# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18 – March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races.

## Men's cross-country
### 1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) | 3:12.1 |
| Silver | Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR) | 3:12.9 |
| Bronze | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) | 3:13.5 |

### 15 km classical

February 21, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Axel Teichmann (GER) | 35:47.5 |
| Silver | Jaak Mae (EST) | 35:54.4 |
| Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 35:56.0 |

### 10 km + 10 km double pursuit

February 23, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Per Elofsson (SWE) | 47:42.3 |
| Silver | Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR) | 47:42.6 |
| Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 47:42.7 |

### 30 km classical mass start

February 19, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) | 1:12:29.3 |
| Silver | Anders Aukland (NOR) | 1:12:29.9 |
| Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 1:12:30.4 |

### 50 km freestyle

March 1, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Martin Koukal (CZE) | 1:54:25.3 |
| Silver | Anders Södergren (SWE) | 1:54:40.3 |
| Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 1:55:09.0 |

### 4 × 10 km relay

February 25, 2003
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Norway (Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Thomas Alsgaard) | 1:31:56.4 |
| Silver | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, René Sommerfeldt, Axel Teichmann) | 1:31:56.6 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Anders Södergren, Mathias Fredriksson, Per Elofsson, Jörgen Brink) | 1:32:12.8 |

## Women's cross-country
### 1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 3:28.8 |
| Silver | Claudia Künzel (GER) | 3:29.9 |
| Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 3:30.6 |

### 10 km classical

February 20. 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 25:47.0 |
| Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:08.0 |
| Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 26:16.7 |

### 5 km + 5 km double pursuit

February 22, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:38.4 |
| Silver | Evi Sachenbacher (GER) | 26:39.0 |
| Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 26:39.0 |
Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal.

### 15 km classical mass start

February 18, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 39:40.9 |
| Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 39:53.7 |
| Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 40:36.7 |

### 30 km freestyle

February 28, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 1:14:29.8 |
| Silver | Yelena Burukhina (RUS) | 1:14:45.1 |
| Bronze | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 1:14:56.7 |

### 4 × 5 km relay

February 24, 2003
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Germany (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher) | 50:54.7 |
| Silver | Norway (Anita Moen, Marit Bjørgen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Vibeke Skofterud) | 51:26.3 |
| Bronze | Russia (Natalya Korostelyova, Olga Zavyalova, Yelena Burukhina, Nina Gavrylyuk) | 52:06.3 |
The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis tested positive for doping.

## Men's Nordic combined
### 7.5 km sprint

February 28, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Johnny Spillane (USA) | 18:47.8 |
| Silver | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 18:49.1 |
| Bronze | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 18:49.1 |
Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal.

### 15 km Individual Gundersen

February 21, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 37:54.2 |
| Silver | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 38:46.3 |
| Bronze | Samppa Lajunen (FIN) | 39:10.1 |

### 4 × 5 km team

February 24, 2003
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Austria (Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald) | 47:23.9 |
| Silver | Germany (Thorsten Schmitt, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) | + 12.6 |
| Bronze | Finland (Hannu Manninen, Jouni Kaitainen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen) | + 1:15.5 |

## Men's ski jumping
### Individual normal hill

February 28, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 279.0 |
| Silver | Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 263.0 |
| Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 259.5 |

### Individual large hill

February 22, 2003
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 289.0 |
| Silver | Matti Hautamäki (FIN) | 286.5 |
| Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 273.2 |

### Team large hill

February 23, 2003
| Medal | Team | Points |
| Gold | Finland (Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, Matti Hautamäki) | 1046.6 |
| Silver | Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Akira Higashi, Hideharu Miyahira, Noriaki Kasai) | 1010.1 |
| Bronze | Norway (Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Lars Bystøl, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren) | 991.9 |

## Medal table

Medal winners by nation. The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |