# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took place between 20 February and 3 March 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy, for the third time, the event having been hosted there previously in 1991 and 2003.

## Host selection

The 2013 championships had a submission deadline of 1 May 2007 to the International Ski Federation (FIS). The facility was chosen at the International Ski Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, on 29 May 2008. Five cities submitted bids for this event. This bid questionnaire used for the upcoming Nordic skiing championships was also used for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013.
| City | Country | Previous championships hosted | FIS delegation visit |
| Falun | Sweden | 1954, 1974, 1993 | 18–19 September 2007 |
| Lahti | Finland | 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001 | 17–18 September 2007 |
| Oberstdorf | Germany | 1987, 2005 | 20–21 August 2007 |
| Val di Fiemme | Italy | 1991, 2003 | 27–28 August 2007 |
| Zakopane | Poland | 1929, 1939, 1962 | 22–23 August 2007 |
The finalist cities' deadline for the application was 15 August 2007. From 20 August to 19 September 2007, the FIS Inspection group, led by Secretary-General Sarah Lewis, visited each candidate city for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013. The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 (Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), Schladming (Austria), St. Moritz (Switzerland), and Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado (United States)) (The deadline for the alpine skiing championships was 31 August 2007) were visited in late 2007. This task force consisted of FIS officials and representatives of the European Broadcasting Union to review the proposed event and act as an advisory body on the feasibility of the implementation. A final report was presented to the FIS Council, FIS Technical Committee, and National Ski Associations in April 2008.
On 12–13 October 2007, delegates for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (five total), FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (four total), FIS Ski-Flying World Championships (two total), and FIS Freestyle World Championships (two total) met in Cape Town to review the rules regarding the promotional activities during the Congress. The decision took place in Cape Town with the 17-member FIS Council in May 2008.
The finalist candidates were posted in the 14 May 2008 FIS Newsflash in an effort to show their candidacy prior to the 29 May 2008 selection.
The winner was announced to be Val di Fiemme on the third ballot of exhaustive voting, who will host their third championships.
Voting results
| City | First vote | Second vote | Final vote |
| Val di Fiemme | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Falun | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Zakopane | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Lahti | 2 | 1 | Out |
| Oberstdorf | 1 | Out | Out |
The four cities that lost the bid for the 2013 championships submitted their bids for the 2015 championships on 1 May 2009.

## Coordination group
### 2008

The coordination group for the event first took place on 24 September 2008. Local organization has already taken place given the area has hosted numerous World Cup events in cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping, along with the Tour de Ski competitions. The focus in 2008 was to develop activities for festivals leading up to and at the championships. A young team called "Vision 2013" will work with the tourism association in the Trentino to develop destination packages with the championships.

### 2009

The organizing committee for the 2009 championships in Liberec met in Oslo with the organizing committee of the 2011 championships on 20 April 2009 to discuss lessons learned. In the presentation was a comprehensive and frank analysis of the critical areas of Liberec's organization. Key success factors were detailed and lessons learned were elaborated, including several recommendations to both the 2011 championships and the organizing committee for the 2013 championships. Besides the 2009, 2011, and 2013 organizing committees in attendance, other attendees included the Norwegian Ski Federation, the European Broadcasting Union television, FIS, and the APF marketing partners. A second organizing committee meeting took place in Val di Fiemme on 3 June 2009 headed by Piero De Godenz and Angelo Corradini. In discussion was great strides in facility upgrades in time for the 2012 test events, along with legacy usage after the championships. Also included were marketing campaigns with EBU and with support from the local area. At a meeting in Cavalese on 26 October 2009, the organizing committee presented a detailed chart where each person listed had specific responsibilities. Most of coordinating group members also participated in the 1991 and 2003 championships. In January 2010, the city hosted the last two stages in the 2009–10 Tour de Ski, the 100th FIS World Cup staged by the Coordinating Group. Marketing and communications presented the event's mission and vision while the technical side involved sport structure, roads, and media broadcasting.

### 2010

At a 12 May 2010 meeting held in Cavalese, main issues dealt with were event marketing and communications. Venue construction, most notably the Predazzo ski jump renovation, was also discussed. Host broadcaster RAI presented its proposed infrastructure for broadcasting the event, including the addition fibre-optic cable for coverage. FIS Secretary-General Sarah Lewis stated that 700 people, including many youth, had volunteered for the championships as of May 2010.

