# 2012 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2012 took place in Erzurum, Turkey from 19 February to 26 February 2012. It was the 35th Junior World Championships and the 7th 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 | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Norway | | Sondre Turvoll Fossli Norway | |
| Men's junior 10 km classic | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | 25:24.7 | Ermil Vokuev Russia | 25:47.2 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Norway | 25:57.1 |
| Men's junior 20 km skiathlon | Sergey Ustiugov Russia | 50:28.8 | Artem Maltsev Russia | 50:39.5 | Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Norway | 50:53.4 |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay | Russia Artem Maltsev Ermil Vokuev Dmitriy Rostovtsev Sergey Ustiugov | 47:18.2 | Kazakhstan Daulet Rakhimbayev Sergey Malyshev Nikita Tkachenko Roman Ragozin | 48:03.0 | Norway Sondre Turvoll Fossli Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Håvard Solås Taugbøl Sindre Bjørnestad Skar | 48:17.6 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior sprint free | Stina Nilsson Sweden | | Evelina Settlin Sweden | | Christa Jäger Switzerland | |
| Ladies' junior 5 km classic | Natalya Zhukova Russia | 14:53.1 | Elena Soboleva Russia | 14:53.9 | Elena Serokhvostova Russia | 14:58.6 |
| Ladies' junior 10 km skiathlon | Nika Razinger Slovenia | 29:33.3 | Lea Einfalt Slovenia | 29:41.1 | Nadezhda Shuniaeva Russia | 29:46.6 |
| Ladies' junior 4 × 3.33 km relay | Russia Elena Serokhvostova Natalya Zhukova Nadezhda Shuniaeva Elena Soboleva | 34:06.1 | Sweden Evelina Settlin Sofia Henriksson Jonna Sundling Stina Nilsson | 34:19.5 | Slovenia Anja Eržen Anamarija Lampič Lea Einfalt Nika Razinger | 34:19.6 |

#### Nordic Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Normal hill/10 km | Mattia Runggaldier Italy | 26:50.8 | Manuel Faisst Germany | 26:57.3 | Michael Schuller Germany | 27:00.6 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km | Austria David Pommer Franz-Josef Rehrl Alexander Brandner Philipp Orter | 51:16.9 | Italy Samuel Costa Roberto Tomio Manuel Maierhofer Mattia Runggaldier | 51:31.0 | Germany Christian Arlt Tobias Simon Michael Schuller Manuel Faisst | 51:52.2 |
| Normal hill/5 km | Øystein Granbu Lien Norway | 12:52.9 | Ilkka Herola Finland | 13:03.1 | Espen Andersen Norway | 13:08.9 |

#### Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior individual normal hill | Nejc Dežman Slovenia | 286.5 | Aleksander Zniszczoł Poland Jaka Hvala Slovenia | 280.5 280.5 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Men's junior team normal hill | Norway Espen Røe Mats Søhagen Berggaard Simen Grimsrud Phillip Sjøen | 988.5 | Poland Klemens Murańka Tomasz Byrt Bartlomiej Klusek Aleksander Zniszczoł | 985.5 | Austria Christoph Stauder Ulrich Wohlgenannt Stefan Kraft Lukas Müller | 960.0 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior individual normal hill | Sara Takanashi Japan | 276.5 | Sarah Hendrickson United States | 265.0 | Carina Vogt Germany | 255.5 |
| Ladies' junior team normal hill | Japan Yuki Ito Yurina Yamada Kaori Iwabuchi Sara Takanashi | 968.0 | Germany Ramona Straub Svenja Würth Katharina Althaus Carina Vogt | 848.5 | Slovenia Urša Bogataj Barbara Klinec Špela Rogelj Katja Požun | 823.5 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's under-23 sprint free | Gleb Retivykh Russia | | Evgeniy Belov Russia | | Roman Furger Switzerland | |
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic | Evgeniy Belov Russia | 37:40.1 | Noah Hoffman United States | 38:05.5 | Hannes Dotzler Germany | 38:09.1 |
| Men's under-23 30 kilometre skiathlon | Raul Shakirzianov Russia | 1:16:30.9 | Evgeniy Belov Russia | 1:16:31.8 | Hannes Dotzler Germany | 1:16:32.0 |
| Ladies' Under-23 Events |||||||
| Ladies' under-23 sprint free | Hanna Kolb Germany | | Emma Wikén Sweden | | Jennie Öberg Sweden | |
| Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre classic | Mariya Guschina Russia | 29:23.2 | Polina Medvedeva Russia | 29:49.9 | Martine Ek Hagen Norway | 29:51.2 |
| Ladies' under-23 15 kilometre skiathlon | Martine Ek Hagen Norway | 43:52.5 | Debora Agreiter Italy | 44:06.4 | Emma Wikén Sweden | 44:27.0 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 21 | 22 | 20 | 63 |