| FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 | |
| Host City: | Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol |
| Country: | Austria |
| Events: | 22 |
| Previous: | 2017 |
The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria. It was the second time Seefeld in Tirol hosted the world championships, the event having been hosted there previously in 1985.
Championships was awarded to Seefeld in Tirol in Tyrol in Austria during the FIS Congress from 1–6 June 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.[1] [2]
Finalist applicants were Seefeld in Tirol (Austria), Oberstdorf (Germany), Planica (Slovenia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan).[3] Oberstdorf had already applied for 2013, 2015 and 2017, Planica for 2017. Seefeld submitted its candidacy shortly before the deadline.
The Austrian winter sports resort had hosted the Championships in 1985,[4] the German resort of Oberstdorf in 1987 and 2005.
Detailed application concepts were to be submitted by 1 September 2013.[5]
| City | Country | Previous championships hosted | Recent bids | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seefeld in Tirol | 1985 | – | ||
| Oberstdorf | 1987, 2005 | 3rd (2017), 4th (2015), 5th (2013) | ||
| Planica | 2nd (2017) | |||
| Almaty | – |
| City | First vote | Second vote | Third vote[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seefeld in Tirol | 6 | 6 | 9 | |
| Oberstdorf | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Planica | 3 | 3 | Out | |
| Almaty | 0 | Out | Out |
All times are local (UTC+1).[7]
| Date | Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February | 12:30 | Women's 10 km classical qualification | |
| 14:00 | Men's 15 km classical qualification | ||
| 21 February | 14:30 | Men's & women's sprint | |
| 23 February | 11:00 | Women's 2 × 7.5 km skiathlon | |
| 12:30 | Men's 2 × 15 km skiathlon | ||
| 24 February | 09:15 | Men's & women's team sprint | |
| 26 February | 15:00 | Women's 10 km classical | |
| 27 February | 14:00 | Men's 15 km classical | |
| 28 February | 13:00 | Women's 4 × 5 km relay | |
| 1 March | 13:15 | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | |
| 2 March | 12:15 | Women's 30 km freestyle | |
| 3 March | 15:30 | Men's 50 km freestyle |
| Date | Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | 10:30 16:15 | HS130 / 10 km | |
| 24 February | 10:30 13:30 | Team HS130 / 2 × 7.5 km | |
| 28 February | 11:00 15:15 | HS109 / 10 km | |
| 2 March | 11:00 14:45 | Team HS109 / 4 × 5 km |
| Date | Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | 14:30 | Men's HS130 qualification | |
| 23 February | 14:30 | Men's HS130 | |
| 24 February | 14:45 | Men's team HS130 | |
| 26 February | 16:15 | Women's team HS109 | |
| 27 February | 15:00 | Women's HS109 qualification | |
| 27 February | 16:15 | Women's HS109 | |
| 28 February | 16:30 | Men's HS109 qualification | |
| 1 March | 16:00 | Men's HS109 | |
| 2 March | 16:00 | Team mixed HS109 |
| Sprint[8] | 3:21.17 | 3:21.40 | 3:22.54 | ||||
| 30 kilometre skiathlon[9] | 1:10:21.8 | 1:10:21.9 | 1:10:22.5 | ||||
| Team sprint[10] | Emil Iversen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 18:49.86 | Gleb Retivykh Alexander Bolshunov | 18:51.74 | Francesco De Fabiani Federico Pellegrino | 18:53.89 | |
| 15 kilometre classical[11] | 38:22.6 | 38:25.5 | 38:43.0 | ||||
| 4 × 10 kilometre relay[12] | Emil Iversen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sjur Røthe Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 1:42:32.1 | Andrey Larkov Alexander Bessmertnykh Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov | 1:43:10.9 | Adrien Backscheider Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse Richard Jouve | 1:43:33.1 | |
| 50 kilometre freestyle mass start[13] | 1:49:59.3 | 1:50:27.1 | 1:50:57.1 |
| Sprint[14] | 2:32.35 | 2:34.01 | 2:35.19 | ||||
| 15 kilometre skiathlon[15] | 36:54.5 | 37:52.1 | 37:53.2 | ||||
| Team sprint[16] | Stina Nilsson Maja Dahlqvist | 15:14.93 | Katja Višnar Anamarija Lampič | 15:15.30 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Maiken Caspersen Falla | 15:15.53 | |
| 10 kilometre classical[17] | 27:02.1 | 27:14.3 | 27:37.7 | ||||
| 4 × 5 kilometre relay[18] | Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson | 55:21.0 | Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Therese Johaug | 55:24.1 | Yuliya Belorukova Anastasia Sedova Anna Nechaevskaya Natalya Nepryaeva | 57:24.8 | |
| 30 kilometre freestyle mass start[19] | 1:14:26.2 | 1:15:03.0 | 1:15:10.2 |
| Individual large hill/10 km[20] | 23:43.0 | 23:47.3 | 23:51.7 | ||||
| Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km[21] | Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle | 28:29.5 | Jan Schmid Jarl Magnus Riiber | 28:37.7 | Franz-Josef Rehrl Bernhard Gruber | 28:38.7 | |
| Individual normal hill/10 km[22] | 25:01.3 | 25:02.7 | 25:05.9 | ||||
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[23] | Espen Bjørnstad Jan Schmid Jørgen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber | 50:15.5 | Johannes Rydzek Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Vinzenz Geiger | 50:16.5 | Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl Franz-Josef Rehrl Lukas Klapfer | 50:20.5 |
| Men's individual large hill[24] | 279.4 | 267.3 | 266.1 | ||||
| Men's team large hill[25] | Karl Geiger Richard Freitag Stephan Leyhe Markus Eisenbichler | 987.5 | Philipp Aschenwald Michael Hayböck Daniel Huber Stefan Kraft | 930.9 | Yukiya Satō Daiki Itō Junshirō Kobayashi Ryōyū Kobayashi | 920.2 | |
| Men's individual normal hill[26] | 218.3 | 215.5 | 214.8 |
| Women's team normal hill[27] | Juliane Seyfarth Ramona Straub Carina Vogt Katharina Althaus | 898.9 | Eva Pinkelnig Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Chiara Hölzl Daniela Iraschko-Stolz | 880.3 | Anna Odine Strøm Ingebjørg Saglien Bråten Silje Opseth Maren Lundby | 876.9 | |
| Women's individual normal hill[28] | 259.6 | 259.1 | 247.6 |
The cross-country skiing events took place at the Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre. The ski jumping large hill events were held in the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck. The Bergisel Ski Jump is a large ski jumping hill with a hill size of 130 and a construction point (K-spot) of 120. It has a spectator capacity of 26,000. The current structure dates from 2003. The normal hill competitions were held in the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze normal hill with a hill size of 109 and a K-point of 99.
Medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza, a square in the town center.
Five cross-country skiers (Max Hauke and Dominik Baldauf from Austria, Andreas Veerpalu and Karel Tammjärv from Estonia, as well as Alexey Poltoranin from Kazakhstan.[30]) were caught during Operation Aderlass.