List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing

This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in cross country skiing.

Men's cross country skiing

15 km (18 km: 1925-50)

Debuted: 1925. Not Held: 1926. Resumed: 1927. Not Held: 1993-9. Resumed: 2001. The distance was 17 km for the 1929 and 1930 championships.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1925 Johannisbad	Otakar Nemecky (TCH)	Frantisek Donth (TCH)	Josef Erleback (TCH)
1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo	John Lindgren (SWE)	Frantisek Donth (TCH)	Viktor Schneider (GER)
1929 Zakopane	Veli Saarinen (FIN)	Anselm Knuuttila (FIN)	Hjalmar Bergström (SWE)
1930 Oslo	Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)	Trygve Brodahl (NOR)	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)
1931 Oberhof	Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)	Kristian Hovde (NOR)	Nils Svärd (SWE)
1933 Innsbruck	Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)	Hjalmar Bergström (SWE)	Väinö Liikkanen (FIN)
1934 Sollefteå	Sulo Nurmela (FIN)	Veli Saarinen (FIN)	Martti Lappalainen (FIN)
1935 Vysoké Tatry	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)	Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR)
1937 Chamonix	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	Pekka Niemi (FIN)
1938 Lahti	Pauli Pitkänen (FIN)	Alfred Dahlqvist (SWE)	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1939 Zakopane	Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN)	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	Carl Pahlin (SWE)
1950 Lake Placid	Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)	Enar Josefsson (SWE)	Arnljot Nyaas (NOR)
1954 Falun	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)	August Kiuru (FIN)
1958 Lahti	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	Pavel Kolchin (URS)	Anatoli Seljukin (URS)
1962 Zakopane	Assar Rönnlund (SWE)	Harald Grønningen (NOR)	Einar Østby (NOR)
1966 Oslo	Gjermund Eggen (NOR)	Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)	Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE)	Odd Martinsen (NOR)	Fedor Simasjov (URS)
1974 Falun	Magne Myrmo (NOR)	Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)	Vassili Rochev (URS)
1978 Lahti	Josef Łuszczek (POL)	Yevgeny Belyaev (URS)	Juha Mieto (FIN)
1982 Oslo	Oddvar Brå (NOR)	Alexander Savjalov (URS)	Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1985 Seefeld	Kari Härkönen (FIN)	Thomas Wassberg (SWE)	Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)
1987 Oberstdorf	Marco Albarello (ITA)	Thomas Wassberg (SWE)	Mikhail Devjatiarov (URS)
1989 Lahti freestyle	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Torgny Mogren (SWE)	Lars Håland (SWE)
1989 Lahti classical	Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR)	Vegard Ulvang (NOR)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Vladimir Smirnov (URS)
2001 Lahti	Per Elofsson (SWE)	Mathias Fredriksson (SWE)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Axel Teichmann (GER)	Jaak Mae (EST)	Frode Estil (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf	Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA)	Fulvio Valbusa (ITA)	Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR)
2007 Sapporo

