8 (0+0) | Klemen Bauer Slovenia | 21:08.5 (2+1) | Oleksandr Kolos Ukraine | 21:50.3 (1+1) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Anders Bratli Norway | 32:49.8 (1+0+1+2) | Martin Eng Norway | 33:50.5 (0+0+3+1) | Arild Askestad Norway | 33:55.3 (0+0+1+2) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Norway Arild Askestad Martin Eng Anders Bratli | 1:06:31.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) | Canada Marc-André Bédard Maxime Leboeuf Brendan Green | 1:08:05.2 (1+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) | Ukraine Vitaliy Kozhushko Vitaliy Kilchytskyy Oleksandr Kolos | 1:08:43.1 (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 43:54.7 (0+0+0+1) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 44:40.9 (2+0+0+0) | Igor Minchenkov Russia | 45:20.8 (0+0+1+0) |
| 10 km sprint details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 25:34.8 (0+1) | Simon Fourcade France | 25:55.0 (0+0) | Stian Navik Norway | 26:17.1 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Simon Fourcade France | 39:12.2 (2+0+0+2) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 39:42.1 (3+1+3+1) | Stian Navik Norway | 40:30.8 (3+2+0+2) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Norbert Schiller Jens Zimmer Steve Renner Christoph Knie | 1:25:45.0 (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) | France Tanguy Roche Vincent Porret Vincent Jay Simon Fourcade | 1:27:14.2 (0+3) (0+0) (1+3) (1+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) | Canada Jaime Robb Patrick Côté Nathan Smith Jean-Philippe Leguellec | 1:27:30.3 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SVN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |