The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 were held from January 28 to February 13 in Bormio, Italy. The women's competition was held in neighboring Santa Caterina.:de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 2005
Bormio previously hosted the World Championships in 1985; other host cities in Italy include Cortina d'Ampezzo (1932, 1941 (unofficial), and 1956 (Winter Olympics)), Val Gardena (1970), and Sestriere (1997).
In northern Italy, Bormio is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually for a men's downhill in late December. The Pista Stelvio is among the longest and most challenging downhill courses in the world, with a vertical drop exceeding .
These were the last World Championships to use the traditional combined (K) format (one downhill run and two slalom runs). Starting in 2007, the world championships switched to the "super-combined" (SC) format (one run each of downhill & slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 2010.
Men's events
Men's downhill
Date: February 5
Placing Country Athlete Time 1 Bode Miller 1:56.22 2 Daron Rahlves 1:56.66 3 Michael Walchhofer 1:57.09 4 Fritz Strobl 1:57.17 5 Bruno Kernen 1:57.25 6 Didier Défago 1:57.37
Men's super-G
Date: January 29
Placing Country Athlete Time 1 Bode Miller 1:27.55 2 Michael Walchhofer 1:27.69 3 Benjamin Raich 1:28.23 4 Hermann Maier 1:28.40 5 Marco Büchel 1:28.61 6 Florian Eckert 1:28.69
Men's giant slalom
Date: February 10
Placing Country Athlete TimeRun 1Run 2 1 Hermann Maier 2:50.411:25.051:25.36 2 Benjamin Raich 2:50.661:25.901:24.76 3 Daron Rahlves 2:51.091:24.451:26.64 4 Kalle Palander 2:51.451:25.441:26.01 5 Thomas Grandi 2:51.821:26.031:25.79 6 Aksel Lund Svindal 2:51.991:26.031:25.96
Men's slalom
Date: February 12
Placing Country Athlete TimeRun 1Run 2 1 Benjamin Raich 1:41.3452.0249.32 2 Rainer Schönfelder 1:41.5852.7648.82 3 Giorgio Rocca 1:42.0852.2249.86 4 Markus Larsson 1:42.4852.9949.49 5 André Myhrer 1:42.7253.3349.39 6 Thomas Grandi 1:42.7653.0249.74
Men's combination
Date: February 3
Placing Country Athlete TimeDownhillSlalom 1 Benjamin Raich 3:19.101:53.411:25.69 2 Aksel Lund Svindal 3:20.011:53.701:26.31 3 Giorgio Rocca 3:20.081:54.301:25.78 4 Michael Walchhofer 3:20.551:51.761:28.79 5 Silvan Zurbriggen 3:20.981:53.951:27.03 6 Lasse Kjus 3:21.341:53.761:27.58
Women's events
Women's downhill
Date: February 6
Placing Country Athlete Time 1 Janica Kostelić 1:39.90 2 Elena Fanchini 1:40.16 3 Renate Götschl 1:40.29 4 Lindsey C. Kildow 1:40.52 5 Ingrid Jacquemod 1:40.86 6 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:40.98
Women's super-G
Date: January 30
Placing Country Athlete Time 1 Anja Pärson 1:17.64 2 Lucia Recchia 1:18.09 3 Julia Mancuso 1:18.40 4 Nadia Fanchini 1:18.43 5 Isolde Kostner 1:18.54 6 Tina Maze 1:18.67
Women's giant slalom
Date: February 8
Placing Country Athlete TimeRun 1Run 2 1 Anja Pärson 2:13,631:07.071:06.56 2 Tanja Poutiainen 2:13,821:07.431:06.39 3 Julia Mancuso 2:14,271:07.791:06.48 4 Martina Ertl 2:14,311:07.681:06.63 5 Nicole Hosp 2:14,381:07.391:06.99 6 Karen Putzer 2:14,841:07.621:07.22
Women's slalom
Date: February 11
Placing Country Athlete TimeRun 1Run 2 1 Janica Kostelić 1:47,9851.5956.39 2 Tanja Poutiainen 1:48,1651.1956.97 3 Šárka Záhrobská 1:48,6551.9056.75 4 Kathrin Zettel 1:48.8252.5256.30 5 Therese Borssén 1:49.0252.9356.09 6 Resi Stiegler 1:49.2752.9756.30
Women's combination
Date: February 4
Placing Country Athlete TimeDownhillSlalom 1 Janica Kostelić 2:53.701:31.311:22.39 2 Anja Pärson 2:55.151:31.971:23.18 3 Marlies Schild 2:56.401:33.621:22.78 4 Lindsey C. Kildow 2:56.601:32.011:24.59 5 Šárka Záhrobská 2:56.891:33.531:23.36 6 Kathrin Zettel 2:57.441:33.741:23.70
Team event
Nations' team award
Date: February 13
This competition was held for the first time in these world championships. Six athletes of a country, including at least two men and two women, start in a total of four super G and four slalom runs. Each country sends one athlete into each run, men's and women's runs taking turns. The placings of all eight competitions are added and the country with the lowest number wins. If an athlete doesn't finish a run, the country receives 9 points.
