# 2008 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2008 took place in Mals, Italy and Zakopane, Poland from 23 February to 29 February 2008. It was the 31st Junior World Championships and the 3rd Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.

## Medal summary
### Junior events
#### Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free | Calle Halfvarsson Sweden | | Jesper Modin Sweden | | Raul Shakirzianov Russia | |
| Men's junior 10 kilometre classic | Hans Christer Holund Norway | 28:50.3 | Alex Harvey Canada | 28:58.5 | Tim Tscharnke Germany | 29:09.5 |
| Men's junior 20 kilometre free mass start | Philipp Marschall Germany | 48:29.6 | Petr Sedov Russia | 48:30.1 | Andrey Gridin Kazakhstan | 48:30.1 |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay | Russia Andrey Feller Petr Sedov Evgeniy Garanichev Raul Shakirzianov | 59:06.1 | Germany Hannes Dotzler Thomas Bing Philipp Marschall Tim Tscharnke | 59:06.3 | Kazakhstan Gennadiy Matviyenko Vitaly Alexandrov Andrey Gridin Mark Starostin | 59:41.8 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior sprint free | Laure Barthélémy France | | Aurelie Dabudyk France | | Lucia Anger Germany | |
| Ladies' junior 5 kilometre classic | Therese Johaug Norway | 14:54.0 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway | 14:58.5 | Lucia Anger Germany | 15:05.5 |
| Ladies' junior 10 kilometre free mass start | Therese Johaug Norway | 25:24.7 | Laure Barthélémy France | 25:28.7 | Lisa Larsen Sweden | 25:29.2 |
| Ladies' junior 4 × 3.33 km relay | Norway Celine Brun-Lie Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marthe Kristoffersen | 41:50.1 | Sweden Hanna Brodin Therese Svensson Lisa Larsen Hanna Falk | 41:51.1 | Finland Johanna Heinanen Kerttu Niskanen Satu Annila Krista Lähteenmäki | 41:54.1 |

#### Nordic Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Normal hill/5 km | Alessandro Pittin Italy | 31:37.9 | Tomaz Druml Austria | 32:41.5 | Janne Ryynänen Finland | 33:36.9 |
| Normal hill/10 km | Alessandro Pittin Italy | 28:31.7 | Johannes Rydzek Germany | 29:37.6 | Ole Christian Wendel Norway | 29:52.4 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km | Germany Wolfgang Bösl Markus Förster Andreas Günter Stefan Tuss | 59:32.9 | Austria Dominik Dier Johannes Weiss Robert Hauser Tomaz Druml | 1:00:03.1 | Norway Ole Christian Wendel Truls Sønstehagen Johansen Per Sannes Heger Ole Martin Storlien | 1:01:09.2 |

#### Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior individual normal hill | Andreas Wank Germany | 251.5 | Shohhei Tochimoto Japan | 249.5 | Andreas Strolz Austria | 246.0 |
| Men's junior team normal hill | Austria Thomas Thurnbichler Michael Hayböck Florian Schabereiter Lukas Müller | 981.5 | Germany Tobias Bogner Felix Schoft Danny Queck Pascal Bodmer | 978.5 | Poland Andrzej Zapotoczny Jakub Kot Grzegorz Mietus Maciej Kot | 937.0 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior individual normal hill | Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Austria | 227.0 | Elena Runggaldier Italy | 225.5 | Katja Pozun Slovenia | 222.5 |

### Under-23 events
#### Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's under-23 sprint free | Robin Bryntesson Sweden | | Cyril Miranda France | | Nikolay Morilov Russia | |
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic | Martin Jakš Czech Republic | 42:10.2 | Alexey Poltoranin Kazakhstan | 42:42.5 | Petter Eliassen Norway | 43:15.4 |
| Men's under-23 30 kilometre free mass start | Dario Cologna Switzerland | 1:07:22.6 | Ilia Chernousov Russia | 1:07:23.4 | Maurice Manificat France | 1:07:25.2 |
| Ladies' Under-23 Events |||||||
| Ladies' under-23 sprint free | Vesna Fabjan Slovenia | | Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden | | Mari Laukkanen Finland | |
| Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre classic | Olga Tiagai Russia | 29:41.6 | Aurore Cuinet France | 29:53.5 | Silja Tarvonen Finland | 30:18.9 |
| Ladies' under-23 15 kilometre free mass start | Olga Tiagai Russia | 37:03.4 | Silja Tarvonen Finland | 37:24.2 | Elizabeth Stephen United States | 37:25.1 |

### Medal table
#### All events

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

#### Junior events

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

#### Under-23 events

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |