FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox recurring event The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship events include Nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined (the latter being a combination sport consisting of both cross-country and ski jumping). The Winter Olympics from 1924 to 1980 were also the Nordic World Ski Championships (except in the Nordic combined events). This meant that the Olympic champions were also World champions and received an additional medal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.

History

The first Nordic Skiing World Championships were held in Chamonix in 1924, as part of the first Winter Olympics, which were only later recognized as such.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The competitions took place annually until 1939. From 1925 to 1927, the FIS referred to the events as Rendezvous races, while in the years after that until 1935 they were held as FIS races. Since 1937, the competitions have had the official title of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Until the 1980 Winter Olympics, the Olympic champions were also World champions, except in Nordic combined events.

The 1940 Nordic World Ski Championships were canceled due to the war, but this was also criticized at the time. The Italian winter sports resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo organized the 1941 Nordic World Ski Championships. However, the FIS subsequently declared these invalid at a congress in Pau in 1946, so that the medals awarded lost their official status and were no longer counted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

With the 1984 Winter Olympics, the rule that the Olympic winners were also World champions was finally abandoned. Since 1985, the Nordic World Ski Championships have taken place in odd-numbered years, independently of the Winter Olympics, in order to avoid an overlap with the Olympics.

The 1980 and 1984 World Championships consisted of a total of only three events; women's 20 km cross-country (1980), ski-jumping team event and Nordic combined team event (both 1984). These events were not held in the 1980 Winter Olympics and 1984 Winter Olympics and therefore got their own World Championships.

Historical notes

The following list shows when new events were added for the first time:

  • 1933, men's relay (cross-country) was added.
  • 1954, women's 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay was added, men's 15 km (cross-country) replaced the 18 km.
  • 1962, men's normal hill (ski jumping) and women's 5 km (cross-country) were added.
  • 1978, women's 20 km (cross-country) was added.
  • 1982, men's ski jumping team large hill and Nordic combined team large hill were added.
  • 1989, women's 15 km was added (cross-country) and women's 30 km replaced the 20 km.
  • 1991, men's 10 km (cross-country) was added.
  • 1993, cross-country pursuit (both genders) were added.
  • 2001, men's ski jumping team normal hill was added and cross-country sprint (both genders) replaced the 10 km (men) and the 5 km (women).
  • 2003, women's 30 km and men's 50 km (cross-country) changed from interval start to mass start. Additionally, the Skiathlon format was introduced for pursuit races (previously separate races on the same day).
  • 2005, cross-country team sprint (both genders) were added.
  • 2009, women's normal hill (ski jumping) was added.
  • 2011, Nordic combined team normal hill was added.
  • 2013, mixed team (ski jumping) was added and team sprint large hill (Nordic combined) replaced the team large hill.
  • 2019, women's team normal hill (ski jumping) was added.
  • 2021, women's Nordic combined with women's large hill (ski jumping) were added.
  • 2023, Nordic combined mixed team event replaced men's team sprint large hill.
  • 2025, men's 10 km replaced the 15 km (interval start, cross-country), women's 50 km replaced the 30 km (mass-start, cross-country), men's and women's 4x7,5 km replaced the men's 4x10 km and the women's 4x5 km (relay, cross-country), men's and women's 20 km replaced the men's 30 km and the women's 15 km (skiathlon, cross-country), men's compact 7,5 km replaced the Gundersen 10 km (normal hill, Nordic combined), women's mass-start 5 km + normal hill (Nordic combined) and men's and women's Para Sprint (separated from Para Cross-Country World Championships) were added.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Editions

