Initial Ranks
As of February 16, 2007, the top three World Cup positions were as follows:
| Men | Leader | Second | Third |
| Nordic combined | Hannu Manninen (FIN) | Magnus Moan (NOR) | Christoph Bieler (AUT) |
| Ski jumping | Anders Jacobsen (NOR) | Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) | Adam Małysz (POL) |
| XC skiing, Overall | Tobias Angerer (GER) | Alexander Legkov (RUS) | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) |
| XC skiing, Distance | Tobias Angerer (GER) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) | Alexander Legkov (RUS) |
| XC skiing, Sprint | Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR) | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) | Trond Iversen (NOR) |
| Women | Leader | Second | Third |
| XC skiing, Overall | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) |
| XC skiing, Distance | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) | Riitta Liisa Roponen (FIN) |
| XC skiing, Sprint | Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Yevgeniya Shapovalova (RUS) |
Cross-country skiing's Tour de Ski winners were Kuitunen for the women and Angerer for the men; both got 400 World Cup points for their respective TdS victories. Jacobsen won Ski jumping's Four Hills Tournament, and Manninen won Nordic combined's Tour of Germany.
The last officially published entry list included 485 athletes from 49 countries. This included 125 women from 33 nations and 197 men from 48 nations in Cross-country skiing, 68 men from 17 nations in Nordic combined, and 93 men from 21 nations in Ski jumping.
Read more about this topic: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
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