FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 took place February 11-19, 1939 in Zakopane, Poland. This was the Polish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1929. It also marked the last time the event officially took place before World War II and the last time that these championships would be held on an annual basis (combined with the Winter Olympics) which they had been done since 1924.
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[edit] Men's cross country
[edit] 18 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Finland |
1:05:30 |
| Silver | Klaes Karppinen, Finland |
1:06:05 |
| Bronze |  Carl Pahlin, Sweden |
1:06:35 |
[edit] 50 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Lars Bergendahl, Norway |
2:57:43 |
| Silver | Klaes Karppinen, Finland |
3:00:27 |
| Bronze | Oscar Gjøslien, Norway |
3:05:42 |
[edit] 4 x 10 km relay
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen) |
2:08:35 |
| Silver | Sweden (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin) |
2:09:43 |
| Bronze |  Italy (Aristide Compagnoni, Severino Compagnoni, Gottfredo Baur, Alberto Jammeron) |
2:13:38 |
[edit] Men's Nordic combined
[edit] Individual
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold |  Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer, Germany |
429.6 |
| Silver | Gustaf Adolf Sellin, Sweden |
426.6 |
| Bronze | Magnar Fosseide, Norway |
422.4 |
Berauer was from Czechoslovakia, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.
[edit] Men's ski jumping
[edit] Individual large hill
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Josef 'Sepp' Bradl, Germany |
224.7 |
| Silver | Birger Ruud, Norway |
224.2 |
| Bronze | Arnholdt Kongsgaard, Norway |
223.1 |
Bradl was from Austria, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Austria in 1938.
[edit] External links
- FIS 1939 Cross country results
- FIS 1939 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1939 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
- Sellin spelling from the Swedish Ski Federation (Swedish)
[edit] Reference
- Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 61. ISBN-82-7164-044-5. (Norwegian)
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