Bobsleigh World Championship 2005

The 53rd Bobsleigh World Championship took place from February 18-27, 2005 in Calgary , Canada . The World Cup was held for the third time in Calgary.

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown	3: 39.38 min
2	GER	André Lange Kevin Kuske	+0.14 s
3	SUI	Martin Annen Beat Hefti	+0.32 s
4th	SUI	Ivo Rüegg Cedric Grand	+0.38 s
5	GER	René Spies Franz Sagmeister	+0.56 s
6th	RUS	Alexander Zubkov Dmitri Stepushkin	+1.05 s
7th	GBR	Lee Johnston Dan Humphries	+1.06 s
8th	SUI	Daniel Schmid Thomas Lamparter	+1.08 s
9	United States	Mike Kohn Alex Sprague	+1.42 s
10	ITA	Simone Bertazzo Giorgio Morbidelli	+1.54 s

Date: 18./19. February 2005

A total of 39 teams were at the start.

space	country	athlete	time
1	GER I	André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	3,34.53 min
2	RUS I	Alexander Zubkov Sergei Golubov Alexei Seliverstow Dmitri Stepushkin	+0.30 s
3	CAN I	Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk Morgan Alexander Lascelles Brown	+0.33 s
4th	SUI I	Martin Annen Andy Gees Beat Hefti Cédric Grand	+0.35 s
5	USA I	Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic Bill Schuffenhauer Steve Mesler	+0.92 s
6th	SUI II	Ralph Rüegg Thomas Lamparter Christian Aebli Elmar Schaufelberger	+1.32 s
7th	GER II	Matthias Höpfner Marc Kühne Andreas Barucha Stefan Barucha	+1.34 s
8th	USA II	Steven Holcomb Ben Fogel Jason Ross Lorenzo Smith	+1.96 s
9	LAT I	Jānis Miņins Mārcis Rullis Ainars Podnieks Jānis Ozols	+1.97 s
10	RUS II	Yevgeny Popov Piotr Makartchuk Filipp Yegorow Alexei Andrynin	+2.06 s

Date: 26./27. February 2005

A total of 26 teams were at the start.

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	GER	Sandra Kiriasis Anja Schneiderheinze	3: 43.01 min
2	GBR	Nicola Minichiello Jackie Davies	+0.28 s
3	United States	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	+0.72 s
4th	SUI	Sabina Hafner Katharina Sutter	+1.25 s
5	United States	Jean Prahm Vonetta Flowers	+1.27 s
6th	United States	Jill Bakken Amanda Moreley	+1.38 s
	ITA	Gerda Weißensteiner Jennifer Isacco	+1.38 s
8th	GER	Susi Erdmann Anne Dietrich	+1.41 s
9	NED	Eline Jurg Christel Bertens	+1.51 s
10	GER	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	+1.88 s

Date: 25./26. February 2005

A total of 23 teams were at the start. Only the best 20 of the first three runs made it to the final.

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany Germany	2	1	0	3
2	Canada Canada	1	0	1	2
3	Russia Russia	0	1	0	1
3	United Kingdom United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
5	Switzerland Switzerland	0	0	1	1
5	United States United States	0	0	1	1