Nordic World Ski Championships

In the Nordic World Ski Championships will be since 1924, the world champion in the sport of skiing styles of Nordic skiing , the cross-country skiing , ski jumping and Nordic combined , determined. Since 1985 they have been held every two years in the odd years. The organizer is the World Ski Federation FIS .

According to the official language of the FIS, the sporting event is named in the plural and is called "Nordic World Ski Championships (year)".

history

For the first time world championships in Nordic skiing were held in Chamonix in 1924 , at that time as part of the first, although only later recognized as such, Olympic Winter Games. The competitions were held annually until 1939. From 1925 to 1927 the FIS referred to the events as rendezvous races , while in the years that followed until 1935 they were held as FIS races . The competitions have had the official title of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 1937 . Up to the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 , the Olympic champions were also world champions, with the exception of Nordic combined.

The Nordic World Ski Championships in 1940 were canceled due to the war events, but this was also criticized at the time. The Italian winter sports resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo organized the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1941 from February 1 to 10, 1941 . However, in 1946 at a congress in Pau, the FIS subsequently declared them invalid, so that the medals awarded lost their official status and are no longer counted.

World championships after the war

The first world championships after the end of the Second World War took place in 1948 in St. Moritz , Switzerland , again at the Olympic Winter Games. Until 1982 they were held every two years. Since 1980, some competitions have been deleted from the Olympic program. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1980 , the Swedish city ​​of Falun hosted the 20 km cross-country ski run for women, which was part of the world championship but was not an Olympic one. From the 1982 World Championships (as in the alpine area) there is a "defending champion rule"; the 1980 world champions were therefore entitled to start in 1982.

With the Olympic Winter Games in 1984 , the rule that the Olympic champions were also world champions was finally abandoned. Only in Nordic combined and ski jumping were the Olympic competitions held as world championships for the last time in 1984. Since 1985, the Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in the odd years independently of the Olympic Winter Games in order to avoid an overlap with the Olympic Games.

As a result, at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 in Engelberg ( Switzerland ) and Rovaniemi ( Finland ), the Nordic World Ski Championships, but not Olympic, team competitions in ski jumping and Nordic combined were held.

In the following years, the number of competitions held was gradually increased and reached its high point with 21 competitions at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo . For example, since the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2009, women's ski jumping competitions have been held in Liberec for the first time. In 2001, 2005 and 2011 team competitions were also held on the normal hill in ski jumping, from 2013 onwards there will be a "mixed competition" instead.

Worth mentioning

• At the 1950 World Championships in Lake Placid, New York State, the cross-country skiing competitions could not take place there due to lack of snow and were held in Rumford, Maine.
• Four years later, in Falun, each nation's organizing committee allowed eight participants to be appointed. For the first time athletes from the Soviet Union took part.
• The 1962 World Championships in Zakopane were initially in danger of being canceled for political reasons. In addition, the dates for almost all competitions had to be changed due to the heavy snowfall. For the first time, ski jumping competitions were held on the large hill and the normal hill.
• At the 1982 World Championships in Oslo, the so-called "defending champion rule" came about for the first time, according to which the winners of the previous World Championships (in this case those at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, which were also considered World Championships, or the one in Falun 20 km run of women) were allowed to start outside the nations quota.

In addition, there was not only an ex-aequo decision for gold (victory URS & NOR), but also for bronze (DDR & FIN) in the men's relay, although for the time being only Finland was rated third. Only after a GDR protest at the FIS was the bronze medal awarded retrospectively.

Nordic World Ski Championships since 1924

Nordic World Ski Championships have been held since 1924. However, it was not until the 25th International FIS Congress (June 8-11 , 1965) in Mamaia (Romania) that the 1924 Winter Olympics were officially declared the First World Ski Championships, and it was also noted that the winners of the Patronage organized competitions have the right to the title of "World Champion" (world champion). Up to the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 , the Olympic champions were also world champions, with the exception of Nordic combined. The Olympic Winter Games up to 1980 are therefore also considered the Nordic World Ski Championships and are therefore on this list. The competitions are held in the disciplines of cross-country skiing (LL), Nordic combined (NK) and ski jumping (SP / SS). In the column of the most successful nation, only those competitions that were held as part of the World Championships count at the Olympic Games, so the Nordic combined is not taken into account.

