FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 took place between 18 February and 1 March 2015 in Falun, Sweden. This was the fourth time the event is held there, having previously been held there in 1954, 1974 and 1993. In 1980, one World Ski Championship race was held there as well, to make up for its exclusion from the Olympic Games the same year.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015

Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.
Host city	Falun, Sweden
Nations participating	60
Events	21
Opening ceremony	18 February
Closing ceremony	1 March
Main venue	Lugnet
Website	Falun2015.com

Host selection

At the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council meeting in November 2007, a Candidates project concept was highlighted for use.[1] Candidacy submission was 1 May 2009 along with the registration fee and training days in article 5 of the FIS World Championships Organization Rules.[1] Each candidate and its National Ski Association will have instructions and a detailed questionnaire provided by the FIS that will be due on 1 September 2009.[1] Candidates respond in a simple text format that will serve as the working document where an FIS Inspection Group will use for discussion purposes.[1] Group members will meet with the candidate at mutually convenient opportunity to review the project area that falls under their responsibility.[1] This should take place in conjunction with another event or World Cup inspection where possible to reduce costs and multiple trips.[1] FIS Technical Committee members will have a working meeting in the fall of 2009 with each candidate and inspection group to review the project.[1] A final report will be submitted in spring 2009 by the Inspection Group and the National Ski Association and FIS Council.[1]

Finalists

The four finalists who submitted were those who lost out on the previous championships in 2008.[2]

City	Country	Previous championships hosted	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 bid finish[3]
Falun	Sweden	1954, 1974, 1993	2nd
Lahti	Finland	1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001	4th
Oberstdorf	Germany	1987, 2005	5th
Zakopane	Poland	1929, 1939, 1962	3rd

Voting results

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on 3 June 2010.[2]

City	First vote	Second vote	Final vote
Falun	6	7	8
Lahti	5	5	7
Zakopane	3	3	Out
Oberstdorf	1	Out	Out

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Cross-country Date Time Event 19 February 15:15 Men's & women's sprint 21 February 13:00 Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon 14:30 Men's 2x15 km skiathlon 22 February 14:30 Men's & women's team sprint 24 February 13:30 Women's 10 km freestyle 25 February 13:30 Men's 15 km freestyle 26 February 13:30 Women's 4 x 5 km relay 27 February 13:30 Men's 4 x 10 km relay 28 February 13:00 Women's 30 km classic 1 March 13:30 Men's 50 km classic

Nordic combined Date Time Event 20 February 10:00 16:00 HS100 / 10 km 22 February 10:00 16:00 Team HS100 / 4x5 km 26 February 10:00 15:15 HS134 / 10 km 28 February 10:00 15:15 Team sprint HS134 / 2x7.5 km

Ski jumping Date Time Event 20 February 17:00 Women's HS100 21 February 16:30 Men's HS100 22 February 17:00 Team mix HS100 26 February 17:00 Men's HS134 28 February 17:00 Men's team HS134

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	11	4	5	20
2	Germany (GER)	5	2	1	8
3	Sweden (SWE)*	2	4	3	9
4	France (FRA)	1	2	3	6
5	Austria (AUT)	1	2	2	5
6	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
13	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
14	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		21	21	21	63

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre freestyle[4]	Johan Olsson  Sweden	35:01.6	Maurice Manificat  France	35:19.4	Anders Gløersen  Norway	35:20.8
30 kilometre skiathlon[5]	Maxim Vylegzhanin  Russia	1:16:25.9	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	1:16:26.3	Alex Harvey  Canada	1:16:27.5
50 kilometre classical mass start[6]	Petter Northug  Norway	2:26:02.1	Lukáš Bauer  Czech Republic	2:26:03.8	Johan Olsson  Sweden	2:26:04.1
4 × 10 kilometre relay[7]	Norway Niklas Dyrhaug Didrik Tønseth Anders Gløersen Petter Northug	1:34:18.5	Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson	1:34:19.1	France Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Robin Duvillard Adrien Backscheider	1:34:27.4
Sprint[8]	Petter Northug  Norway	3:02.35	Alex Harvey  Canada	3:02.4	Ola Vigen Hattestad  Norway	3:02.7
Team sprint[9]	Norway Finn Hågen Krogh Petter Northug	15:32.89	Russia Alexei Petukhov Nikita Kriukov	15:38.53	Italy Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino	15:38.62

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 kilometre freestyle[10]	Charlotte Kalla  Sweden	25:08.8	Jessica Diggins  United States	25:49.8	Caitlin Compton Gregg  United States	25:55.7
15 kilometre skiathlon[11]	Therese Johaug  Norway	40:57.6	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen  Norway	41:03.3	Charlotte Kalla  Sweden	41:03.6
30 kilometre classical mass start[12]	Therese Johaug  Norway	1:24:47.0	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	1:25:39.3	Charlotte Kalla  Sweden	1:26:18.6
4 × 5 kilometre relay[13]	Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen	49:04.7	Sweden Sofia Bleckur Charlotte Kalla Maria Rydqvist Stina Nilsson	49:33.9	Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Krista Pärmäkoski	49:35.6
Sprint[14]	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	3:26.63	Stina Nilsson  Sweden	3:27.05	Maiken Caspersen Falla  Norway	3:27.62
Team sprint[15]	Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla	14:29.57	Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson	14:37.74	Poland Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec	14:38.5

Nordic combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km[16]	Bernhard Gruber  Austria	22:45.8	François Braud  France	22:57.7	Johannes Rydzek  Germany	23:00.7
Individual normal hill/10 km[17]	Johannes Rydzek  Germany	26:38.9	Alessandro Pittin  Italy	26:40.2	Jason Lamy-Chappuis  France	26:43.9
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[18]	Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek	44:20.7	Norway Magnus Moan Håvard Klemetsen Mikko Kokslien Jørgen Graabak	44:43.8	France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	45:00.3
Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km[19]	France François Braud Jason Lamy-Chappuis	38:31.6	Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek	38:34.3	Norway Magnus Moan Håvard Klemetsen	38:51.0

Ski jumping

The normal ski jumping hill used in the championships.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual normal hill[20]	Rune Velta  Norway	252.7	Severin Freund  Germany	252.3	Stefan Kraft  Austria	248.3
Men's individual large hill[21]	Severin Freund  Germany	268.7	Gregor Schlierenzauer  Austria	246.4	Rune Velta  Norway	242.9
Men's team large hill[22]	Norway Anders Bardal Anders Jacobsen Anders Fannemel Rune Velta	872.6	Austria Stefan Kraft Michael Hayböck Manuel Poppinger Gregor Schlierenzauer	853.2	Poland Piotr Żyła Klemens Murańka Jan Ziobro Kamil Stoch	848.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's individual normal hill[23]	Carina Vogt  Germany	236.9	Yuki Ito  Japan	235.1	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz  Austria	233.8

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed team normal hill[24]	Germany Carina Vogt Richard Freitag Katharina Althaus Severin Freund	917.9	Norway Line Jahr Anders Bardal Maren Lundby Rune Velta	915.6	Japan Sara Takanashi Noriaki Kasai Yuki Ito Taku Takeuchi	888.3

References

1. FIS Newsflash 204. 5 November 2008
2. FIS-Ski.com 5 May 2009 article on the applicants for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015. Archived 8 December 2012 at Archive.today - accessed 8 May 2009.
3. FIS announces winners of the 2012 and 2013 championships (Nordic shown for report). - accessed 31 May 2008.
4. Men's 15 kilometre freestyle Results
5. Men's 30 kilometre pursuit Results
6. Men's 50 kilometre classical Results
7. Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay Results
8. Men's sprint Results
9. Men's Team sprint Results
10. Women's 10 kilometre freestyle Results
11. Women's 15 kilometre pursuit Results
12. Women's 30 kilometre classical Results
13. Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Results
14. Women's sprint Results
15. Women's Team sprint Results
16. Individual large hill/10 km Results
17. Individual normal hill/10 km Results
18. Team normal hill/4 × 5 km Results
19. Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km Results
20. Men's individual normal hill Results
21. Individual large hill Results
22. Team large hill Results
23. Women's individual normal hill Results
24. Mixed team normal hill Results

External links

• Official website
• FIS Cross-Country Site
• FIS Ski Jumping Site
• FIS Nordic Combined Site