Nordic combined at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007

Last updated April 28, 2019

The Nordic combined at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan on February 23, February 25, and March 3, 2007.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place 22 February – 4 March 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. It was the second time this city has hosted these championships, having previously done so in the 1972 Winter Olympics. Sapporo was selected as venue by vote at the 43rd FIS World Congress in Portorož, Slovenia, on 6 June 2002. It also marked the third time the championships were hosted outside Europe in a year that did not coincide with the Winter Olympics; it was the first championship held in Asia. The ski jumping team normal hill event was not held, as it had been in 2005.

Sapporo is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. It is an ordinance-designated city.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Finland, who had won one gold medal in the event since 1950 despite having skiers such as Hannu Manninen and Samppa Lajunen, with a combined 63 event wins and five overall wins in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, won the most gold medals at these Championships, with two. However, they could not prevent Germany's Ronny Ackermann from winning his third individual gold medal in succession, thus becoming the first Nordic combined athlete to win three times in succession.

Hannu Manninen Finnish Nordic combined skier and airline pilot

Hannu Kalevi Manninen is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the age of 23. He has five other Nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds and two bronzes. He has two other Olympic team medals as well.

Samppa Lajunen is a retired Finnish Nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup is a Nordic combined competition organized yearly by International Ski Federation, representing the highest level in international competition for this sport. It was first arranged for the 1983–84 season. Team event was first time held in 1999–00 season. The FIS race director is a Norwegian ex ski jumper and ex world record holder Lasse Ottesen.

Bill Demong became the third American to win a medal in any event at the Nordic World Ski Championships, four years after Johnny Spillane won gold in the Nordic combined sprint, while the Norwegian skiers, who won three medals and one gold in 2005, failed to defend their team gold without 2005 sprint bronze medallist Kristian Hammer. Austria won no medals for the first time since 1995, with Felix Gottwald being outsprinted for the team bronze and finishing 23 seconds behind the winners in the sprint. The French showed their dominance in the ski jumping part of the competition with a lead in the individual and third place in the sprint, but could not maintain those positions in the cross-country part of the event.

William "Bill" Demong is an American former Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medalist. Demong is a five-time Olympian, having competed in Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino, Vancouver and Sochi.

Johnny Spillane is an American athlete who competes in nordic combined, a combination event consisting of ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Spillane is a world champion and three-time Olympic silver medalist. He announced his retirement from Nordic combined on April 18, 2013.

Kristian Hammer is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1995 while representing Eidsvoll IL. He grew up on Setermoen in Bardu.

7.5 km sprint

February 23, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill and the Sapporo Dome. The top three skiers after the ski jumping part of the competition were Kircheisen, Anssi Koivuranta of Finland, and Maxime Laheurte of France.^[1] Koivuranta would finish fourth while Laheurte would finish 10th. Manninen edged Moan at the line in a dramatic sprint to the finish. Defending champion Ronny Ackermann (Germany) finished eighth while Olympic Champion Felix Gottwald of Austria finished fifth.^[2]^[3] The race was marred by a crash during the ski jumping part of the competition that sent Daito Takahashi of Japan to the hospital.^[4] Takahasi would not return for the rest of the championships as a result.

Anssi Einar Koivuranta is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, best known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event and a bronze medal in the 15 km Gundersen race at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. After winning a Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Innsbruck on 4 January 2014, Koivuranta became the first ever athlete in history of ski jumping to win an event in both Nordic combined and the ski jumping World Cup.

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

Maxime Laheurte is a French nordic combined athlete who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the 4 x 5 km team and 38th in the 10 km individual large hill event.

