List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing
This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in women's cross-country skiing. Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
10 km
Debuted: 1954.
Classic style: 1954–1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.
Interval start: 1954–1991, 2001–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
3/4 × 5 km relay
Debuted: 1954.
3×5 km classic style: 1954–1970. 4×5 km classic style: 1974–1985. 4×5 km free style: 1987. 2×5 km classic style + 2×5 km free style: 1989–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
5 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1962. Discontinued: 1999.
Classic style: 1962–1987, 1991–1999.
Interval start: 1962–1987, 1991–1999.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
20 km and 30 km
Debuted: 1978.
Classic style: 1978–1985, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 1987–1995, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.
Interval start: 1978–1999, 2003. Mass start: 2005–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
15 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1989. Discontinued: 2003.
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1989 Lahti | ![]() |
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1991 Val di Fiemme | ![]() |
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1993 Falun | ![]() |
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1995 Thunder Bay | ![]() |
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1997 Trondheim | ![]() |
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1999 Ramsau | ![]() |
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2001 Lahti | ![]() |
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2003 Val di Fiemme | ![]() |
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Classic style: 1989–1995, 2001, 2003. Free style: 1997, 1999.
Interval start: 1989–2001. Mass start: 2003.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon
Debuted: 1993.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Individual sprint
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Team sprint
Debuted: 2005.
Classic style: 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Medal table
Table updated after the 2023 Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 48 | 26 | 31 | 105 |
2 | ![]() | 27 | 15 | 12 | 54 |
3 | ![]() | 19 | 17 | 17 | 53 |
4 | ![]() | 14 | 20 | 23 | 57 |
5 | ![]() | 12 | 20 | 19 | 51 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 8 | 24 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (19 entries) | 134 | 134 | 134 | 402 |
Multiple medalists
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
Rank | Cross-country skier | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Marit Bjørgen | ![]() |
2003 | 2017 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
2 | Yelena Välbe | ![]() ![]() |
1989 | 1997 | 14 | 3 | – | 17 |
3 | Therese Johaug | ![]() |
2007 | 2021 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
4 | Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) | ![]() ![]() |
1987 | 2001 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
5 | Alevtina Kolchina | ![]() |
1958 | 1966 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 |
6 | Nina Gavrylyuk | ![]() ![]() |
1987 | 2003 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
7 | Virpi Kuitunen | ![]() |
2001 | 2009 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
8 | Heidi Weng | ![]() |
2013 | 2021 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
9 | Galina Kulakova | ![]() |
1970 | 1982 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
10 | Bente Skari (Martinsen) | ![]() |
1997 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
Individual events
Rank | Cross-country skier | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Marit Bjørgen | ![]() |
2003 | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
2 | Yelena Välbe | ![]() ![]() |
1989 | 1997 | 10 | 2 | – | 12 |
3 | Therese Johaug | ![]() |
2007 | 2021 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
4 | Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) | ![]() ![]() |
1987 | 2001 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
5 | Bente Skari (Martinsen) | ![]() |
1999 | 2003 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
6 | Stefania Belmondo | ![]() |
1991 | 1999 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
7 | Alevtina Kolchina | ![]() |
1958 | 1966 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
8 | Galina Kulakova | ![]() |
1970 | 1980 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Justyna Kowalczyk | ![]() |
2009 | 2013 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Marjo Matikainen | ![]() |
1987 | 1989 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Best performers by country
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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Marit Bjørgen | 2003 | 2017 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
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Yelena Välbe | 1989 | 1997 | 14 | 3 | – | 17 |
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Larisa Lazutina | 1993 | 2001 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
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Alevtina Kolchina (by the gold first ranking system) |
1958 | 1966 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 |
Raisa Smetanina (by total number of medals) |
1974 | 1991 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Virpi Kuitunen (by the gold first ranking system) |
2001 | 2009 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (by total number of medals) |
2007 | 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
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Stefania Belmondo | 1991 | 2001 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
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Jonna Sundling (by the gold first ranking system) |
2021 | 2023 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
Charlotte Kalla (by total number of medals) |
2009 | 2019 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
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Justyna Kowalczyk | 2009 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
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Jessie Diggins | 2013 | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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Kateřina Neumannová* | 1997 | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | 1999 | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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Kristina Šmigun* | 1999 | 2003 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
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Veronika Hesse (Schmidt) (by the gold first ranking system) |
1974 | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Barbara Petzold (by total number of medals) |
1974 | 1982 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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Anamarija Lampič | 2019 | 2021 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Blanka Paulů | 1974 | 1974 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Yana Kirpichenko | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Natalya Nepryayeva | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Tatiana Sorina | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Yuliya Stupak | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
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Nadine Fähndrich | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Laurien van der Graaff | 2021 | 2021 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
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Maria Theurl* | 1999 | 1999 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
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Sara Renner* | 2005 | 2005 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
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Valentyna Shevchenko | 2009 | 2009 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Iryna Taranenko-Terelya | 1999 | 1999 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.
Multiple medals at one championship
- 5 medals:
- out of 5 possible:
- out of 6 possible:
- 4 medals:
- out of 4 possible:
- out of 5 possible:
- out of 6 possible:
- 3 medals:
- out of 3 possible:
- out of 4 possible:
- 2 medals out of 2 possible:
See also
- Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
- List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (women)