# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 took place between 18 February and 1 March 2015 in Falun, Sweden. This was the fourth time the event is held there, having previously been held there in 1954, 1974 and 1993. In 1980, one World Ski Championship race was held there as well, to make up for its exclusion from the Olympic Games the same year.

## Host selection

At the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council meeting in November 2007, a Candidates project concept was highlighted for use. Candidacy submission was 1 May 2009 along with the registration fee and training days in article 5 of the FIS World Championships Organization Rules. Each candidate and its National Ski Association will have instructions and a detailed questionnaire provided by the FIS that will be due on 1 September 2009. Candidates respond in a simple text format that will serve as the working document where an FIS Inspection Group will use for discussion purposes. Group members will meet with the candidate at mutually convenient opportunity to review the project area that falls under their responsibility. This should take place in conjunction with another event or World Cup inspection where possible to reduce costs and multiple trips. FIS Technical Committee members will have a working meeting in the fall of 2009 with each candidate and inspection group to review the project. A final report will be submitted in spring 2009 by the Inspection Group and the National Ski Association and FIS Council.

### Finalists

The four finalists who submitted were those who lost out on the previous championships in 2008.
| City | Country | Previous championships hosted | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 bid finish |
| Falun | Sweden | 1954, 1974, 1993 | 2nd |
| Lahti | Finland | 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001 | 4th |
| Oberstdorf | Germany | 1987, 2005 | 5th |
| Zakopane | Poland | 1929, 1939, 1962 | 3rd |

### Voting results

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on 3 June 2010.
| City | First vote | Second vote | Final vote |
| Falun | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Lahti | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Zakopane | 3 | 3 | Out |
| Oberstdorf | 1 | Out | Out |

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 19 February | 15:15 | Men's & women's sprint |
| 21 February | 13:00 | Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon |
| 21 February | 14:30 | Men's 2x15 km skiathlon |
| 22 February | 14:30 | Men's & women's team sprint |
| 24 February | 13:30 | Women's 10 km freestyle |
| 25 February | 13:30 | Men's 15 km freestyle |
| 26 February | 13:30 | Women's 4 x 5 km relay |
| 27 February | 13:30 | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
| 28 February | 13:00 | Women's 30 km classic |
| 1 March | 13:30 | Men's 50 km classic |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 February | 10:00 16:00 | HS100 / 10 km |
| 22 February | 10:00 16:00 | Team HS100 / 4x5 km |
| 26 February | 10:00 15:15 | HS134 / 10 km |
| 28 February | 10:00 15:15 | Team sprint HS134 / 2x7.5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 February | 17:00 | Women's HS100 |
| 21 February | 16:30 | Men's HS100 |
| 22 February | 17:00 | Team mix HS100 |
| 26 February | 17:00 | Men's HS134 |
| 28 February | 17:00 | Men's team HS134 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 11 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE)* | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 15 kilometre freestyle details | Johan Olsson Sweden | 35:01.6 | Maurice Manificat France | 35:19.4 | Anders Gløersen Norway | 35:20.8 |
| 30 kilometre skiathlon details | Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia | 1:16:25.9 | Dario Cologna Switzerland | 1:16:26.3 | Alex Harvey Canada | 1:16:27.5 |
| 50 kilometre classical mass start details | Petter Northug Norway | 2:26:02.1 | Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic | 2:26:03.8 | Johan Olsson Sweden | 2:26:04.1 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay details | Norway Niklas Dyrhaug Didrik Tønseth Anders Gløersen Petter Northug | 1:34:18.5 | Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson | 1:34:19.1 | France Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Robin Duvillard Adrien Backscheider | 1:34:27.4 |
| Sprint details | Petter Northug Norway | 3:02.35 | Alex Harvey Canada | 3:02.40 | Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway | 3:02.70 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Finn Hågen Krogh Petter Northug | 15:32.89 | Russia Alexei Petukhov Nikita Kriukov | 15:38.53 | Italy Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino | 15:38.62 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 kilometre freestyle details | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 25:08.8 | Jessie Diggins United States | 25:49.8 | Caitlin Compton Gregg United States | 25:55.7 |
| 15 kilometre skiathlon details | Therese Johaug Norway | 40:57.6 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway | 41:03.3 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 41:03.6 |
| 30 kilometre classical mass start details | Therese Johaug Norway | 1:24:47.0 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 1:25:39.3 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 1:26:18.6 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay details | Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen | 49:04.7 | Sweden Sofia Bleckur Charlotte Kalla Maria Rydqvist Stina Nilsson | 49:33.9 | Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Krista Pärmäkoski | 49:35.6 |
| Sprint details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 3:26.63 | Stina Nilsson Sweden | 3:27.05 | Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway | 3:27.62 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla | 14:29.57 | Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson | 14:37.74 | Poland Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec | 14:38.05 |

### Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual large hill/10 km details | Bernhard Gruber Austria | 22:45.8 | François Braud France | 22:57.7 | Johannes Rydzek Germany | 23:00.7 |
| Individual normal hill/10 km details | Johannes Rydzek Germany | 26:38.9 | Alessandro Pittin Italy | 26:40.2 | Jason Lamy-Chappuis France | 26:43.9 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km details | Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek | 44:20.7 | Norway Magnus Moan Håvard Klemetsen Mikko Kokslien Jørgen Graabak | 44:43.8 | France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis | 45:00.3 |
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km details | France François Braud Jason Lamy-Chappuis | 38:31.6 | Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek | 38:34.3 | Norway Magnus Moan Håvard Klemetsen | 38:51.0 |

### Ski jumping
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's individual normal hill details | Rune Velta Norway | 252.7 | Severin Freund Germany | 252.3 | Stefan Kraft Austria | 248.3 |
| Men's individual large hill details | Severin Freund Germany | 268.7 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria | 246.4 | Rune Velta Norway | 242.9 |
| Men's team large hill details | Norway Anders Bardal Anders Jacobsen Anders Fannemel Rune Velta | 872.6 | Austria Stefan Kraft Michael Hayböck Manuel Poppinger Gregor Schlierenzauer | 853.2 | Poland Piotr Żyła Klemens Murańka Jan Ziobro Kamil Stoch | 848.1 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Women's individual normal hill details | Carina Vogt Germany | 236.9 | Yuki Ito Japan | 235.1 | Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Austria | 233.8 |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Mixed team normal hill details | Germany Carina Vogt Richard Freitag Katharina Althaus Severin Freund | 917.9 | Norway Line Jahr Anders Bardal Maren Lundby Rune Velta | 915.6 | Japan Sara Takanashi Noriaki Kasai Yuki Ito Taku Takeuchi | 888.3 |