FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023

The 43rd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 21 February to 5 March 2023 in Planica, Slovenia.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023
Host cityPlanica
CountrySlovenia
Nations66
Athletes2,000+
Events24
Opening21 February 2023 (2023-02-21)
Closing5 March 2023 (2023-03-05)
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Championships edit

Slovenia hosted the Nordic World Championships for the first time. All competitions took place at the Planica Nordic Centre, located in the Planica monument valley.

Host selection edit

The World Championships were awarded at the 51st FIS Congress, held between 13 and 19 May 2018 in Costa Navarino, Greece.[1] Planica's bids to host the championships had been unsuccessful on three previous occasions.[2]

The detailed application had to be submitted by 1 September 2017. On 17 May 2018, Planica was announced as the host, beating Norwegian Trondheim.[3][4]

Place 1st ballot
  Slovenia 9
  Norway 6

Venues edit

  • Bloudkova velikanka is a large hill (HS138), completely rebuilt in 2012 after the previous hill collapsed. A total of ten world records were set on the hill.
  • Srednja skakalnica is a normal hill (HS102) standing right next to Bloudkova velikanka, and hosted events in ski jumping and nordic combined.
  • Rateče Planica track is a cross-country skiing track that stretches across the entire valley between Rateče and Planica.
Planica Nordic Centre
 
 
 
Planica

Schedule edit

All times are local (UTC+1).[5]

February March Events
21st
Tue
22nd
Wed
23rd
Thu
24th
Fri
25th
Sat
26th
Sun
27th
Mon
28th
Tue
1st
Wed
2nd
Thu
3rd
Fri
4th
Sat
5th
Sun
Ceremonies OC D
A
Y

O
F
F

CC
Ski jumping Normal hill Individual QW W QM M 7
Large hill Individual QW W QM M
Team normal hill W
Team large hill M
Mixed team normal M / W
Nordic combined Normal hill Individual W M 5
Mixed team normal M / W
Team large hill M
Large hill Individual M
Cross-country Free QW, M 12
Sprint Classic M, W
Skiathlon M W
Team Sprint Free M, W
Individual Free W M
Relay W M
Mass start Classic W M

Participating nations edit

Over 2,000 athletes from 66 countries participated at the Championships.[6]

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Slovenia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway1210527
2  Sweden43512
3  Germany36312
4  Slovenia*2013
5  Poland1012
  United States1012
7  Canada1001
8  Austria0257
9  Japan0112
10  Finland0101
  Italy0101
12  France0022
Totals (12 entries)24242472

Cross-country skiing edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint classical
details
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
2:56.07 Pål Golberg
  Norway
2:58.29 Jules Chappaz
  France
2:58.31
30 kilometre skiathlon
details
Simen Hegstad Krüger
  Norway
1:09:40.3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
1:09:52.5 Sjur Røthe
  Norway
1:09:54.4
Team sprint freestyle
details
  Norway
Pål Golberg
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
17:28.14   Italy
Francesco De Fabiani
Federico Pellegrino
17:30.62   France
Renaud Jay
Richard Jouve
17:44.62
15 kilometre freestyle individual
details
Simen Hegstad Krüger
  Norway
32:17.4 Harald Østberg Amundsen
  Norway
32:22.7 Hans Christer Holund
  Norway
32:42.0
4 × 10 kilometre relay
details
  Norway
Hans Christer Holund
Pål Golberg
Simen Hegstad Krüger
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
1:32:54.7   Finland
Ristomatti Hakola
Iivo Niskanen
Perttu Hyvärinen
Niko Anttola
1:33:41.6   Germany
Albert Kuchler
Janosch Brugger
Jonas Dobler
Friedrich Moch
1:33:54.5
50 kilometre classical mass start
details
Pål Golberg
  Norway
2:01:30.2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
2:01:31.2 William Poromaa
  Sweden
2:01:31.4