50 km

Debuted: 1925.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1925 Johannisbad	Frantisek Donth (TCH)	Frantisek Häckel (TCH)	Antonin Ettrich (TCH)
1926 Lahti	Matti Raivio (FIN)	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)	Olav Kjelbotn (NOR)
1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo	John Lindgren (SWE)	John Wikström (SWE)	Frantisek Donth (TCH)
1929 Zakopane	Anselm Knuuttila (FIN)	Veli Saarinen (FIN)	Olle Hansson (SWE)
1930 Oslo	Sven Utterström (SWE)	Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)	Adiel Paananen (FIN)
1931 Oberhof	Ole Stenen (NOR)	Martin Peder Vangli (NOR)	Karl Lindberg (SWE)
1933 Innsbruck	Veli Saarinen (FIN)	Sven Utterström (SWE)	Hjalmar Bergström (SWE)
1934 Sollefteå	Elis Wiklund (SWE)	Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)	Olli Remes (FIN)
1935 Vysoké Tatry	Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1937 Chamonix	Pekka Niemi (FIN)	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	Vincenzo Demetz (ITA)
1938 Lahti	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	Alvar Rantalahti (FIN)	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)
1939 Zakopane	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	Oscar Gjøslien (NOR)
1950 Lake Placid	Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)	Enar Josefsson (SWE)	Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1954 Falun	Vladimir Kuzin (URS)	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)
1958 Lahti	Sixten Jernberg (SWE)	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)
1962 Zakopane	Sixten Jernberg (SWE)	Assar Rönnlund (SWE)	Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)
1966 Oslo	Gjermund Eggen (NOR)	Arto Tiainen (FIN)	Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN)	Vjateslav Vedenin (URS)	Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
1974 Falun	Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)	Stanislav Henych (TCH)	Thomas Magnusson (SWE)
1978 Lahti	Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE)	Yevgeny Belyaev (URS)	Jean-Paul Pierrat (FRA)
1982 Oslo	Thomas Wassberg (SWE	Juri Burlakov (URS)	Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR)
1985 Seefeld	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)	Ove Aunli (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf	Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)	Thomas Wassberg (SWE)	Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1989 Lahti	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Torgny Mogren (SWE)	Aleksey Prokourorov (URS)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Torgny Mogren (SWE)	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)
1993 Falun	Torgny Mogren (SWE)	Hervé Balland (FRA)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1995 Thunder Bay	Silvio Fauner (ITA)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)
1997 Trondheim	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Erling Jevne (NOR)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1999 Ramsau	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Andrus Veerpalu (EST)	Mikhail Botvinov (AUT)
2001 Lahti	Johann Mühlegg (ESP)	René Sommerfeldt (GER)	Sergey Kriyanin (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Martin Koukal (CZE)	Anders Södergren (SWE)	Jörgen Brink (SWE)
2005 Oberstdorf	Frode Estil (NOR)	Anders Aukland (NOR)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
2007 Sapporo

50 km is one of only three events that has been contested at every FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

30 km (Discontinued)

Debuted: 1926. Not Held: 1927-50. Resumed: 1954. Discontinued: 2003.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1926 Lahti	Matti Raivio (FIN)	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)	Veli Saarinen (FIN)
1954 Falun	Vladimir Kuzin (URS)	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	Martti Lautala (FIN)
1958 Lahti	Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)	Pavel Kolchin (URS)	Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
1962 Zakopane	Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)	Janne Stefansson (SWE)	Giulio de Florian (ITA)
1966 Oslo	Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)	Kalevi Laurila (FIN)	Walter Demel (GER)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Vjateslav Vedenin (URS)	Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)	Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1974 Falun	Thomas Magnusson (SWE)	Juha Mieto (FIN)	Jan Staszel (POL)
1978 Lahti	Sergej Saveljev (URS)	Nikolaj Zimjatov (URS)	Josef Łuszczek (POL)
1982 Oslo	Thomas Eriksson (SWE)	Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR)	Bill Koch (USA)
1985 Seefeld	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Ove Aunli (NOR)	Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1987 Oberstdorf	Thomas Wassberg (SWE)	Aki Karvonen (FIN)	Christer Majbäck (SWE)
1989 Lahti	Vladimir Smirnov (URS)	Vegard Ulvang (NOR)	Christer Majbäck (SWE)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Gunde Svan (SWE)	Vladimir Smirnov (URS)	Vegard Ulvang (NOR)
1993 Falun	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Vegard Ulvang (NOR)	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)
1995 Thunder Bay	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Alexey Prokourorov (RUS)
1997 Trondheim	Alexey Prokourorov (RUS)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
1999 Ramsau	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
2001 Lahti	Andrus Veerpalu (EST)	Frode Estil (NOR)	Mikhail Ivanov (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)	Anders Aukland (NOR)	Frode Estil (NOR)

Classical style: 1926, 1954-95, 2001. Free style: 1997-9, Mass Start: 2003.

