FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18 – March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races.
Host city | Val di Fiemme, Italy |
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Events | 18 |
Opening | 18 February 2003 |
Closing | 1 March 2003 |
Main venue | Lago di Tesero Cross Country Stadium Trampolino dal Ben |
Website | Valdifiemme2003.com |
Men's cross-country
edit1.5 km individual sprint
editFebruary 26, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) | 3:12.1 |
Silver | Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR) | 3:12.9 |
Bronze | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) | 3:13.5 |
15 km classical
editFebruary 21, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Axel Teichmann (GER) | 35:47.5 |
Silver | Jaak Mae (EST) | 35:54.4 |
Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 35:56.0 |
10 km + 10 km double pursuit
editFebruary 23, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Per Elofsson (SWE) | 47:42.3 |
Silver | Tore Ruud Hofstad (NOR) | 47:42.6 |
Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 47:42.7 |
30 km classical mass start
editFebruary 19, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) | 1:12:29.3 |
Silver | Anders Aukland (NOR) | 1:12:29.9 |
Bronze | Frode Estil (NOR) | 1:12:30.4 |
50 km freestyle
editMarch 1, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Martin Koukal (CZE) | 1:54:25.3 |
Silver | Anders Södergren (SWE) | 1:54:40.3 |
Bronze | Jörgen Brink (SWE) | 1:55:09.0 |
4 × 10 km relay
editFebruary 25, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Norway (Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Thomas Alsgaard) | 1:31:56.4 |
Silver | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, René Sommerfeldt, Axel Teichmann) | 1:31:56.6 |
Bronze | Sweden (Anders Södergren, Mathias Fredriksson, Per Elofsson, Jörgen Brink) | 1:32:12.8 |
Women's cross-country
edit1.5 km individual sprint
editFebruary 26, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 3:28.8 |
Silver | Claudia Künzel (GER) | 3:29.9 |
Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 3:30.6 |
10 km classical
editFebruary 20. 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 25:47.0 |
Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:08.0 |
Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR) | 26:16.7 |
5 km + 5 km double pursuit
editFebruary 22, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 26:38.4 |
Silver | Evi Sachenbacher (GER) | 26:39.0 |
Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 26:39.0 |
Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal.
15 km classical mass start
editFebruary 18, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Bente Skari (NOR) | 39:40.9 |
Silver | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 39:53.7 |
Bronze | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 40:36.7 |
30 km freestyle
editFebruary 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | 1:14:29.8 |
Silver | Yelena Burukhina (RUS) | 1:14:45.1 |
Bronze | Kristina Šmigun (EST) | 1:14:56.7 |
4 × 5 km relay
editFebruary 24, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Germany (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher) | 50:54.7 |
Silver | Norway (Anita Moen, Marit Bjørgen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Vibeke Skofterud) | 51:26.3 |
Bronze | Russia (Natalya Korostelyova, Olga Zavyalova, Yelena Burukhina, Nina Gavrylyuk) | 52:06.3 |
The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis tested positive for doping.
Men's Nordic combined
edit7.5 km sprint
editFebruary 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Johnny Spillane (USA) | 18:47.8 |
Silver | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 18:49.1 |
Bronze | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 18:49.1 |
Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal.
15 km Individual Gundersen
editFebruary 21, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 37:54.2 |
Silver | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | 38:46.3 |
Bronze | Samppa Lajunen (FIN) | 39:10.1 |
4 × 5 km team
editFebruary 24, 2003
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Austria (Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald) | 47:23.9 |
Silver | Germany (Thorsten Schmitt, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) | + 12.6 |
Bronze | Finland (Hannu Manninen, Jouni Kaitainen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen) | + 1:15.5 |
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual normal hill
editFebruary 28, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 279.0 |
Silver | Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 263.0 |
Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 259.5 |
Individual large hill
editFebruary 22, 2003
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Adam Małysz (POL) | 289.0 |
Silver | Matti Hautamäki (FIN) | 286.5 |
Bronze | Noriaki Kasai (JPN) | 273.2 |
Team large hill
editFebruary 23, 2003
Medal | Team | Points |
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Gold | Finland (Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, Matti Hautamäki) | 1046.6 |
Silver | Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Akira Higashi, Hideharu Miyahira, Noriaki Kasai) | 1010.1 |
Bronze | Norway (Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Lars Bystøl, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren) | 991.9 |
Medal table
editMedal winners by nation. The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Totals (11 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |