The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place February 16-27, 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill 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.
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February 22, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Vasili Rotchev (RUS) | |
| Silver | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) | |
| Bronze | Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) |
February 25, 2005
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Norway (Tore Ruud Hofstad, Tor Arne Hetland) | 14:08.6 |
| Silver | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Axel Teichmann) | 14:12.4 |
| Bronze | Czech Republic (Dušan Kožíšek, Martin Koukal) | 14:13.4 |
February 17, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) | 34:44.9 |
| Silver | Fulvio Valbusa (ITA) | 35:00.9 |
| Bronze | Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR) | 35:03.9 |
February 20, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) | 1:19:20.5 |
| Silver | Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) | 1:19:21.3 |
| Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 1:19:21.3 |
Di Centa edged out Estil at the finish line to earn the silver medal.
February 27, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Frode Estil (NOR) | 2:30:10.1 |
| Silver | Anders Aukland (NOR) | 2:30:10.8 |
| Bronze | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) | 2:30:11.5 |
February 24, 2005
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, Tore Ruud Hofstad) | 1:39:04.4 |
| Silver | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, Tobias Angerer, Axel Teichmann) | 1:39:22.1 |
| Bronze | Russia (Nikolay Pankratov, Vasili Rotchev, Yevgeny Dementyev, Nikolay Bolshakov) | 1:39:23.1 |
February 22, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Emelie Öhrstig (SWE) | |
| Silver | Lina Andersson (SWE) | |
| Bronze | Sara Renner (CAN) |
Renner is the first Canadian and the first North American woman to medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
February 25, 2005
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Norway (Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Marit Bjørgen) | 12:19.7 |
| Silver | Finland (Riitta Liisa Lassila, Pirjo Manninen) | 12:22.5 |
| Bronze | Russia (Yuliya Chepalova, Alena Sidko) | 12:23.3 |
February 17, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) | 26:27.6 |
| Silver | Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) | 26:28.8 |
| Bronze | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 26:42.8 |
February 19, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) | 42:16.8 |
| Silver | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 42:32.5 |
| Bronze | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | 42:42.7 |
February 26, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 1:27:05.8 |
| Silver | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | 1:27:14.7 |
| Bronze | Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS) | 1:27:16.1 |
February 21, 2005
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen) | 57:15.7 |
| Silver | Russia (Larisa Kurkina, Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Yuliya Chepalova) | 57:23.3 |
| Bronze | Italy (Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola, Sabina Valbusa, Arianna Follis) | 58:05.4 |
February 27, 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 |
February 18, 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 |
February 23, 2005
| Medal | Team | 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 |
February 19, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Rok Benkovič (SLO) | 256.0 |
| Silver | Jakub Janda (CZE) | 249.5 |
| Bronze | Janne Ahonen (FIN) | 249.0 |
February 25, 2005
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Janne Ahonen (FIN) | 313.2 |
| Silver | Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) | 306.2 |
| Bronze | Jakub Janda (CZE) | 304.2 |
February 20, 2005
| Medal | Team | 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 |
February 26, 2005
| Medal | Team | 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 winners by nation.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Finland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
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