FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
	Gold medal
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	February–March
Frequency	biennial (since 1985)
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1925
Organised by	FIS

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

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.
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.^[4]

Editions

This list does not take into account the Olympic Games from 1924 to 1980.

#	Year	Location	Date	Venue	Host country	Top nation	Events	Notes
1	1925	Janské Lázně	4–14 Feb	—	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	4	Denoted Rendezvous races
2	1926	Lahti	4–6 Feb	Salpausselkä	Finland	Norway	4	Denoted Rendezvous races
3	1927	Cortina d'Ampezzo	2–5 Feb	Trampolino Olimpico	Italy	Sweden	4	Denoted FIS races
4	1929	Zakopane	5–9 Feb	—	Poland	Finland	4	Denoted FIS races
5	1930	Oslo	27 Feb – 1 Mar	Holmenkollen	Norway	Norway	4
6	1931	Oberhof	13–15 Feb	—	Germany	Norway	4
7	1933	Innsbruck	8–12 Feb		Austria	Sweden	5	Denoted FIS races. First with cross-country relay
8	1934	Sollefteå	20–25 Feb	Hallstaberget	Sweden	Norway	5	Denoted FIS races
9	1935	Vysoké Tatry	13–18 Feb		Czechoslovakia (2)	Norway	5	Denoted FIS races
10	1937	Chamonix	12–28 Feb	Tremplin Olympique / Stade Olympique	France	Norway	5	First official FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
11	1938	Lahti (2)	24–28 Feb	Salpausselkä	Finland (2)	Finland	5
12	1939	Zakopane (2)	11–19 Feb	—	Poland (2)	Finland	5
—	1941	Cortina d'Ampezzo (2)	1–10 Feb	Trampolino Olimpico	Italy (2)	Finland	5	Declared unofficial in 1946
13	1950	Lake Placid (SJ) Rumford (XC)	1–6 Feb	Intervales —	United States	Sweden	5	First championship outside Europe
14	1954	Falun	13–21 Feb	Lugnet	Sweden (2)	Soviet Union	8	First championship with women
15	1958	Lahti (3)	1–9 Mar	Salpausselkä	Finland (3)	Finland	8
16	1962	Zakopane (3)	18–25 Feb	—	Poland (3)	Soviet Union	10	First with normal hill
17	1966	Oslo (2)	17–27 Feb	Holmenkollen	Norway (2)	Norway	10
18	1970	Vysoké Tatry (2)	14–22 Feb	Štrbské pleso	Czechoslovakia (3)	Soviet Union	10
19	1974	Falun (2)	16–24 Feb	Lugnet	Sweden (3)	East Germany	10
20	1978	Lahti (4)	18–26 Feb	Salpausselkä	Finland (4)	Soviet Union	11
21	1980	Falun (3)	8 Mar	Lugnet	Sweden (4)	East Germany	1^[5]	Non-Olympic event
22	1982	Oslo (3)	19–28 Feb	Holmenkollen	Norway (3)	Norway	13	First with team large hill/Nordic combined relay
23	1984	Engelberg (SJ) Rovaniemi (NC)	26 Feb 17 Mar	Gross-Titlis-Schanze –	Switzerland Finland (5)	Finland	2^[6]	Non-Olympic events
24	1985	Seefeld	16–27 Jan	Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre / Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck	Austria (2)	Norway	13
25	1987	Oberstdorf	12–21 Feb	Schattenberg Ski Jump / Birgsautal	West Germany	Sweden	13
26	1989	Lahti (5)	17–26 Feb	Salpausselkä Lahti Stadium	Finland (6)	Finland	15
27	1991	Val di Fiemme	7–17 Feb	Lago di Tesero / Trampolino dal Ben	Italy (3)	Norway	15	First with 10 km cross-country (men)
28	1993	Falun (4)	19–28 Feb	Lugnet	Sweden (5)	Norway	15	First with pursuit
29	1995	Thunder Bay	9–19 Mar	Big Thunder	Canada	Russia	15
30	1997	Trondheim	21 Feb – 2 Mar	Granåsen Ski Centre	Norway (4)	Russia	15
31	1999	Ramsau	19–28 Feb	Ramsau am Dachstein / Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen	Austria (3)	Norway	16	First with 10 km/large hill
32	2001	Lahti (6)	15–25 Feb	Salpausselkä Lahti Stadium	Finland (7)	Norway	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	Italy (4)	Norway	18
34	2005	Oberstdorf (2)	16–27 Feb	Schattenberg Ski Jump / Ried	Germany (2)	Norway	19	First with team sprint
35	2007	Sapporo	22 Feb – 4 Mar	Miyanomori / Okurayama / Shirahatayama / Sapporo Dome	Japan	Norway	18
36	2009	Liberec	18 Feb – 1 Mar	Ještěd / Vesec	Czech Republic	Norway	20	First with ski jumping for women; only with Nordic combined mass start
37	2011	Oslo (4)	23 Feb – 6 Mar	Holmenkollen	Norway (5)	Norway	21	First with Nordic combined normal hill relay
38	2013	Val di Fiemme (3)	20 Feb – 3 Mar	Lago di Tesero / Trampolino dal Ben	Italy (5)	Norway	21	First with mixed team ski jumping First with Nordic combined large hill team sprint
39	2015	Falun (5)	18 Feb – 1 Mar	Lugnet	Sweden (6)	Norway	21
40	2017	Lahti (7)	22 Feb – 5 Mar	Salpausselkä Lahti Stadium	Finland (8)	Norway	21
41	2019	Seefeld (2)	20 Feb – 3 Mar	Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre / Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck	Austria (4)	Norway	22	First with women's team ski jumping
42	2021	Oberstdorf (3)	24 Feb – 7 Mar	Schattenberg Ski Jump / Ried	Germany (3)	Norway	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	Slovenia	Norway	24	First with Nordic combined mixed team event
44	2025	Trondheim (2)	26 Feb – 9 Mar	Granåsen Ski Centre	Norway (6)
45	2027	Falun (6)	24 Feb – 7 Mar	Lugnet	Sweden (7)

