2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

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2005 Men's Downhill World Cup
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The 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill season involved 11 events at sites in North America and Europe between November 2004 and March 2005. Austria's Michael Walchhofer won the individual title, while his Austrian team took the team title.

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Calendar

Round Race No Place Country Date Winner Second Third
1 2 Lake Louise  Canada November 27, 2004 United States Bode Miller France Antoine Dénériaz Austria Michael Walchhofer
2 5 Beaver Creek  United States December 3, 2004 United States Bode Miller United States Daron Rahlves Austria Michael Walchhofer
3 8 Val d'Isère  France December 11, 2004 Austria Werner Franz Liechtenstein Marco Büchel Austria Michael Walchhofer
4 12 Val Gardena  Italy December 18, 2004 Germany Max Rauffer Switzerland Jürg Grünenfelder Austria Hans Grugger
5 16 Bormio  Italy December 29, 2004 Austria Hans Grugger Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Fritz Strobl
6 17 Chamonix  France January 8, 2005 Austria Hans Grugger Italy Kristian Ghedina Austria Michael Walchhofer
7 21 Wengen  Switzerland January 15, 2005 Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Christoph Gruber United States Bode Miller
8 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Germany February 18, 2005 Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Hermann Maier United States Bode Miller
9 27 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Germany February 19, 2005 Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Mario Scheiber Austria Fritz Strobl
10 31 Kvitfjell  Norway March 5, 2005 Austria Hermann Maier Austria Mario Scheiber Switzerland Ambrosi Hoffmann
11 33 Lenzerheide  Switzerland March 10, 2005 Norway Lasse Kjus United States Bode Miller Austria Fritz Strobl