4 x 10 km relay

Debuted: 1933

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1933 Innsbruck	Per Erik Hedlund Sven Utterström Nils-Joel Englund Hjalmar Bergström Sweden	Frantisek Simunek Vladimir Novak Antonin Barton Cyril Musil Czechoslovakia	Hugo Gstrein Hermann Gadner Balthasar Niederkofler Harald Paumgarten Austria
1934 Sollefteå	Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Martti Lappalainen Veli Saarinen Finland	Walter Motz Josef Schreiner Willy Bogner Herbert Leupold Germany	Allan Karlsson Lars Theodor Jonsson Nils-Joel Englund Arthur Häggblad Sweden
1935 Vysoké Tatry	Mikko Husu Klaes Karppinen Väinö Liikkanen Sulo Nurmela Finland	Sverre Brodahl Bjarne Iversen Olaf Hoffsbakken Oddbjørn Hagen Norway	Halvar Moritz Erik August Larsson Martin Matsbo Nils-Joel Englund Sweden
1937 Chamonix	Annar Ryen Oskar Fredriksen Sigurd Røen Lars Bergendahl Norway	Pekka Niemi Klaes Karppinen Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala Kalle Jalkanen Finland	Giulio Gerardi Aristide Compagnoni Silvio Confortola Vincenzo Demetz Italy
1938 Lahti	Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala Martti Lauronen Pauli Pitkänen Klaes Karppinen Finland	Ragnar Ringstad Olav Økern Arne Larsen Lars Bergendahl Norway	Sven Hansson Donald Johansson Sigurd Nilsson Martin Matsbo Sweden
1939 Zakopane	Pauli Pitkänen Olavi Alakulppi Eino Olkinuora Klaes Karppinen Finland	Alvar Hägglund Selm Stenvall John Westbergh Carl Pahlin Sweden	Aristide Compagnoni Severino Compagnoni Gottfredo Baur Alberto Jammeron Italy
1950 Lake Placid	Nils Täpp Karl-Erik Åström Martin Lundström Enar Josefsson Sweden	Heikki Hasu Viljo Vellonen Paavo Lonkila August Kiuru Finland	Martin Stokken Eilert Dahl Kristian Bjørn Henry Hermansen Norway
1954 Falun	August Kiuru Tapio Mäkelä Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen Finland	Nikolay Koslov Fedor Terentjev Aleksei Kuznetsov Vladimir Kuzin Soviet Union	Sune Larsson Sixten Jernberg Arthur Olsson Per-Erik Larsson Sweden
1958 Lahti	Sixten Jernberg Lennart Larsson Sture Grahn Per-Erik Larsson Sweden	Fyodor Terentyev Nikolay Anikin Anatoli Seljukin Pavel Kolchin Soviet Union	Kalevi Hämäläinen Arto Tiainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen Finland
1962 Zakopane	Lars Olsson Sture Grahn Sixten Jernberg Assar Rönnlund Sweden	Väinö Huhtala Kalevi Laurila Pentti Pesonen Eero Mäntyranta Finland	Ivan Utrobin Pavel Kolchin Aleksei Kuznetsov Gennadij Vaganov Soviet Union
1966 Oslo	Odd Martinsen Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter Gjermund Eggen Norway	Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta Finland	Giulio de Florian Franco Nones Gianfranco Stella Franco Manfroi Italy
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Vladimir Voronkov Valerij Tarakanov Fedor Simasjov Vjateslav Vedenin Soviet Union	Gerd Hessler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany	Ove Lestander Jan Halvarsson Ingvar Sandström Lars-Göran Åslund Sweden
1974 Falun	Gerd Hessler Dieter Meinel Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany	Ivan Garanin Fedor Simasjov Vasili Rochev Jurij Skobov Soviet Union	Magne Myrmo Odd Martinsen Ivar Formo Oddvar Brå Norway
1978 Lahti	Sven-Åke Lundbäck Christer Johansson Tommy Linnby Thomas Magnusson Sweden	Esko Lähtevänoja Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Finland	Lars-Erik Eriksen Ove Aunli Ivar Formo Oddvar Brå Norway
1982 Oslo	Lars Erik Eriksen Ove Aunli Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Oddvar Brå Norway shared with Vladimir Nikitine Alexander Batjuk Juri Burlakov Alexander Savjalov Soviet Union	(None)	Kari Härkönen Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Juha Mieto Finland shared with Uwe Bellmann Uwe Winsch Stefan Schicker Frank Schröder East Germany
1985 Seefeld	Arild Monsen Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Tor Håkon Holte Ove Aunli Norway	Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Maurilio De Zolt Giuseppe Ploner Italy	Erik Östlund Thomas Wassberg Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Sweden
1987 Oberstdorf	Erik Östlund Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg Torgny Mogren Sweden	Aleksandr Batiuk Vladimir Smirnov Mikhail Devjatiarov Vladimir Sakhnov Soviet Union	Ove Aunli Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Terje Langli Norway
1989 Lahti	Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Lars Håland Torgny Mogren Sweden	Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen Jari Räsänen Finland	Ladislav Švanda Martin Petrášek Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Czechoslovakia
1991 Val di Fiemme	Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie Norway	Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Sweden	Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen Finland
1993 Falun	Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli Bjørn Dæhlie Norway	Maurilio De Zolt Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner Italy	Andrey Kirilov Igor Badamchin Alexey Prokourorov Mikhail Botvinov Russia
1995 Thunder Bay	Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard Norway	Karri Hietamäki Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä Finland	Fulvio Valbusa Marco Albarello Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Italy
1997 Trondheim	Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard Norway	Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä Finland	Giorgio Di Centa Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Fulvio Valbusa Italy
1999 Ramsau	Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann Austria	Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard Norway	Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner Italy
2001 Lahti	Frode Estil Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Thomas Alsgaard Tor Arne Hetland Norway	Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Magnus Ingesson Per Elofsson Sweden	Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Ron Spanuth René Sommerfeldt Germany
2003 Val di Fiemme	Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Thomas Alsgaard Norway	Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann Germany	Anders Södergren Per Elofsson Mathias Fredriksson Jörgen Brink Sweden
2005 Oberstdorf	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad Norway	Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer Axel Teichmann Germany	Nikolay Pankratov Vasili Rotchev Yevgeny Dementiev Nikolay Bolschakov Russia
2007 Sapporo

10 km (Discontinued)

Debuted: 1991. Discontinued: 1999.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991 Val di Fiemme	Terje Langli (NOR)	Christer Majbäck (SWE)	Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1993 Falun	Sture Sivertsen (NOR)	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)	Vegard Ulvang (NOR)
1995 Thunder Bay	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Mika Myllylä (FIN)
1997 Trondheim	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Aleksey Prokourorov (RUS)	Mika Myllylä (FIN)
1999 Ramsau	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Alois Stadlober (AUT)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)

Combined/ double pursuit

Debuted: 1993.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993 Falun	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)	Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1995 Thunder Bay	Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ)	Silvio Fauner (ITA)	Jari Isometsä (FIN)
1997 Trondheim	Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Alexey Prokourorov (RUS)
1999 Ramsau	Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)	Mika Myllylä (FIN)	Fulvio Valbusa (ITA)
2001 Lahti	Per Elofsson (SWE)	Johann Mühlegg (ESP)	Vitaly Denisov (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Per Elofsson (SWE)	Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR)	Jörgen Brink (SWE)
2005 Oberstdorf	Vincent Vittoz (FRA)	Giorgio di Centa (ITA)	Frode Estil (NOR)
2007 Sapporo

1993-9: 10 km classical interval start, followed by 15km freestyle pursuit. Run on separate days.
2001: 10 km classical interval start, followed by 10km freestyle pursuit. Run on same day.
2003: 10 km classical mass start, exchange skis, boots, and poles, followed by 10 km freestyle pursuit immediately on the same day.
Since 2005: 15 km classical mass start, exchange skis, boots, and poles, followed by 15 km freestyle pursuit immediately on the same day.

Individual sprint

Debuted: 2001.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Lahti	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	Cristian Zorzi (ITA)	Håvard Solbakken (NOR)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)	Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR)	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf	Vasili Rotchev (RUS)	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)
2007 Sapporo

Team sprint

Debuted: 2005

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf	Tore Ruud Hofstad Tor Arne Hetland Norway	Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Germany	Dusan Kozisek Martin Koukal Czech Republic
2007 Sapporo

Women's cross country skiing

10 km

Debuted: 1954. Not held: 1993-9. Resumed: 2001.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1954 Falun	Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)	Siiri Rantanen (FIN)	Mirja Hietamies (FIN)
1958 Lahti	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Ljubov Kozyreva (URS)	Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
1962 Zakopane	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Maria Gusakova (URS)	Radia Erosjina (URS)
1966 Oslo	Klavdija Bojarskikh (URS)	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Toini Gustafsson (SWE)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Alevtina Oljunina (URS)	Marjatta Kajosmaa (URS)	Galina Kulakova (URS)
1974 Falun	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Barbara Petzold (GDR)	Helena Takalo (FIN)
1978 Lahti	Zinaida Amosova (URS)	Raissa Smetanina (URS)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
1982 Oslo	Berit Aunli (NOR)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)	Květa Jeriová (TCH)
1985 Seefeld	Anette Bøe (NOR)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf	Anne Jahren (NOR)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1989 Lahti classical	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Pirkko Määttä (FIN)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
1989 Lahti freestyle	Elena Välbe (URS)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Tamara Tichonova (URS)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Elena Välbe (URS)	Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)	Tamara Tichonova (URS)
2001 Lahti	Bente Skari (NOR)	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Larissa Lazutina (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Bente Skari (NOR)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Julija Tchepalova (RUS)	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2007 Sapporo

4 x 5 km relay (3 x 5 km: 1954-70)

Debuted: 1954

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1954 Falun	Ljubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsareva Soviet Union	Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen Finland	Anna-Lisa Eriksson Märta Nordberg Sonja Edström Sweden
1958 Lahti	Radia Erosjina Alevtina Kolchina Ljubov Kozyreva Soviet Union	Toini Mikkola-Pöysti Pirkko Korkee Siiri Rantanen Finland	Märta Nordberg Inna Johansson Sonja Edström Sweden
1962 Zakopane	Ljubov Baranova Mariya Gusakova Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union	Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson Sweden	Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Mirja Lehtonen Finland
1966 Oslo	Klauvdia Boyarskikh Rita Atskina Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union	Ingrid Wigernæs Inger Aufles Berit Mørdre Norway	Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson Sweden
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Nina Baldycheva Fedorova Galina Kulakova Alevtina Oljunina Soviet Union	Gabriele Haupt Renata Fischer Anna Unger East Germany	Senja Pusula Helena Takalo Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland
1974 Falun	Nina Baldycheva Fedorova Nina Selyunina Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova Soviet Union	Sigrun Krause Petra Hinze Barbara Petzold Veronika Schmidt East Germany	Alena Bartosová Gabriela Sekajová Miroslav Jaskovská Blanka Pauli Czechoslovakia
1978 Lahti	Taina Impiö Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo Finland	Marlies Rostock Birgit Schreiber Barbara Petzold Christel Meinel East Germany	Nina Rocheva Zinaida Amosova Raissa Smetanina Galina Kulakova Soviet Union
1982 Oslo	Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen Norway	Ljubov Liadova Ljubov Sabolotskaja Raissa Smetanina Galina Kulakova Soviet Union	Petra Sölter Carola Anding Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse East Germany
1985 Seefeld	Tamara Tichonova Raisa Smetanina Lilia Vasiltchenko Anfisa Romanova Soviet Union	Anette Bøe Anne Jahren Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Berit Aunli Norway	Manuela Drescher Gaby Nestler Antje Misersky Ute Noack East Germany
1987 Oberstdorf	Antonina Ordina Nina Gavriljuk Larisa Ptistyna Anfisa Reztsova Soviet Union	Marianne Dahlmo Nina Skeime Anne Jahren Anette Bøe Norway	Magdalena Wallin Karin Lamberg-Skog Annika Dahlmann Marie-Helene Westin Sweden
1989 Lahti	Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen Finland	Julia Shamshurina Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonova Elena Välbe Soviet Union	Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Nina Skeime Marianne Dahlmo Norway
1991 Val di Fiemme	Ljubov Egorova Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonova Elena Välbe Soviet Union	Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo Italy	Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl Norway
1993 Falun	Elena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavriljuk Ljubov Egorova Russia	Gabriella Paruzzi Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo Italy	Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Norway
1995 Thunder Bay	Olga Danilova Elena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavriljuk Russia	Marit Mikkelsplass Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon Norway	Anna Frithioff Marie-Helene Westin Antonina Ordina Anette Fanqvist Sweden
1997 Trondheim	Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavriljuk Elena Välbe Russia	Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl Hartz Norway	Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Satu Salonen Finland
1999 Ramsau	Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavriljuk Russia	Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Italy	Viola Bauer Ramona Roth Evi Sachenbacher Sigrid Wille Germany
2001 Lahti	Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Julija Tchepalova Nina Gavrilyuk Russia	Anita Moen Bente Skari Elin Nilsen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Norway	Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo Cristina Paluselli Italy
2003 Val di Fiemme	Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher Germany	Anita Moen Marit Bjørgen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Vibeke Skofterud Norway	Natalia Korosteleva Olga Savialova Yelena Burukina Nina Gavrilyuk Russia
2005 Oberstdorf	Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen Norway	Larisa Kurkina Natalia Baranova-Masolkina Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova Julija Tchepalova Russia	Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa Arianna Follis Italy
2007 Sapporo

5 km (Discontinued)

