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The 2022 IFSS On-Snow World Championships were held in Hamar, Norway from February 23 to February 27, 2022.
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The 2022 IFSS On-Snow World Championships were held in Hamar, Norway from February 23 to February 27, 2022.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-dog skijoring |  Pekka Niemi (FIN) |  Ondřej Exler (CZE) |  Trond Are Hoel (NOR) |
| 2-dog skijoring | Vesa-Pekka Jurvelin (FIN) | Pavel Pischek (CZE) | Ondřej Exler (CZE) |
| 1-dog pulka | Trond Are Hoel (NOR) | Yngve Hoel (NOR) | Vesa-Pekka Jurvelin (FIN) |
| Combined | Trond Are Hoel (NOR) | Viktor Sinding-Larsen (NOR) | Vesa-Pekka Jurvelin (FIN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-dog skijoring |  Jessica Häggqvist (SWE) | Jana Draslarová (CZE) | Martina Štěpánková (CZE) |
| 2-dog skijoring | Mirelle Andersson (SWE) |  Agnieszka Jarecka (POL) | Jessica Häggqvist (SWE) |
| 1-dog pulka | Jessica Häggqvist (SWE) | Saara Loukkola (FIN) | Helene Myhrberg (SWE) |
| Combined | Marte Eiring Solhaug (NOR) | Jessica Häggqvist (SWE) | Mirelle Andersson (SWE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-dog sprint | Viktor Sinding-Larsen (NOR) | Hana Štípalová (CZE) | Marie Ševelová (CZE) |
| 4-dog sprint |  Andrej Drabik (SVK) |  Indrė Daujotienė (LTU) | Jiří Suchý (CZE) |
| 4-dog sprint mass start | Andrej Drabik (SVK) | Jiří Suchý (CZE) | Indrė Daujotienė (LTU) |
| 6-dog sprint | Renata Válková (CZE) |  Uwe Radant (GER) | Václav Vančura (CZE) |
| 8-dog sprint | Ole Petter Engli (NOR) | Pasi Heinonen (FIN) | Martin Vrtel (CZE) |
| Unlimited sprint | Hege Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Kjetil Hillestad (NOR) | Rune Haugmo (NOR) |
| 6-dog mid-distance |  Iker Ozkoidi (ESP) |  Aurélie Delattre (FRA) | Hans Lindahl (NOR) |
| 12-dog mid-distance | Rémy Coste (FRA) | Martin Dickel (GER) | Sissel Wolf Mølmen (NOR) |
| Relay | Czech Republic (CZE) Ondřej Exler Hana Štípalová Jiří Suchý | Norway (NOR) Trond Are Hoel Oda Foss Almqvist André Boysen Hillestad | Czech Republic (CZE) 2 Kryštof Spilka Marie Ševelová Michal Ženíšek |
* Host nation (Norway)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway (NOR)* | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
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