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.

Contents

Men

Sprint 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 24:37.5 1-0
2 GER Sven Fischer + 10.5 1-0
3 LAT Ilmārs Bricis + 24.0 0-0
4 RUS Sergei Tchepikov + 26.3 0-1
5 RUS Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 34.1 0-0
6 GER Michael Greis + 41.9 1-0
7 GER Ricco Gross + 49.4 0-1
8 SWE Carl Johan Bergman + 51.2 0-1
9 POL Tomasz Sikora + 51.5 0-1
10 FRA Vincent Defrasne + 53.5 0-1

Date: 5 March 2005


Pursuit 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 36:41.4 0-1-1-1
2 RUS Sergei Tchepikov + 39.2 0-0-0-0
3 GER Sven Fischer + 50.7 2-0-1-0
4 RUS Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 1:11.1 0-0-0-1
5 GER Michael Greis + 1:16.1 0-0-0-1
6 GER Ricco Gross + 1:53.9 0-1-2-0
7 FRA Vincent Defrasne + 2:16.7 1-1-1-0
8 UKR Andriy Deryzemlya + 2:29.6 0-2-2-1
9 FRA Raphaël Poirée + 2:32.5 0-0-2-2
10 POL Tomasz Sikora + 2:33.6 1-1-3-0

Date: 6 March 2005

Non-starters were Daniel Mesotitsch, AUT and Andreas Birnbacher, GER.

Mass start 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 40:51.9 1-0-2-0
2 GER Sven Fischer + 11.0 0-1-1-1
3 FRA Raphaël Poirée + 20.6 0-0-1-1
4 RUS Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 27.3 0-0-0-1
5 POL Tomasz Sikora + 30.7 0-0-2-0
6 UKR Andriy Deryzemlya + 33.2 2-0-0-0
7 GER Ricco Groß + 34.5 0-1-1-0
8 RUS Sergei Tchepikov + 36.7 0-0-1-1
9 UKR Olexander Bilanenko + 37.7 0-0-0-0
10 GER Michael Greis + 46.1 0-0-0-2

Date: 13 March 2005


Individual 20 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 CZE Roman Dostál 1:00:24.5 0-0-0-1
2 GER Michael Greis + 9.4 0-0-0-0
3 GER Ricco Groß + 26.9 1-0-0-1
4 GER Sven Fischer + 1:05.2 0-1-1-1
5 POL Tomasz Sikora + 1:55.0 0-1-1-1
6 NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen + 2:01.7 1-1-0-3
7 FIN Vesa Hietalahti + 2:22.1 0-1-1-0
8 FRA Raphaël Poirée + 2:26.3 1-1-0-0
9 CZE Michal Šlesingr + 2:41.6 0-1-1-1
10 ITA Wilfried Pallhuber + 3:10.8 1-1-0-1

Date: 9 March 2005


Relay 4 x 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR Halvard Hanevold
Stian Eckhoff
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen		 1:21:59.2 0+5
0+1
0+1
0+0
2 RUS Sergei Rozhkov
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Tchepikov		 + 26.0 0+0
0+1
0+1
0+3
3 AUT Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Wolfgang Rottmann
Christoph Sumann		 + 43:3 0+2
0+0
0+1
0+1
4 BLR Alexander Syman
Sergei Novikov
Rustam Valiullin
Oleg Ryzhenkov		 + 59.2 0+1
0+0
0+2
1+4
5 FRA Julien Robert
Vincent Defrasne
Ferreol Cannard
Raphaël Poirée		 + 1:45.2 0+1
0+1
0+0
0+2
6 GER Alexander Wolf
Ricco Groß
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis		 + 1:59.1 1+6
1+5
0+3
0+0

Date: 12 March 2005


Women

Sprint 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER Uschi Disl 21:58.6 0-0
2 RUS Olga Zaitseva + 3.5 0-0
3 BLR Olena Zubrilova + 26.6 0-0
4 FRA Sandrine Bailly + 34.1 0-2
5 CHN Liu Xianying + 34.7 0-1
6 RUS Olga Pyleva + 43.8 0-1
7 RUS Anna Bogaliy-Titovets + 49.0 1-1
8 UKR Oksana Khvostenko + 53.2 0-1
9 FRA Florence Baverel-Robert + 1:03.7 0-0
10 SWE Anna Carin Olofsson + 1:09.5 0-1

