2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill
# 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill

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.

## Calendar

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

## Final point standings

In Men's Downhill World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 33 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 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 |
