List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in men's cross-country skiing.
18 km and 15 km
Classic style: 1925-1987, 1989, 2001-2003, 2009-2011, 2017. Free style: 1989, 1991, 2005-2007, 2013-2015.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
11 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
3 | ![]() |
8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
50 km
Debuted: 1925.
50 km is one of only three events that has been contested at every FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Classic style: 1925-1985, 1997-1999, 2005–2007, 2013-2015. Free style: 1987-1995, 2001-2003, 2009-2011, 2017. Mass Start: 2005-2017.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
2 | ![]() |
8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
8 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
12 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
17 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
30 km
Classic style: 1926, 1954-1995, 2001-2003. Free style: 1997-1999. Mass Start: 2003.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
4 x 10 km relay
Debuted: 1933
4x10 km classic style: 1933-1985. 4x10 km free style: 1987. 2x10 km classic style + 2x10 km free style: 1989-2017.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
17 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 33 | 31 | 33 | 97 |
10 km
Debuted: 1991. Discontinued: 1999.
Classic style: 1991-1999.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon
Debuted: 1993.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Individual sprint
Debuted: 2001.
Classic style: 2005-2007, 2013-2015. Free style: 2001-2003, 2009-2011, 2017.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Team sprint
Debuted: 2005
Classic style: 2009-2011, 2017. Free style: 2005-2007, 2013-2015.
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medal table
Table updated after the 2017 Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 51 | 37 | 41 | 129 |
2 | ![]() | 38 | 29 | 28 | 95 |
3 | ![]() | 30 | 29 | 28 | 87 |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 15 | 29 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 158 | 156 | 158 | 472 |
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Petter Northug | ![]() |
2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | - | 16 |
2 | Bjørn Dæhlie | ![]() |
1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
3 | Gunde Svan | ![]() |
1985 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
4 | Thomas Alsgaard | ![]() |
1995 | 2003 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
5 | Klaes Karppinen | ![]() |
1934 | 1939 | 5 | 5 | - | 10 |
6 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | ![]() |
1999 | 2009 | 5 | - | 3 | 8 |
7 | Vladimir Smirnov | ![]() ![]() |
1987 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
8 | Torgny Mogren | ![]() |
1987 | 1993 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Mika Myllylä | ![]() |
1995 | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
10 | Frode Estil | ![]() |
2001 | 2007 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Best performers by country
Country | Athlete | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Petter Northug (by the gold first ranking system) |
2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | - | 16 |
Bjørn Dæhlie (by total number of medals) |
1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
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Gunde Svan | 1985 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
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Klaes Karppinen | 1934 | 1939 | 5 | 5 | - | 10 |
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Vladimir Smirnov | 1987 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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Vladimir Smirnov | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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Nikita Kryukov (by the gold first ranking system) |
2011 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sergey Ustiugov (by total number of medals) |
2013 | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
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Axel Teichmann | 2003 | 2011 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
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Gerhard Grimmer | 1970 | 1974 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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Alex Harvey | 2011 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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Andrus Veerpalu | 1999 | 2009 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
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Vladimir Kuzin & Vyacheslav Vedenin (by the gold first ranking system) |
1954 1970 |
1954 1970 |
2 2 |
1 1 |
- - |
3 3 |
Vladimir Smirnov & Pavel Kolchin (by total number of medals) |
1987 1958 |
1991 1962 |
1 - |
2 3 |
1 1 |
4 4 | |
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Maurilio De Zolt (by the gold first ranking system) |
1985 | 1993 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Silvio Fauner (by total number of medals) |
1993 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
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František Donth | 1925 | 1927 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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Dario Cologna* | 2013 | 2015 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
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Alois Stadlober (by the gold first ranking system) |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Mikhail Botvinov (by total number of medals, incl. 1 Bronze won for Russia) |
1993 | 1999 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | |
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Johann Mühlegg* | 2001 | 2001 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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Martin Koukal | 2003 | 2005 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
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Józef Łuszczek | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
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Vincent Vittoz (by the gold first ranking system) |
2005 | 2005 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Maurice Manificat (by total number of medals) |
2015 | 2015 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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Leanid Karneyenka* | 2007 | 2007 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
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Walter Demel* | 1966 | 1966 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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Bill Koch* | 1982 | 1982 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.
Multiple medals at one championship
- 5 medals:
- out of 5 possible:
- out of 6 possible:
- 4 medals:
- out of 4 possible:
- out of 5 possible:
1999 Mika Myllylä
1993 Bjørn Dæhlie
1995 Vladimir Smirnov
(all four individual)
1991 Gunde Svan
1995 Bjørn Dæhlie
1997 Mika Myllylä
- out of 6 possible:
- 3 medals:
- out of 3 possible:
1935 Klaes Karppinen
1941 Jussi Kurikkala
(1941 Championship subsequently cancelled)
1933 Hjalmar Bergström
1935 Oddbjørn Hagen
(2 of 3 medals in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1939 Klaes Karppinen
1950 Enar Josefsson
1937 Pekka Niemi
*
1941 Alfred Dahlqvist
(1941 Championship subsequently cancelled)
- out of 4 possible:
1966 Gjermund Eggen
1954 Vladimir Kuzin
1962 Assar Rönnlund
1970 Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974 Gerhard Grimmer
1958 Sixten Jernberg
1985 Gunde Svan
1954 Arvo Viitanen
1958 Veikko Hakulinen
1966 Eero Mäntyranta
1982 Lars Erik Eriksen
1985 Ove Aunli
1958 Pavel Kolchin
1970 Gerhard Grimmer
1985 Maurilio De Zolt
- out of 3 possible:
- 2 medals out of 2 possible:
1925 Otakar Německý
(one medal of two possible in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1926 Matti Raivio
1927 John Lindgren
1931 Johan Grøttumsbråten
(one medal of two possible in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1925 František Donth
1929 Veli Saarinen
1929 Anselm Knuuttila
1930 Arne Rustadstuen
1926 Tauno Lappalainen
1927 František Donth
See also
- Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiing World Cup medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (women)