The following running order of the Round I contestants of the Richter Piano Competition was defined during the draw ceremony held at noon of June 11, 2005 in the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory:

1. Ferenz Vizi (Romania)

2. Peter Laul (Russia)

3. Kensei Yamaguchi (Japan)

4. Yuzo Kakeya (Japan)

5. Mikhail Shilyaev (Russia)

6. Fan-Chiang Yi (Taiwan-Germany)

7. Andrey Shibko (Russia)

8. Maria Grigorenko (Russia)

9. Claudio Carbo Montaner (Spain)

10. Yung Wook Yoo (Korea)

11. Ani Takidze (Georgia)

12. Nami Ejiri (Japan)

13. Dmitri Lyudkov (Russia)

14. Denis Losev (Russia)

15. Inga Kazantseva (Russia)

16. Vadim Sakharov (Russia)

17. Balasz Szokolay (Hungary)

18. Oleg Polianski (Ukraine)

19. Jong Hwa Park (Korea)

20. Emi Nakajima (USA)

21. Sergey Koudriakov (Russia)

22. Natalia Taldykina (Russia)

23. Makoto Ueno (Japan)

24. Yakov Katsnelson (Russia)

25. Murad Adigezalzade (Azerbaijan)

26. Eldar Nebolsin (Russia)

27. Asaf Zohar (Israel)

28. Alexey Chernov (Russia)

29. Maxim Philippov (Russia)

30. Vadim Rudenko (Russia)

31. Viacheslav Gryaznov (Russia)

32. Eleonora Karpukhova (Russia)