| Event: | World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships |
| Venue: | Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion (Inzell) |
| Dates: | 3–6 March 2005 |
| Prev: | 2004 Seoul |
| Next: | 2007 Kearns |
The 2005 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 3 and 6 March 2005 in the Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion, Inzell, Germany.
| Date | Events |
|---|---|
| 3 March | 5000 m men |
| 1500 m women | |
| 4 March | 500 m men (1st) |
| 3000 m women | |
| 500 m men (2nd) | |
| 5 March | 500 m women (1st) |
| 1000 m men | |
| 500 m women (2nd) | |
| 10000 m men | |
| Team pursuit women | |
| 6 March | 1500 m men |
| Team pursuit men | |
| 1000 m women | |
| 5000 m women |
| 500 m | Joji Kato | 1:11.02 35.57 35.45 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1:11.46 35.75 35.71 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 1:11.70 35.87 35.83 | |
| 1000 m | Even Wetten | 1:10.10 | Jan Bos | 1:10.32 | Petter Andersen Pekka Koskela | 1:10.63 | |
| 1500 m | Rune Stordal | 1:50.69 | Mark Tuitert | 1:50.84 | Even Wetten | 1:51.63 | |
| 5000 m | Chad Hedrick | 6:25.61 | Bob de Jong | 6:30.53 | Carl Verheijen | 6:32.73 | |
| 10000 m | Bob de Jong | 13:25.64 | Carl Verheijen | 13:26.97 | Chad Hedrick | 13:30.88 | |
| Team pursuit | Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 3:53.83 | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:55.18 | Petter Andersen Odd Bohlin Borgersen Eskil Ervik | 3:55.49 |
| 500 m | Wang Manli | 1:17.21 38.92 38.29 | Wang Beixing | 1:17.82 38.69 39.13 | Lee Sang-hwa | 1:17.91 38.93 38.98 | |
| 1000 m | Barbara de Loor | 1:18.24 | Anni Friesinger | 1:18.46 | Marianne Timmer | 1:18.71 | |
| 1500 m | Cindy Klassen | 1:58.49 | Anni Friesinger | 1:58.73 | Jennifer Rodriguez | 1:59.44 | |
| 3000 m | Cindy Klassen | 4:10.37 | Claudia Pechstein | 4:10.89 | Kristina Groves | 4:11.97 | |
| 5000 m | Anni Friesinger | 7:18.32 | Claudia Pechstein | 7:18.67 | Clara Hughes | 7:19.17 | |
| Team pursuit | Daniela Anschütz Anni Friesinger Sabine Völker | 3:05.81 | Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen | 3:07.01 | Eriko Ishino Nami Nemoto Maki Tabata | 3:12.05 |