The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 took place February 24–28, 1938 in Lahti, Finland. This was the Finnish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1926.
Host city | Lahti |
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Country | Finland |
Events | 5 |
Opening | 24 February 1938 |
Closing | 28 February 1938 |
Men's cross country
edit18 km
editFebruary 25, 1938
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) | 1:09:37 |
Silver | Alfred Dahlqvist (SWE) | 1:10:02 |
Bronze | Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) | 1:10:56 |
187 of 188 skiers completed the event.
50 km
editFebruary 27, 1938
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) | 4:06:09 |
Silver | Alvar Rantalahti (FIN) | 4:10:44 |
Bronze | Lars Bergendahl (NOR) | 4:10:54 |
62 of the 99 skiers completed the event.
4 × 10 km relay
editFebruary 28, 1938
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Finland (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen) | 2:38:42 |
Silver | Norway (Ragnar Ringstad, Olav Økern, Arne Larsen, Lars Bergendahl) | 2:42:30 |
Bronze | Sweden (Sven Hansson, Donald Johansson, Sigurd Nilsson, Martin Matsbo) | 2:43:05 |
Men's Nordic combined
editIndividual
editFebruary 24, 1938
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR) | 432.60 |
Silver | John Westbergh (SWE) | 412.80 |
Bronze | Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) | 411.20 |
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual large hill
editFebruary 27, 1938
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) | 226.4 |
Silver | Stanisław Marusarz (POL) | 226.2 |
Bronze | Hilmar Myhra (NOR) | 225.0 |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
References
edit- FIS 1938 Cross country results
- FIS 1938 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1938 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
- Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 59. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)