Debuted: 1962. Not Held: 1989, Discontinued: 1999.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1962 Zakopane	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Ljubov Baranova (URS)	Maria Gusakova (URS)
1966 Oslo	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Klavdija Bojarskikh (URS)	Rita Atskina (URS)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Galina Pilyushenko (URS)	Nina Fyodorova (URS)
1974 Falun	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Blanka Pauli (TCH)	Raissa Smetanina (URS)
1978 Lahti	Helena Takalo (FIN)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)	Raissa Smetanina (URS)
1982 Oslo	Berit Aunli (NOR)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1985 Seefeld	Anette Bøe (NOR)	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN)	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Anfisa Reztsova (URS)	Evi Kratzer (SUI)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Trude Dybendahl (NOR)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1993 Falun	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Ljubov Egorova (RUS)	Trude Dybendahl (NOR)
1995 Thunder Bay	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Nina Gavriljuk (RUS)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997 Trondheim	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Olga Danilova (RUS)
1999 Ramsau	Bente Martinsen (NOR)	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)

30 km (20 km: 1978-87)

Debuted: 1978. Event cancelled: 2001.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978 Lahti	Zinaida Amosova (URS)	Raissa Smetanina (URS)	Helena Takalo (FIN)
1980 Falun	Veronika Hesse (GDR)	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Raissa Smetanina (URS)
1982 Oslo	Raissa Smetanina (URS)	Berit Aunli (NOR)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
1985 Seefeld	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)	Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf	Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)	Anfisa Reztsova (URS)	Larisa Ptistyna (URS)
1989 Lahti	Elena Välbe (URS)	Larisa Lazutina (URS)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Ljubov Egorova (URS)	Elena Välbe (URS)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1993 Falun	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Ljubov Egorova (RUS)
1995 Thunder Bay	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Antonina Ordina (SWE)
1997 Trondheim	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR)
1999 Ramsau	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Olga Savialova (RUS)	Yelena Burukina (RUS)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2005 Oberstdorf	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS)
2007 Sapporo

15 km (Discontinued)

Debuted: 1989. Discontinued: 2003.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989 Lahti	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Pirkko Määttä (FIN)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Elena Välbe (URS)	Trude Dybendahl (NOR)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
1993 Falun	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Marjut Rolig (FIN)
1995 Thunder Bay	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Inger Helene Nybråten (NOR)
1997 Trondheim	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
1999 Ramsau	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Maria Theurl (AUT)
2001 Lahti	Bente Skari (NOR)	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Kaisa Varis (FIN)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Bente Skari (NOR)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Olga Savialova (RUS)

Combined/ double pursuit

Debuted: 1993.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993 Falun	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Ljubov Egorova (RUS)
1995 Thunder Bay	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Nina Gavriljuk (RUS)	Olga Danilova (RUS)
1997 Trondheim	Elena Välbe (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo, (ITA)	Nina Gavriljuk (RUS)
1999 Ramsau	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Nina Gavriljuk (RUS)	Irina Terelia Taranenko (UKR)
2001 Lahti	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Olga Danilova (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Evi Sachenbacher (GER)	Olga Savialova (RUS)
2005 Oberstdorf	Julija Tchepalova (RUS)	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)
2007 Sapporo

1993-9: 5 km classical interval start, followed by 10 km freestyle pursuit. Run on separate days.
2001: 5 km classical interval start, followed by 5 km freestyle pursuit. Run later on same day.
2003: 5 km classical mass start, exchange skis, boots, and poles, followed by 5 km freestyle, run immediately on same day.
Since 2005: 7.5 km classical mass start, exchange skis, boots, and poles, followed by 7.5 km freestyle, run immediately on same day

Individual sprint

Debuted: 2001.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Lahti	Pirjo Manninen (FIN)	Kati Sundqvist (FIN)	Julija Tchepalova (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	Claudia Künzel (GER)	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf	Emilie Öhrstig (SWE)	Lina Andersson (SWE)	Sara Renner (CAN)
2007 Sapporo

Team sprint

Debuted: 2005.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen Norway	Riitta Liisa Lassila Pirjo Manninen Finland	Julija Tchepalova Alena Sidko Russia
2007 Sapporo

See also

• Cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics
• Cross-country skiing World Cup medalists
• List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing

External links and references

• http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisworldskichampionships/nordicwsc.html
• http://sports123.com/cco/index.html