List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing

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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.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
1954 Falun  Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)  Siiri Rantanen (FIN)  Mirja Hietamies (FIN)
1958 Lahti  Alevtina Kolchina (URS)  Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)  Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
1962 Zakopane  Alevtina Kolchina (URS)  Maria Gusakova (URS)  Radya Yeroshina (URS)
1966 Oslo  Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)  Alevtina Kolchina (URS)  Toini Gustafsson (SWE)
1970 Vysoké Tatry  Alevtina Olyunina (URS)  Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)  Galina Kulakova (URS)
1974 Falun  Galina Kulakova (URS)  Barbara Petzold (GDR)  Helena Takalo (FIN)
1978 Lahti  Zinaida Amosova (URS)  Raisa Smetanina (URS)  Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
1982 Oslo  Berit Aunli (NOR)  Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)  Květa Jeriová (TCH)
1985 Seefeld  Anette Bøe (NOR)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf  Anne Jahren (NOR)  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)  Brit Pettersen (NOR)
1989 Lahti (classical)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Pirkko Määttä (FIN)  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
1989 Lahti (freestyle)  Yelena Välbe (URS)  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)  Tamara Tikhonova (URS)
1991 Val di Fiemme  Yelena Välbe (URS)  Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)  Tamara Tikhonova (URS)
1993–1999 Not included in the World Championships program
2001 Lahti  Bente Skari (NOR)  Olga Danilova (RUS)  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme  Bente Skari (NOR)  Kristina Šmigun (EST)  Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2007 Sapporo  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)  Arianna Follis (ITA)
2009 Liberec  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)  Marianna Longa (ITA)  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)
2011 Oslo  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2013 Val di Fiemme  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Yuliya Chekalyova (RUS)
2015 Falun  Charlotte Kalla (SWE)  Jessie Diggins (USA)  Caitlin Compton Gregg (USA)
2017 Lahti  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Charlotte Kalla (SWE)  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)
2019 Seefeld  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)
2021 Oberstdorf  Therese Johaug (NOR) (3)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)  Ebba Andersson (SWE)
2023 Planica  Jessie Diggins (USA)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)  Ebba Andersson (SWE)

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway101617
2 Soviet Union94417
3 Finland27615
4 Czech Republic2002
5 Sweden1539
6 United States1113
7 Russia0325
8 Italy0112
 Poland0112
10 East Germany0101
 Estonia0101
12 Czechoslovakia0011
Totals (12 entries)25252575

3/4 × 5 km relay

Debuted: 1954.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
3 × 5 km relay
1954 Falun Lyubov Kozyreva
Margarita Maslennikova
Valentina Tsaryova
 Soviet Union
Sirkka Polkunen
Mirja Hietamies
Siiri Rantanen
 Finland
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Märta Norberg
Sonja Edström
 Sweden
1958 Lahti Radya Yeroshina
Alevtina Kolchina
Lyubov Kozyreva
 Soviet Union
Toini Mikkola-Pöysti
Pirkko Korkee
Siiri Rantanen
 Finland
Märta Norberg
Irma Johansson
Sonja Edström
 Sweden
1962 Zakopane Lyubov Baranova
Maria Gusakova
Alevtina Kolchina
 Soviet Union
Barbro Martinsson
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
 Sweden
Siiri Rantanen
Eeva Ruoppa
Mirja Lehtonen
 Finland
1966 Oslo Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Rita Achkina
Alevtina Kolchina
 Soviet Union
Ingrid Wigernæs
Inger Aufles
Berit Mørdre
 Norway
Barbro Martinsson
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
 Sweden
1970 Vysoké Tatry Nina Fyodorova
Galina Kulakova
Alevtina Olyunina
 Soviet Union
Gabriele Haupt
Renata Fischer
Anna Unger
 East Germany
Senja Pusula
Helena Takalo
Marjatta Kajosmaa
 Finland
4 × 5 km relay
1974 Falun Nina Fyodorova
Nina Selyunina
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
Sigrun Krause
Petra Hinze
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Schmidt
 East Germany
Alena Bartošová
Gabriela Sekajová
Miroslava Jaškovská
Blanka Paulů
 Czechoslovakia
1978 Lahti Taina Impiö
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Hilkka Riihivuori
Helena Takalo
 Finland
Marlies Rostock
Birgit Schreiber
Barbara Petzold
Christel Meinel
 East Germany
Nina Rocheva
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
1982 Oslo Anette Bøe
Inger Helene Nybråten
Berit Aunli
Brit Pettersen
 Norway
Lyubov Lyadova
Lyubov Zabolotskaya
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
Petra Sölter
Carola Anding
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse
 East Germany
1985 Seefeld Tamara Tikhonova
Raisa Smetanina
Liliya Vasilchenko
Anfisa Romanova
 Soviet Union
Anette Bøe
Anne Jahren
Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo
Berit Aunli
 Norway
Manuela Drescher
Gaby Nestler
Antje Misersky
Ute Noack
 East Germany
1987 Oberstdorf Antonina Ordina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Larisa Ptitsyna
Anfisa Reztsova
 Soviet Union
Marianne Dahlmo
Nina Skeime
Anne Jahren
Anette Bøe
 Norway
Magdalena Wallin
Karin Lamberg-Skog
Annika Dahlman
Marie-Helene Westin
 Sweden
1989 Lahti Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Jaana Savolainen
Marjo Matikainen
 Finland
Yuliya Shamshurina
Raisa Smetanina
Tamara Tikhonova
Yelena Välbe
 Soviet Union
Inger Helene Nybråten
Anne Jahren
Nina Skeime
Marianne Dahlmo
 Norway
1991 Val di Fiemme Lyubov Yegorova
Raisa Smetanina
Tamara Tikhonova
Yelena Välbe
 Soviet Union
Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
Solveig Pedersen
Inger Helene Nybråten
Elin Nilsen
Trude Dybendahl
 Norway
1993 Falun Yelena Välbe
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Lyubov Yegorova
 Russia
Gabriella Paruzzi
Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
Trude Dybendahl
Inger Helene Nybråten
Anita Moen
Elin Nilsen
 Norway
1995 Thunder Bay Olga Danilova
Yelena Välbe
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
 Russia
Marit Mikkelsplass
Inger Helene Nybråten
Elin Nilsen
Anita Moen-Guidon
 Norway
Anna Frithioff
Marie-Helene Westin
Antonina Ordina
Anette Fanqvist
 Sweden
1997 Trondheim Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Yelena Välbe
 Russia
Bente Martinsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Elin Nilsen
Trude Dybendahl Hartz
 Norway
Riikka Sirviö
Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Kati Pulkkinen
Satu Salonen
 Finland
1999 Ramsau Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina
Anfisa Reztsova
Nina Gavrylyuk
 Russia
Sabina Valbusa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
Viola Bauer
Ramona Roth
Evi Sachenbacher
Sigrid Wille
 Germany
2001 Lahti Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina (6)
Yuliya Chepalova
Nina Gavrylyuk (6)
 Russia
Anita Moen
Bente Skari
Elin Nilsen
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
 Norway
Gabriella Paruzzi
Sabina Valbusa
Stefania Belmondo
Cristina Paluselli
 Italy
2003 Val di Fiemme Manuela Henkel
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel
Evi Sachenbacher
 Germany
Anita Moen
Marit Bjørgen
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Vibeke Skofterud
 Norway
Natalya Korostelyova
Olga Zavyalova
Yelena Burukhina
Nina Gavrylyuk
 Russia
2005 Oberstdorf Vibeke Skofterud
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Larisa Kurkina
Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
Arianna Follis
 Italy
2007 Sapporo Virpi Kuitunen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Pirjo Manninen
 Finland
Stefanie Böhler
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel-Nystad
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
 Germany
Vibeke Skofterud
Marit Bjørgen
Kristin Størmer Steira
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
 Norway
2009 Liberec Pirjo Muranen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
 Finland
Katrin Zeller
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Miriam Gössner
Claudia Künzel-Nystad
 Germany
Lina Andersson
Britta Norgren
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
2011 Oslo Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Anna Haag
Britta Johansson Norgren
Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
Pirjo Muranen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Krista Lähteenmäki
 Finland
2013 Val di Fiemme Heidi Weng
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Emma Wikén
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
Yuliya Ivanova
Alia Iksanova
Mariya Guschina
Yuliya Chekalyova
 Russia
2015 Falun Heidi Weng
Therese Johaug
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Sofia Bleckur
Charlotte Kalla
Maria Rydqvist
Stina Nilsson
 Sweden
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Krista Pärmäkoski
 Finland
2017 Lahti Maiken Caspersen Falla
Heidi Weng
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
Ebba Andersson
Stina Nilsson
 Sweden
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen
Laura Mononen
Krista Pärmäkoski
 Finland
2019 Seefeld Ebba Andersson
Frida Karlsson
Charlotte Kalla
Stina Nilsson
 Sweden
Heidi Weng
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Therese Johaug
 Norway
Yuliya Belorukova
Anastasia Sedova
Anna Nechaevskaya
Natalya Nepryayeva
 Russia
2021 Oberstdorf Tiril Udnes Weng
Heidi Weng
Therese Johaug
Helene Marie Fossesholm
 Norway
Yana Kirpichenko
Yuliya Stupak
Tatiana Sorina
Natalya Nepryayeva
Russia Russian Ski Federation
Jasmi Joensuu
Johanna Matintalo
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Krista Pärmäkoski
 Finland
2023 Planica Tiril Udnes Weng
Astrid Øyre Slind
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Anne Kjersti Kalvå
 Norway
Laura Gimmler
Katharina Hennig
Pia Fink
Victoria Carl
 Germany
Emma Ribom
Ebba Andersson
Frida Karlsson
Maja Dahlqvist
 Sweden