HS134 hill

Rank	Athlete	Jump (m)	Points
1	Björn Kircheisen (GER)	134.0	130.8
2	Anssi Koivuranta (FIN)	131.0	126.7
3	Maxime Laheurte (FRA)	129.5	123.9
4	David Kreiner (AUT)	125.5	121.1
5	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	125.5	119.1
	Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA)	125.5	119.1
	Petter Tande (NOR)	125.5	119.1

7.5 km

Medal	Athlete	Start Time (Position)	Finish Time
Gold	Hannu Manninen (FIN)	+49.0 (9)	17:40.2
Silver	Magnus Moan (NOR)	+47.0 (8)	17:40.5
Bronze	Björn Kircheisen (GER)	0.0 (1)	18:09.7
4	Anssi Koivuranta (FIN)	+16.0 (2)	18:15.4
5	Felix Gottwald (AUT)	+52.0 (10)	18:32.3
6	Petter Tande (NOR)	+47.0 (5)	18:38.1
7	Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA)	+47.0 (5)	18:38.4
8	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	+47.0 (5)	18:38.8
9	David Kreiner (AUT)	+39.0 (4)	18:58.1
10	Maxime Laheurte (FRA)	+28.0 (3)	18:58.7

15 km Individual Gundersen

March 3, 2007 at the Miyanomori (HS100) jumping hill and the Shirahatayama cross-country course. The defending champion of this event was Ronny Ackermann of Germany. Leaders after the ski jumping part of the competition were Lamy-Chappuis (who would finish 17th), Koivuranta, and Bieler. (who would finish fourth).^[5] World Cup leader Hannu Manninen (Finland) had a disappointing ski jump part of the competition with a 24th-place finish. Manninen skied the fastest part of the cross country part of the competition (36:31.6) to finish sixth. The real star of the competition was Ackermann, who started fifth after ski jumping and would have the eighth-fastest cross country time to win the event by 8.5 seconds. American Bill Demong had the second fastest time in the cross country part of the competition to edge Koivuranta for the silver.^[6]^[7] Ackermann is the first person to ever win the event three consecutive times at the World Championships and the first person to win the event at a World Championships or Winter Olympics level since Ulrich Wehling (who was now race director of all Nordic combined events) did it at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Winter Olympics.

Ronny Ackermann is a successful German Nordic combined skier.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

HS100 hill

Rank	Athlete	Jump 1 (m)	Jump 2 (m)	Points
1	Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA)	96.0	99.5	260.5
2	Anssi Koivuranta (FIN)	96.5	101.5	257.5
3	Christoph Bieler (AUT)	97.0	95.0	255.0
4	Espen Rian (NOR)	97.0	97.5	254.5
5	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	95.0	95.5	252.0
6	Jaakko Tallus (FIN)	93.0	94.0	244.5

15 km

Medal	Athlete	Start Time (Position)	Finish Time
Gold	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	+34.0 (5)	38:35.6
Silver	Bill Demong (USA)	+1:40.0 (8)	38:44.1
Bronze	Anssi Koivuranta (FIN)	+12.0 (2)	38:44.3
4	Christoph Bieler (AUT)	+47.0 (3)	39:34.9
5	Felix Gottwald (AUT)	+2:38.0 (17)	39:42.8
6	Hannu Manninen (FIN)	+3:20.0 (24)	39:51.6
7	Björn Kircheisen (GER)	+1:48.0 (11)	39:52.3
8	Espen Rian (NOR)	+24.0 (4)	40:14.2
9	Sebastian Haseney (GER)	+2:52.0 (21)	40:25.6
10	Magnus Moan (NOR)	+2:42.0 (18)	40:34.3

4 x 5 km freestyle team

February 25, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill and the Shirahatayama cross-country course. The defending champions were the Norwegian team of Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, and Kristian Hammer. Finland took the lead after the ski jumping section, having more than forty seconds on the other teams, and led until the third leg of the relay when Tino Edelmann caught up with Jaakko Tallus. Tallus remained on his trail for the entire race, sending Hannu Manninen and Björn Kircheisen out in the final leg. Like in the sprint, Kircheisen remained in the hunt for two thirds of the race, but lost contact on the final climb. Austria and Norway had already settled for bronze on the second stage, a battle eventually won by Norway.^[8]^[9]^[10] Later in the championships, Hannu's younger sister Pirjo would earn gold in the women's cross country 4 x 5 km relay, making them the first brother and sister to ever win gold at the same championship.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Petter Laukslett Tande is a Norwegian former nordic combined skier who has been competing between 2002 and 2011, representing Byåsen IL. He has three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, with a gold (2005) and two bronzes.