Medalists by sport

Cross-country skiing
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Ski jumping
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping

Medal table

Table updated after the 2023 Championships.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	171	130	124	425
2	Finland	63	73	69	205
3	Sweden	52	52	54	158
4	Germany	38	49	29	116
5	Soviet Union	36	32	24	92
6	Austria	28	29	39	96
7	Russia	26	32	31	89
8	East Germany	12	15	11	38
9	Poland	12	7	13	32
10	Italy	11	23	24	58
11	Japan	10	14	18	42
12	United States	8	4	7	19
13	Czechoslovakia	7	12	11	30
14	France	6	4	15	25
15	Switzerland	4	6	8	18
16	Slovenia	4	4	9	17
17	West Germany	4	1	2	7
18	Czech Republic	3	6	6	15
19	Estonia	3	5	2	10
20	Kazakhstan	3	2	4	9
21	Canada	3	1	3	7
22	Russian Ski Federation	1	3	1	5
23	Spain	1	1	0	2
24	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
25	Belarus	0	1	0	1
25	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
27	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Totals (27 entries)		507	507	506	1,520

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	Norway	F	Cross-country skiing	2003	2017	18	5	3	26
2	Yelena Välbe	Soviet Union Russia	F	Cross-country skiing	1989	1997	14	3	–	17
3	Therese Johaug	Norway	F	Cross-country skiing	2007	2021	14	2	3	19
4	Petter Northug	Norway	M	Cross-country skiing	2007	2015	13	3	–	16
5	Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna)	Soviet Union Russia	F	Cross-country skiing	1987	2001	11	3	2	16
6	Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway	M	Cross-country skiing	1991	1999	9	5	3	17
7	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	M	Cross-country skiing	2017	2023	9	2	1	12
8	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Norway	M	Nordic combined	2019	2023	8	3	–	11
9	Thomas Morgenstern	Austria	M	Ski jumping	2005	2013	8	2	1	11
10	Eric Frenzel	Germany	M	Nordic combined	2011	2023	7	8	3	18

