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.
Schedule
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! Date
! Time
! Event
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| rowspan=2 | 5 March || 10:00 || Men's 10 km sprint
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| 14:00 || Women's 7.5 km sprint
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| rowspan=2 | 6 March || 10:00 || Men's 12.5 km pursuit
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| 13:00 || Women's 10 km pursuit
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| 8 March || 14:15 || Women's 15 km individual
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| 9 March || 14:15 || Men's 20 km individual
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| 11 March || 14:15 || Women's 4 × 6 km relay
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| 12 March || 14:45 || Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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| rowspan=2 | 13 March || 10:45 || Women's 12.5 km mass start
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| 12:45 || Men's 15 km mass start
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| 20 March || 13:00 || Mixed 4 × 6 km relay
|}
Medal winners
Men
{|
|-
| 10 km sprint
| || 24:37.5<br />(1+0)
| || 24:48.0<br />(1+0)
| || 25:01.5<br />(0+0)
|-
| 12.5 km pursuit
| || 36:41.4<br />(0+1+1+1)
| || 37:20.6<br />(0+0+0+0)
| || 37:32.1<br />(2+0+1+0)
|-
| 20 km individual
| || 1:00:24.5<br />(0+0+0+1)
| || 1:00:33.9<br />(0+0+0+0)
| || 1:00:51.4<br />(1+0+0+1)
|-
| 4 × 7.5 km relay
| || 1:21:59.2<br /><small>(0+2) (0+3)<br />(0+0) (0+1)<br />(0+1) (0+0)<br />(0+0) (0+0)</small>
| || 1:22:25.2<br /><small>(0+0) (0+0)<br />(0+0) (0+1)<br />(0+1) (0+0)<br />(0+2) (0+1)</small>
| || 1:22:42.5<br /><small>(0+0) (0+2)<br />(0+0) (0+0)<br />(0+0) (0+1)<br />(0+0) (0+1)</small>
|-
| 15 km mass start
| || 40:51.9<br />(1+0+2+0)
| || 41:03.8<br />(0+1+1+1)
| || 41:12.5<br />(0+0+1+1)
|}
Women
{|
|-
| 7.5 km sprint
| || 21:58.6<br />(0+0)
| || 22:02.1<br />(0+0)
| || 22:25.2<br />(0+0)
|-
| 10 km pursuit
| || 33:32.5<br />(1+0+2+1)
| || 33:50.4<br />(0+1+1+2)
| || 34:13.1<br />(0+1+1+2)
|-
| 15 km individual
| || 52:37.5<br />(0+1+0+0)
| || 53:07.7<br />(0+1+0+1)
| || 53:11.8<br />(1+0+0+0)
|-
| 4 × 6 km relay
| || 1:13:44.4<br /><small>(0+1) (0+0)<br />(0+2) (0+1)<br />(0+0) (0+0)<br />(0+3) (0+0)</small>
| || 1:14:25.8<br /><small>(0+3) (1+3)<br />(0+2) (0+0)<br />(0+1) (0+0)<br />(0+2) (0+1)</small>
| || 1:14:37.6<br /><small>(0+0) (1+3)<br />(0+0) (0+2)<br />(0+0) (0+1)<br />(0+0) (0+3)</small>
|-
| 12.5 km mass start
| || 41:40.3<br />(0+1+0+3)
| || 41:44.0<br />(0+1+1+1)
| || 41:48.7<br />(1+1+1+0)
|}
Mixed
{|
|-
|
| || 1:13:24.1<br /><small>(0+1) (0+2)<br />(0+2) (0+0)<br />(0+1) (0+0)<br />(0+1) (0+2)</small>
| || 1:13:31.4<br /><small>(0+0) (0+0)<br />(1+3) (0+0)<br />(0+0) (0+0)<br />(0+1) (0+3)</small>
| || 1:13:58.3<br /><small>(1+3) (0+3)<br />(0+1) (0+2)<br />(0+0) (0+0)<br />(0+0) (0+3)</small>
|}