Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 2013

The 2013 championships had a submission deadline of 1 May 2007 to the International Ski Federation (FIS). The facility was chosen at the International Ski Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, on 29 May 2008. Five cities submitted bids for this event. This bid questionnaire used for the upcoming Nordic skiing championships was also used for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013.

City	Country	Previous championships hosted	FIS delegation visit
Falun	Sweden	1954, 1974, 1993	18–19 September 2007
Lahti	Finland	1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001	17–18 September 2007
Oberstdorf	Germany	1987, 2005	20–21 August 2007
Val di Fiemme	Italy	1991, 2003	27–28 August 2007
Zakopane	Poland	1929, 1939, 1962	22–23 August 2007

The finalist cities' deadline for the application was 15 August 2007. From 20 August to 19 September 2007, the FIS Inspection group, led by Secretary-General Sarah Lewis, visited each candidate city for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013. The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 (Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), Schladming (Austria), St. Moritz (Switzerland), and Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado (United States)) (The deadline for the alpine skiing championships was 31 August 2007) were visited in late 2007. This task force consisted of FIS officials and representatives of the European Broadcasting Union to review the proposed event and act as an advisory body on the feasibility of the implementation. A final report was presented to the FIS Council, FIS Technical Committee, and National Ski Associations in April 2008.

On 12–13 October 2007, delegates for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (five total), FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (four total), FIS Ski-Flying World Championships (two total), and FIS Freestyle World Championships (two total) met in Cape Town to review the rules regarding the promotional activities during the Congress. The decision took place in Cape Town with the 17-member FIS Council in May 2008.

The finalist candidates were posted in the 14 May 2008 FIS Newsflash in an effort to show their candidacy prior to the 29 May 2008 selection.

The winner was announced to be Val di Fiemme on the third ballot of exhaustive voting, who will host their third championships.

Voting results

The four cities that lost the bid for the 2013 championships submitted their bids for the 2015 championships on 1 May 2009.

2008

The coordination group for the event first took place on 24 September 2008. Local organization has already taken place given the area has hosted numerous World Cup events in cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping, along with the Tour de Ski competitions. The focus in 2008 was to develop activities for festivals leading up to and at the championships. A young team called "Vision 2013" will work with the tourism association in the Trentino to develop destination packages with the championships.

2009

The organizing committee for the 2009 championships in Liberec met in Oslo with the organizing committee of the 2011 championships on 20 April 2009 to discuss lessons learned. In the presentation was a comprehensive and frank analysis of the critical areas of Liberec's organization. Key success factors were detailed and lessons learned were elaborated, including several recommendations to both the 2011 championships and the organizing committee for the 2013 championships. Besides the 2009, 2011, and 2013 organizing committees in attendance, other attendees included the Norwegian Ski Federation, the European Broadcasting Union television, FIS, and the APF marketing partners. A second organizing committee meeting took place in Val di Fiemme on 3 June 2009 headed by Piero De Godenz and Angelo Corradini. In discussion was great strides in facility upgrades in time for the 2012 test events, along with legacy usage after the championships. Also included were marketing campaigns with EBU and with support from the local area. At a meeting in Cavalese on 26 October 2009, the organizing committee presented a detailed chart where each person listed had specific responsibilities. Most of coordinating group members also participated in the 1991 and 2003 championships. In January 2010, the city hosted the last two stages in the 2009–10 Tour de Ski, the 100th FIS World Cup staged by the Coordinating Group. Marketing and communications presented the event's mission and vision while the technical side involved sport structure, roads, and media broadcasting.

2010

At a 12 May 2010 meeting held in Cavalese, main issues dealt with were event marketing and communications. Venue construction, most notably the Predazzo ski jump renovation, was also discussed. Host broadcaster RAI presented its proposed infrastructure for broadcasting the event, including the addition fibre-optic cable for coverage. FIS Secretary-General Sarah Lewis stated that 700 people, including many youth, had volunteered for the championships as of May 2010.

All times are local.

