The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18 – March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races.
Host city | Val di Fiemme, Italy |
---|---|
Events | 18 |
Opening | 18 February 2003 |
Closing | 1 March 2003 |
Main venue | Lago di Tesero Cross Country Stadium Trampolino dal Ben |
Website | Valdifiemme2003.com |
Men's cross-country edit
1.5 km individual sprint edit
February 26, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) | 3:12.1 |
Silver | Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR) | 3:12.9 |
Bronze | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) | 3:13.5 |
15 km classical edit
February 21, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Axel Teichmann (GER) | 35:47.5 |
Silver | Jaak Mae (EST) | 35:54.4 |
Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 35:56.0 |
10 km + 10 km double pursuit edit
February 23, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Per Elofsson (SWE) | 47:42.3 |
Silver | Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR) | 47:42.6 |
Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 47:42.7 |
30 km classical mass start edit
February 19, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) | 1:12:29.3 |
Silver | Anders Aukland (NOR) | 1:12:29.9 |
Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 1:12:30.4 |
50 km freestyle edit
March 1, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Martin Koukal (CZE) | 1:54:25.3 |
Silver | Anders Södergren (SWE) | 1:54:40.3 |
Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 1:55:09.0 |
4 × 10 km relay edit
February 25, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Norway (Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Thomas Alsgaard) | 1:31:56.4 |
Silver | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, René Sommerfeldt, Axel Teichmann) | 1:31:56.6 |
Bronze | Sweden (Anders Södergren, Mathias Fredriksson, Per Elofsson, Jörgen Brink) | 1:32:12.8 |
Women's cross-country edit
1.5 km individual sprint edit
February 26, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 3:28.8 |
Silver | Claudia Künzel (GER) | 3:29.9 |
Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 3:30.6 |
10 km classical edit
February 20. 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 25:47.0 |
Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:08.0 |
Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 26:16.7 |
5 km + 5 km double pursuit edit
February 22, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:38.4 |
Silver | Evi Sachenbacher (GER) | 26:39.0 |
Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 26:39.0 |
Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal.
15 km classical mass start edit
February 18, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 39:40.9 |
Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 39:53.7 |
Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 40:36.7 |
30 km freestyle edit
February 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 1:14:29.8 |
Silver | Yelena Burukhina (RUS) | 1:14:45.1 |
Bronze | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 1:14:56.7 |
4 × 5 km relay edit
February 24, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Germany (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher) | 50:54.7 |
Silver | Norway (Anita Moen, Marit Bjørgen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Vibeke Skofterud) | 51:26.3 |
Bronze | Russia (Natalya Korostelyova, Olga Zavyalova, Yelena Burukhina, Nina Gavrylyuk) | 52:06.3 |
The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis tested positive for doping.
Men's Nordic combined edit
7.5 km sprint edit
February 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Johnny Spillane (USA) | 18:47.8 |
Silver | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 18:49.1 |
Bronze | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 18:49.1 |
Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal.
15 km Individual Gundersen edit
February 21, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 37:54.2 |
Silver | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 38:46.3 |
Bronze | Samppa Lajunen (FIN) | 39:10.1 |
4 × 5 km team edit
February 24, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Austria (Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald) | 47:23.9 |
Silver | Germany (Thorsten Schmitt, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) | + 12.6 |
Bronze | Finland (Hannu Manninen, Jouni Kaitainen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen) | + 1:15.5 |
Men's ski jumping edit
Individual normal hill edit
February 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Points |
---|---|---|
Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 279.0 |
Silver | Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 263.0 |
Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 259.5 |
Individual large hill edit
February 22, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Points |
---|---|---|
Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 289.0 |
Silver | Matti Hautamäki (FIN) | 286.5 |
Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 273.2 |
Team large hill edit
February 23, 2003
Medal | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
Gold | Finland (Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, Matti Hautamäki) | 1046.6 |
Silver | Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Akira Higashi, Hideharu Miyahira, Noriaki Kasai) | 1010.1 |
Bronze | Norway (Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Lars Bystøl, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren) | 991.9 |
Medal table edit
Medal winners by nation. The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Totals (11 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |