# 2016 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2016 took place in Râșnov, Romania from 22 February to 28 February 2016. It was the 39th Junior World Championships and the 11th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.
Due to weather conditions, the 5 km and 10 km classic interval start cross-country skiing events were moved one day forward. 10 km and 20 km skiathlon were replaced by 10 and 15 km freestyle mass start. Both relays were moved forward by two days.
Nordic combined 10 km/normal hill was moved one day forward, while 5 km/normal hill was moved three days earlier than scheduled.
Individual ski jumping events were arranged two days earlier than scheduled, the mixed team event two days earlier, and the men's team event three days ahead of schedule.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway | 2:31.42 | Magnus Kim South Korea | 2:32.09 | Giacomo Gabrielli Italy | 2:32.44 |
| Men's junior 10 km classic | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway | 28:57.8 | Magnus Kim South Korea | 29:09.0 | Lauri Lepistö Finland | 29:23.2 |
| Men's junior 15 km mass start free | Ivan Yakimushkin Russia | 31:19.1 | Mattis Stenshagen Norway | 31:31.3 | Denis Spitsov Russia | 31:48.3 |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay | Norway Mattis Stenshagen Vebjørn Hegdal Jan Thomas Jenssen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 43:07.5 | Russia Alexander Bolshunov Ivan Kirillov Denis Spitsov Ivan Yakimushkin | 43:55.2 | France Jules Lapierre Martin Collet Hugo Lapalus Camille Laude | 44:25.7 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior sprint free | Amalie Håkonsen Ous Norway | 2:55.77 | Lotta Udnes Weng Norway | 2:55.99 | Jenny Solin Sweden | 2:56.48 |
| Ladies' junior 5 km classic | Marte Mæhlum Johansen Norway | 15:34.0 | Lotta Udnes Weng Norway | 15:39.3 | Antonia Fräbel Germany | 15:44.7 |
| Ladies' junior 10 km mass start free | Ebba Andersson Sweden | 23:29.8 | Katharina Hennig Germany | 23:58.8 | Tiril Udnes Weng Norway | 24:02.0 |
| Ladies' junior 4 × 2.5 km relay | Sweden Emma Ribom Elina Rönnlund Ebba Andersson Jenny Solin | 22:30.7 | Norway Amalie Håkonsen Ous Marte Mæhlum Johansen Tiril Udnes Weng Lotta Udnes Weng | 22:31.3 | Russia Polina Nekrasova Alexandra Golubitskaya Yana Kirpichenko Olga Kucheruk | 22:40.9 |

#### Nordic Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Normal hill/10 km | Bernhard Flaschberger Austria | 28:02.1 | Vinzenz Geiger Germany | 29:01.7 | Terence Weber Germany | 29:10.6 |
| Normal hill/5 km | Tomáš Portyk Czech Republic | 11:01.5 | Terence Weber Germany | 11:06.6 | Kristjan Ilves Estonia | 11:06.9 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km | Austria Florian Dagn Noa Ian Mraz Samuel Mraz Bernhard Flaschberger | 57:31.8 | Germany Martin Hahn Tim Kopp Terence Weber Vinzenz Geiger | 58:58.1 | Finland Wille Karhumaa Atte Korhonen Mikko Hulkko Eero Hirvonen | 1:00:16.3 |

#### Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior individual normal hill | David Siegel Germany | 249.0 | Domen Prevc Slovenia | 245.0 | Ryōyū Kobayashi Japan | 244.8 |
| Men's junior team normal hill | Germany Jonathan Siegel Adrian Sell Tim Fuchs David Siegel | 866.7 | Norway Marius Lindvik Are Sumstad Robin Pedersen Halvor Egner Granerud | 838.4 | Japan Masamitsu Itō Yūken Iwasa Naoki Nakamura Ryōyū Kobayashi | 808.8 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior normal hill | Chiara Hölzl Austria | 209.0 | Katharina Althaus Germany | 197.4 | Sofia Tikhonova Russia | 184.9 |
| Mixed Junior Events |||||||
| Mixed junior team normal hill | Slovenia Nika Križnar Bor Pavlovčič Ema Klinec Domen Prevc | 882.8 | Austria Claudia Purker Maximilian Steiner Chiara Hölzl Janni Reisenauer | 869.8 | Germany Katharina Althaus Tim Fuchs Anna Rupprecht David Siegel | 865.7 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's under-23 sprint free | Lucas Chanavat France | 2:35.78 | Karl-Johan Dyvik Sweden | 2:36.70 | Jean Tiberghien France | 2:36.89 |
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic | Jens Burman Sweden | 40:02.0 | Aleksey Chervotkin Russia | 40:28.8 | Mikael Gunnulfsen Norway | 40:38.6 |
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre free | Simen Hegstad Krüger Norway | 31:13.3 | Clément Parisse France | 31:26.6 | Alexandre Pouyé France | 31:46.1 |
| Ladies' Under-23 Events |||||||
| Ladies' under-23 sprint free | Jonna Sundling Sweden | 2:52.14 | Nadine Fähndrich Switzerland | 2:52.50 | Maja Dahlqvist Sweden | 2:53.47 |
| Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre classic | Anastasia Sedova Russia | 28:49.4 | Victoria Carl Germany | 29:02.5 | Petra Nováková Czech Republic | 29:06.4 |
| Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre free | Victoria Carl Germany | 23:14.1 | Lea Einfalt Slovenia | 23:33.0 | Anastasia Sedova Russia | 23:41.2 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |