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 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 to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to separate races run immediately one after another (double).

Contents
Men's cross country
1.5 km individual sprint
15 km classical
10 km + 10 km double pursuit
30 km classical mass start
50 km freestyle
4 × 10 km relay
Women's cross country
1.5 km individual sprint
10 km classical
5 km + 5 km double pursuit
15 km classical mass start
30 km freestyle
4 × 5 km relay
Men's Nordic combined
7.5 km sprint
15 km Individual Gundersen
4 × 5 km team
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
Individual large hill
Team large hill
External links

Men's cross country


1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Thobias Fredriksson, Sweden
Silver Håvard Bjerkeli, Norway
Bronze Tor Arne Hetland, Norway

15 km classical

February 21, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Axel Teichmann, Germany 35:47.5
Silver Jaak Mae, Estonia 35:54.4
Bronze Frode Estil, Norway 35:56.0

10 km + 10 km double pursuit

February 23, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Per Elofsson, Sweden 47:42.3
Silver Tore Ruud Hofstad, Norway 47:42.6
Bronze Jörgen Brink, Sweden 47:42.7

30 km classical mass start

February 19, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Thomas Alsgaard, Norway 1:12:29.3
Silver Anders Aukland, Norway 1:12:29.9
Bronze Frode Estil, Norway 1:12:30.4

50 km freestyle

March 1, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Martin Koukal, Czech Republic 1:54:25.3
Silver Anders Södergren, Sweden 1:54:40.3
Bronze Jörgen Brink, Sweden 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, Per Elofsson,Mathias Fredriksson, Jörgen Brink) 1:32:12.8

Women's cross country


1.5 km individual sprint

February 26, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Marit Bjørgen, Norway
Silver Claudia Künzel, Germany
Bronze Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Norway

10 km classical

February 20. 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Bente Skari, Norway 25:47.0
Silver Kristina Šmigun, Estonia 26:08.0
Bronze Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Norway 26:16.7

5 km + 5 km double pursuit

February 22, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Kristina Šmigun, Estonia 26:38.4
Silver Evi Sachenbacher, Germany 26:39.0
Bronze Olga Zavyalova, Russia 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, Norway 39:40.9
Silver Kristina Šmigun, Estonia 39:53.7
Bronze Olga Zavyalova, Russia 40:36.7

30 km freestyle

February 28, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Time'
Gold Olga Zavyalova, Russia 1:14:29.8
Silver Yelena Burukina, Russia 1:14:45.1
Bronze Kristina Šmigun, Estonia 1:14:56.7

4 × 5 km relay

February 24, 2003
Medal Team Time
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 Burukina, Nina Gavrilyuk) 52:06.3

The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis tested positive for 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, Germany 18:49.1
Bronze Felix Gottwald, Austria 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, Germany 37:54.2
Silver Felix Gottwald, Austria 38:46.3
Bronze Samppa Lajunen, Finland 39:10.1

4 × 5 km team

February 24, 2003
Medal Team Time
Gold Austria (Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald) 47:23.9
Silver Germany (Thorsten Schmitt, Georg Hettich, Björn Kircheisen, Ronny Ackermann) +12.3
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 Malysz, Poland 279.0
Silver Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Norway 263.0
Bronze Noriaki Kasai, Japan 259.5

Individual large hill

February 22, 2003
'Medal' 'Athlete' 'Points'
Gold Adam Malysz, Poland 289.0
Silver Matti Hautamäki, Finland 286.5
Bronze Noriaki Kasai, Japan 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

External links



FIS 2003 Cross country results

FIS 2003 Nordic combined results

FIS 2003 Ski jumping results

2003 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships official website

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