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint classical
details
Jonna Sundling
  Sweden
3:21.67 Emma Ribom
  Sweden
3:22.54 Maja Dahlqvist
  Sweden
3:26.12
15 kilometre skiathlon
details
Ebba Andersson
  Sweden
38:11.8 Frida Karlsson
  Sweden
38:33.8 Astrid Øyre Slind
  Norway
38:59.8
Team sprint freestyle
details
  Sweden
Emma Ribom
Jonna Sundling
19:40.73   Norway
Anne Kjersti Kalvå
Tiril Udnes Weng
19:43.15   United States
Jessie Diggins
Julia Kern
19:46.06
10 kilometre freestyle individual
details
Jessie Diggins
  United States
23:40.8 Frida Karlsson
  Sweden
23:54.8 Ebba Andersson
  Sweden
24:00.3
4 × 5 kilometre relay
details
  Norway
Tiril Udnes Weng
Astrid Øyre Slind
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Anne Kjersti Kalvå
50:33.3   Germany
Laura Gimmler
Katharina Hennig
Pia Fink
Victoria Carl
50:53.8   Sweden
Emma Ribom
Ebba Andersson
Frida Karlsson
Maja Dahlqvist
51:02.0
30 kilometre classical mass start
details
Ebba Andersson
  Sweden
1:22:18.0 Anne Kjersti Kalvå
  Norway
1:23:11.0 Frida Karlsson
  Sweden
1:23:12.2

Nordic combined edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km
details
Jarl Magnus Riiber
  Norway
23:42.6 Jens Lurås Oftebro
  Norway
24:44.0 Johannes Lamparter
  Austria
24:47.3
Team large hill/4 × 5 km
details
  Norway
Espen Andersen
Jens Lurås Oftebro
Jørgen Graabak
Jarl Magnus Riiber
47:20.4   Germany
Eric Frenzel
Vinzenz Geiger
Johannes Rydzek
Julian Schmid
47:29.4   Austria
Martin Fritz
Lukas Greiderer
Stefan Rettenegger
Johannes Lamparter
47:29.7
Individual normal hill/10 km
details
Jarl Magnus Riiber
  Norway
24:36.3 Julian Schmid
  Germany
24:55.7 Franz-Josef Rehrl
  Austria
24:57.3

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual normal hill/5 km
details
Gyda Westvold Hansen
  Norway
14:27.1 Nathalie Armbruster
  Germany
14:38.6 Haruka Kasai
  Japan
14:42.8

Mixed edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team normal hill
details
  Norway
Jens Lurås Oftebro
Ida Marie Hagen
Gyda Westvold Hansen
Jarl Magnus Riiber
37:38.2   Germany
Vinzenz Geiger
Jenny Nowak
Nathalie Armbruster
Julian Schmid
38:26.0   Austria
Stefan Rettenegger
Annalena Slamik
Lisa Hirner
Johannes Lamparter
38:38.2

Ski jumping edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual normal hill
details
Piotr Żyła
  Poland
261.8 Andreas Wellinger
  Germany
259.2 Karl Geiger
  Germany
257.7
Men's individual large hill
details
Timi Zajc
  Slovenia
287.5 Ryōyū Kobayashi
  Japan
276.8 Dawid Kubacki
  Poland
276.2
Men's team large hill
details
  Slovenia
Lovro Kos
Žiga Jelar
Timi Zajc
Anže Lanišek
1178.9   Norway
Johann André Forfang
Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal
Marius Lindvik
Halvor Egner Granerud
1166.0   Austria
Daniel Tschofenig
Michael Hayböck
Jan Hörl
Stefan Kraft
1139.4

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's individual normal hill
details
Katharina Althaus
  Germany
249.1 Eva Pinkelnig
  Austria
246.9 Anna Odine Strøm
  Norway
246.0
Women's individual large hill
details
Alexandria Loutitt
  Canada
264.4 Maren Lundby
  Norway
254.0 Katharina Althaus
  Germany
245.9
Women's team normal hill
details
  Germany
Anna Rupprecht
Luisa Görlich
Selina Freitag
Katharina Althaus
843.8   Austria
Chiara Kreuzer
Julia Mühlbacher
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
Eva Pinkelnig
831.1   Norway
Maren Lundby
Eirin Maria Kvandal
Thea Minyan Bjørseth
Anna Odine Strøm
828.6

Mixed edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team normal hill
details
  Germany
Selina Freitag
Karl Geiger
Katharina Althaus
Andreas Wellinger
1017.2   Norway
Anna Odine Strøm
Johann André Forfang
Thea Minyan Bjørseth
Halvor Egner Granerud
1004.5   Slovenia
Nika Križnar
Timi Zajc
Ema Klinec
Anže Lanišek
1000.4

References edit

  1. ^ "51st International Ski Congress Costa Navarino (GRE)". International Ski Federation. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Planica 2023: V četrto gre rado?". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "FIS vergibt Nordische Ski-WM 2023 nach Planica". skispringen.com (in German). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ "V četrtem poskusu le uspelo: Planici svetovno prvenstvo 2023". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Programme" (PDF). planica2023.si. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Svetovno prvenstvo v Planici tudi uradno odprto" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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