FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019
# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019

The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria. It was the second time Seefeld in Tirol hosted the world championships, the event having been hosted there previously in 1985.

## Host selection

Championships was awarded to Seefeld in Tirol in Tyrol in Austria during the FIS Congress from 1–6 June 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.

Finalist applicants were Seefeld in Tirol (Austria), Oberstdorf (Germany), Planica (Slovenia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Oberstdorf had already applied for 2013, 2015 and 2017, Planica for 2017. Seefeld submitted its candidacy shortly before the deadline.

The Austrian winter sports resort had hosted the Championships in 1985, the German resort of Oberstdorf in 1987 and 2005.

Detailed application concepts were to be submitted by 1 September 2013.

| City | Country | Previous championships hosted | Recent bids |
| - | - | - | - |
| Seefeld in Tirol | Austria | 1985 | – |
| Oberstdorf | Germany | 1987, 2005 | 3rd (2017), 4th (2015), 5th (2013) |
| Planica | Slovenia | | 2nd (2017) |
| Almaty | Kazakhstan | | – |
| City | First vote | Second vote | Third vote |
| Seefeld in Tirol | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Oberstdorf | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Planica | 3 | 3 | Out |
| Almaty | 0 | Out | Out |

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 20 February | 12:30 | Women's 10 km classical qualification |
| 20 February | 14:00 | Men's 15 km classical qualification |
| 21 February | 14:30 | Men's & women's sprint |
| 23 February | 11:00 | Women's 2 × 7.5 km skiathlon |
| 23 February | 12:30 | Men's 2 × 15 km skiathlon |
| 24 February | 09:15 | Men's & women's team sprint |
| 26 February | 15:00 | Women's 10 km classical |
| 27 February | 14:00 | Men's 15 km classical |
| 28 February | 13:00 | Women's 4 × 5 km relay |
| 1 March | 13:15 | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| 2 March | 12:15 | Women's 30 km freestyle |
| 3 March | 15:30 | Men's 50 km freestyle |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 February | 10:30 16:15 | HS130 / 10 km |
| 24 February | 10:30 13:30 | Team HS130 / 2 × 7.5 km |
| 28 February | 11:00 15:15 | HS109 / 10 km |
| 2 March | 11:00 14:45 | Team HS109 / 4 × 5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 February | 14:30 | Men's HS130 qualification |
| 23 February | 14:30 | Men's HS130 |
| 24 February | 14:45 | Men's team HS130 |
| 26 February | 16:15 | Women's team HS109 |
| 27 February | 15:00 | Women's HS109 qualification |
| 27 February | 16:15 | Women's HS109 |
| 28 February | 16:30 | Men's HS109 qualification |
| 1 March | 16:00 | Men's HS109 |
| 2 March | 16:00 | Team mixed HS109 |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (Austria)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 13 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT)* | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

### Cross-country skiing

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sprint details | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway | 3:21.17 | Federico Pellegrino Italy | 3:21.40 | Gleb Retivykh Russia | 3:22.54 |
| 30 kilometre skiathlon details | Sjur Røthe Norway | 1:10:21.8 | Alexander Bolshunov Russia | 1:10:21.9 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway | 1:10:22.5 |
| Team sprint details | Norway Emil Iversen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 18:49.86 | Russia Gleb Retivykh Alexander Bolshunov | 18:51.74 | Italy Francesco De Fabiani Federico Pellegrino | 18:53.89 |
| 15 kilometre classical details | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway | 38:22.6 | Alexander Bessmertnykh Russia | 38:25.5 | Iivo Niskanen Finland | 38:43.0 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay details | Norway Emil Iversen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sjur Røthe Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 1:42:32.1 | Russia Andrey Larkov Alexander Bessmertnykh Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov | 1:43:10.9 | France Adrien Backscheider Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse Richard Jouve | 1:43:33.1 |
| 50 kilometre freestyle mass start details | Hans Christer Holund Norway | 1:49:59.3 | Alexander Bolshunov Russia | 1:50:27.1 | Sjur Røthe Norway | 1:50:57.1 |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sprint details | Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway | 2:32.35 | Stina Nilsson Sweden | 2:34.01 | Mari Eide Norway | 2:35.19 |
| 15 kilometre skiathlon details | Therese Johaug Norway | 36:54.5 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway | 37:52.1 | Natalya Nepryayeva Russia | 37:53.2 |
| Team sprint details | Sweden Stina Nilsson Maja Dahlqvist | 15:14.93 | Slovenia Katja Višnar Anamarija Lampič | 15:15.30 | Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla | 15:15.53 |
| 10 kilometre classical details | Therese Johaug Norway | 27:02.1 | Frida Karlsson Sweden | 27:14.3 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway | 27:37.7 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay details | Sweden Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson | 55:21.0 | Norway Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Therese Johaug | 55:24.1 | Russia Yuliya Belorukova Anastasia Sedova Anna Nechaevskaya Natalya Nepryaeva | 57:24.8 |
| 30 kilometre freestyle mass start details | Therese Johaug Norway | 1:14:26.2 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway | 1:15:03.0 | Frida Karlsson Sweden | 1:15:10.2 |

### Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual large hill/10 km details | Eric Frenzel Germany | 23:43.0 | Jan Schmid Norway | 23:47.3 | Franz-Josef Rehrl Austria | 23:51.7 |
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km details | Germany Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle | 28:29.5 | Norway Jan Schmid Jarl Magnus Riiber | 28:37.7 | Austria Franz-Josef Rehrl Bernhard Gruber | 28:38.7 |
| Individual normal hill/10 km details | Jarl Magnus Riiber Norway | 25:01.3 | Bernhard Gruber Austria | 25:02.7 | Akito Watabe Japan | 25:05.9 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km details | Norway Espen Bjørnstad Jan Schmid Jørgen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber | 50:15.5 | Germany Johannes Rydzek Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Vinzenz Geiger | 50:16.5 | Austria Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl Franz-Josef Rehrl Lukas Klapfer | 50:20.5 |

### Ski jumping

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's individual large hill details | Markus Eisenbichler Germany | 279.4 | Karl Geiger Germany | 267.3 | Killian Peier Switzerland | 266.1 |
| Men's team large hill details | Germany Karl Geiger Richard Freitag Stephan Leyhe Markus Eisenbichler | 987.5 | Austria Philipp Aschenwald Michael Hayböck Daniel Huber Stefan Kraft | 930.9 | Japan Yukiya Satō Daiki Itō Junshirō Kobayashi Ryōyū Kobayashi | 920.2 |
| Men's individual normal hill details | Dawid Kubacki Poland | 218.3 | Kamil Stoch Poland | 215.5 | Stefan Kraft Austria | 214.8 |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's team normal hill details | Germany Juliane Seyfarth Ramona Straub Carina Vogt Katharina Althaus | 898.9 | Austria Eva Pinkelnig Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Chiara Hölzl Daniela Iraschko-Stolz | 880.3 | Norway Anna Odine Strøm Ingebjørg Saglien Bråten Silje Opseth Maren Lundby | 876.9 |
| Women's individual normal hill details | Maren Lundby Norway | 259.6 | Katharina Althaus Germany | 259.1 | Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Austria | 247.6 |

**Mixed**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mixed team normal hill details | Germany Katharina Althaus Markus Eisenbichler Juliane Seyfarth Karl Geiger | 1012.2 | Austria Eva Pinkelnig Philipp Aschenwald Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Stefan Kraft | 989.9 | Norway Anna Odine Strøm Robert Johansson Maren Lundby Andreas Stjernen | 938.4 |

## Venues

The cross-country skiing events took place at the Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre. The ski jumping large hill events were held in the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck. The Bergisel Ski Jump is a large ski jumping hill with a hill size of 130 and a construction point (K-spot) of 120. It has a spectator capacity of 26,000. The current structure dates from 2003. The normal hill competitions were held in the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze normal hill with a hill size of 109 and a K-point of 99.

Medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza, a square in the town center.

## Doping

Five cross-country skiers (Max Hauke and Dominik Baldauf from Austria, Andreas Veerpalu and Karel Tammjärv from Estonia, as well as Alexey Poltoranin from Kazakhstan.) were caught during Operation Aderlass.