Final point standings

In men's downhill World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place Name Country Total Points 2Canada 5United States 8France 12Italy 16Italy 17France 21Switzerland 26Germany 27Germany 31Norway 33Switzerland
1 Michael Walchhofer  Austria 681 60 60 60 11 80 60 100 100 100 - 50
2 Bode Miller  United States 618 100 100 50 18 18 32 60 60 50 50 80
3 Hermann Maier  Austria 451 45 29 5 - 24 32 50 80 36 100 50
4 Daron Rahlves  United States 444 50 80 36 18 40 45 - 45 45 45 40
5 Hans Grugger  Austria 418 13 22 9 60 100 100 20 50 12 14 18
6 Fritz Strobl  Austria 379 - 32 26 50 60 - 22 40 60 29 60
7 Werner Franz  Austria 254 10 - 100 20 26 12 45 26 4 11 -
8 Mario Scheiber  Austria 247 2 6 6 4 - 50 6 13 80 80 -
9 Christoph Gruber  Austria 242 - 14 14 - 29 40 80 14 15 36 -
10 Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein 237 8 24 80 12 - 6 7 - 24 40 36
11 Bruno Kernen  Switzerland 228 20 50 45 5 32 16 11 18 11 - 20
12 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 225 4 20 4 22 10 80 24 22 32 7 -
13 Kurt Sulzenbacher  Italy 200 24 26 22 26 7 26 40 - 26 3 -
14 Erik Guay  Canada 187 18 - 20 24 11 13 3 29 20 20 29
15 Didier Défago  Switzerland 185 - 12 29 15 22 5 - 36 8 26 32
16 Ambrosi Hoffmann  Switzerland 173 32 - - - 9 24 8 16 24 60 -
17 Antoine Dénériaz  France 168 80 18 36 29 5 - - - - - -
18 Lasse Kjus  Norway 163 29 - - - 2 - 32 - - - 100
19 Peter Fill  Italy 159 - 18 15 - 12 11 36 20 29 18 -
20 Klaus Kröll  Austria 155 12 7 10 - 50 10 26 - 5 9 26
21 Didier Cuche  Switzerland 154 40 45 14 9 36 - - - - - -
22 Silvan Zurbriggen  Switzerland 153 26 - - - 45 - 15 13 6 32 16
23 Jürg Grünenfelder  Switzerland 152 - 10 - 80 - 22 9 15 16 - -
24 Alessandro Fattori  Italy 149 - 9 40 - 9 15 32 5 7 10 22
25 Max Rauffer  Germany 143 14 - - 100 16 2 4 7 - - -
26 Benjamin Raich  Austria 117 15 4 - - 14 - - 24 14 22 24
27 Andreas Schifferer  Austria 107 22 6 - - - - - 32 40 7 -
28 Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 104 6 8 3 45 - - 18 - - 24 -
29 Patrik Järbyn  Sweden 103 - 3 16 40 - 8 14 9 13 - -
30 Finlay Mickel  United Kingdom 83 3 - 7 13 20 14 13 2 11 - -
Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway 83 16 36 - 8 - - 11 - - 12 -
32 Bryon Friedman  United States 79 - 40 - 36 3 - - - - - -
33 Yannick Bertrand  France 76 - 11 8 - - 22 2 - 18 15 -
34 Norbert Holzknecht  Austria 61 11 - 18 32 - - - - - - -
35 Bjarne Solbakken  Norway 51 9 18 11 1 - - 12 - - - -
36 Jeff Hume  Canada 40 - - - - - 40 - - - - -
37 Jan Hudec  Canada 36 36 - - - - - - - - - -
Manuel Osborne-Paradis  Canada 36 - - - - - 18 5 11 2 - -
39 Paul Accola  Switzerland 29 - 13 2 - 13 - - 1 - - -
40 Florian Eckert  Germany 23 - - - 2 4 - 1 6 9 1 -
41 David Poisson  France 22 - - - 6 - - - - - 16 -
Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin  France 22 - - - - - 9 - - - 13 -
43 Patrick Staudacher  Italy 21 - 1 2 - - 7 - 10 1 - -
44 Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz  France 18 - - 12 - 6 - - - - - -
Tobias Grünenfelder  Switzerland 18 6 - - - - - - 9 3 - -
46 Nicolas Burtin  France 17 - - - 14 - 3 - - - - -
47 Thomas Graggaber  Austria 16 - - - - - - 16 - - - -
48 Andreas Buder  Austria 15 - - - - 15 - - - - - -
François Bourque  Canada 15 7 - - - - - - - - 8 -
50 Roland Fischnaller  Italy 13 - - 13 - - - - - - - -
51 Christoph Kronberger  Austria 10 - - - 10 - - - - - - -
52 Justin Johnson  United States 7 - - - 7 - - - - - - -
John Kucera  Canada 7 - - - - - - - 3 - 4 -
54 Daniel Züger  Switzerland 6 - 2 - - - 4 - - - - -
55 Stefan Thanei  Italy 5 - - - - 1 - - 4 - - -
Konrad Hari  Switzerland 5 - - - - - - - - - 5 -
57 Scott Macartney  United States 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - -
Cornel Züger  Switzerland 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 -
59 A. J. Bear  Australia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Claude Crétier  France 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - -

Note:

In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.

Men's downhill team results

bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins

Place Country Total Points 2Canada 5United States 8France 12Italy 16Italy 17France 21Switzerland 26Germany 27Germany 31Norway 33Switzerland Racers Wins
1  Austria 3153 190 180 248 187 398 304 365 379 366 308 228 14 7
2  United States 1151 150 220 86 82 61 77 60 105 95 95 120 5 2
3  Switzerland 1106 124 132 100 109 157 71 43 108 68 126 68 11 0
4  Italy 772 28 74 96 48 39 139 132 61 95 38 22 7 0
5  Norway 401 60 62 14 54 2 - 73 - - 36 100 4 1
6  France 324 80 29 56 49 11 35 2 - 18 44 - 7 0
7  Canada 321 61 - 20 24 11 71 8 43 22 32 29 6 0
8  Liechtenstein 237 8 24 80 12 - 6 7 - 24 40 36 1 0
9  Germany 166 14 - - 102 20 2 5 13 9 1 - 2 1
10  Sweden 103 - 3 16 40 - 8 14 9 13 - - 1 0
11  United Kingdom 83 3 - 7 13 20 14 13 2 11 - - 1 0
12  Australia 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 0

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