List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in men's cross-country skiing. Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
18 km, 17 km and 15 km[edit]
Debuted: 1925.
Classic style: 1925, 1927–1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.
Interval start: 1925, 1927–1991, 2001–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
2 | Finland | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
3 | Sweden | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
4 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
10 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
50 km[edit]
Debuted: 1925.
50 km is one of only three events that has been contested at every FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Classic style: 1925–1985, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 1987–1995, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.
Interval start: 1925–2003. Mass start: 2005–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
2 | Norway | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
3 | Finland | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
4 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Russia | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
12 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Ski Federation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
30 km (discontinued)[edit]
Debuted: 1926. Discontinued: 2003.
Classic style: 1926, 1954–1995, 2001, 2003. Free style: 1997, 1999.
Interval start: 1926, 1954–2001. Mass start: 2003.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Finland | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
2 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
4 | Norway | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
5 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
4 × 10 km relay[edit]
Debuted: 1933
4×10 km classic style: 1933–1985. 4×10 km free style: 1987. 2×10 km classic style + 2×10 km free style: 1989–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway | 20 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
2 | Sweden | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
3 | Finland | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
8 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
10 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Russian Ski Federation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (12 entries) | 36 | 34 | 36 | 106 |
10 km (discontinued)[edit]
Debuted: 1991. Discontinued: 1999.
Classic style: 1991–1999. Interval start: 1991–1999.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon[edit]
Debuted: 1993.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
2 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Ski Federation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
10 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Individual sprint[edit]
Debuted: 2001.
Classic style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Team sprint[edit]
Debuted: 2005
Classic style: 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russian Ski Federation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Medal table[edit]
Table updated after the 2023 Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway | 68 | 44 | 49 | 161 |
2 | Sweden | 38 | 29 | 29 | 96 |
3 | Finland | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 |
4 | Russia | 7 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
5 | Soviet Union | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
6 | Italy | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 |
7 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Germany | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
9 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
10 | East Germany | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
11 | Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
13 | France | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
14 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
15 | Russian Ski Federation | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
16 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
17 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
18 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
20 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 176 | 174 | 176 | 526 |
Multiple medalists[edit]
Boldface denotes active cross-country skiers and highest medal count among all cross-country skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
All events[edit]
Rank | Cross-country skier | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petter Northug | Norway | 2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | – | 16 |
2 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2017 | 2023 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
4 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | 1985 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
5 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | 1995 | 2003 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
6 | Klaes Karppinen | Finland | 1934 | 1939 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
7 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 1999 | 2009 | 5 | – | 3 | 8 |
8 | Vladimir Smirnov | Soviet Union Kazakhstan | 1987 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
9 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 1987 | 1993 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Mika Myllylä | Finland | 1995 | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 2011 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Individual events[edit]
Rank | Cross-country skier | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petter Northug | Norway | 2009 | 2015 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
2 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 1991 | 1999 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
3 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | 1985 | 1991 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
4 | Vladimir Smirnov | Soviet Union Kazakhstan | 1989 | 1995 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
5 | Mika Myllylä | Finland | 1995 | 1999 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2017 | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
7 | Per Elofsson | Sweden | 2001 | 2003 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
8 | Veikko Hakulinen | Finland | 1954 | 1958 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
Thomas Wassberg | Sweden | 1982 | 1987 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
10 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 1987 | 1993 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Best performers by country[edit]
Here are listed most successful cross-country skiers in the history of each medal-winning national team – according to the gold-first ranking system and by total number of World Championships medals (one skier if he holds national records in both categories or few skiers if these national records belongs to different persons). If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skiers get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
Country | Cross-country skier | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Norway | Petter Northug (by the gold first ranking system) | 2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 |