2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering explained

The 2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the second World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in the Spanish Aran Valley (Catalonia) from March 1 to March 6, 2004.

Compared to the 2002 World Championship a relay race and a vertical race competition was added.

Results

Nation ranking and medals

(all age groups)^[1]

ranking	country	vertical race				team				individual				relay
		points				points				points				points				total points
1	Switzerland	501	2	2	1	466	1	1		1378	3		2	364	1		1	2709
2	Italy	469	2	2	4	436		1	1	1390	1	1	1	344		1	1	2639
3	France	351	1	1		460	1		1	1255		1	1	380	1	1		2446
4	Spain	350	1		1	222				1018		1		296				1886
5	Czech Republic	286				134				453				280				1153
6	Slovakia	252		1		114				582				144				1092
7	Germany	268				224				320				120				932
8	Slovenia	160				78				425				140				803
9	Andorra	151				104				150				132				537
10	Romania	55				28				290				136				509
11	Greece	142				42				193				116				493
12	Poland					68				298		1		124				490
13	Austria	148				64				147								359
14	Japan	109				14				64				112				299
15	Bulgaria	56				34				186								276
16	United States	146								128								274
17	United Kingdom	127				14				58								199
18	Denmark	121				18				53								192
19	Canada	95								75								170
20	Liechtenstein	82								74								156
21	Russia	70				16				53								139
22	Argentina	68				12				45								125
23	China	89																89
24	Morocco	61								8								69
25	Eritrea	60																60
26	Chile	34				2				14								50
27	South Korea	27								9								36
28	Belgium									30								30
29	Croatia	26																26

Vertical race

event held on March 2, 2004

altitude difference (ascent): 950m

List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):^[2]

Women

Men

Team

Event held on March 3, 2004

altitude difference:

• ascent: 2,128m
• downhill: 2,128m

List of the best 10 teams by gender:^[3]

Women

Men

Individual

Event held on March 5, 2004

• distance: ~ 20 km
• altitude difference:
  • ascent: 1,720m
  • downhill: 1,720m

List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):^[4]

Women

Men

Relay

Event held on March 6, 2004

List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):^[5]

Women
Men

Combination ranking

(individual, team, vertical race rankings)

List of the best 10 participants by gender:^[7]

Women

Men

Notes and References

1. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04nations.pdf Nations World Championship-Final Classification 06/03/2004
2. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04vrace.pdf Vertical Race World Championship-Final Classification 02/03/2004
3. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04teams.pdf Teams World Championship-Final Classification 03/03/2004
4. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04singles.pdf Singles World Championship-Final Classification 05/03/2004
5. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04relays.pdf Relays World Championship-Final Classification 06/03/2004
6. includes six penalty minutes for forgotten parts of equipment
7. http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04combined.pdf Combined World Championship-Final Classification 05/03/2004