Cross-country skiing

Men's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre freestyle interval start details	Petter Northug   Norway	34:37.1	Johan Olsson   Sweden	34:48.9	Tord Asle Gjerdalen   Norway	34:59.4
30 kilometre pursuit details	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	1:13:09.3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Norway	1:13:11.1	Sjur Røthe   Norway	1:13:11.3
50 kilometre classical mass start details	Johan Olsson   Sweden	2:10:41.4	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	2:10:54.3	Alexey Poltoranin   Kazakhstan	2:10:58.2
4 × 10 kilometre relay details	Norway Tord Asle Gjerdalen Eldar Rønning Sjur Røthe Petter Northug	1:41:37.2	Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson	1:41:38.4	Russia Evgeniy Belov Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Legkov Sergey Ustiugov	1:41:39.6
Sprint details	Nikita Kriukov   Russia	3:30.4	Petter Northug   Norway	3:30.8	Alex Harvey   Canada	3:31.2
Team sprint details	Russia Alexei Petukhov Nikita Kriukov	21:30.98	Sweden Marcus Hellner Emil Jönsson	21:31.44	Kazakhstan Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin	21:31.71

Women's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 kilometre freestyle interval start details	Therese Johaug   Norway	25:23.4	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	25:33.6	Yuliya Chekaleva   Russia	25:56.1
15 kilometre pursuit details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	39:04.4	Therese Johaug   Norway	39:07.8	Heidi Weng   Norway	39:19.3
30 kilometre classical mass start details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	1:27:19.9	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland	1:27:23.6	Therese Johaug   Norway	1:27:28.6
4 × 5 kilometre relay details	Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	1:00:36.5	Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	1:01:02.7	Russia Julia Ivanova Alia Iksanova Mariya Guschina Yuliya Chekaleva	1:01:22.3
Sprint details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	3:16.6	Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden	3:18.9	Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway	3:20.4
Team sprint details	United States Jessie Diggins Kikkan Randall	20:24.44	Sweden Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter	20:32.24	Finland Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja Krista Lahteenmäki	20:35.59

Nordic combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km details	Eric Frenzel   Germany	27:22.8	Bernhard Gruber   Austria	27:59.5	Jason Lamy-Chappuis   France	28:00.0
Individual normal hill/10 km details	Jason Lamy-Chappuis   France	29:13.2	Mario Stecher   Austria	29:13.4	Björn Kircheisen   Germany	29:13.5
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km details	France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	57:34.0	Norway Jørgen Gråbak Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Krog Magnus Moan	57:34.4	United States Taylor Fletcher Bryan Fletcher Todd Lodwick Bill Demong	57:38.2
Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km details	France Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	35:37.9	Austria Wilhelm Denifl Bernhard Gruber	35:54.5	Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel	36:21.8

Ski jumping

Men's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual normal hill (HS106) details	Anders Bardal   Norway	252.6	Gregor Schlierenzauer   Austria	248.4	Peter Prevc   Slovenia	244.3
Men's individual large hill (HS134) details	Kamil Stoch   Poland	295.8	Peter Prevc   Slovenia	289.7	Anders Jacobsen   Norway	289.1
Men's team large hill (HS134) details	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Manuel Fettner Thomas Morgenstern Gregor Schlierenzauer	1135.9	Germany Andreas Wank Severin Freund Michael Neumayer Richard Freitag	1121.8	Poland Maciej Kot Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch	1121.0

Women's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's individual normal hill (HS106) details	Sarah Hendrickson   United States	253.7	Sara Takanashi   Japan	251.0	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger   Austria	237.2

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed team normal hill (HS106) details	Japan Yuki Ito Daiki Ito Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi	1011.0	Austria Chiara Hölzl Thomas Morgenstern Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Gregor Schlierenzauer	986.7	Germany Ulrike Gräßler Richard Freitag Carina Vogt Severin Freund	984.9

700 athletes 56 countries are scheduled to compete, an increase of 6 from 2011. Togo is scheduled to make its debut appearance.