FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023
Host city	Planica
Country	Slovenia
Nations	66
Athletes	2,000+
Events	24
Opening	21 February 2023
Closing	5 March 2023
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The 43rd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 21 February to 5 March 2023 in Planica, Slovenia.

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	Events
Ceremonies		OC						D A Y O F F						CC	—
Ski jumping	Normal hill Individual		Q^W	W	Q^M	M									7
	Large hill Individual								Q^W	W	Q^M	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		Q^{W, 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

Ski jumping[edit]

Date	Time	Event
22 February	16:30	HS102 Individual, q (Women)
23 February	17:00	HS102 Individual (Women)
24 February	17:45	HS102 Individual, q (Men)
25 February	12:15	HS102 Team (Women)
25 February	17:30	HS102 Individual (Men)
26 February	17:30	HS102 Mixed team (M / W)
28 February	18:30	HS138 Individual, q (Women)
1 March	17:30	HS138 Individual (Women)
2 March	17:30	HS138 Individual, q (Men)
3 March	17:30	HS138 Individual (Men)
4 March	16:30	HS138 Team (Men)

Nordic combined[edit]

Date	Time	Event
24 February	11:30 14:15	HS102 / 5 km Individual (Women)
25 February	10:00 15:15	HS102 / 10 km Individual (Men)
26 February	10:30 15:00	HS102 / 2×2.5 + 2×5 km (Mixed team)
1 March	11:00 15:00	HS138 / 4 × 5 km Team (Men)
4 March	10:30 15:00	HS138 / 10 km Individual (Men)

Cross-country[edit]

Date	Time	Event
22 February	12:30	Free 5 km, qualification (W)
22 February	13:30	Free 10 km, qualification (M)
23 February	12:00	Sprint Classic, qualification (M, W)
23 February	14:30	Sprint Classic, Final (M, W)
24 February	15:30	Skiathlon 2 × 15 km (M)
25 February	14:00	Skiathlon 2 × 7.5 km (W)
26 February	11:30	Team Sprint Free, qualification (M, W)
26 February	13:30	Team Sprint Free, Final (M, W)
28 February	12:30	10 km Free Individual (W)
1 March	12:30	15 km Free Individual (M)
2 March	12:30	4 × 5 km Classic/Free Relay (W)
3 March	12:30	4 × 10 km Classic/Free Relay (M)
4 March	12:00	30 km Mass start Classic (W)
5 March	12:00	50 km Mass start Classic (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)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	12	10	5	27
2	Sweden	4	3	5	12
3	Germany	3	6	3	12
4	Slovenia*	2	0	1	3
5	Poland	1	0	1	2
5	United States	1	0	1	2
7	Canada	1	0	0	1
8	Austria	0	2	5	7
9	Japan	0	1	1	2
10	Finland	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	1	0	1
12	France	0	0	2	2
Totals (12 entries)		24	24	24	72

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]

^ "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.
^ "Planica 2023: V četrto gre rado?". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "FIS vergibt Nordische Ski-WM 2023 nach Planica". skispringen.com (in German). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "V četrtem poskusu le uspelo: Planici svetovno prvenstvo 2023". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "Programme" (PDF). planica2023.si. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Svetovno prvenstvo v Planici tudi uradno odprto" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website

[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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v t e FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Championships	1925 Janské Lázně 1926 Lahti 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1929 Zakopane 1930 Oslo 1931 Oberhof 1933 Innsbruck 1934 Sollefteå 1935 Vysoké Tatry 1937 Chamonix 1938 Lahti 1939 Zakopane (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo) 1950 Lake Placid/Rumford 1954 Falun 1958 Lahti 1962 Zakopane 1966 Oslo 1970 Vysoké Tatry 1974 Falun 1978 Lahti 1980 Falun 1982 Oslo 1984 Rovaniemi/Engelberg 1985 Seefeld 1987 Oberstdorf 1989 Lahti 1991 Val di Fiemme 1993 Falun 1995 Thunder Bay 1997 Trondheim 1999 Ramsau 2001 Lahti 2003 Val di Fiemme 2005 Oberstdorf 2007 Sapporo 2009 Liberec 2011 Oslo 2013 Val di Fiemme 2015 Falun 2017 Lahti 2019 Seefeld 2021 Oberstdorf 2023 Planica
Medalists	Cross-country (men) Cross-country (women) Nordic combined Ski jumping

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