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union92112
2 Norway88420
3 Russia5139
4 Finland42713
5 Sweden15713
6 Germany1315
7 East Germany0325
 Italy0325
9Russia Russian Ski Federation0101
10 Czechoslovakia0011
Totals (10 entries)28282884

5 km (discontinued)

Debuted: 1962. Discontinued: 1999.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
1962 Zakopane  Alevtina Kolchina (URS)  Lyubov Baranova (URS)  Maria Gusakova (URS)
1966 Oslo  Alevtina Kolchina (URS) (2)  Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)  Rita Achkina (URS)
1970 Vysoké Tatry  Galina Kulakova (URS)  Galina Pilyushenko (URS)  Nina Fyodorova (URS)
1974 Falun  Galina Kulakova (URS) (2)  Blanka Paulů (TCH)  Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1978 Lahti  Helena Takalo (FIN)  Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)  Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1982 Oslo  Berit Aunli (NOR)  Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)  Brit Pettersen (NOR)
1985 Seefeld  Anette Bøe (NOR)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)  Anfisa Reztsova (URS)  Evi Kratzer (SUI)
1989 Not included in the World Championships program
1991 Val di Fiemme  Trude Dybendahl (NOR)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1993 Falun  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)  Trude Dybendahl (NOR)
1995 Thunder Bay  Larisa Lazutina (RUS) (2)  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS)  Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997 Trondheim  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Olga Danilova (RUS)
1999 Ramsau  Bente Martinsen (NOR)  Olga Danilova (RUS)  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)

Classic style: 1962–1987, 1991–1999.
Interval start: 1962–1987, 1991–1999.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union44513
2 Norway4037
3 Russia3317
4 Finland2406
5 Italy0123
6 Czechoslovakia0101
7 Czech Republic0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (8 entries)13131339

20 km and 30 km

Debuted: 1978.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
20 km
1978 Lahti  Zinaida Amosova (URS)  Galina Kulakova (URS)  Helena Takalo (FIN)
1980 Falun  Veronika Hesse (GDR)  Galina Kulakova (URS)  Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1982 Oslo  Raisa Smetanina (URS)  Berit Aunli (NOR)  Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
1985 Seefeld  Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)  Brit Pettersen (NOR)  Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987 Oberstdorf  Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)  Anfisa Reztsova (URS)  Larisa Ptitsyna (URS)
30 km
1989 Lahti  Yelena Välbe (URS)  Larisa Lazutina (URS)  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
1991 Val di Fiemme  Lyubov Yegorova (URS)  Yelena Välbe (URS)  Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1993 Falun  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Manuela Di Centa (ITA)  Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)
1995 Thunder Bay  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Manuela Di Centa (ITA)  Antonina Ordina (SWE)
1997 Trondheim  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR)
1999 Ramsau  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Olga Danilova (RUS)  Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2001 Lahti Cancelled due to extremely cold weather
2003 Val di Fiemme  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)  Yelena Burukhina (RUS)  Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2005 Oberstdorf  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)  Natalya Baranova-Masalkina (RUS)
2007 Sapporo  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)  Therese Johaug (NOR)
2009 Liberec  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)  Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS)  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR)
2011 Oslo  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)
2013 Val di Fiemme  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)  Therese Johaug (NOR)
2015 Falun  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2017 Lahti  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Heidi Weng (NOR)  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)
2019 Seefeld  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)
2021 Oberstdorf  Therese Johaug (NOR) (4)  Heidi Weng (NOR)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)
2023 Planica  Ebba Andersson (SWE)  Anne Kjersti Kalvå (NOR)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway89522
2 Soviet Union45211
3 Russia4329
4 Sweden2057
5 Italy1315
6 Finland1135
7 Poland1113
8 East Germany1001
9 Estonia0022
10 Ukraine0011
Totals (10 entries)22222266

15 km (discontinued)

Debuted: 1989. Discontinued: 2003.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
1989 Lahti  Marjo Matikainen (FIN)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Pirkko Määttä (FIN)
1991 Val di Fiemme  Yelena Välbe (URS)  Trude Dybendahl (NOR)  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
1993 Falun  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)  Marjut Rolig (FIN)
1995 Thunder Bay  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Inger Helene Nybråten (NOR)
1997 Trondheim  Yelena Välbe (RUS) (3)  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
1999 Ramsau  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Kristina Šmigun (EST)  Maria Theurl (AUT)
2001 Lahti  Bente Skari (NOR)  Olga Danilova (RUS)  Kaisa Varis (FIN)
2003 Val di Fiemme  Bente Skari (NOR)  Kristina Šmigun (EST)  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)

Classic style: 1989–1995, 2001, 2003. Free style: 1997, 1999.
Interval start: 1989–2001. Mass start: 2003.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia3216
2 Norway2114
3 Finland1236
4 Italy1113
5 Soviet Union1001
6 Estonia0202
7 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

Debuted: 1993.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
5 km classical interval start + 10 km freestyle pursuit. Separate days.
1993 Falun  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)
1995 Thunder Bay  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS)  Olga Danilova (RUS)
1997 Trondheim  Yelena Välbe (RUS)  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS)
1999 Ramsau  Stefania Belmondo (ITA)  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS)  Iryna Taranenko-Terelya (UKR)
5 km classical interval start + 5 km freestyle pursuit. Same day
2001 Lahti  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)  Larisa Lazutina (RUS)  Olga Danilova (RUS)
5 km classical mass start, then 5 km freestyle pursuit
2003 Val di Fiemme  Kristina Šmigun (EST)  Evi Sachenbacher (GER)  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)
7.5 km classical mass start, then 7.5 km freestyle pursuit
2005 Oberstdorf  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)
2007 Sapporo  Olga Zavyalova (RUS)  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)
2009 Liberec  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2011 Oslo  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)  Therese Johaug (NOR)
2013 Val di Flemme  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Heidi Weng (NOR)
2015 Falun  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)  Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2017 Lahti  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3)  Krista Pärmäkoski (FIN)  Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2019 Seefeld  Therese Johaug (NOR)  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR)  Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS)
2021 Oberstdorf  Therese Johaug (NOR) (3)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)  Ebba Andersson (SWE)
2023 Planica  Ebba Andersson (SWE)  Frida Karlsson (SWE)  Astrid Øyre Slind (NOR)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway65516
2 Russia44614
3 Italy2103
4 Sweden1236
5 Finland1113
6 Poland1102
7 Estonia1001
8 Czech Republic0101
 Germany0101
10 Ukraine0011
Totals (10 entries)16161648

Individual sprint

Debuted: 2001.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Lahti  Pirjo Manninen (FIN)  Kati Sundqvist (FIN)  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2003 Val di Fiemme  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Claudia Künzel (GER)  Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR)
2005 Oberstdorf  Emelie Öhrstig (SWE)  Lina Andersson (SWE)  Sara Renner (CAN)
2007 Sapporo  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)  Petra Majdič (SLO)  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2009 Liberec  Arianna Follis (ITA)  Kikkan Randall (USA)  Pirjo Muranen (FIN)
2011 Oslo  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Arianna Follis (ITA)  Petra Majdič (SLO)
2013 Val di Fiemme  Marit Bjørgen (NOR)  Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE)  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)
2015 Falun  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (4)  Stina Nilsson (SWE)  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)
2017 Lahti  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)  Jessie Diggins (USA)  Kikkan Randall (USA)
2019 Seefeld  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)  Stina Nilsson (SWE)  Mari Eide (NOR)
2021 Oberstdorf  Jonna Sundling (SWE)  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)  Anamarija Lampič (SLO)
2023 Planica  Jonna Sundling (SWE)  Emma Ribom (SWE)  Maja Dahlqvist (SWE)

Classic style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway71412
2 Sweden3519
3 Finland1124
4 Italy1102
5 United States0213
6 Slovenia0123
7 Germany0101
8 Canada0011
 Russia0011
Totals (9 entries)12121236

Team sprint

Debuted: 2005.

Season Gold Silver Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
Riitta-Liisa Lassila
Pirjo Manninen
 Finland
Yuliya Chepalova
Alyona Sidko
 Russia
2007 Sapporo Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Virpi Kuitunen
 Finland
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Künzel-Nystad
 Germany
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway
2009 Liberec Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen (2)
 Finland
Anna Olsson
Lina Andersson
 Sweden
Marianna Longa
Arianna Follis
 Italy
2011 Oslo Ida Ingemarsdotter
Charlotte Kalla
 Sweden
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Krista Lähteenmäki
 Finland
Maiken Caspersen Falla
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
 Norway
2013 Val di Flemme Jessie Diggins
Kikkan Randall
 United States
Charlotte Kalla
Ida Ingemarsdotter
 Sweden
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja
Krista Lähteenmäki
 Finland
2015 Falun Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Maiken Caspersen Falla
 Norway
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson
 Sweden
Justyna Kowalczyk
Sylwia Jaśkowiec
 Poland
2017 Lahti Heidi Weng
Maiken Caspersen Falla (2)
 Norway
Yuliya Belorukova
Natalya Matveyeva
 Russia
Sadie Bjornsen
Jessie Diggins
 United States
2019 Seefeld Stina Nilsson
Maja Dahlqvist
 Sweden
Katja Višnar
Anamarija Lampič
 Slovenia
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Maiken Caspersen Falla
 Norway
2021 Oberstdorf Maja Dahlqvist (2)
Jonna Sundling
 Sweden
Laurien van der Graaff
Nadine Fähndrich
 Switzerland
Eva Urevc
Anamarija Lampič
 Slovenia
2023 Planica Emma Ribom
Jonna Sundling (2)
 Sweden
Anne Kjersti Kalvå
Tiril Udnes Weng
 Norway
Jessie Diggins
Julia Kern
 United States

