List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing

This is a list of medalists from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in women's cross-country skiing. Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

10 km
Debuted: 1954.

Classic style: 1954–1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Interval start: 1954–1991, 2001–2023.

Medal table

3/4 × 5 km relay
Debuted: 1954.

3×5 km classic style: 1954–1970. 4×5 km classic style: 1974–1985. 4×5 km free style: 1987. 2×5 km classic style + 2×5 km free style: 1989–2023.

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5 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1962. Discontinued: 1999.

Classic style: 1962–1987, 1991–1999. Interval start: 1962–1987, 1991–1999.

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20 km and 30 km
Debuted: 1978.

Classic style: 1978–1985, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 1987–1995, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Interval start: 1978–1999, 2003. Mass start: 2005–2023.

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15 km (discontinued)
Debuted: 1989. Discontinued: 2003.

Classic style: 1989–1995, 2001, 2003. Free style: 1997, 1999. Interval start: 1989–2001. Mass start: 2003.

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Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon
Debuted: 1993.

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Individual sprint
Debuted: 2001.

Classic style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023. Free style: 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019.

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Team sprint
Debuted: 2005.

Classic style: 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019. Free style: 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023.

Medal table

Medal table
Table updated after the 2023 Championships.

Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active cross-country skiers and highest medal count among all cross-country skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Best performers by country
Here are listed most successful cross-country skiers in the history of each medal-winning national team – according to the gold-first ranking system and by total number of World Championships medals (one skier if he holds national records in both categories or few skiers if these national records belongs to different persons). If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skiers get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.

An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.

Multiple medals at one championship

 * 5 medals:
 * out of 5 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1997 Yelena Välbe 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1989 Marjo Matikainen 🇫🇮
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 2011 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 2013 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2005 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2019 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 🇳🇴
 * 4 medals:
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1982 Berit Aunli 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1985 Anette Bøe 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1985 Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1978 Raisa Smetanina
 * out of 5 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1995 Larisa Lazutina 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1991 Yelena Välbe
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2001 Olga Danilova 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1993 Lyubov Yegorova 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1997 Stefania Belmondo 🇮🇹
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 2017 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 2021 Therese Johaug 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 2019 Therese Johaug 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2007 Virpi Kuitunen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2009 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2013 Therese Johaug 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2023 Ebba Andersson 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2003 Kristina Šmigun 🇪🇪 (all four individual)
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2005 Yuliya Chepalova 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2015 Charlotte Kalla 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2003 Olga Zavyalova 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2023 Frida Karlsson 🇸🇪
 * 3 medals:
 * out of 3 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1962 Alevtina Kolchina
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1974 Galina Kulakova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1966 Klavdiya Boyarskikh
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1966 Alevtina Kolchina
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1970 Galina Kulakova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1962 Maria Gusakova
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1978 Helena Takalo 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1978 Zinaida Amosova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1987 Anfisa Reztsova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1978 Hilkka Riihivuori 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1982 Hilkka Riihivuori 🇫🇮
 * 2 medals out of 2 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1954 Lyubov Kozyreva
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1958 Alevtina Kolchina
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1958 Lyubov Kozyreva
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1954 Siiri Rantanen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1954 Mirja Hietamies 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1958 Siiri Rantanen 🇫🇮

External links and references

 * https://archive.today/20120731171641/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisworldskichampionships/nordicwsc.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20050305075135/http://www.sports123.com/cco/index.html