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
Opening22 February 2017
Closing5 March 2017
Main venueSalpausselkä
WebsiteLahti2017.fi
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Host selection

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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

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

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  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 entries)21212163

Top athletes

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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 entries)2412440

Fifteen other athletes earned 2 medals.

Cross-country skiing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometre classical[4]
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Iivo Niskanen
  Finland
36:44.0 Martin Johnsrud Sundby
  Norway
37:01.9 Niklas Dyrhaug
  Norway
37:15.3
30 kilometre skiathlon[5]
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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]
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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]
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  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]
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Federico Pellegrino
  Italy
3:13.76 Sergey Ustiugov
  Russia
3:13.91 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
3:14.20
Team sprint[9]
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  Russia
Nikita Kriukov
Sergey Ustiugov
17:40.69   Italy
Dietmar Nöckler
Federico Pellegrino
17:42.83   Finland
Sami Jauhojärvi
Iivo Niskanen
17:49.33

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometre classical[10]
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Marit Bjørgen
  Norway
25:24.9 Charlotte Kalla
  Sweden
26:05.9 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
  Norway
26:20.4
15 kilometre skiathlon[11]
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Marit Bjørgen
  Norway
37:57.5 Krista Pärmäkoski
  Finland
38:02.3 Charlotte Kalla
  Sweden
38:29.5
30 kilometre freestyle mass start[12]
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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]
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  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]
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Maiken Caspersen Falla
  Norway
3:02.34 Jessie Diggins
  United States
3:04.00 Kikkan Randall
  United States
3:06.10
Team sprint[15]
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  Norway
Heidi Weng
Maiken Caspersen Falla
20:20.56   Russia
Yulia Belorukova
Natalya Matveyeva
20:26.12   United States
Sadie Bjornsen
Jessie Diggins
20:38.94

Nordic combined

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km[16]
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Johannes Rydzek
  Germany
26:41.6 Akito Watabe
  Japan
26:46.4 François Braud
  France
26:54.6
Individual normal hill/10 km[17]
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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]
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  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]
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  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

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

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

Mixed

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team normal hill[24]
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  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

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  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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