The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011 in Oslo, Norway. The championships consisted of 21 events in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined, of which eight were team or relay events. The tournament was held at Holmenkollen National Arena, with ski jumping in the large Holmenkollbakken and the normal Midtstubakken, and coincided with the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. Since the 2009 World Championships, a normal hill team event was added for both ski jumping and Nordic combined, while the combined mass start was removed from the program.
Norway was the most successful nation, collecting eight gold medals and twenty medals overall. Austria was the second-most successful, collecting seven golds and ten golds overall. Austria won all ski jumping competitions, as well as both combined team events. Norway dominated the cross-country events, winning both relays and taking 12 of the 24 individual medals. Norway's Marit Bjørgen was the most successful athlete, winning four gold and one silver medal. Petter Northug, also from Norway, won three gold and two silver medals. Canada, with Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey took its first-ever victory with gold in the men's team sprint. Sweden's Marcus Hellner won the men's sprint, while Finland's Matti Heikkinen won the men's 15 km. Sweden, with Ida Ingemarsdotter and Charlotte Kalla, won the Women's team sprint.
In ski jumping, the Austrians Thomas Morgenstern took three golds and one silver, Gregor Schlierenzauer won three golds, and Daniela Iraschko won the women's event. In the Nordic combined, Germany took four of the six individual medals. The normal hill was won by Germany's Eric Frenzel while France' Jason Lamy-Chappuis won the large hill.
Events edit
Cross-country skiing edit
Men's edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 kilometre classical | Matti Heikkinen Finland |
38:14.7 | Eldar Rønning Norway |
+ 13.3 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway |
+ 31.9 |
| 30 kilometre pursuit | Petter Northug Norway |
1:14:10.4 | Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia |
+ 0.7 | Ilia Chernousov Russia |
+ 1.2 |
| 50 kilometre freestyle | Petter Northug Norway |
2:08:09.0 | Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia |
+ 1.7 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen Norway |
+ 6.3 |
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay | Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Eldar Rønning Tord Asle Gjerdalen Petter Northug |
1:40:10.2 |  Sweden Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner |
+ 1.3 |  GermanyJens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Franz Göring Tobias Angerer |
+ 5.7 |
| Sprint | Marcus Hellner Sweden |
2:57.4 | Petter Northug Norway |
+ 0.6 | Emil Jönsson Sweden |
+ 1.1 |
| Team sprint |  CanadaDevon Kershaw Alex Harvey |
19:10.0 | Norway Petter Northug Ola Vigen Hattestad |
+ 0.2 | Russia Alexander Panzhinskiy Nikita Kriukov |
+ 0.4 |
Women's edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 kilometre classical | Marit Bjørgen Norway |
27:39.3 | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland |
+ 4.1 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland |
+ 9.7 |
| 15 kilometre pursuit | Marit Bjørgen Norway |
38:08.6 | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland |
+ 7.5 | Therese Johaug Norway |
+ 8.8 |
| 30 kilometre freestyle | Therese Johaug Norway |
1:23:45.1 | Marit Bjørgen Norway |
+ 44.0 | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland |
+ 1:34.0 |
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay | Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen |
53:30.0 | Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Anna Haag Britta Johansson Norgren Charlotte Kalla |
+36.1 | Finland Pirjo Muranen Aino Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Krista Lähteenmäki |
+59.8 |
| Sprint | Marit Bjørgen Norway |
3:03.9 | Arianna Follis Italy |
+ 0.2 | Petra Majdič Slovenia |
+ 0.5 |
| Team sprint | Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla |
19:25.0 | Finland Aino Kaisa Saarinen Krista Lähteenmäki |
+ 3.3 | Norway Maiken Caspersen Falla Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen |
+ 4.1 |
Nordic combined edit
Ski jumping edit
Men's edit
Women's edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's individual normal hill (HS106) | Daniela Iraschko Austria
|
231.7 | Elena Runggaldier Italy
|
218.9 | Coline Mattel France
|
211.5 |
Medal table edit
Nations edit
* Host nation (Norway)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway (NOR)* | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 | |