Placing Country Athletes SG1SL1 SG2SL2 SG3SL3 SG4SL4 TotalPoints 1 Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, Andreas Ertl, Martina Ertl, Florian Eckert, Hilde Gerg, Felix Neureuther 23 21 11 79 26 2 Nicole Hosp, Renate Götschl, Benjamin Raich, Rainer Schönfelder, Michael Walchhofer, Kathrin Zettel 59 35 22 21 29 3 Pierrick Bourgeat, Ingrid Jacquemod, Carole Montillet, Christel Pascal, Laure Péquegnot, Jean-Pierre Vidal 37 92 34 55 38 4 Lindsey C. Kildow, Ted Ligety, Julia Mancuso, Bode Miller, Daron Rahlves, Sarah Schleper 92 19 95 13 39 5 Brigitte Acton, Patrick Biggs, François Bourque, Emily Brydon, Thomas Grandi, Erik Guay 33 49 66 38 42 6 Daniel Albrecht, Fränzi Aufdenblatten, Didier Défago, Sonja Nef, Nadia Styger, Silvan Zurbriggen 91 56 49 66 46 7 Therese Borssén, Janette Hargin, Patrik Järbyn, Markus Larsson, André Myhrer, Anja Pärson 95 83 93 92 48 8 Chiara Costazza, Nadia Fanchini, Peter Fill, Manfred Mölgg, Karen Putzer, Giorgio Rocca 19 64 99 84 50 9 Mitja Dragšič, Aleš Gorza, Jure Košir, Tina Maze, Urška Rabić, Andrej Šporn 96 77 59 47 54
Medal table
Course information
+ Course Information – (metric) Date Race StartElevation FinishElevation VerticalDrop CourseLength AverageGradient Sat 05-Feb Downhill – men 2255 m 1268 m 987 m 3.186 km 31.0% Sun 06-Feb Downhill – women 2530 1745 785 2.901 27.1 Thu 03-Feb Downhill – (K) – men 2160 1268 892 2.926 30.5 Fri 04-Feb Downhill – (K) – women 2415 1745 670 2.606 25.7 Sat 29-Jan Super-G – men 1907 1268 639 2.091 30.6 Sun 30-Jan Super-G – women 2335 1745 590 1.993 29.6 Wed 09-Feb Giant Slalom – men 1696 1251 445 Tue 08-Feb Giant Slalom – women 2110 1730 380 Sat 12-Feb Slalom – men 1470 1251 219 Fri 11-Feb Slalom – women 1900 1730 170 Thu 03-Feb Slalom – (K) – men 1435 1251 184 Fri 04-Feb Slalom – (K) – women 1890 1730 160 Sun 13-Feb Team 1696 1268 428 1.536 27.9
+ Course Information – (imperial) Date Race StartElevation FinishElevation VerticalDrop CourseLength AverageGradient Sat 05-Feb Downhill – men 7398 ft 4160 ft 3238 ft 1.980 mi. 31.0% Sun 06-Feb Downhill – women 8300 5725 2575 1.803 27.1 Thu 03-Feb Downhill – (K) – men 7087 4160 2927 1.818 30.5 Fri 04-Feb Downhill – (K) – women 7923 5725 2198 1.619 25.7 Sat 29-Jan Super-G – men 6256 4160 2096 1.299 30.6 Sun 30-Jan Super-G – women 7661 5725 1936 1.238 29.6 Wed 09-Feb Giant Slalom – men 5564 4104 1460 Tue 08-Feb Giant Slalom – women 6923 5676 1247 Sat 12-Feb Slalom – men 4823 4104 719 Fri 11-Feb Slalom – women 6234 5676 558 Thu 03-Feb Slalom – (K) – men 4708 4104 604 Fri 04-Feb Slalom – (K) – women 6201 5676 525 Sun 13-Feb Team 5564 4160 1404 0.954 27.9
References
FIS-ski.com – results – 2005 World Championships – Bormio/Santa Caterina, Italy – results – World Championships