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Austria best nation at 2011 FIS Worlds
After seven weeks of the FIS World Ski Championships 2011 in the Olympic disciplines, the winter's highlight events concluded in Oslo (NOR) with the Nordic events. Starting with the FIS Snowboard World Championships in Barcelona and La Molina (SPA) in January, this winter has seen one highlight after another. After Deer Valley (USA) staged great FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in early February, the busy calendar continued with excellent Alpine World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) and unforgettable FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the mecca of Nordic Skiing, Norway, which has now set the bar extremely high for future organizers to try to match.
A total of 165 medals were awarded in the 55 title events at the four FIS World Championships which also served as showcases for the five events being considered by the International Olympic Committee for inclusion on the Sochi 2014 Olympic program: ladies Ski Jumping, Alpine team event, Freestyle ski halfpipe and slopestyle and Snowboard slopestyle.
The most medals in 2011 were won by Austria for the second time after 2009, which proudly heads the overall ranking with 24 medals, of which thirteen were gold, six silver and five bronze. In second place, Norway, the 2007 table leader, boasts a total of 22 medals (10/6/6) whilst Canada ranks 3rd with 20 medals (10/6/4), especially thanks to its strong showing in Deer Valley with 16 medals. France is in 4th place, with a total of nine medals of which four gold, followed by Australia in 5th with 5 medals 4 of which were gold and the USA in 6th with 13 medals (3/6/4). Finland in 7th place collected 9 medals, while Sweden recorded 11 medals. Four nations, Austria, Canada, France and Sweden won medals at all four FIS World Championships from La Molina to Deer Valley, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oslo.
A total of 23 nations, compared with 21 in 2009 and 18 in 2007, won medals in this year's FIS World Championships. For the complete 2011 medals table, please click here. For the 2009 version, please click here and for the 2007 edition, click here.