The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial
nordic skiing event organized by the
International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship events include
nordic skiing's three disciplines:
cross-country skiing,
ski jumping
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
, and
nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
(the latter being a combination sport consisting of both cross-country and ski jumping). From 1924 to 1939, the World Championships were held every year, including the
Winter Olympics
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. After World War II, the World Championships were held every four years from 1950 to 1982. Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.
History
The International Ski Federation arranged annual Rendezvous races from 1925 to 1927 and annual FIS races from 1929 to 1935. At the FIS congress in 1936, it was decided that the first World Championships should be held in 1937 and take place in
Chamonix
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,
France
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. All Rendezvous and FIS races were given official World Championship status at FIS' 25th congress in 1965. This decision meant that the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925 was the 1st official FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and took place between February 4–14, 1925 in Johannisbad ( Janské Lázně), Czechoslovakia.
The event was originally a Rendezvous race organi ...
in
Janské Lázně
Janské Lázně (; german: Johannisbad) is a spa town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains.
Geography
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,
Czechoslovakia
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, were given status as the first official World Championships.
The
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1941
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 took place February 1–10, 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The previous championships of 1940 were scheduled for Norway, but were cancelled in the wake of Germany's invasion of Norway during World War ...
were declared a non-World Championship event by FIS at the 16th FIS congress in 1946
and their results have been struck from the official records.
The
1980 and
1984
Events
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World Championships consisted of a total of only three events; women's 20 km cross-country (1980), ski jumping team event and nordic combined team event (both 1984). These events were not held in the 1980 and
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
and therefore got their own World Championships.
Historical notes
# In the years 1925–1927, the
FIS
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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.
# The
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1941
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 took place February 1–10, 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The previous championships of 1940 were scheduled for Norway, but were cancelled in the wake of Germany's invasion of Norway during World War ...
were declared a non-event by the FIS at their 1946 meeting and their results have been struck from the official records.
# 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
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
at
Lake Placid.
# The
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 for teams in Ski jumping and Nordic combined took place in Engelberg, Switzerland and Rovaniemi, Finland. These were extraordinary events because both were not held at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajev ...
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
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in
Sarajevo
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.
The following list shows when new events were added for the first time:
*1933, men's relay (cross-country) was added.
*1954, women's 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay was added, men's 15 km (cross-country) replaced the 18 km.
*1962, men's normal hill (ski jumping) and women's 5 km (cross-country) were added.
*1978, women's 20 km (cross-country) was added.
*1982, men's ski jumping team large hill and nordic combined team large hill were added.
*1989, women's 15 km was added (cross-country) and women's 30 km replaced the 20 km.
*1991, men's 10 km (cross-country) was added.
*1993, cross-country pursuit (both genders) were added.
*2001, men's ski jumping team normal hill was added and cross-country sprint (both genders) replaced the 10 km (men) and the 5 km (women).
*2003, women's 30 km and men's 50 km (cross-country) changed from interval start to
mass start {{refimprove, date=February 2018
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There are usually many competitors in ...
.
*2005, cross-country team sprint (both genders) were added.
*2009, women's normal hill (ski jumping) was added.
*2011, nordic combined team normal hill was added.
*2013, mixed team (ski jumping) was added and team sprint large hill (nordic combined) replaced the team large hill.
*2019, women's team normal hill (ski jumping) was added.
*2021, women's nordic combined with women's large hill (ski jumping) were added.
Editions
Medalists by sport
* Cross-country skiing
**
**
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing
* Nordic combined
**
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
**
Medal table
Table updated after the
2021 Championships.
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
All events
Individual events
Men
Women
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See also
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FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships is an annual nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Junior World Championships was started in 1977 and was first hosted in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. The Junior ...
*
World Para Nordic Skiing Championships
The World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paral ...
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Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The women's events were first contested at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
Summary
Events
C = classical, F = freestyle, m = ...
*
Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924. The first competition involved 18 km cross-country skiing, followed by ski jumping.
History
Whoever earned the most points from both competitions won t ...
*
Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through to 1956, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition of the games to the next.
Most historians have placed th ...
*
FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recogn ...
*
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup is a Nordic combined competition organized yearly by International Ski Federation, representing the highest level in international competition for this sport. It was first arranged for the 1983–84 season. Team e ...
*
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internatio ...
References
External links
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from official site
{{Main world championships
Nordic combined competitions
Ski jumping competitions
Cross-country skiing competitions
Nordic skiing competitions
Nordic
Nordic World
Recurring sporting events established in 1925