List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in men's cross-country skiing. Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
18 km, 17 km and 15 km
Debuted: 1925.
Classic style: 1925, 1927–1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.
Interval start: 1925, 1927–1991, 2001–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
2 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
50 km
Debuted: 1925.
50 km is one of only three events that has been contested at every FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Classic style: 1925–1985, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 1987–1995, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.
Interval start: 1925–2003. Mass start: 2005–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
2 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
30 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1926. Discontinued: 2003.
Classic style: 1926, 1954–1995, 2001, 2003. Free style: 1997, 1999.
Interval start: 1926, 1954–2001. Mass start: 2003.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
4 × 10 km relay
Debuted: 1933
4×10 km classic style: 1933–1985. 4×10 km free style: 1987. 2×10 km classic style + 2×10 km free style: 1989–2023.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 20 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (12 entries) | 36 | 34 | 36 | 106 |
10 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1991. Discontinued: 1999.
Classic style: 1991–1999. Interval start: 1991–1999.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon
Debuted: 1993.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Ski Federation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Medal table
Table updated after the 2023 Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 68 | 44 | 49 | 161 |
2 | ![]() | 38 | 29 | 29 | 96 |
3 | ![]() | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 176 | 174 | 176 | 526 |
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 | Petter Northug | ![]() | 2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | – | 16 |
2 | Bjørn Dæhlie | ![]() | 1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | ![]() | 2017 | 2023 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
4 | Gunde Svan | ![]() | 1985 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
5 | Thomas Alsgaard | ![]() | 1995 | 2003 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
6 | Klaes Karppinen | ![]() | 1934 | 1939 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
7 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | ![]() | 1999 | 2009 | 5 | – | 3 | 8 |
8 | Vladimir Smirnov | ![]() ![]() | 1987 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
9 | Torgny Mogren | ![]() | 1987 | 1993 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Mika Myllylä | ![]() | 1995 | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Martin Johnsrud Sundby | ![]() | 2011 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Individual events
Rank | Cross-country skier | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petter Northug | ![]() | 2009 | 2015 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
2 | Bjørn Dæhlie | ![]() | 1991 | 1999 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
3 | Gunde Svan | ![]() | 1985 | 1991 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
4 | Vladimir Smirnov | ![]() ![]() | 1989 | 1995 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
5 | Mika Myllylä | ![]() | 1995 | 1999 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | ![]() | 2017 | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
7 | Per Elofsson | ![]() | 2001 | 2003 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
8 | Veikko Hakulinen | ![]() | 1954 | 1958 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
Thomas Wassberg | ![]() | 1982 | 1987 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
10 | Torgny Mogren | ![]() | 1987 | 1993 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Petter Northug (by the gold first ranking system) | 2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | – | 16 |
Bjørn Dæhlie (by total number of medals) | 1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
![]() | Gunde Svan | 1985 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
![]() | Klaes Karppinen | 1934 | 1939 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
![]() ![]() | Vladimir Smirnov | 1987 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
![]() (as such only) | Vladimir Smirnov | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
![]() (as such only) | Nikita Kryukov (by the gold first ranking system) | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sergey Ustiugov (by total number of medals) | 2013 | 2019 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
![]() ![]() | Nikita Kryukov (by the gold first ranking system) | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Alexander Bolshunov (by total number of medals) | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
![]() | Axel Teichmann | 2003 | 2011 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
![]() | Gerhard Grimmer | 1970 | 1974 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | Alex Harvey | 2011 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | Andrus Veerpalu | 1999 | 2009 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
![]() (as such only) | Vladimir Kuzin & Vyacheslav Vedenin (by the gold first ranking system) | 1954 1970 | 1954 1970 | 2 2 | 1 1 | – – | 3 3 |
Vladimir Smirnov (by total number of medals) | 1987 | 1991 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
![]() | Maurilio De Zolt & Federico Pellegrino (by the gold first ranking system) | 1985 2015 | 1993 2023 | 1 1 | 3 3 | 2 2 | 6 6 |
Silvio Fauner (by total number of medals) | 1993 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
![]() | František Donth | 1925 | 1927 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
![]() (as such only) | Alexander Bolshunov | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | Dario Cologna* | 2013 | 2015 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
![]() | Alois Stadlober (by the gold first ranking system) | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Mikhail Botvinov (by total number of medals, including 1 bronze medal won for Russia) | 1993 | 1999 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | |
![]() | Johann Mühlegg* | 2001 | 2001 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
![]() | Martin Koukal | 2003 | 2005 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
![]() | Józef Łuszczek | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
![]() | Vincent Vittoz (by the gold first ranking system) | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Maurice Manificat (by total number of medals) | 2015 | 2021 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
![]() | Leanid Karneyenka* | 2007 | 2007 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
![]() | Bill Koch* | 1982 | 1982 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Walter Demel* | 1966 | 1966 | – | – | 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:
1999 Mika Myllylä
1993 Bjørn Dæhlie
1995 Vladimir Smirnov
(all four individual)
1991 Gunde Svan
1995 Bjørn Dæhlie
1997 Mika Myllylä
- out of 6 possible:
- 3 medals:
- out of 3 possible:
1935 Klaes Karppinen
1941 Jussi Kurikkala
(1941 Championship subsequently cancelled)
1933 Hjalmar Bergström
1939 Klaes Karppinen
1950 Enar Josefsson
1937 Pekka Niemi
1941 Alfred Dahlqvist
(1941 Championship subsequently cancelled)
- out of 4 possible:
1966 Gjermund Eggen
1954 Vladimir Kuzin
1962 Assar Rönnlund
1970 Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974 Gerhard Grimmer
1958 Sixten Jernberg
1985 Gunde Svan
1935 Oddbjørn Hagen
(2 of 3 medals in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1954 Arvo Viitanen
1958 Veikko Hakulinen
1966 Eero Mäntyranta
1982 Lars Erik Eriksen
1985 Ove Aunli
1958 Pavel Kolchin
1970 Gerhard Grimmer
1985 Maurilio De Zolt
- out of 3 possible:
- 2 medals out of 2 possible:
1925 Otakar Německý
(one medal of two possible in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1926 Matti Raivio
1927 John Lindgren
1931 Johan Grøttumsbråten
(one medal of two possible in cross country + one in Nordic Combined)
1925 František Donth
1929 Veli Saarinen
1929 Anselm Knuuttila
1930 Arne Rustadstuen
1926 Tauno Lappalainen
1927 František Donth