#	event	venue	Disciplines	successful nation	Remarks
1.	Olympic Winter Games 1924	Chamonix	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSS)	NOR	not until 1926 to 1. Olymp. Winter Games explained
2.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1925	Johannisbad	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	TCH
3.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1926	Lahti	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
4th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1927	Cortina d'Ampezzo	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	SWE
5.	Olympic Winter Games 1928	St. Moritz	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSS)	NOR
6th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1929	Zakopane	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR FIN
7th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1930	Oslo	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
8th.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1931	Oberhof	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
9.	1932 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid	4 (2xLL, 1xNK, 1xSS)	NOR
10.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1933	innsbruck	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	SWE	new: 4 × 10 km relay (M)
11.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1934	Sollefteå	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
12.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1935	Vysoké Tatry	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
13.	Olympic Winter Games 1936	Garmisch-Partenk.	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSS)	SWE
14th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1937	Chamonix	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	NOR
15th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1938	Lahti	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN
16.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1939	Zakopane	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN
-	Nordic World Ski Championships 1941	Cortina d'Ampezzo	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN	Canceled by FIS in 1946
17th	Olympic Winter Games 1948	St. Moritz	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSS)	SWE
18th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1950	Lake Placid	5 (3xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	SWE
19th	1952 Winter Olympics	Oslo	6 (4xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN	new: 10 km cross-country skiing (F)
20th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1954	Falun	8 (6xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	URS	new: 3 × 5 km relay (F), 15 km and 30 km LL (M)
21st	1956 Winter Olympics	Cortina d'Ampezzo	8 (6xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN
22nd	Nordic World Ski Championships 1958	Lahti	8 (6xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN
23.	1960 Winter Olympics	Squaw Valley	8 (6xLL, 1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN
24.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1962	Zakopane	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS	new: 5 km cross-country skiing (F), SP large hill (M)
25th	1964 Winter Olympics	innsbruck	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	FIN
26th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1966	Oslo	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	NOR
27.	1968 Winter Olympics	Grenoble	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	NOR
28.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1970	Vysoké Tatry	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS
29	1972 Winter Olympics	Sapporo	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS
30th	Nordic World Ski Championships 1974	Falun	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	GDR
31.	1976 Winter Olympics	innsbruck	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS
32.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1978	Lahti	11 (8xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS	new: 20 km cross-country skiing (F), unofficial team SP (M)
33.	1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid	10 (7xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	URS
-	Nordic World Ski Championships 1980	Falun	1 (1 × 20 km LL women)	GDR	only the 20 km cross-country skiing (F) was held
34.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1982	Oslo	13 (8xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	NOR	new: NK Team 3 × 10 km (M), SP Team K120 (M)
-	1984 Winter Olympics	Sarajevo	11 (8xLL, 1xNK, 2xSP)	FIN	only individual competitions NK and SP
-	Nordic World Ski Championships 1984	Engelberg Rovaniemi	2 (1xNK, 1xSP)	FIN	only non-Olympic team competitions held in NK and SP
35.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1985	Seefeld	13 (8xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	NOR	from now on the World Cup will take place every two years in the odd years
36.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1987	Oberstdorf	13 (8xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	SWE
37.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1989	Lahti	15 (10xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	FIN	new: routes in the LL for classic and freestyle
38.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1991	Val di Fiemme	15 (10xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	NOR
39.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1993	Falun	15 (10xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	NOR	new: pursuit races for men and women
40.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1995	Thunder Bay	15 (10xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	RUS
41.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1997	Trondheim	15 (10xLL, 2xNK, 3xSP)	RUS
42.	Nordic World Ski Championships 1999	Ramsau	16 (10xLL, 3xNK, 3xSP)	NOR	new: NK Sprint (M)
43.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2001	Lahti	18 (11xLL, 3xNK, 4xSP)	NOR	new: LL Sprint (M) and (F), in SP 2 team jumping 30 km LL (F) was not held due to the weather.
44.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2003	Val di Fiemme	18 (12xLL, 3xNK, 3xSP)	NOR
45.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2005	Oberstdorf	19 (12xLL, 3xNK, 4xSP)	NOR	new: team sprint (M) and (F), 2 team SP
46.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2007	Sapporo	18 (12xLL, 3xNK, 3xSP)	NOR
47.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2009	Liberec	20 (12xLL, 4xNK, 4xSP)	NOR	new: SP for women, NK mass start (M)
48.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2011	Oslo	21 (12xLL, 4xNK, 5xSP)	NOR	new: NK team competition normal hill (replaces mass start)
49.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2013	Val di Fiemme	21 (12xLL, 4xNK, 5xSP)	NOR	new: NK team sprint (replaces team competition large hill), SP mixed team competition (replaces men's team competition normal hill)
50.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2015	Falun	21 (12xLL, 4xNK, 5xSP)	NOR
51.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2017	Lahti	21 (12xLL, 4xNK, 5xSP)	NOR
52.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2019	Seefeld	22 (12xLL, 4xNK, 6xSP)		new: SP team competition normal hill (F)
53.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2021	Oberstdorf
54.	Nordic World Ski Championships 2023	Planica

Eternal medal table

rank	country
1	Norway	165	132	128	425
2	Russia (with United Team and Soviet Union )	82	77	73	232
3	Finland	80	86	87	253
4th	Sweden	62	62	60	184
5	/ / Germany (with FR Germany and GDR )	54	61	41	156
6th	Austria	26th	29	35	90
7th	/ Italy	12	22nd	24	58
8th	Czech Republic (with Czechoslovakia )	11	19th	21st	51
9	Japan	11	14th	16	41
10	Poland	11	7th	11	29
11	United States	7th	5	7th	19th
12	France	6th	4th	12	22nd
13	Switzerland	4th	6th	10	20th
14th	Estonia	3	5	2	10
15th	Kazakhstan	3	2	4th	9
16	Canada	2	1	3	6th
17th	Slovenia	1	3	4th	8th
18th	Spain	1	1	0	2
19th	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
20th	Belarus	0	1	0	1
20th	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
22nd	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
23	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Status: 2019

See also

• List of world champions in cross-country skiing
• List of world champions in Nordic combined
• List of world champions in ski jumping

Web links

Commons : Nordic World Ski Championships  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official ski jumping website of the International Ski Federation