Date: 5 March 2005


Pursuit 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER Uschi Disl 33:32.5 1-0-2-1
2 CHN Liu Xianying + 17.9 0-1-1-2
3 RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova + 40.6 0-1-1-2
4 RUS Olga Pyleva + 49.5 3-0-0-1
5 RUS Anna Bogaliy-Titovets + 51.9 2-0-0-2
6 SWE Anna Carin Olofsson + 53.6 1-0-0-3
7 GER Katrin Apel + 1:04.3 1-0-1-1
8 FRA Florence Baverel-Robert + 1:09.2 0-0-2-0
9 FRA Sandrine Bailly + 1:20.5 0-2-2-2
10 NOR Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen + 1:28.9 0-0-2-2

Date: 6 March 2005


Mass Start 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen 41:40.3 0-1-0-3
2 SWE Anna Carin Olofsson + 3.7 0-1-1-1
3 RUS Olga Pyleva + 8.4 1-1-1-0
4 CHN Liu Xianying + 12.7 2-1-1-0
5 GER Kati Wilhelm + 17.7 1-0-1-1
6 CHN Jingchao Kong + 21.2 2-2-0-0
7 GER Andrea Henkel + 38.7 0-0-2-1
8 UKR Oksana Khvostenko + 1:05.4 1-1-0-1
9 FRA Sandrine Bailly + 1:16.3 2-0-2-1
10 GER Uschi Disl + 1:19.0 1-1-4-0

Date: 13 March 2005


Individual 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER Andrea Henkel 52,37.5 0-1-0-0
2 CHN Sun Riboun + 30.2 0-1-0-1
3 NOR Linda Tjørhom + 34.3 1-0-0-0
4 FRA Sandrine Bailly + 41.5 0-1-1-1
5 BUL Ekaterina Dafovska + 44.2 0-1-0-1
6 RUS Olga Pyleva + 52.3 1-0-0-1
7 RUS Anna Bogaliy-Titovets + 1:16.5 1-0-0-1
8 SWE Anna Carin Olofsson + 2:04.6 0-2-0-2
9 UKR Oksana Khvostenko + 2:13.5 0-0-1-1
10 RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova + 2:16.7 0-0-1-2

Date: 8 March 2005


Relay 4 x 6 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 RUS Olga Pyleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Zaitseva		 1:13:44.4 0+1
0+3
0+0
0+3
2 GER Uschi Disl
Katrin Apel
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm		 + 41.4 1+6
0+2
0+1
0+3
3 BLR Ekaterina Ivanova
Olga Nazarova
Liudmila Ananko
Olena Zubrylava		 + 53.2 1+3
0+2
0+1
0+3
4 FRA Delphyne Peretto
Florence Baverel-Robert
Anne-Laure Mignerey
Sandrine Bailly		 + 1:23.7 0+1
0+0
0+2
0+1
5 NOR Tora Berger
Liv Kjersti Eikeland
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Linda Tjørhom		 + 1:34.3 0+3
2+4
0+3
0+0
6 SVK Anna Murinova
Martina Halinarova
Marcela Pavkovcekova
Sona Mihokova		 + 1:51.5 0+1
0+1
0+1
0+2

Date: 11 March 2005

In total, 19 countries presented teams for the start.

Mixed

4 x 6 km Relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Olga Pyleva
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Ivan Cherezov
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.		  RUS 1


Anna Bogaliy
Olga Zaitseva
Sergey Tchepikov
Sergey Rozhkov		  RUS 2


Uschi Disl
Kati Wilhelm
Michael Greis
Ricco Gross		  GER 1


Medal table

Position Land Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway 5 0 1 6
2  Germany 3 4 3 10
3  Russia 2 4 2 8
4  Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
5  China 0 2 0 2
6  Sweden 0 1 0 1
7  Belarus 0 0 2 2
8  Austria 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Latvia 0 0 1 1

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