Individual events

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Discipline	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Petter Northug	Norway	Cross-country skiing	2009	2015	7	2	–	9
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway	Cross-country skiing	1991	1999	5	4	3	12
3	Gunde Svan	Sweden	Cross-country skiing	1985	1991	5	2	–	7
4	Vladimir Smirnov	Soviet Union Kazakhstan	Cross-country skiing	1989	1995	4	3	3	10
5	Mika Myllylä	Finland	Cross-country skiing	1995	1999	4	2	2	8
6	Ronny Ackermann	Germany	Nordic combined	2001	2007	4	1	1	6
6	Adam Małysz	Poland	Ski jumping	2001	2011	4	1	1	6
8	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Norway	Nordic combined	2019	2023	4	1	–	5
9	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	Cross-country skiing	2017	2023	3	2	1	6
10	Eric Frenzel	Germany	Nordic combined	2011	2019	3	1	1	5
10	Johannes Rydzek	Germany	Nordic combined	2011	2017	3	1	1	5

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Discipline	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marit Bjørgen	Norway	Cross-country skiing	2003	2017	12	4	1	17
2	Yelena Välbe	Soviet Union Russia	Cross-country skiing	1989	1997	10	2	–	12
3	Therese Johaug	Norway	Cross-country skiing	2007	2021	10	1	3	14
4	Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna)	Soviet Union Russia	Cross-country skiing	1987	2001	5	3	2	10
5	Bente Skari (Martinsen)	Norway	Cross-country skiing	1999	2003	5	–	–	5
6	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	Cross-country skiing	1991	1999	4	4	1	9
7	Alevtina Kolchina	Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing	1958	1966	4	1	–	5
8	Galina Kulakova	Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing	1970	1980	3	1	1	5
9	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	Cross-country skiing	2009	2013	2	3	2	7
10	Marjo Matikainen	Finland	Cross-country skiing	1987	1989	2	2	2	6

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)

References

^ "14th Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 1936". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "25th Mamaia (ROM) 1965". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "16th Pau (FRA) 1946". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "Trondheim 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships including Para Cross-Country Sprint events. Invitation" (PDF).
^ Non-Olympic event: women's 20 km cross-country skiing.
^ Non-Olympic events: FIN: 3 x 10 km team Nordic combined; SUI: Non-Olympic event: team large hill ski jumping.

External links

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from official site
Sport 123 results – cross-country skiing
Sport 123 results – Nordic combined Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Sport 123 results – ski jumping Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "14th Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 1936". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[2] "25th Mamaia (ROM) 1965". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] "16th Pau (FRA) 1946". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[4] "Trondheim 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships including Para Cross-Country Sprint events. Invitation" (PDF).

[5] Non-Olympic event: women's 20 km cross-country skiing.

[6] Non-Olympic events: FIN: 3 x 10 km team Nordic combined; SUI: Non-Olympic event: team large hill ski jumping.

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v t e FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Championships	1925 Janské Lázně 1926 Lahti 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1929 Zakopane 1930 Oslo 1931 Oberhof 1933 Innsbruck 1934 Sollefteå 1935 Vysoké Tatry 1937 Chamonix 1938 Lahti 1939 Zakopane (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo) 1950 Lake Placid/Rumford 1954 Falun 1958 Lahti 1962 Zakopane 1966 Oslo 1970 Vysoké Tatry 1974 Falun 1978 Lahti 1980 Falun 1982 Oslo 1984 Rovaniemi/Engelberg 1985 Seefeld 1987 Oberstdorf 1989 Lahti 1991 Val di Fiemme 1993 Falun 1995 Thunder Bay 1997 Trondheim 1999 Ramsau 2001 Lahti 2003 Val di Fiemme 2005 Oberstdorf 2007 Sapporo 2009 Liberec 2011 Oslo 2013 Val di Fiemme 2015 Falun 2017 Lahti 2019 Seefeld 2021 Oberstdorf 2023 Planica 2025 Trondheim 2027 Falun
Medalists	Cross-country (men) Cross-country (women) Nordic combined Ski jumping