Classic style: 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden4307
2 Norway3137
3 Finland2215
4 United States1023
5 Russia0112
 Slovenia0112
7 Germany0101
  Switzerland0101
9 Italy0011
 Poland0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

Medal table

Table updated after the 2023 Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway482631105
2 Soviet Union27151254
3 Russia19171753
4 Finland14202357
5 Sweden12201951
6 Italy511824
7 United States2349
8 Poland2338
9 Czech Republic2125
10 Germany1618
11 East Germany1427
12 Estonia1326
13 Slovenia0235
14 Czechoslovakia0123
15  Switzerland0112
16Russia Russian Ski Federation0101
17 Ukraine0022
18 Austria0011
 Canada0011
Totals (19 entries)134134134402

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
1 Marit Bjørgen  Norway 2003 2017 18 5 3 26
2 Yelena Välbe  Soviet Union
 Russia
1989 1997 14 3 17
3 Therese Johaug  Norway 2007 2021 14 2 3 19
4 Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna)  Soviet Union
 Russia
1987 2001 11 3 2 16
5 Alevtina Kolchina  Soviet Union 1958 1966 7 1 8
6 Nina Gavrylyuk  Soviet Union
 Russia
1987 2003 6 3 2 11
7 Virpi Kuitunen  Finland 2001 2009 6 1 1 8
8 Heidi Weng  Norway 2013 2021 5 3 1 9
9 Galina Kulakova  Soviet Union 1970 1982 5 2 2 9
10 Bente Skari (Martinsen)  Norway 1997 2003 5 2 7

Individual events

Rank Cross-country skier Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Marit Bjørgen  Norway 2003 2017 12 4 1 17
2 Yelena Välbe  Soviet Union
 Russia
1989 1997 10 2 12
3 Therese Johaug  Norway 2007 2021 10 1 3 14
4 Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna)  Soviet Union
 Russia
1987 2001 5 3 2 10
5 Bente Skari (Martinsen)  Norway 1999 2003 5 5
6 Stefania Belmondo  Italy 1991 1999 4 4 1 9
7 Alevtina Kolchina  Soviet Union 1958 1966 4 1 5
8 Galina Kulakova  Soviet Union 1970 1980 3 1 1 5
9 Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland 2009 2013 2 3 2 7
10 Marjo Matikainen  Finland 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
 Norway Marit Bjørgen 2003 2017 18 5 3 26
 Soviet Union
 Russia
Yelena Välbe 1989 1997 14 3 17
 Russia
(as such only)
Larisa Lazutina 1993 2001 10 2 1 13
 Soviet Union
(as such only)
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
 Finland 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
 Italy Stefania Belmondo 1991 2001 4 7 2 13
 Sweden 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
 Poland Justyna Kowalczyk 2009 2015 2 3 3 8
 United States Jessie Diggins 2013 2023 2 2 2 6
 Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová* 1997 2007 2 1 2 5
 Germany Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 1999 2009 1 4 1 6
 Estonia Kristina Šmigun* 1999 2003 1 3 2 6
 East Germany 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
 Slovenia Anamarija Lampič 2019 2021 1 2 3
 Czechoslovakia Blanka Paulů 1974 1974 1 1 2
Russia Russian Ski Federation
(as such only)
Yana Kirpichenko 2021 2021 1 1
Natalya Nepryayeva 2021 2021 1 1
Tatiana Sorina 2021 2021 1 1
Yuliya Stupak 2021 2021 1 1
 Switzerland Nadine Fähndrich 2021 2021 1 1
Laurien van der Graaff 2021 2021 1 1
 Austria Maria Theurl* 1999 1999 1 1
 Canada Sara Renner* 2005 2005 1 1
 Ukraine 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

See also

External links and references