# Year Location Date Venue Host country Top nation Events Notes
— 1924 Chamonix Template:Nowrap Stade Olympique de Chamonix /
Tremplin Olympique du Mont		 Template:FRA Template:Nowrap 4 Declared the first Winter Olympic Games in 1926.
Declared the first Nordic World Ski Championships in 1965.
1 1925 Janské Lázně Template:Nowrap — Template:TCH Template:Nowrap 4 Denoted Rendezvous races
2 1926 Lahti 4–6 Feb Salpausselkä Template:FIN Template:NOR 4 Denoted Rendezvous races
3 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2–5 Feb Trampolino Olimpico Template:Flagcountry Template:SWE 4 Denoted FIS races
— 1928 St. Moritz Template:Nowrap Olympic Stadium / Olympiaschanze Template:SUI Template:Nowrap 4 Winter Olympic Games
4 1929 Zakopane 5–9 Feb — Template:Flagcountry Template:FIN 4 Denoted FIS races
5 1930 Oslo Template:Nowrap Holmenkollen Template:NOR Template:NOR 4
6 1931 Oberhof 13–15 Feb — Template:Flagcountry Template:NOR 4
— 1932 Lake Placid Template:Nowrap James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink / Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex Template:USA Template:Nowrap 4 Winter Olympic Games
7 1933 Innsbruck 8–12 Feb Template:AUT Template:SWE 5 Denoted FIS races. First with cross-country relay
8 1934 Sollefteå Template:Nowrap Hallstaberget Template:SWE Template:NOR 5 Denoted FIS races
9 1935 Vysoké Tatry 13–18 Feb Template:Nowrap Template:NOR 5 Denoted FIS races
— 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Template:Nowrap Olympic Stadium /
Große Olympiaschanze		 Template:Flag Template:Nowrap 5 Winter Olympic Games
10 1937 Chamonix 12–28 Feb Tremplin Olympique / Stade Olympique Template:FRA Template:NOR 5 First official FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
11 1938 Lahti (2) 24–28 Feb Salpausselkä Template:FIN (2) Template:FIN 5
12 1939 Zakopane (2) 11–19 Feb — Template:Flagcountry (2) Template:FIN 5
— 1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1–10 Feb Trampolino Olimpico Template:Flagcountry Template:FIN 5 Declared unofficial in 1946
— 1948 St. Moritz Template:Nowrap Olympic Stadium / Olympiaschanze Template:SUI Template:Nowrap 5 Winter Olympic Games
13 1950 Lake Placid (Template:Abbr)
Rumford (Template:Abbr)		 1–6 Feb Intervales
—		 Template:Flagcountry Template:SWE 5 First championship outside Europe
— 1952 Oslo Template:Nowrap Holmenkollbakken Template:NOR Template:Nowrap 6 Winter Olympic Games
14 1954 Falun 13–21 Feb Lugnet Template:SWE (2) Template:Flagcountry 8 First championship with women
— 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Template:Nowrap Stadio della neve / Trampolino Olimpico Template:ITA Template:Nowrap 8 Winter Olympic Games
15 1958 Lahti (3) 1–9 Mar Salpausselkä Template:FIN (3) Template:FIN 8
— 1960 Squaw Valley Template:Nowrap McKinney Creek Stadium /
Papoose Peak Jumps		 Template:USA Template:Nowrap 8 Winter Olympic Games
16 1962 Zakopane (3) 18–25 Feb — Template:Flagcountry (3) Template:Flagcountry 10 First with normal hill
— 1964 Innsbruck
Seefeld in Tirol		 Template:Nowrap Bergiselschanze /
Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze /
Olympiaregion Seefeld		 Template:AUT Template:Nowrap 10 Winter Olympic Games
17 1966 Oslo (2) 17–27 Feb Holmenkollen Template:NOR (2) Template:NOR 10
— 1968 Grenoble Template:Nowrap Dauphine / Le Claret / Austrans Template:FRA Template:Nowrap 10 Winter Olympic Games
18 1970 Vysoké Tatry (2) 14–22 Feb Štrbské pleso Template:TCH (3) Template:Flagcountry 10
— 1972 Sapporo Template:Nowrap — Template:JPN Template:Flagcountry 10 Winter Olympic Games
19 1974 Falun (2) 16–24 Feb Lugnet Template:SWE (3) Template:GDR 10
— 1976 Innsbruck
Seefeld in Tirol		 Template:Nowrap Bergiselschanze /
Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze /
Olympiaregion Seefeld		 Template:AUT Template:Flagcountry 10 Winter Olympic Games