Håvard Klemetsen is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino I.L. He debuted in the World Cup in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011. Klemetsen also finished 20th in the 15 km individual event at the 2005 championships.

HS134 hill

Rank	Team	Jumpers	Jump 1 (m)	Jump 2 (m)	Points
1	Finland	Janne Ryynänen	138.5	138.5	1043.3
		Jaakko Tallus	130.0	130.0
		Hannu Manninen	130.0	129.5
		Anssi Koivuranta	136.5	136.0
2	Norway	Petter Tande	134.0	124.5	1003.9
		Håvard Klemetsen	132.0	131.5
		Magnus Moan	127.5	122.0
		Espen Rian	137.5	140.5
3	Germany	Ronny Ackermann	129.5	128.5	993.9
		Tino Edelmann	126.0	123.5
		Sebastian Haseney	130.0	125.0
		Björn Kircheisen	132.5	142.0

4 x 5 km freestyle

Medal	Team	Athletes	Start Time (Position)	Finish Time
Gold	Finland	Anssi Koivuranta	0.0 (1)	49:14.9
		Janne Ryynänen
		Jaakko Tallus
		Hannu Manninen
Silver	Germany	Sebastian Haseney	+49.0 (3)	49:43.3
		Ronny Ackermann
		Tino Edelmann
		Björn Kircheisen
Bronze	Norway	Håvard Klemetsen	+39.0 (2)	50:26.9
		Espen Rian
		Petter Tande
		Magnus Moan
4	Austria	Christoph Bieler	+1:01.0 (4)	50:27.3
		David Kreiner
		Mario Stecher
		Felix Gottwald
5	Switzerland	Ronny Heer	+2:53.0 (7)	52:58.7
		Andreas Hurschler
		Seppi Hurschler
		Ivan Rieder
6	France	Mathieu Martinez	+1:34.0 (5)	53:26.7
		François Braud
		Maxime Laheurte
		Jason Lamy Chappuis

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References

↑ Results list after ski jumping part of the competition - Accessed February 24, 2007.
↑ Eurosport.com results on Manninen's win - Accessed February 23, 2007.
↑ 7.5 km sprint final results - Accessed February 23, 2007.
↑ YouTube.com video showing Takahashi's crash (Eurosport.com) - Accessed March 10, 2007.
↑ Results after the ski jumping part of the competition. - Accessed March 4, 2007.
↑ Eurosport.com news on Ackermann's threepeat victory - Accessed March 4, 2007.
↑ Final results on 15 km Individual Gundersen. - Accessed March 4, 2007.
↑ Results after ski jumping part of competition. - Accessed February 25, 2007.
↑ Eurosport.com news on Finland's victory. - Accessed February 25, 2007.
↑ Official results of 4 x 5 km team event. - Accessed February 25, 2007.

External links

2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships official website (in English) & (in Japanese)
2007 FIS Nordic combined results

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[1] Results list after ski jumping part of the competition - Accessed February 24, 2007.

[2] Eurosport.com results on Manninen's win - Accessed February 23, 2007.

[3] 7.5 km sprint final results - Accessed February 23, 2007.

[4] YouTube.com video showing Takahashi's crash (Eurosport.com) - Accessed March 10, 2007.

[5] Results after the ski jumping part of the competition. - Accessed March 4, 2007.

[6] Eurosport.com news on Ackermann's threepeat victory - Accessed March 4, 2007.

[7] Final results on 15 km Individual Gundersen. - Accessed March 4, 2007.

[8] Results after ski jumping part of competition. - Accessed February 25, 2007.

[9] Eurosport.com news on Finland's victory. - Accessed February 25, 2007.

[10] Official results of 4 x 5 km team event. - Accessed February 25, 2007.