title: Orienteering at the 2005 World Games – Women's middle distance
text: # Orienteering at the 2005 World Games – Women's middle distance
  
  The women'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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Simone Niggli-Luder | Switzerland | 36:44.1 |
  | | Karin Schmalfeld | Germany | 37:10.1 |
  | | Heather Monro | Great Britain | 38:26.0 |
  | 4 | Tatiana Ryabkina | Russia | 38:50.6 |
  | 5 | Ieva Sargautytė | Lithuania | 40:01.1 |
  | 6 | Lea Müller | Switzerland | 40:22.3 |
  | 7 | Merja Rantanen | Finland | 40:27.5 |
  | 8 | Brigitte Grüniger | Switzerland | 40:37.1 |
  | 9 | Dana Brožková | Czech Republic | 40:38.9 |
  | 10 | Marta Štěrbová | Czech Republic | 40:43.1 |
  | 11 | Katri Kerkola | Finland | 40:52.8 |
  | 12 | Inga Dambe | Latvia | 41:04.1 |
  | 13 | Camilla Berglund | Sweden | 41:17.0 |
  | 14 | Monika Depta | Poland | 41:28.3 |
  | 15 | Aija Skrastina | Latvia | 41:29.4 |
  | 16 | Sarah Rollins | Great Britain | 41:44.5 |
  | 17 | Lina Bäckström | Sweden | 42:09.5 |
  | 18 | Céline Dodin | France | 42:14.7 |
  | 19 | Elisa Dresen | Germany | 42:23.2 |
  | 20 | Seline Stalder | Switzerland | 42:31.2 |
  | 21 | Linda Take | Sweden | 42:45.6 |
  | 22 | Vendula Klechová | Czech Republic | 42:53.4 |
  | 23 | Kirti Rebane | Estonia | 42:55.9 |
  | 24 | Signe Søes | Denmark | 43:18.9 |
  | 25 | Helen Winskill | Great Britain | 43:34.2 |
  | 26 | Juliette Soulard | France | 43:44.1 |
  | 27 | Sandra Paužaitė | Lithuania | 43:46.4 |
  | 28 | Lene Bergersen | Norway | 44:04.5 |
  | 29 | Aliya Sitdikova | Russia | 44:09.7 |
  | 30 | Vilma Rudzenskaitė | Lithuania | 44:47.9 |
  | 31 | Salla Sukki | Finland | 44:53.1 |
  | 32 | Allison Jones | Australia | 45:00.1 |
  | 33 | Tatiana Yaxanova | Russia | 45:00.1 |
  | 34 | Meike Jaeger | Germany | 46:04.1 |
  | 35 | Linda Antonsen | Norway | 46:10.6 |
  | 36 | Karina Boen Knudsen | Denmark | 47:32.2 |
  | 37 | Tone Wigemyr | Norway | 47:43.2 |
  | 38 | Veronica Minoiu | Romania | 48:16.7 |
  | 39 | Danielle Winslow | Australia | 50:03.6 |
  