FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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The Nordic skiing World Championships (officially the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships) have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and including women since 1954. Championship events include Nordic skiing's three disciplines: Cross-country skiing, Ski jumping, and Nordic combined (the latter being a combination sport consisting of both cross-country skiing and Ski jumping). From 1924 to 1939, the World Championships were held every year, including the Winter Olympics. After World War 2, the World Championships were held in even-numbered years from 1948 to 1982, including the Winter Olympics. Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.

Historical Notes:

From 1925 to 1927, the FIS referred to these events as Rendezvous races. During the periods of 1929-1931 and 1933-1935, the FIS referred to these events as FIS races. This event has been officially referred to as the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 1937.
The 1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were declared a non-event by the FIS at their 1946 meeting and their results have been struck from the official records.
The 1980 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships consisted of 20 km cross-country for women because the event was not included in the program of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
The 1984 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships consisted of team events in both ski jumping and nordic combined held at sepearate locations because neither event was included in the program of the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
The 2010 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships will consist of women's ski jumping individual normal hill, an event that was not included in the program of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

1 Host towns/cities, venues
2 Medal table
3 Cross country skiing
4 Ski jumping
5 Nordic combined
6 See also
7 External links and references

[edit] Host towns/cities, venues

Sanctioned Championships:

1925 Johannisbad (Janské Lázně), Czechoslovakia
1926 Lahti, Finland
1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1929 Zakopane, Poland
1930 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
1931 Oberhof, Germany
1933 Innsbruck, Austria
1934 Sollefteå, Sweden
1935 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia
1937 Chamonix, France
1938 Lahti, Finland
1939 Zakopane, Poland
1950 Lake Placid, New York, USA
1954 Falun, Sweden
1958 Lahti, Finland
1962 Zakopane, Poland
1966 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
1970 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia
1974 Falun, Sweden
1978 Lahti, Finland
1980 Falun, Sweden (Non-Olympic event: women's 20 km cross country skiing)
1982 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway
1984 Rovaniemi, Finland (Non-Olympic event: 3 x 10 km team nordic combined) & Engelberg, Switzerland (Non-Olympic event: team large hill ski jumping)
1985 Seefeld, Austria
1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany
1989 Lahti, Finland
1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy
1993 Falun, Sweden
1995 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
1997 Trondheim, Norway
1999 Ramsau, Austria
2001 Lahti, Finland
2003 Val di Fiemme, Italy
2005 Oberstdorf, Germany

Upcoming Championships:

2007 Sapporo, Japan (February 22-March 4) (Home page)
2009 Liberec, Czech Republic (February 18-March 1) (Home page)
2010 To be announced for women's ski jumping since it is not on the official program for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
2011 Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway (dates TBA) (Home Page)

Sanctioned Championships, but later withdrawn:

1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	89	75	73	237
2	Finland	53	67	53	173
3	Russia (incl. USSR)	56	47	46	149
4	Sweden	39	28	37	104
5	Germany (incl. West Germany)	16	17	13	46
6	Italy	8	16	18	42
7	Austria	10	11	20	41
8	Czech Republic (incl. Czechoslovakia)	9	15	16	40
9	East Germany	12	15	11	38
10	Japan	8	8	7	23
11	Poland	4	3	4	11
12	Estonia	2	5	2	9
13	Switzerland	1	2	5	8
14	Kazakhstan	3	2	2	7
15	France	1	2	3	6
16	Spain	1	1	0	2
17	Slovenia	1	0	1	2
	United States	1	0	1	2
19	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
20	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
21	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Total medals awarded	315	315	314	944