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 Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001. | |
| Host city | Lahti, Finland |
|---|---|
| Events | 18 |
| Opening | 15 February 2001 |
| Closing | 25 February 2001 |
| Main venue | Salpausselkä |
| Website | Lahti2001.fi |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15–25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland for a record sixth time, previous events being held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978 and 1989. These championships also saw the most event changes since the 1950s with the 5 km women and 10 km men's events being discontinued, the 10 km women and 15 km men's events return to their normal status for the first time since the 1991 championships, the debut of a combined pursuit as a separate category (5 km + 5 km for women, 10 km + 10 km for men), the addition of the individual sprint race for both genders, and the debut of the ski jumping team normal hill event. Extremely cold weather (−23 °C (−9 °F)) cancelled the women's 30 km event. The biggest controversy occurred when a doping scandal hit the host nation of Finland, resulting in six disqualifications. This would serve as a prelude to further doping cases in cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City the following year.
Men's cross-country
1 km individual sprint
February 21. 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)
|
3.14.1 |
| Silver |  Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
|
3.14.9 |
| Bronze | Håvard Solbakken (NOR)
|
3.15.6 |
15 km classical
February 15, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Per Elofsson (SWE)
|
39:26.0 |
| Silver | Mathias Fredriksson (SWE)
|
39:42.5 |
| Bronze | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
|
39:49.3 |
Finnish skier Jari Isometsä finished fourth, but was disqualified for using plasma expanders.
10 km + 10 km combined pursuit
February 17, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Per Elofsson (SWE)
|
47:15.5 |
| Silver |  Johann Mühlegg (ESP)
|
47:42.0 |
| Bronze |  Vitaly Denisov (RUS)
|
47:49.5 |
Finland's Jari Isometsä finished second, but was disqualified for using of plasma expanders.
30 km classical
February 19, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
|
1:14:17.9 |
| Silver | Frode Estil (NOR)
|
1:14:18.1 |
| Bronze | Mikhail Ivanov (RUS)
|
1:14:49.1 |
50 km freestyle
February 25, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Johann Mühlegg (ESP)
|
2:05:27.2 |
| Silver |  René Sommerfeldt (GER)
|
2:07:23.4 |
| Bronze | Sergey Kriyanin (RUS)
|
2:07:28.4 |
4 × 10 km relay
February 22, 2001
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, Tor Arne Hetland)
|
1:36:42.5 |
| Silver | Sweden (Urban Lindgren, Mathias Fredriksson, Magnus Ingesson, Per Elofsson)
|
1:37:25.2 |
| Bronze | Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, Ron Spanuth, René Sommerfeldt)
|
1:37:30.5 |
The Finnish team finished first, but was disqualified when Janne Immonen, Mika Myllylä and Harri Kirvesniemi tested positive for doping.
Women's cross-country
1 km individual sprint
February 21, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Pirjo Manninen (FIN)
|
3.41.5 |
| Silver | Kati Sundqvist (FIN)
|
3.43.1 |
| Bronze | Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
|
3.43.5 |
10 km classical
February 20, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bente Skari (NOR)
|
26:55.5 |
| Silver | Olga Danilova (RUS)
|
27:08.4 |
| Bronze | Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
|
27:27.0 |
5 km + 5 km combined pursuit
February 18, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
|
28:06.1 |
| Silver | Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
|
28:08.9 |
| Bronze | Olga Danilova (RUS)
|
28:09.3 |
15 km classical
February 15, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bente Skari (NOR)
|
43:54.8 |
| Silver | Olga Danilova (RUS)
|
44:02.5 |
| Bronze | Kaisa Varis (FIN)
|
44:57.5 |
4 × 5 km relay
February 23, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova, Nina Gavrylyuk)
|
53:01.6 |
| Silver | Norway (Anita Moen, Bente Skari, Elin Nilsen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen)
|
54:01.9 |
| Bronze | Italy (Gabriella Paruzzi, Sabina Valbusa, Stefania Belmondo, Cristina Paluselli)
|
54:23.3 |
The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Milla Jauho and Virpi Kuitunen were tested positive for doping.
Men's Nordic combined
7.5 km sprint
February 24, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marco Baacke (GER)
|
19:45.3 |
| Silver | Samppa Lajunen (FIN)
|
+ 6.2 |
| Bronze | Ronny Ackermann (GER)
|
+ 9.7 |
15 km Individual Gundersen
February 15, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
|
39:26.7 |
| Silver | Samppa Lajunen (FIN)
|
40:31.3 |
| Bronze |  Felix Gottwald (AUT)
|
40:37.0 |
Vik becomes the first repeat world champion in this event since Oddbjørn Hagen did it in 1934 and 1935.
4 × 5 km team
February 20, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Kenneth Bråten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik, Kristian Hammer)
|
50:14.1 |
| Silver | Austria (Christoph Eugen, Mario Stecher, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald)
|
+ 10.9 |
| Bronze | Finland (Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen)
|
+ 29.4 |
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
February 23, 2001
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold |  Adam Małysz (POL)
|
246.0 |
| Silver | Martin Schmitt (GER)
|
233.0 |
| Bronze | Martin Höllwarth (AUT)
|
223.0 |
Individual large hill
February 19, 2001