## Schedule

All times are local.
| Date | Time | Event |
| 21 February | 12:45 | Men's & women's sprint |
| 23 February | 12:45 | Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon |
| 23 February | 14:15 | Men's 2x15 km skiathlon |
| 24 February | 12:00 | Men's & women's team sprint |
| 26 February | 12:45 | Women's 10 km freestyle |
| 27 February | 12:45 | Men's 15 km freestyle |
| 28 February | 12:45 | Women's 4 x 5 km relay |
| 1 March | 13:30 | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
| 2 March | 12:15 | Women's 30 km classic |
| 3 March | 12:30 | Men's 50 km classic |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 February | 10:00 15:00 | HS106 / 10 km |
| 24 February | 10:00 15:00 | Team HS106 / 4x5 km |
| 28 February | 10:00 15:30 | HS134 / 10 km |
| 2 March | 10:00 15:00 | Team sprint HS134 / 2x7.5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 February | 16:00 | Women's HS106 |
| 23 February | 17:00 | Men's HS106 |
| 24 February | 17:00 | Team mix HS106 |
| 28 February | 17:00 | Men's HS134 |
| 2 March | 16:30 | Men's team HS134 |

## Events
### Cross-country skiing
#### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 15 kilometre freestyle interval start details | Petter Northug Norway | 34:37.1 | Johan Olsson Sweden | 34:48.9 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen Norway | 34:59.4 |
| 30 kilometre pursuit details | Dario Cologna Switzerland | 1:13:09.3 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway | 1:13:11.1 | Sjur Røthe Norway | 1:13:11.3 |
| 50 kilometre classical mass start details | Johan Olsson Sweden | 2:10:41.4 | Dario Cologna Switzerland | 2:10:54.3 | Alexey Poltoranin Kazakhstan | 2:10:58.2 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay details | Norway Tord Asle Gjerdalen Eldar Rønning Sjur Røthe Petter Northug | 1:41:37.2 | Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson | 1:41:38.4 | Russia Evgeniy Belov Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Legkov Sergey Ustiugov | 1:41:39.6 |
| Sprint details | Nikita Kriukov Russia | 3:30.4 | Petter Northug Norway | 3:30.8 | Alex Harvey Canada | 3:31.2 |
| Team sprint details | Russia Alexei Petukhov Nikita Kriukov | 21:30.98 | Sweden Marcus Hellner Emil Jönsson | 21:31.44 | Kazakhstan Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin | 21:31.71 |

#### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 kilometre freestyle interval start details | Therese Johaug Norway | 25:23.4 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 25:33.6 | Yuliya Chekaleva Russia | 25:56.1 |
| 15 kilometre pursuit details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 39:04.4 | Therese Johaug Norway | 39:07.8 | Heidi Weng Norway | 39:19.3 |
| 30 kilometre classical mass start details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 1:27:19.9 | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland | 1:27:23.6 | Therese Johaug Norway | 1:27:28.6 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay details | Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen | 1:00:36.5 | Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla | 1:01:02.7 | Russia Julia Ivanova Alia Iksanova Mariya Guschina Yuliya Chekaleva | 1:01:22.3 |
| Sprint details | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 3:16.6 | Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden | 3:18.9 | Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway | 3:20.4 |
| Team sprint details | United States Jessie Diggins Kikkan Randall | 20:24.44 | Sweden Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter | 20:32.24 | Finland Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja Krista Lahteenmäki | 20:35.59 |

### Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual large hill/10 km details | Eric Frenzel Germany | 27:22.8 | Bernhard Gruber Austria | 27:59.5 | Jason Lamy-Chappuis France | 28:00.0 |
| Individual normal hill/10 km details | Jason Lamy-Chappuis France | 29:13.2 | Mario Stecher Austria | 29:13.4 | Björn Kircheisen Germany | 29:13.5 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km details | France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis | 57:34.0 | Norway Jørgen Gråbak Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Krog Magnus Moan | 57:34.4 | United States Taylor Fletcher Bryan Fletcher Todd Lodwick Bill Demong | 57:38.2 |
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km details | France Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis | 35:37.9 | Austria Wilhelm Denifl Bernhard Gruber | 35:54.5 | Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel | 36:21.8 |

### Ski jumping
#### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's individual normal hill (HS106) details | Anders Bardal Norway | 252.6 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria | 248.4 | Peter Prevc Slovenia | 244.3 |
| Men's individual large hill (HS134) details | Kamil Stoch Poland | 295.8 | Peter Prevc Slovenia | 289.7 | Anders Jacobsen Norway | 289.1 |
| Men's team large hill (HS134) details | Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Manuel Fettner Thomas Morgenstern Gregor Schlierenzauer | 1135.9 | Germany Andreas Wank Severin Freund Michael Neumayer Richard Freitag | 1121.8 | Poland Maciej Kot Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch | 1121.0 |

#### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Women's individual normal hill (HS106) details | Sarah Hendrickson United States | 253.7 | Sara Takanashi Japan | 251.0 | Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Austria | 237.2 |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Mixed team normal hill (HS106) details | Japan Yuki Ito Daiki Ito Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi | 1011.0 | Austria Chiara Hölzl Thomas Morgenstern Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Gregor Schlierenzauer | 986.7 | Germany Ulrike Gräßler Richard Freitag Carina Vogt Severin Freund | 984.9 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Austria | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

## Participating nations

700 athletes 56 countries are scheduled to compete, an increase of 6 from 2011. Togo is scheduled to make its debut appearance.
* Algeria
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Iran
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Peru
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Togo
* Ukraine
* United States
* Venezuela