FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. 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 skiing and ski jumping). From 1924 to 1939, the World Championships were held every year, including the Winter Olympics. After World War 2, the World Championships were held in even-numbered years from 1948 to 1982, including the Winter Olympics. Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.

[edit] Historical notes

1. From 1925 to 1927, the FIS referred to these events as Rendezvous races. During the periods of 1929-1931 and 1933-1935, the FIS referred to these events as FIS races. This event has been officially referred to as the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 1937.
2. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 were declared a non-event by the FIS at their 1946 meeting and their results have been struck from the official records.
3. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1980 consisted of a women's 20 km cross-country event because it was not included in the program of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
4. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 consisted of team events in both ski jumping and Nordic combined held at separate locations because neither event was included in the program of the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
5. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2010^[1] may consist of a women's ski jumping individual normal hill event, one that was excluded in the program of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

[edit] Host towns/cities, venues

Sanctioned Championships:

• 1925 Johannisbad (Janské Lázně), 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 (ski jumping) & Rumford, Maine, USA (cross-country)
• 1954 Falun, Sweden
• 1958 Lahti, Finland
• 1962 Zakopane, Poland
• 1966 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
• 1970 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia
• 1974 Falun, Sweden
• 1978 Lahti, Finland
• 1980 Falun, Sweden (Non-Olympic event: women's 20 km cross country skiing)
• 1982 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
• 1984 Rovaniemi, Finland (Non-Olympic event: 3 x 10 km team Nordic combined) & Engelberg, Switzerland (Non-Olympic event: team large hill ski jumping)
• 1985 Seefeld, Austria
• 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany
• 1989 Lahti, Finland
• 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy
• 1993 Falun, Sweden
• 1995 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
• 1997 Trondheim, Norway
• 1999 Ramsau, Austria
• 2001 Lahti, Finland
• 2003 Val di Fiemme, Italy
• 2005 Oberstdorf, Germany
• 2007 Sapporo, Japan

Upcoming Championships:

• 2009 Liberec, Czech Republic (February 18-March 1) (Home page) (Czech)
• 2010 Date to be announced for women's ski jumping since it is not on the official program for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver ^[2]
• 2011 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway (Tentatively set for February 22-March 6) (Home Page)
• 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy (TBD) (Home page)

Sanctioned Championships, but later withdrawn:

• 1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

[edit] Medal table

Correct as of 4 March 2007.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	94	79	80	253
2	Finland	58	68	55	181
3	Sweden	39	29	38	106
4	Soviet Union (1954-91)	36	32	24	92
5	Russia (1993-present)	21	18	22	61
6	Germany (incl. West Germany)	18	21	16	55
7	Italy	9	16	20	45
8	Austria	11	11	21	43
9	East Germany (1958-89)	12	15	11	38
10	Czechoslovakia (1925-91)	7	12	11	30
11	Japan	8	8	8	24
12	Czech Republic (1993-present)	3	4	6	13
13	Poland	5	3	4	12
14	Switzerland	2	3	5	10
15	Estonia (1938, 1993-present)	2	5	2	9
16	Kazakhstan (1993-present)	3	2	2	7
17	France	1	2	3	6
18	United States	1	1	1	3
	Slovenia (1993-present)	1	1	1	3
20	Spain	1	1	0	2
21	Yugoslavia (1925-91)	1	0	0	1
22	Slovakia (1993-present)	0	1	0	1
	Belarus (1993-present)	0	1	0	1
24	Ukraine (1993-present)	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Total medals awarded	333	333	332	998

[edit] Cross country skiing

Please see either

• List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross country skiing or
• List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross country skiing.

[edit] Ski jumping

• Please see List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping.

[edit] Nordic combined

• Please see List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in nordic combined.

[edit] See also

• Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
• Cross-country skiing World Cup medalists
• List of Olympic medalists in men's cross-country skiing
• List of Olympic medalists in women's cross-country skiing
• List of Olympic medalists in nordic combined
• List of Olympic medalists in ski jumping
• Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
• Nordic combined World Cup
• Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
• Ski jumping World Cup

[edit] References and external links

• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from official site
• Sport 123 results - cross country skiing
• Sport 123 results - nordic combined
• Sport 123 results - ski jumping

v • d • e FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925 * 1926 * 1927 * 1929 * 1930 * 1931 * 1933 * 1934 * 1935 * 1937 * 1938 * 1939 * (1941) * 1950 * 1954 * 1958 * 1962 * 1966 * 1970 * 1974 * 1978 * 1980 * 1982 * 1984 * 1985 * 1987 * 1989 * 1991 * 1993 * 1995 * 1997 * 1999 * 2001 * 2003 * 2005 * 2007 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2013 See also: 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, List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in nordic combined, and List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping.