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.

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:

City	First vote	Second vote	Third vote
Lahti	7	7	12
Planica	5	5	3
Oberstdorf	3	3	Out
Zakopane	0	Out	Out

Schedule

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

Cross-country

Date	Time	Event
22 February	14:00	Women's 5km classical qualification
22 February	15:30	Men's 10km classical qualification
23 February	15:00	Men's & women's sprint
25 February	12:00	Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon
25 February	14:30	Men's 2x15 km skiathlon
26 February	11:30	Men's & women's team sprint
28 February	13:45	Women's 10 km classical
1 March	13:45	Men's 15 km classical
2 March	15:00	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
3 March	13:30	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
4 March	14:30	Women's 30 km freestyle
5 March	14:30	Men's 50 km freestyle

Nordic combined

Date	Time	Event
24 February	10:30 13:30	HS100 / 10 km
26 February	12:00 15:30	Team HS100 / 4x5 km
1 March	12:00 16:15	HS130 / 10 km
3 March	16:00 18:15	Team sprint HS130 / 2x7.5 km

Ski jumping

Date	Time	Event
23 February	14:00	Women's HS100 qualification
24 February	14:30	Men's HS100 qualification
24 February	17:30	Women's HS100
25 February	17:30	Men's HS100
26 February	17:30	Team mixed HS100
1 March	18:00	Men's HS130 qualification
2 March	18:30	Men's HS130
4 March	17:15	Men's team HS130

Medal summary

Medal table

The host country is highlighted in blue

Top athletes

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


Rank	Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Johannes Rydzek (GER)	4	0	0	4
1	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	4	0	0	4
3	Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)	3	0	0	3
4	Sergey Ustiugov (RUS)	2	3	0	5
5	Stefan Kraft (AUT)	2	1	1	4
6	Eric Frenzel (GER)	2	1	0	3
6	Heidi Weng (NOR)	2	1	0	3
8	Carina Vogt (GER)	2	0	0	2
9	Andreas Wellinger (GER)	1	2	0	3
9	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)	1	2	0	3
11	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	1	0	2	3
12	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	0	2	1	3
Totals (12 entries)		24	12	4	40

Fifteen other athletes earned 2 medals.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre classical^[4] details	Iivo Niskanen Finland	36:44.0	Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway	37:01.9	Niklas Dyrhaug Norway	37:15.3
30 kilometre skiathlon^[5] details	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] details	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] details	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] details	Federico Pellegrino Italy	3:13.76	Sergey Ustiugov Russia	3:13.91	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway	3:14.20
Team sprint^[9] details	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] details	Marit Bjørgen Norway	25:24.9	Charlotte Kalla Sweden	26:05.9	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway	26:20.4
15 kilometre skiathlon^[11] details	Marit Bjørgen Norway	37:57.5	Krista Pärmäkoski Finland	38:02.3	Charlotte Kalla Sweden	38:29.5
30 kilometre freestyle mass start^[12] details	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] details	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] details	Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway	3:02.34	Jessica Diggins United States	3:04.00	Kikkan Randall United States	3:06.10
Team sprint^[15] details	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] details	Johannes Rydzek Germany	26:41.6	Akito Watabe Japan	26:46.4	François Braud France	26:54.6
Individual normal hill/10 km^[17] details	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] details	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] details	Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek	29:01.8	Norway Magnus Moan Magnus Krog	29:02.8	Japan Yoshito Watabe Akito Watabe	29:12.0

Ski jumping

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual normal hill^[20] details	Stefan Kraft Austria	270.8	Andreas Wellinger Germany	268.7	Markus Eisenbichler Germany	263.6
Men's individual large hill^[21] details	Stefan Kraft Austria	279.3	Andreas Wellinger Germany	278.0	Piotr Żyła Poland	276.7
Men's team large hill^[22] details	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] details	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] details	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

References

^ Lahti 2017 promises medals and magic. Yle News. 2017-02-22
^ Lahti erhält Nordische Ski-WM 2017, Kulm Skiflug-WM 2016 auf www.skijumping.de; retrieved, 31 May 2012.
^ "Competition schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
^ Men's 15 kilometre classical results
^ Men's 30 kilometre pursuit results
^ Men's 50 kilometre freestyle results
^ Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay results
^ Men's sprint results
^ Men's team sprint results
^ Women's 10 kilometre classical results
^ Women's 15 kilometre pursuit results
^ Women's 30 kilometre freestyle results
^ Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay results
^ Women's sprint results
^ Women's team sprint results
^ Individual large hill/10 km results
^ Individual normal hill/10 km results
^ Team normal hill/4 × 5 km results
^ Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km results
^ Men's individual normal hill results
^ Individual large hill results
^ Men's team large hill results
^ Women's individual normal hill results
^ Mixed team normal hill

External links

Official website

[ylenews_17_02_22-1] Lahti 2017 promises medals and magic. Yle News. 2017-02-22

[2] Lahti erhält Nordische Ski-WM 2017, Kulm Skiflug-WM 2016 auf www.skijumping.de; retrieved, 31 May 2012.

[3] "Competition schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[4] Men's 15 kilometre classical results

[5] Men's 30 kilometre pursuit results

[6] Men's 50 kilometre freestyle results

[7] Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay results

[8] Men's sprint results

[9] Men's team sprint results

[10] Women's 10 kilometre classical results

[11] Women's 15 kilometre pursuit results

[12] Women's 30 kilometre freestyle results

[13] Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay results

[14] Women's sprint results

[15] Women's team sprint results

[16] Individual large hill/10 km results

[17] Individual normal hill/10 km results

[18] Team normal hill/4 × 5 km results

[19] Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km results

[20] Men's individual normal hill results

[21] Individual large hill results

[22] Men's team large hill results

[23] Women's individual normal hill results

[24] Mixed team normal hill

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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
Medalists	Cross-country (men) Cross-country (women) Nordic combined Ski jumping

v t e World championships in 2017
Summer sports & indoor sports	American football (women) Archery Aquatics diving high diving open water swimming swimming synchronized swimming water polo Athletics cross country Badminton Baseball (men) Basketball (3x3) Beach soccer Beach volleyball Bowls Boxing (men) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cricket (women) Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Urban Fencing Floorball (women) Futsal (AMF women) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Inline hockey Judo open Minifootball Modern pentathlon Nine-pin bowling Orienteering trail Rowing Rugby league men women Rugby union (women) Shotgun shooting Softball (men) Squash men women Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Windsurfing Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Freestyle skiing / snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distances short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men women rapid / blitz Russian version Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance racing F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car