20 1978 Lahti (4) 18–26 Feb Salpausselkä Template:FIN (4) Template:Flagcountry 11
— 1980 Lake Placid Template:Nowrap Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex /
Olympic Sports Complex		 Template:USA Template:Flagcountry 10 Winter Olympic Games.
Last Winter Olympics, which were also considered the Nordic World Ski Championships
21 1980 Falun (3) 8 Mar Lugnet Template:SWE (4) Template:GDR 1<ref>Non-Olympic event: women's 20 km cross-country skiing.</ref> Non-Olympic event
22 1982 Oslo (3) 19–28 Feb Holmenkollen Template:NOR (3) Template:NOR 13 First with team large hill/Nordic combined relay
23 1984 Engelberg (Template:Abbr)
Rovaniemi (Template:Abbr)		 26 Feb
17 Mar		 Gross-Titlis-Schanze
–		 Template:SUI
Template:FIN (5)		 Template:FIN 2<ref>Non-Olympic events: FIN: 3 x 10 km team Nordic combined; SUI: Non-Olympic event: team large hill ski jumping.</ref> Non-Olympic events
24 1985 Seefeld 16–27 Jan Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre /
Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck		 Template:AUT (2) Template:NOR 13
25 1987 Oberstdorf 12–21 Feb Schattenberg Ski Jump / Birgsautal Template:FRG Template:SWE 13
26 1989 Lahti (5) 17–26 Feb Salpausselkä / Lahti Stadium Template:FIN (6) Template:FIN 15
27 1991 Val di Fiemme 7–17 Feb Lago di Tesero / Trampolino dal Ben Template:ITA (2) Template:NOR 15 First with 10 km cross-country (men)
28 1993 Falun (4) 19–28 Feb Lugnet Template:SWE (5) Template:NOR 15 First with pursuit
29 1995 Thunder Bay 9–19 Mar Big Thunder Template:CAN Template:RUS 15
30 1997 Trondheim 21 Feb – 2 Mar Granåsen Ski Centre Template:NOR (4) Template:RUS 15
31 1999 Ramsau 19–28 Feb Ramsau am Dachstein /
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen		 Template:AUT (3) Template:NOR 16 First with 10 km/large hill
32 2001 Lahti (6) 15–25 Feb Salpausselkä / Lahti Stadium Template:FIN (7) Template:NOR 19 First with team normal hill; first with sprint
33 2003 Val di Fiemme (2) 18 Feb – 1 Mar Lago di Tesero / Trampolino dal Ben Template:ITA (3) Template:NOR 18
34 2005 Oberstdorf (2) 16–27 Feb Schattenberg Ski Jump / Ried Template:GER (2) Template:NOR 19 First with team sprint
35 2007 Sapporo 22 Feb – 4 Mar Miyanomori / Okurayama /
Shirahatayama / Sapporo Dome		 Template:JPN Template:NOR 18
36 2009 Liberec 18 Feb – 1 Mar Ještěd / Vesec Template:CZE Template:NOR 20 First with ski jumping for women; only with Nordic combined mass start
37 2011 Oslo (4) 23 Feb – 6 Mar Holmenkollen Template:NOR (5) Template:NOR 21 First with Nordic combined normal hill relay
38 2013 Val di Fiemme (3) 20 Feb – 3 Mar Lago di Tesero / Trampolino dal Ben Template:ITA (4) Template:NOR 21 First with mixed team ski jumping
First with Nordic combined large hill team sprint
39 2015 Falun (5) 18 Feb – 1 Mar Lugnet Template:SWE (6) Template:NOR 21
40 2017 Lahti (7) 22 Feb – 5 Mar Salpausselkä / Lahti Stadium Template:FIN (8) Template:NOR 21
41 2019 Seefeld (2) 20 Feb – 3 Mar Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre /
Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck		 Template:AUT (4) Template:NOR 22 First with women's team ski jumping
42 2021 Oberstdorf (3) 24 Feb – 7 Mar Schattenberg Ski Jump / Ried Template:GER (3) Template:NOR 24 First with women's nordic combined individual race
First with women's ski jumping large hill
43 2023 Planica 22 Feb – 5 Mar Planica Nordic Centre Template:SLO Template:NOR 24 First with Nordic combined mixed team event
44 2025 Trondheim (2) 26 Feb – 9 Mar Granåsen Ski Centre Template:NOR (6) Template:NOR 25+6 First with women's mass-start 5 km + normal hill (Nordic combined), men's and women's para sprint events
45 2027 Falun (6) 24 Feb – 7 Mar Lugnet Template:SWE (7)
46 2029 Lahti (8) Salpausselkä / Lahti Stadium Template:FIN (9)

