FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017
 Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017.
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| Host city | Lahti, Finland |
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| Events | 21 |
| Opening | 22 February 2017 |
| Closing | 5 March 2017 |
| Main venue | Salpausselkä |
| Website | Lahti2017.fi |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 was the 40th World Championships in nordic skiing and took place in Lahti, Finland from 22 February to 5 March 2017. This was the seventh time the event has been held there, having previously been held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989 and 2001.
Host selection
Of the four candidate cities three had already submitted unsuccessful bids for the previous championships in 2015.
| City | Country | Previous championships hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Lahti | Finland | 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001 |
| Oberstdorf | Germany | 1987, 2005 |
| Planica | Slovenia | |
| Zakopane | Poland | 1929, 1939, 1962 |
The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea on 31 May 2012. The Voting results were as following:
| City | First vote | Second vote | Third vote |
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| Lahti | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Planica | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Oberstdorf | 3 | 3 | Out |
| Zakopane | 0 | Out | Out |
Schedule
All times are local (UTC+2).
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Medal summary
Medal table
The host country is highlighted in blue
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 | |
Top athletes
All athletes with three or more medals or at least two gold medals.
| Rank | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Johannes Rydzek (GER) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Stefan Kraft (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Eric Frenzel (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Heidi Weng (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Carina Vogt (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Andreas Wellinger (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 40 | |
Fifteen other athletes earned 2 medals.
Cross-country skiing
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 15 kilometre classical |
Iivo Niskanen Finland |
36:44.0 |
Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway |
37:01.9 |
Niklas Dyrhaug Norway |
37:15.3 |
| 30 kilometre skiathlon |
Sergey Ustiugov Russia |
1:09:16.7 |
Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway |
1:09:23.4 |
Finn Hågen Krogh Norway |
1:09:48.5 |
| 50 kilometre freestyle mass start |
Alex Harvey Canada |
1:46:28.9 |
Sergey Ustiugov Russia |
1:46:29.5 |
Matti Heikkinen Finland |
1:46:30.3 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay |
Norway Didrik Tønseth Niklas Dyrhaug Martin Johnsrud Sundby Finn Hågen Krogh |
1:37:20.1 |
Russia Andrey Larkov Alexander Bessmertnykh Aleksey Chervotkin Sergey Ustiugov |
1:37:24.7 |
Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson |
1:39:51.9 |
| Sprint |
Federico Pellegrino Italy |
3:13.76 |
Sergey Ustiugov Russia |
3:13.91 |
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway |
3:14.20 |
| Team sprint |
Russia Nikita Kriukov Sergey Ustiugov |
17:40.69 |
Italy Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino |
17:42.83 |
Finland Sami Jauhojärvi Iivo Niskanen |
17:49.33 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 kilometre classical |
Marit Bjørgen Norway |
25:24.9 |
Charlotte Kalla Sweden |
26:05.9 |
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway |
26:20.4 |
| 15 kilometre skiathlon |
Marit Bjørgen Norway |
37:57.5 |
Krista Pärmäkoski Finland |
38:02.3 |
Charlotte Kalla Sweden |
38:29.5 |
| 30 kilometre freestyle mass start |
Marit Bjørgen Norway |
1:08:36.8 |
Heidi Weng Norway |
1:08:38.7 |
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway |
1:08:38.7 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay |
Norway Maiken Caspersen Falla Heidi Weng Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen |
52:21.5 |
Sweden Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla Ebba Andersson Stina Nilsson |
53:23.1 |
Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Laura Mononen Krista Pärmäkoski |
53:23.6 |
| Sprint |
Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway |
3:02.34 |
Jessie Diggins United States |
3:04.00 |
Kikkan Randall United States |
3:06.10 |
| Team sprint |
Norway Heidi Weng Maiken Caspersen Falla |
20:20.56 |
Russia Yulia Belorukova Natalya Matveyeva |
20:26.12 |
United States Sadie Bjornsen Jessie Diggins |
20:38.94 |
Nordic combined
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Individual large hill/10 km |
Johannes Rydzek Germany |
26:41.6 |
Akito Watabe Japan |
26:46.4 |
François Braud France |
26:54.6 |
| Individual normal hill/10 km |
Johannes Rydzek Germany |
26:19.6 |
Eric Frenzel Germany |
26:34.5 |
Björn Kircheisen Germany |
26:49.6 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km |
Germany Björn Kircheisen Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek |
47:57.3 |
Norway Magnus Moan Mikko Kokslien Magnus Krog Jørgen Graabak |
48:39.0 |
Austria Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl Philipp Orter Paul Gerstgraser |
49:01.0 |
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km |
Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek |
29:01.8 |
Norway Magnus Moan Magnus Krog |
29:02.8 |
Japan Yoshito Watabe Akito Watabe |
29:12.0 |
Ski jumping
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's individual normal hill |
Stefan Kraft Austria |
270.8 |
Andreas Wellinger Germany |
268.7 |
Markus Eisenbichler Germany |
263.6 |
| Men's individual large hill |
Stefan Kraft Austria |
279.3 |
Andreas Wellinger Germany |
278.0 |
Piotr Żyła Poland |
276.7 |
| Men's team large hill |
Poland Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Maciej Kot Kamil Stoch |
1104.2 |
Norway Anders Fannemel Johann Andre Forfang Daniel-André Tande Andreas Stjernen |
1078.5 |
Austria Michael Hayböck Manuel Fettner Gregor Schlierenzauer Stefan Kraft |
1068.9 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Women's individual normal hill |
Carina Vogt Germany |
254.6 |
Yuki Ito Japan |
252.6 |
Sara Takanashi Japan |
251.1 |
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Mixed team normal hill |
Germany Carina Vogt Markus Eisenbichler Svenja Würth Andreas Wellinger |
1035.5 |
Austria Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Michael Hayböck Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Stefan Kraft |
999.3 |
Japan Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi Yuki Ito Daiki Ito |
979.7 |