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.

See also: List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing

10 km

Games	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)	Radia Erosjina (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)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1989 Lahti classical	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Pirkko Määttä (FIN)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
1989 Lahti freestyle	Elena Välbe (URS)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Tamara Tikhonova (URS)
1991 Val di Fiemme	Elena 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)	Larissa 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 Chekaleva (RUS)
2015 Falun	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	Jessica Diggins (USA)	Caitlin Compton Gregg (USA)

4 x 5 km relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3x5 km relay
1954 Falun	Lyubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsaryova Soviet Union	Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen Finland	Anna-Lisa Eriksson Märta Nordberg Sonja Edström Sweden
1958 Lahti	Radia Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union	Toini Mikkola-Pöysti Pirkko Korkee Siiri Rantanen Finland	Märta Nordberg Inna 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
4x5 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 Britt Pettersen Norway	Lyubov Lyadova Lyubov Sabolotskaya 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 Gavrilyuk Larisa Ptitsyna Anfisa Reztsova Soviet Union	Marianne Dahlmo Nina Skeime Anne Jahren Anette Bøe Norway	Magdalena Wallin Karin Lamberg-Skog Annika Dahlmann 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 Gavrilyuk 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 Gavrilyuk 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 Gavrilyuk 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 Gavrilyuk 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 Yuliya Chepalova Nina Gavrilyuk 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 Burukina Nina Gavrilyuk Russia
2005 Oberstdorf	Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen Norway	Larisa Kurkina Natalia Baranova-Masolkina 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 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	Julia Ivanova Alia Iksanova Mariya Guschina Yuliya Chekaleva 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

5 km (discontinued)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1962 Zakopane	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Lyubov Baranova (URS)	Maria Gusakova (URS)
1966 Oslo	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)	Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)	Rita Atskina (URS)
1970 Vysoké Tatry	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Galina Pilyushenko (URS)	Nina Fyodorova (URS)
1974 Falun	Galina Kulakova (URS)	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)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1985 Seefeld	Anette Bøe (NOR)	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (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)	Nina Gavrilyuk (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)

20 km and 30 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
20 km
1978 Lahti	Zinaida Amosova (URS)	Raisa Smetanina (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)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)	Anette Bøe (NOR)
30 km
1987 Oberstdorf	Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)	Anfisa Reztsova (URS)	Larisa Ptitsyna (URS)
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	Cancelled
2003 Val di Fiemme	Olga Zavyalova (RUS)	Yelena Burukhina (RUS)	Kristina Šmigun (EST)
2005 Oberstdorf	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS)
2007 Sapporo	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	Therese Johaug (NOR)
2009 Liberec	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS)	Valentina 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)

15 km (discontinued)

Games	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)	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)

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

Games	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 Gavrilyuk (RUS)	Olga Danilova (RUS)
1997 Trondheim	Yelena Välbe (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS)
1999 Ramsau	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS)	Irina Terelia Taranenko (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)

Individual sprint

Debuted: 2001.

Games	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	Emilie Öhrstig (SWE)	Lina Andersson (SWE)	Sara Renner (CAN)
2007 Sapporo	Astrid 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)	Stina Nilsson (SWE)	Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR)

Team sprint

Debuted: 2005.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen Norway	Riitta Liisa Lassila Pirjo Manninen Finland	Yuliya Chepalova Alena Sidko Russia
2007 Sapporo	Riitta-Liisa Roponen Virpi Kuitunen Finland	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel-Nystad Germany	Astrid Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen Norway
2009 Liberec	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Finland	Anna Olsson Lina Andersson Sweden	Arianna Follis Marianna Longa 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	Jessica Diggins Kikkan Randall United States	Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden	Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja Krista Lahteenmäki Finland
2015 Falun	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway	Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson Sweden	Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec Poland

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)

External links and references

• http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisworldskichampionships/nordicwsc.html
• http://sports123.com/cco/index.html