Medalists by sport

Medal table

Table updated after the 2025 Championships.
The medals won at the 13 Winter Olympics (from 1924 through 1980) are not included into this table.
The medals won at the para cross-country events (in 2025) are also not included. Template:Medals table

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

All events

Rank Athlete Country Gender Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Marit Bjørgen Template:NOR F Cross-country skiing 2003 2017 18 5 3 26
2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Template:NOR M Cross-country skiing 2017 2025 15 2 1 18
3 Therese Johaug Template:NOR F Cross-country skiing 2007 2025 14 5 4 23
4 Yelena Välbe Template:URS
Template:RUS		 F Cross-country skiing 1989 1997 14 3 – 17
5 Petter Northug Template:NOR M Cross-country skiing 2007 2015 13 3 – 16
6 Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) Template:URS
Template:RUS		 F Cross-country skiing 1987 2001 11 3 2 16
7 Jarl Magnus Riiber Template:NOR M Nordic combined 2019 2025 11 3 1 15
8 Bjørn Dæhlie Template:NOR M Cross-country skiing 1991 1999 9 5 3 17
9 Thomas Morgenstern Template:AUT M Ski jumping 2005 2013 8 2 1 11
10 Eric Frenzel Template:GER M Nordic combined 2011 2023 7 8 3 18

Individual events

Men

Rank Athlete Country Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 2017 2025 7 2 1 10
2 Petter Northug Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 2009 2015 7 2 – 9
3 Jarl Magnus Riiber Template:NOR Nordic combined 2019 2025 6 1 – 7
4 Bjørn Dæhlie Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 1991 1999 5 4 3 12
5 Gunde Svan Template:SWE Cross-country skiing 1985 1991 5 2 – 7
6 Vladimir Smirnov Template:URS
Template:KAZ		 Cross-country skiing 1989 1995 4 3 3 10
7 Mika Myllylä Template:FIN Cross-country skiing 1995 1999 4 2 2 8
8 Ronny Ackermann Template:GER Nordic combined 2001 2007 4 1 1 6
Adam Małysz Template:POL Ski jumping 2001 2011 4 1 1 6
10 Eric Frenzel Template:GER Nordic combined 2011 2019 3 1 1 5
Johannes Rydzek Template:GER Nordic combined 2011 2017 3 1 1 5

Women

Rank Athlete Country Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Marit Bjørgen Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 2003 2017 12 4 1 17
2 Therese Johaug Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 2007 2025 10 3 4 17
3 Yelena Välbe Template:URS
Template:RUS		 Cross-country skiing 1989 1997 10 2 – 12
4 Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) Template:URS
Template:RUS		 Cross-country skiing 1987 2001 5 3 2 10
5 Bente Skari (Martinsen) Template:NOR Cross-country skiing 1999 2003 5 – – 5
6 Stefania Belmondo Template:ITA Cross-country skiing 1991 1999 4 4 1 9
7 Alevtina Kolchina Template:URS Cross-country skiing 1958 1966 4 1 – 5
8 Ebba Andersson Template:SWE Cross-country skiing 2021 2025 4 – 3 7
9 Galina Kulakova Template:URS Cross-country skiing 1970 1980 3 1 1 5
10 Gyda Westvold Hansen Template:NOR Nordic combined 2021 2025 3 1 – 4

TV broadcasters

Eurosport (75 countries)
Match TV (Russia)
ORF (Austria)
Eesti Media (Estonia)
YLE (Finland)
ARD/ZDF (Germany)
NRK (Norway)
Viaplay/TV6 (Sweden)
SRG/SSR (Switzerland)
RUV (Iceland)
NBC (USA)
TVP (Poland)
Rai Sport (Italia)
L'equipe (France)
CBC (Canada)
CT Sport (Czech Republic)
JOJ Sport (Slovakia)
RTV Slovenija (Slovenia)

See also

References

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