| FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2008 | |
| Host City: | Mals, Italy Zakopane, Poland |
| Events: | 20 |
| Opening: | 23 February |
| Closing: | 29 February |
| Previous: | 2007 Planica/Tarvisio |
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2008 took place in Mals, Italy and Zakopane, Poland from 23 February to 29 February 2008. It was the 31st Junior World Championships and the 3rd Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.
| Men's Junior Events | |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free[1] | Calle Halfvarsson | Jesper Modin | Raul Shakirzianov | ||||
| Men's junior 10 kilometre classic[2] | Hans Christer Holund | 28:50.3 | Alex Harvey | 28:58.5 | Tim Tscharnke | 29:09.5 | |
| Men's junior 20 kilometre free mass start[3] | Philipp Marschall | 48:29.6 | Petr Sedov | 48:30.1 | Andrey Gridin | 48:30.1 | |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay[4] | Andrey Feller Petr Sedov Evgeniy Garanichev Raul Shakirzianov | 59:06.1 | Hannes Dotzler Thomas Bing Philipp Marschall Tim Tscharnke | 59:06.3 | Gennadiy Matviyenko Vitaly Alexandrov Andrey Gridin Mark Starostin | 59:41.8 | |
| Ladies' Junior Events | |||||||
| Ladies' junior sprint free[5] | Laure Barthélémy | Aurelie Dabudyk | Lucia Anger | ||||
| Ladies' junior 5 kilometre classic[6] | Therese Johaug | 14:54.0 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | 14:58.5 | Lucia Anger | 15:05.5 | |
| Therese Johaug | 25:24.7 | Laure Barthélémy | 25:28.7 | Lisa Larsen | 25:29.2 | ||
Celine Brun-Lie Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marthe Kristoffersen | 41:50.1 | Hanna Brodin Therese Svensson Lisa Larsen Hanna Falk | 41:51.1 | Johanna Heinanen Kerttu Niskanen Satu Annila Krista Lähteenmäki | 41:54.1 | ||
| Normal hill/5 km[7] | Alessandro Pittin | 31:37.9 | Tomaz Druml | 32:41.5 | Janne Ryynänen | 33:36.9 |
| Normal hill/10 km[8] | Alessandro Pittin | 28:31.7 | Johannes Rydzek | 29:37.6 | Ole Christian Wendel | 29:52.4 |
Wolfgang Bösl Markus Förster Andreas Günter Stefan Tuss | 59:32.9 | Dominik Dier Johannes Weiss Robert Hauser Tomaz Druml | 1:00:03.1 | Ole Christian Wendel Truls Sønstehagen Johansen Per Sannes Heger Ole Martin Storlien | 1:01:09.2 | |
| Men's Junior Events | |||||||
| Andreas Wank | 251.5 | Shohhei Tochimoto | 249.5 | Andreas Strolz | 246.0 | ||
| Men's junior team normal hill[9] | Thomas Thurnbichler Michael Hayböck Florian Schabereiter Lukas Müller | 981.5 | Tobias Bogner Felix Schoft Danny Queck Pascal Bodmer | 978.5 | Andrzej Zapotoczny Jakub Kot Grzegorz Mietus Maciej Kot | 937.0 | |
| Ladies' Junior Events | |||||||
| Jacqueline Seifriedsberger | 227.0 | Elena Runggaldier | 225.5 | Katja Pozun | 222.5 | ||
| Men's Under-23 Events | |||||||
| Men's under-23 sprint free[10] | Robin Bryntesson | Cyril Miranda | Nikolay Morilov | ||||
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic[11] | Martin Jakš | 42:10.2 | Alexey Poltoranin | 42:42.5 | Petter Eliassen | 43:15.4 | |
| Men's under-23 30 kilometre free mass start[12] | Dario Cologna | 1:07:22.6 | Ilia Chernousov | 1:07:23.4 | Maurice Manificat | 1:07:25.2 | |
| Ladies' Under-23 Events | |||||||
| Ladies' under-23 sprint free[13] | Vesna Fabjan | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Mari Laukkanen | ||||
| Olga Tiagai | 29:41.6 | Aurore Cuinet | 29:53.5 | Silja Tarvonen | 30:18.9 | ||
| Olga Tiagai | 37:03.4 | Silja Tarvonen | 37:24.2 | Elizabeth Stephen | 37:25.1 | ||