FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 was the 40th World Championships in nordic skiing and took place in Lahti, Finland from 22 February to 5 March 2017.[1] This was the seventh time the event has been held there, having previously been held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989 and 2001.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017.
Host cityLahti, Finland
Events21
Opening ceremony22 February
Closing ceremony5 March
Main venueSalpausselkä
WebsiteLahti2017.fi

Host selection

Of the four candidate cities three had already submitted unsuccessful bids for the previous championships in 2015.

City Country Previous championships hosted
Lahti  Finland 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001
Oberstdorf  Germany 1987, 2005
Planica  Slovenia
Zakopane  Poland 1929, 1939, 1962

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea on 31 May 2012.[2] The Voting results were as following:

CityFirst voteSecond voteThird vote
Lahti7712
Planica553
Oberstdorf33Out
Zakopane0OutOut

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2).[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)76518
2 Germany (GER)63211
3 Russia (RUS)2406
4 Austria (AUT)2125
5 Finland (FIN)*1135
6 Italy (ITA)1102
7 Poland (POL)1012
8 Canada (CAN)1001
9 Japan (JPN)0235
10 Sweden (SWE)0224
11 United States (USA)0123
12 France (FRA)0011
Totals (12 nations)21212163

Top athletes

All athletes with three or more medals or at least two gold medals.

RankAthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Johannes Rydzek (GER)4004
 Marit Bjørgen (NOR)4004
3 Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)3003
4 Sergey Ustiugov (RUS)2305
5 Stefan Kraft (AUT)2114
6 Eric Frenzel (GER)2103
 Heidi Weng (NOR)2103
8 Carina Vogt (GER)2002
9 Andreas Wellinger (GER)1203
 Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)1203
11 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)1023
12 Charlotte Kalla (SWE)0213
Totals (12 athletes)2412440

Fifteen other athletes earned 2 medals.

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometre classical[4]
Iivo Niskanen
 Finland
36:44.0 Martin Johnsrud Sundby
 Norway
37:01.9 Niklas Dyrhaug
 Norway
37:15.3
30 kilometre skiathlon[5]
Sergey Ustiugov
 Russia
1:09:16.7 Martin Johnsrud Sundby
 Norway
1:09:23.4 Finn Hågen Krogh
 Norway
1:09:48.5
50 kilometre freestyle mass start[6]
Alex Harvey
 Canada
1:46:28.9 Sergey Ustiugov
 Russia
1:46:29.5 Matti Heikkinen
 Finland
1:46:30.3
4 × 10 kilometre relay[7]
 Norway
Didrik Tønseth
Niklas Dyrhaug
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Finn Hågen Krogh
1:37:20.1  Russia
Andrey Larkov
Alexander Bessmertnykh
Aleksey Chervotkin
Sergey Ustiugov
1:37:24.7  Sweden
Daniel Rickardsson
Johan Olsson
Marcus Hellner
Calle Halfvarsson
1:39:51.9
Sprint[8]
Federico Pellegrino
 Italy
3:13.76 Sergey Ustiugov
 Russia
3:13.91 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
 Norway
3:14.20
Team sprint[9]
 Russia
Nikita Kriukov
Sergey Ustiugov
17:35.69  Italy
Dietmar Nöckler
Federico Pellegrino
17:42.83  Finland
Sami Jauhojärvi
Iivo Niskanen
17:49.33

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometre classical[10]
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
25:24.9 Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
26:05.9 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
 Norway
26:20.4
15 kilometre skiathlon[11]
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
37:57.5 Krista Pärmäkoski
 Finland
38:02.3 Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
38:29.5
30 kilometre freestyle mass start[12]
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
1:08:36.8 Heidi Weng
 Norway
1:08:38.7 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
 Norway
1:08:38.7
4 × 5 kilometre relay[13]
 Norway
Maiken Caspersen Falla
Heidi Weng
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Marit Bjørgen
52:21.5  Sweden
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
Ebba Andersson
Stina Nilsson
53:23.1  Finland
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen
Laura Mononen
Krista Pärmäkoski
53:23.6
Sprint[14]
Maiken Caspersen Falla
 Norway
3:02.34 Jessica Diggins
 United States
3:04.00 Kikkan Randall
 United States
3:06.10
Team sprint[15]
 Norway
Heidi Weng
Maiken Caspersen Falla
20:20.56  Russia
Yulia Belorukova
Natalya Matveyeva
20:26.12  United States
Sadie Bjornsen
Jessica Diggins
20:38.94

Nordic combined

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km[16]
Johannes Rydzek
 Germany
26:41.6 Akito Watabe
 Japan
26:46.4 François Braud
 France
26:54.6
Individual normal hill/10 km[17]
Johannes Rydzek
 Germany
26:19.6 Eric Frenzel
 Germany
26:34.5 Björn Kircheisen
 Germany
26:49.6
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[18]
 Germany
Björn Kircheisen
Eric Frenzel
Fabian Rießle
Johannes Rydzek
47:57.3  Norway
Magnus Moan
Mikko Kokslien
Magnus Krog
Jørgen Graabak
48:39.0  Austria
Bernhard Gruber
Mario Seidl
Philipp Orter
Paul Gerstgraser
49:01.0
Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km[19]
 Germany
Eric Frenzel
Johannes Rydzek
29:01.8  Norway
Magnus Moan
Magnus Krog
29:02.8  Japan
Yoshito Watabe
Akito Watabe
29:12.0

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual normal hill[20]
Stefan Kraft
 Austria
270.8 Andreas Wellinger
 Germany
268.7 Markus Eisenbichler
 Germany
263.6
Men's individual large hill[21]
Stefan Kraft
 Austria
279.3 Andreas Wellinger
 Germany
278.0 Piotr Żyła
 Poland
276.7
Men's team large hill[22]
 Poland
Piotr Żyła
Dawid Kubacki
Maciej Kot
Kamil Stoch
1104.2  Norway
Anders Fannemel
Johann Andre Forfang
Daniel-André Tande
Andreas Stjernen
1078.5  Austria
Michael Hayböck
Manuel Fettner
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Stefan Kraft
1068.9

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's individual normal hill[23]
Carina Vogt
 Germany
254.6 Yuki Ito
 Japan
252.6 Sara Takanashi
 Japan
251.1

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team normal hill[24]
 Germany
Carina Vogt
Markus Eisenbichler
Svenja Würth
Andreas Wellinger
1035.5  Austria
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz
Michael Hayböck
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
Stefan Kraft
999.3  Japan
Sara Takanashi
Taku Takeuchi
Yuki Ito
Daiki Ito
979.7

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