Orienteering at the 2005 World Games – Men's middle distance
# Orienteering at the 2005 World Games – Men's middle distance

The men's middle distance competition in orienteering at the 2005 World Games took place on 16 July 2005 in the Jahnstadion in Bottrop, Germany.

## Competition format

A total of 39 athletes entered the competition. Every athlete had to check in at control points, which were located across the course.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Thierry Gueorgiou | France | 38:10.1 |
| | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 38:31.1 |
| | Øystein Kvaal Østerbø | Norway | 38:36.5 |
| 4 | Christian Nielsen | Denmark | 38:55.4 |
| 5 | Yuri Omeltchenko | Ukraine | 39:09.1 |
| 6 | Damien Renard | France | 39:14.8 |
| 7 | Ingo Horst | Germany | 39:18.1 |
| 8 | Martin Johansson | Sweden | 39:37.3 |
| 9 | Holger Hott | Norway | 39:41.6 |
| 10 | Mārtiņš Sirmais | Latvia | 39:55.0 |
| 11 | Svajūnas Ambrazas | Lithuania | 39:58.5 |
| 12 | Grant Bluett | Australia | 40:06.6 |
| 13 | Johan Näsman | Sweden | 40:10.0 |
| 14 | Matthew Crane | Great Britain | 40:17.8 |
| 15 | Marián Dávidík | Slovakia | 40:23.1 |
| 16 | Matthias Merz | Switzerland | 40:23.8 |
| 17 | Simonas Krėpšta | Lithuania | 40:29.1 |
| 18 | Sergey Detkov | Russia | 41:01.3 |
| 19 | Tomáš Dlabaja | Czech Republic | 41:13.1 |
| 20 | Juha-Matti Huhtanen | Finland | 41:16.8 |
| 21 | Maxim Davydov | Russia | 41:19.8 |
| 22 | Claus Bloch | Denmark | 41:21.0 |
| 23 | Troy de Haas | Australia | 41:49.3 |
| 24 | Andreas Kraas | Estonia | 42:00.6 |
| 25 | Troels Nielsen | Denmark | 42:04.4 |
| 26 | Jonas Pilblad | Sweden | 42:13.4 |
| 27 | Petr Losman | Czech Republic | 42:28.4 |
| 28 | Nicolas Girsch | France | 42:32.0 |
| 29 | Jonne Lehto | Finland | 42:35.8 |
| 30 | Alexander Shcherbakov | Russia | 42:50.1 |
| 31 | Kristaps Jeudzems | Latvia | 42:51.0 |
| 32 | Nicholas Barrable | Great Britain | 43:23.2 |
| 33 | François Gonon | France | 43:43.5 |
| 34 | Ramūnas Šimanskas | Lithuania | 43:44.5 |
| 35 | Oskars Zernis | Latvia | 43:47.2 |
| 36 | Christian Ott | Switzerland | 44:38.8 |
| 37 | Axel Fischer | Germany | 44:49.3 |
| | Thormod Berg | Norway | DSQ |
| | Jörgen Wickholm | Finland | DNS |
