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The Nordic skiing World Championships (officially the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships) have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and including women since 1954. Championship events include Nordic skiing's three disciplines: Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing), Ski jumping, and Nordic combined (the latter being a combination sport consisting of both XC skiing and Ski jumping). Since 1985, the Nordic skiing World Championships have been held every odd-numbered year. Until 1980, the Winter Olympics also counted as World Championship events.
Information format of this article : The following tables list the host towns/cities of the Championships and the medalists in the different events. The events are listed in roughly the same order they have been held in recent Championships. Some events have been discontinued over the years, and as such are listed as "defunct". Also note that the Double Pursuit, Sprint, and Team Sprint races have had their running distances changed between Championships; details of this are given in each event's section, above the medalist tables.
Host towns/cities, venues
Arranged Championships:
- 1925 Johannisbad (Janské Lázne), Czechoslovakia
- 1926 Lahti, Finland
- 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1929 Zakopane, Poland
- 1930 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
- 1931 Oberhof, Germany
- 1933 Innsbruck, Austria
- 1934 Sollefteå, Sweden
- 1935 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia
- 1937 Chamonix, France
- 1938 Lahti, Finland
- 1939 Zakopane, Poland
- 1950 Lake Placid, New York, USA
- 1954 Falun-Lugnet Stadion, Sweden
- 1958 Lahti, Finland
- 1962 Zakopane, Poland
- 1966 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
- 1970 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia
- 1974 Falun-Lugnet Stadion, Sweden
- 1978 Lahti, Finland
- 1982 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
- 1985 Seefeld, in Tyrol, Austria
- 1987 Oberstdorf, in Oberallgäu, West Germany
- 1989 Lahti, Finland
- 1991 Val di Fiemme, in Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
- 1993 Falun-Lugnet Stadion, Sweden
- 1995 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- 1997 Trondheim-Granåsen, Norway
- 1999 Ramsau, Lower Austria
- 2001 Lahti, Finland
- 2003 Val di Fiemme, in Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
- 2005 Oberstdorf, in Oberallgäu, Germany (16–27 February) (Medal page)
- 2007 Sapporo, Japan (22 February–4 March) (Home page)
- 2009 Liberec, Czech Republic (18 February–1 March) (Home page)
- 2011 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway (dates TBA) (Home Page)
XC skiing, Men, present
15 km
This event was arranged from 1954 to 1991, and as pursuit, with the results from 10 km deciding the starting times, from 1993 to 1999.
Double Pursuit
This event was first held in 2001.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Per Elofsson | Johann Mühlegg | Vitaly Denisov |
| 2003 | Per Elofsson | Tore Ruud Hofstad | Jörgen Brink |
| 2005 | Vincent Vittoz | Giorgio di Centa | Frode Estil |
Sprint
This event was first arranged in 2001.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Tor Arne Hetland | Cristian Zorzi | Håvard Solbakken |
| 2003 | Thobias Fredriksson | Håvard Bjerkeli | Tor Arne Hetland |
| 2005 | Vassili Rotchev | Tor Arne Hetland | Thobias Fredriksson |
Team Sprint
This event has only been arranged once, in 2005.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tore Ruud Hofstad Tor Arne Hetland | Jens Fillbrich Axel Teichmann | Dusan Kozisek Martin Koukal |
4×10 km Relay
50 km
This event was first held in 1925.
