FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003

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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18 – March 1, 2003 in

Skiathlon
races.

Men's cross-country

1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 21, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 23, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 19, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

March 1, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 25, 2003

Medal Team Time
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

1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 20. 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 22, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 18, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Bente Skari (NOR) 39:40.9
Silver  
Kristina Šmigun
 (EST)
39:53.7
Bronze  Olga Zavyalova (RUS) 40:36.7

30 km freestyle

February 28, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 24, 2003

Medal Team Time
Gold  
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

doping
.

Men's Nordic combined

7.5 km sprint

February 28, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 21, 2003

Medal Athlete Time
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

February 24, 2003

Medal Team Time
Gold  ) 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

Individual normal hill

February 28, 2003

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Adam Małysz (POL) 279.0
Silver  Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 263.0
Bronze  Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 259.5

Individual large hill

February 22, 2003

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Adam Małysz (POL) 289.0
Silver  Matti Hautamäki (FIN) 286.5
Bronze  Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 273.2

Team large hill

February 23, 2003

Medal Team Points
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

Medal winners by nation. The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)55616
2 Germany (GER)3508
3 Sweden (SWE)2136
4 Poland (POL)2002
5 Estonia (EST)1315
6 Russia (RUS)1135
7 Finland (FIN)1124
8 Austria (AUT)1113
9 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
 United States (USA)1001
11 Japan (JPN)0123
Totals (11 entries)18181854

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