2003 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
# 2003 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2003 took place in Sollefteå, Sweden from 4 February to 9 February 2003. It was the 26th Junior World Championships in nordic skiing.

## Schedule

All times are in Central European Time (CET).

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 4 February | 10:00 | Women's 15 km free mass start |
| 4 February | 12:00 | Men's 30 km free mass start |
| 6 February | 10:00 | Women's 5 km classic |
| 6 February | 12:00 | Men's 10 km classic |
| 8 February | 09:00 | Women's sprint free |
| 8 February | 09:30 | Men's sprint free |
| 9 February | 09:30 | Women's 4×5 km relay |
| 9 February | 11:30 | Men's 4×10 km relay |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 5 February | 14:00 | HS120 / 10 km |
| 7 February | 09:30 | Team 4×5 km Mass Start / HS120 |
| 9 February | 14:00 | Sprint HS120 / 5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 6 February | 14:00 | Team HS120 |
| 7 February | 16:00 | Individual HS120 |

## Medal summary

### Junior events

**Cross-country skiing**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's sprint free | Johan Kjølstad Norway | | Erik Bakkejord Norway | | Sylvain Fanjas Claret France | |
| Men's 10 kilometre classic | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | 27:40.0 | Yevgeniy Koshevoy Kazakhstan | +29.1 | Maxim Bulgakov Russia | +31.9 |
| Men's 30 kilometre free mass start | Chris Jespersen Norway | 1:23:13.5 | Alexey Petukhov Russia | +33.2 | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | +57.5 |
| Men's 4 × 10 km relay | Russia Maxim Bulgakov Artem Norin Yevgeny Dementyev Alexey Petukhov | 1:45:39.7 | Norway Øystein Pettersen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Tord Asle Gjerdalen Chris Jespersen | +2:11.7 | Germany Steve Ullmann Stefan Kirchner Franz Göring Eric Schneider | +3:10.9 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' sprint free | Nicole Fessel Germany | | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland | | Christine Mathiesen Norway | |
| Ladies' 5 kilometre classic | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Finland | 15:23.5 | Yekaterina Vorontsova Russia | +25.8 | Elena Plotzskaya Russia | +31.0 |
| Ladies' 15 kilometre free mass start | Yekaterina Vorontsova Russia | 46:37.7 | Maria Rydqvist Sweden | +36.7 | Irina Artemova Russia | +39.4 |
| Ladies' 4 × 5 km relay | Russia Valentina Novikova Elena Plotskaya Irina Artemova Yekaterina Vorontsova | 58:51.3 | Finland Reetta Jäskelainen Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Hilla Herranen Lotta Puttonen | + 29.0 | Sweden Julia Limby Helena Kallander Hanna Forsberg Maria Rydqvist | +45.2 |

**Nordic Combined**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Normal hill/5 km | Björn Kircheisen Germany | 14:02.6 | David Zauner Austria | +8.7 | Petter Tande Norway | +28.4 |
| Normal hill/10 km | Björn Kircheisen Germany | 28:39.2 | Sébastien Lacroix France | +13.3 | Petter Tande Norway | +45.5 |
| Team 4 × 5 km/normal hill | Germany Christian Beetz Marco Kühne Tino Edelmann Björn Kircheisen | | Norway Magnus Moan Petter Tande Jon-Richard Rundsveen Mikko Kokslien | | France Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix François Braud Jason Lamy-Chappuis | |

**Ski jumping**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual normal hill | Thomas Morgenstern Austria | 261.0 | Rok Benkovic Slovenia | 258.2 | Jan Mazoch Czech Republic | 241.9 |
| Team normal hill | Austria Nicolas Fettner Christoph Strickner Roland Müller Thomas Morgenstern | 945.2 | Slovenia Rok Benkovič Jure Bogataj Rok Urbanc Jaka Oblak | 944.8 | Finland Jarkko Heikkonen Antti Pesonen Olli Pekkala Harri Olli | 895.1 |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SVN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