XC skiing, Men, defunct
10 km
This event was held from 1991 to 1999, before it was abandoned and the double pursuit replaced it.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Terje Langli | Christer Majbäck | Torgny Mogren |
| 1993 | Sture Sivertsen | Vladimir Smirnov | Vegard Ulvang |
| 1995 | Vladimir Smirnov | Bjørn Dæhlie | Mika Myllylä |
| 1997 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Aleksey Prokourorov | Mika Myllylä |
| 1999 | Mika Myllylä | Alois Stadlober | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset |
18 km
This event was arranged first time in 1925, and last time in 1950.| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1925 | Otakar Nemecky, Czechoslovakia Frantisek Donth, Czechoslovakia Josef Erlebach, Czechoslovakia1927 | John Lindgren, Sweden Frantisek Donth, Czechoslovakia Viktor Schneider, Germany1929 | Veli Saarinen, Finland Anselm Knuuttila, Finland Hjalmar Bergström, Sweden1930 | Arne Rustadstuen, Norway Trygve Brodahl, Norway Tauno Lappalainen, Finland1931 | Johan Grøttumsbråten, Norway Kristian Hovde, Norway Nils Svärd, Sweden1933 | Nils-Joel Englund, Sweden Hjalmar Bergström, Sweden Vainö Liikanen, Finland1934 | Sulo Nurmela, Finland Veli Saarinen, Finland Martti Lappalainen, Finland1935 | Klaus Karppinen, Finland Oddbjørn Hagen, Norway Olaf Hoffsbakken, Norway1937 | Lars Bergendahl, Norway Kalle Jalkanen, Finland Pekka Niemi, Finland1938 | Pauli Pitkänen, Finland Alfred Dahlqvist, Sweden Kalle Jalkanen, Finland1939 | Jussi Kurikkala, Finland Klaus Karppinen, Finland Carl Pahlin, Sweden1950 | Karl-Erik Åström, Sweden Enar Josefsson, Sweden Arnljot Nyaas, Norway
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30 km
This event was arranged first time in 1926, and last time in 2003.| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes | 1926 | Matti Raivio, Finland Tauno Lappalainen, Finland Veli Saarinen, FinlandClassical style | 1954 | Vladimir Kusin, USSR Veikko Hakulinen, Finland Martti Lautala, FinlandClassical style | 1958 | Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finland Pavel Kolchin, USSR Sixten Jernberg, SwedenClassical style | 1962 | Eero Mäntyranta, Finland Janne Stefansson, Sweden Giulio de Florian, ItalyClassical style | 1966 | Eero Mäntyranta, Finland Kalevi Laurila, Finland Walter Demel, East GermanyClassical style | 1970 | Vyacheslav Vedenin, USSR Gerhard Grimmer, East Germany Odd Martinsen, NorwayClassical style | 1974 | Thomas Magnusson, Sweden Juha Mieto, Finland Jan Staszel, PolandClassical style | 1978 | Sergey Savelyev, USSR Nikolay Zimyatov, USSR Josef Luszczek, PolandClassical style | 1982 | Thomas Eriksson, Sweden Lars-Erik Eriksen, Norway Bill Koch, USAClassical style | 1985 | Gunde Svan, Sweden Ove Aunli, Norway Harri Kirvesniemi, FinlandClassical style | 1987 | Thomas Wassberg, Sweden Aki Karvonen, Finland Christer Majbäck, SwedenClassical style | 1989 | Vladimir Smirnov, USSR Vegard Ulvang, Norway Christer Majbäck, SwedenClassical style | 1991 | Gunde Svan, Sweden Vladimir Smirnov, USSR Vegard Ulvang, NorwayClassical style | 1993 | Bjørn Dæhlie, Norway Vegard Ulvang, Norway Vladimir Smirnov, KazakhstanClassical style | 1995 | Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakhstan Bjørn Dæhlie, Norway Aleksey Prokourorov, RussiaClassical style | 1997 | Aleksey Prokourorov, Russia Bjørn Dæhlie, Norway Thomas Alsgaard, NorwayFree Style | 1999 | Mika Myllylä, Finland Thomas Alsgaard, Norway Bjørn Dæhlie, NorwayFree Style | 2001 | Andrus Veerpalu, Estonia Frode Estil, Norway Mikhail Ivanov, RussiaClassical Style | 2003 | Thomas Alsgaard, Norway Anders Aukland, Norway Frode Estil, NorwayMass Start |
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XC skiing, Women, present
10 km
This event was first arranged in 1954, the first event for women in the Nordic Skiing Championships. From 1993 to 1999 it was arranged as pursuit, and from 2001 it was back as an individual event.
