# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003. The double pursuit distances of 10 km (5 km classical mass start + 5 km freestyle pursuit) women and 20 km (10 km classical mass start + 10 km freestyle pursuit) men were lengthened to 15 km for women (7.5 km classical mass start + 7.5 km freestyle pursuit) and 30 km for men (15 km classical mass start + 15 km freestyle pursuit). Team sprint was also added as well. The Nordic combined 4 × 5 km team event had its change between ski jumping points and cross-country skiing start time changed from 1 point equals to 1.5 seconds to 1 point equals 1 second at this championship.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 15 kilometre freestyle details | Pietro Piller Cottrer Italy | 34:49.7 | Fulvio Valbusa Italy | 35:00.9 | Tore Ruud Hofstad Norway | 35:03.9 |
| 30 kilometre skiathlon details | Vincent Vittoz France | 1:19:20.5 | Giorgio Di Centa Italy | 1:19:21.3 | Frode Estil Norway | 1:19:21.3 |
| 50 kilometre classic mass start details | Frode Estil Norway | 2:30:10.1 | Anders Aukland Norway | 2:30:10.8 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Norway | 2:30:11.5 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay details | Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad | 1:39:04.4 | Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann | 1:39:22.1 | Russia Nikolay Pankratov Vasily Rochev Yevgeny Dementyev Nikolay Bolshakov | 1:39:23.1 |
| Sprint classic details | Vasily Rochev Russia | 2:32.1 | Tor Arne Hetland Norway | 2:32.3 | Thobias Fredriksson Sweden | 2:39.0 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Tore Ruud Hofstad Tor Arne Hetland | 14:08.6 | Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann | 14:12.4 | Czech Republic Dušan Kožíšek Martin Koukal | 14:13.4 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 kilometre freestyle details | Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic | 26:27.6 | Yuliya Chepalova Russia | 26:28.8 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 26:42.8 |
| 15 kilometre skiathlon details | Yuliya Chepalova Russia | 42:16.8 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 42:32.5 | Kristin Størmer Steira Norway | 42:42.7 |
| 30 kilometre classic mass start details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 1:27:05.8 | Virpi Kuitunen Finland | 1:27:14.7 | Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Russia | 1:27:16.1 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay details | Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen | 57:15.7 | Russia Larisa Kurkina Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova Yuliya Chepalova | 57:23.3 | Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa Arianna Follis | 58:05.4 |
| Sprint classic details | Emilie Öhrstig Sweden | 2:15.5 | Lina Andersson Sweden | 2:16.8 | Sara Renner Canada | 2:16.9 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen | 12:19.7 | Finland Riitta-Liisa Lassila Pirjo Manninen | 12:22.5 | Russia Yuliya Chepalova Alyona Sidko | 12:23.3 |
* On the women's sprint classic, Sara Renner of Canada became the first North American skier to win a medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships.

## Men's Nordic combined
### 7.5 km sprint

27 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 20:15.6 |
| Silver | Magnus Moan (NOR) | 20:26.7 |
| Bronze | Kristian Hammer (NOR) | 20:53.3 |

### 15 km individual Gundersen

18 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 38:56.2 |
| Silver | Björn Kircheisen (GER) | 38:57.6 |
| Bronze | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 38:59.4 |

### 4 × 5 km team

23 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Norway (Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, Kristian Hammer) | 49:45.5 |
| Silver | Germany (Sebastian Haseney, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) | 49:52.6 |
| Bronze | Austria (Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald) | 49:52.9 |

## Men's ski jumping
### Individual normal hill

19 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Rok Benkovič (SLO) | 256.0 |
| Silver | Jakub Janda (CZE) | 249.5 |
| Bronze | Janne Ahonen (FIN) | 249.0 |

### Individual large hill

25 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Janne Ahonen (FIN) | 313.2 |
| Silver | Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) | 307.2 |
| Bronze | Jakub Janda (CZE) | 304.2 |

### Team normal hill

20 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) | 970.5 |
| Silver | Germany (Michael Neumayer, Martin Schmitt, Michael Uhrmann, Georg Späth) | 964.0 |
| Bronze | Slovenia (Primož Peterka, Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič, Jernej Damjan) | 929.5 |

### Team large hill

26 February 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Höllwarth) | 1137.3 |
| Silver | Finland (Risto Jussilainen, Tami Kiuru, Matti Hautamäki, Janne Ahonen) | 1122.9 |
| Bronze | Norway (Bjørn Einar Romøren, Sigurd Pettersen, Lars Bystøl, Roar Ljøkelsøy) | 1113.5 |

## Medal table

Medal winners by nation.
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Germany (GER)* | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |