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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005

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Events
  
11

Closing ceremony
  
13 February 2005

Opening ceremony
  
28 January 2005

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005

Host city
  
Bormio and Santa Caterina, Italy

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 were held in Bormio, Italy, between January 28 and February 13, 2005.

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The women's competition was held in neighboring Santa Caterina.

Bormio previously hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1985. Other host cities for the world championships 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 1000 m (3280 ft.).

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 downhill

Date: February 5

Men's super-G

Date: January 29

Men's giant slalom

Date: February 10

Men's slalom

Date: February 12

Men's combination

Date: February 3

Women's downhill

Date: February 6

Women's super-G

Date: January 30

Women's giant slalom

Date: February 8

Women's slalom

Date: February 11

Women's combination

Date: February 4

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.

Medal table

Key

References

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 Wikipedia