# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 was the 40th World Championships in nordic skiing and took place in Lahti, Finland from 22 February to 5 March 2017. This was the seventh time the event has been held there, having previously been held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989 and 2001.

## Host selection

Of the four candidate cities three had already submitted unsuccessful bids for the previous championships in 2015.
| City | Country | Previous championships hosted |
| Lahti | Finland | 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001 |
| Oberstdorf | Germany | 1987, 2005 |
| Planica | Slovenia | |
| Zakopane | Poland | 1929, 1939, 1962 |
The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea on 31 May 2012. The Voting results were as following:
| City | First vote | Second vote | Third vote |
| Lahti | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Planica | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Oberstdorf | 3 | 3 | Out |
| Zakopane | 0 | Out | Out |

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 February | 14:00 | Women's 5 km classical qualification |
| 22 February | 15:30 | Men's 10 km classical qualification |
| 23 February | 15:00 | Men's & women's sprint |
| 25 February | 12:00 | Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon |
| 25 February | 14:30 | Men's 2x15 km skiathlon |
| 26 February | 11:30 | Men's & women's team sprint |
| 28 February | 13:45 | Women's 10 km classical |
| 1 March | 13:45 | Men's 15 km classical |
| 2 March | 15:00 | Women's 4 x 5 km relay |
| 3 March | 13:30 | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
| 4 March | 14:30 | Women's 30 km freestyle |
| 5 March | 14:30 | Men's 50 km freestyle |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 24 February | 10:30 13:30 | HS100 / 10 km |
| 26 February | 12:00 15:30 | Team HS100 / 4x5 km |
| 1 March | 12:00 16:15 | HS130 / 10 km |
| 3 March | 16:00 18:15 | Team sprint HS130 / 2x7.5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 23 February | 14:00 | Women's HS100 qualification |
| 24 February | 14:30 | Men's HS100 qualification |
| 24 February | 17:30 | Women's HS100 |
| 25 February | 17:30 | Men's HS100 |
| 26 February | 17:30 | Team mixed HS100 |
| 1 March | 18:00 | Men's HS130 qualification |
| 2 March | 18:30 | Men's HS130 |
| 4 March | 17:15 | Men's team HS130 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

### Top athletes

All athletes with three or more medals or at least two gold medals.
| Rank | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Rydzek (GER) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Stefan Kraft (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Eric Frenzel (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Carina Vogt (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Andreas Wellinger (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
Fifteen other athletes earned 2 medals.

### Cross-country skiing
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 15 kilometre classical details | Iivo Niskanen Finland | 36:44.0 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway | 37:01.9 | Niklas Dyrhaug Norway | 37:15.3 |
| 30 kilometre skiathlon details | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | 1:09:16.7 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway | 1:09:23.4 | Finn Hågen Krogh Norway | 1:09:48.5 |
| 50 kilometre freestyle mass start details | Alex Harvey Canada | 1:46:28.9 | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | 1:46:29.5 | Matti Heikkinen Finland | 1:46:30.3 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay details | Norway Didrik Tønseth Niklas Dyrhaug Martin Johnsrud Sundby Finn Hågen Krogh | 1:37:20.1 | Russia Andrey Larkov Alexander Bessmertnykh Aleksey Chervotkin Sergey Ustiugov | 1:37:24.7 | Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson | 1:39:51.9 |
| Sprint details | Federico Pellegrino Italy | 3:13.76 | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | 3:13.91 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway | 3:14.20 |
| Team sprint details | Russia Nikita Kriukov Sergey Ustiugov | 17:40.69 | Italy Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino | 17:42.83 | Finland Sami Jauhojärvi Iivo Niskanen | 17:49.33 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 kilometre classical details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 25:24.9 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 26:05.9 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway | 26:20.4 |
| 15 kilometre skiathlon details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 37:57.5 | Krista Pärmäkoski Finland | 38:02.3 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 38:29.5 |
| 30 kilometre freestyle mass start details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 1:08:36.8 | Heidi Weng Norway | 1:08:38.7 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway | 1:08:38.7 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay details | Norway Maiken Caspersen Falla Heidi Weng Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen | 52:21.5 | Sweden Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla Ebba Andersson Stina Nilsson | 53:23.1 | Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Laura Mononen Krista Pärmäkoski | 53:23.6 |
| Sprint details | Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway | 3:02.34 | Jessie Diggins United States | 3:04.00 | Kikkan Randall United States | 3:06.10 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Heidi Weng Maiken Caspersen Falla | 20:20.56 | Russia Yulia Belorukova Natalya Matveyeva | 20:26.12 | United States Sadie Bjornsen Jessie Diggins | 20:38.94 |

### Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual large hill/10 km details | Johannes Rydzek Germany | 26:41.6 | Akito Watabe Japan | 26:46.4 | François Braud France | 26:54.6 |
| Individual normal hill/10 km details | Johannes Rydzek Germany | 26:19.6 | Eric Frenzel Germany | 26:34.5 | Björn Kircheisen Germany | 26:49.6 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km details | Germany Björn Kircheisen Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek | 47:57.3 | Norway Magnus Moan Mikko Kokslien Magnus Krog Jørgen Graabak | 48:39.0 | Austria Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl Philipp Orter Paul Gerstgraser | 49:01.0 |
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km details | Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek | 29:01.8 | Norway Magnus Moan Magnus Krog | 29:02.8 | Japan Yoshito Watabe Akito Watabe | 29:12.0 |

### Ski jumping
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's individual normal hill details | Stefan Kraft Austria | 270.8 | Andreas Wellinger Germany | 268.7 | Markus Eisenbichler Germany | 263.6 |
| Men's individual large hill details | Stefan Kraft Austria | 279.3 | Andreas Wellinger Germany | 278.0 | Piotr Żyła Poland | 276.7 |
| Men's team large hill details | Poland Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Maciej Kot Kamil Stoch | 1104.2 | Norway Anders Fannemel Johann Andre Forfang Daniel-André Tande Andreas Stjernen | 1078.5 | Austria Michael Hayböck Manuel Fettner Gregor Schlierenzauer Stefan Kraft | 1068.9 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Women's individual normal hill details | Carina Vogt Germany | 254.6 | Yuki Ito Japan | 252.6 | Sara Takanashi Japan | 251.1 |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Mixed team normal hill details | Germany Carina Vogt Markus Eisenbichler Svenja Würth Andreas Wellinger | 1035.5 | Austria Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Michael Hayböck Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Stefan Kraft | 999.3 | Japan Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi Yuki Ito Daiki Ito | 979.7 |