Double Pursuit
This event was first held in 2001, but then as 10 km, 5 km in classical style and 5 km in free style. In 2005 it was expanded to 15 km, 7.5 in each style.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Virpi Kuitunen | Larissa Lazutina | Olga Danilova |
| 2003 | Kristina Šmigun | Evi Sachenbacher | Olga Savyalova |
| 2005 | Yuliya Tchepalova | Marit Bjørgen | Kristin Størmer Steira |
Sprint
This event has been held since 2001.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Pirjo Manninen | Kati Sundqvist | Julija Tchepalova |
| 2003 | Marit Bjørgen | Claudia Künzel | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen |
| 2005 | Emilie Öhrstig | Lina Andersson | Sara Renner |
Team Sprint
This event has only been held once, in 2005.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen | Riitta Liisa Lassila Pirjo Manninen | Julija Tchepalova Alena Sidko |
4(3)×5 km Relay
From 1954–1970 the women's relay event had 3 legs only.30 km
This event was arranged first time in 1989.| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Stefania Belmondo | Manuela Di Centa | Lyubov Yegorova |
| 1995 | Yelena Välbe | Manuela Di Centa | Antonina Ordina |
| 1997 | Yelena Välbe | Stefania Belmondo | Marit Mikkelsplass |
| 1999 | Larissa Lazutina | Olga Danilova | Kristina Šmigun |
| 2001 | Event cancelled | ||
| 2003 | Olga Savyalova | Yelena Burukina | Kristina Šmigun |
| 2005 | Marit Bjørgen | Virpi Kuitunen | Natalia Baranova-Masalkina |
XC skiing, Women, defunct
5 km
This event was arranged for the first time in 1962, and it later became the starting distance of the pursuit event - i.e. the one that determined starting times in the pursuit - from 1993 to 1999.| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Alevtina Kolchina | Lyubov Baranova | Maria Gusakova |
| 1966 | Alevtina Kolchina | Klavdija Bojarskikh | Rita Atskina |
| 1970 | Galina Kulakova | Galina Pilyushenko | Nina Fyodorova |
| 1974 | Galina Kulakova | Bianca Paúlú | Raisa Smetanina |
| 1978 | Helena Takalo | Hilkka Kuntola | Raisa Smetanina |
| 1982 | Berit Aunli | Hilkka Kuntola | Brit Pettersen |
| 1985 | No competition | ||
| 1989 | No competition | ||
| 1991 | Yelena Välbe | Marie-Helene Östlund | Tamara Tikhonova |
| 1993 | Larissa Lazutina | Lyubov Yegorova | Trude Dybendahl |
| 1995 | Larissa Lazutina | Nina Gavrilyuk | Manuela Di Centa |
| 1997 | Yelena Välbe | Stefania Belmondo | Olga Danilova |
| 1999 | Bente Martinsen¹ | Olga Danilova | Kateřina Neumannová |
15 km
This event was arranged from 1989 to 2003.
20 km
This event was arranged from 1978 to 1987.| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1978 | Zinaida Amosova, USSR Raisa Smetanina, USSR Helena Takalo, Finland1982 | Raisa Smetanina, USSR Berit Aunli, Norway Hilkka Kuntola, Finland1985 | Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Norway Brit Pettersen, Norway Anette Bøe, Norway1987 | Marie-Helene Westin, Sweden Anfisa Reztsova, USSR Larissa Ptistyna, USSR
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Ski jumping
This event was arranged first time in 1925, and the ski jumpers competed in only one hill. In 1962, a "large hill" competition was introduced, and in 1982 a team competition - where four jumpers from the nation compete together, and their points are tallied together at the end - entered the program. In 2001 and 2005, there were team competitions in both the normal and the large hill.
Normal hill
Large hill
Team - normal hill
Team - large hill
Nordic combined
This event was first time arranged in 1925. Then, the athletes competing in Nordic combined competed together with the 18 km athletes and the ski jumpers, so an athlete could conceivably win gold in ski jumping and combined on the same day. This format existed until 1939. From 1950, there were separate races for athletes competing in the combined competition, and there was one individual competition, with three jumps where the best two counted, and a 15 km cross country race. Later, the third jump was abolished. From the 1980s onwards, the Gundersen method - named after the former combined athlete Gunder Gundersen, who devised the system - was used, where the points from ski jumping were recalculated into cross country skiing times and the athletes then started with a staggered start, the winning ski jumper starting first. In 1999, the sprint competition was introduced together with the individual competition, with only one jump and a shorter skiing distance, 7.5 km instead of 15 km. There is also a team competition, which began in 1982.
Individual
Individual, sprint
This competition has been held since 1999. It is often seen as more random and uncertain than the Gundersen two jumps + 15 km competition, as there's more room for error in the one jump performed in the sprint, and there's also more opportunity for poorer cross country skiers on the short distances skied.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bjarte Engen Vik | Mario Stecher | Kenji Ogiwara |
| 2001 | Marco Baacke | Samppa Lajunen | Ronny Ackermann |
| 2003 | Johnny Spilane | Ronny Ackermann | Felix Gottwald |
| 2005 | Ronny Ackermann | Magnus Moan | Kristian Hammer |
Team event
This event had three legs in the relay until 1993, when the format was changed to prevent good ski jumpers from walking away with seven-minute victories (which happened in Falun 1993). From 1995 up to date, there has been four legs of 5 km in the relay
See also
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
- Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiing World Cup medalists
External links and references
- http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisworldskichampionships/nordicwsc.html
- http://sports123.com/cco/index.html
- http://sports123.com/nco/index.html
- http://sports123.com/sju/index.html
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