Nordic World Ski Championships 1966

Nordic World Ski Championships 1966
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing 5 km	-	Alevtina Kolchina
Cross-country skiing 10 km	-	Klavdiya Boyarskich
Cross-country skiing 15 km	Gjermund Eggen	-
Cross-country skiing 30 km	Eero Mäntyranta	-
Cross-country skiing 50 km	Gjermund Eggen	-
Cross-country relay	Norway - 4 × 10 km	Soviet Union - 3 × 5 km
Ski jumping normal hill	Bjørn Wirkola	-
Ski jumping large hill	Bjørn Wirkola	-
Nordic combination	Georg Thoma	-
← Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968 →

The 26th Nordic World Ski Championships took place on February 17-27 , 1966 at Holmenkollen in Oslo . The Norwegian capital hosted the Nordic World Ski Championships for the third time. As in the last World Cup, there were seven competitions for the men and three for the women.

These world championships showed an increased complexity in the results. The nations from Scandinavia and the Soviet Union continued to be among the strongest, but other countries were now receiving medals, as had not been the case before in this form. In total, the medals in Oslo were distributed among nine different nations. In addition, these were Switzerland , the Federal Republic of Germany , the GDR , Italy and Japan .

Oslo prevailed in Athens

The award took place at the FIS Congress in Athens (May 20 to 24, 1963), with the Norwegian capital receiving 45 votes, Sapporo 23 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen eight. There was an additional fundamental decision according to which Nordic World Championships are only awarded to locations below 1,500 m above sea level. In the specific case, Sapporo was also incorporated as an alternative in the event that Oslo was entrusted with the organization of the 1968 Winter Olympics.

preview

In a preview, the newspaper “Sport Zürich” (No. 20 of February 16, 1966, from page 4) assumed that the Central Europeans would only have chances at the Bakken and in the combination. The author of the article stated that - as always - the Scandinavian athletes have made their preparations in their own fields (each country for itself) before such major events, only Bjarne Andersson (SWE) is away, and so on. between Switzerland (Klosters and Le Brassus) - and he assumed that the northerners could probably have strengthened their supremacy in the cross-country skiing competitions and neither the Soviet runners nor Central Europeans (here it should be only the Italians anyway) be able to achieve in terms of performance. With those of the women, only the Swedes, Finns and Soviet runners would be among themselves.

The running area was described as versatile, the advantage being that the same route serves as the basis, although the climbs are differently difficult depending on the length of the competition. In ski jumping, Veikko Kankkonen was named as the big favorite for both hills (however, this prognosis overlapped with the report that the Finn broke his collarbone in a training fall on February 15, which made him unable to start). The assessment of the Norwegians was that it was extremely difficult for them to place in the top ranks, whereby only Wirkola could be capable of top performances (Torgeir Brandtzæg could no longer contest competitions, Lars Grini was out due to injury and Toralf Engan was only recently back got in shape and didn't reach the standard of previous years). Of the others, Dieter Neuendorf could still be considered, but no one from the Soviet Union or Poland. For the combination, Franz Keller could still be in world championship form.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on February 16, 1966 from 5 p.m. with 303 athletes from 23 countries - King Olav V carried out the opening.

Excellent athletes

Among the men, v. a. the two Norwegians Gjermund Eggen with three gold medals in cross-country skiing and Bjørn Wirkola , who was the first athlete ever (but only in the third championship with the "offer" of the "normal hill" and the "large hill") to become world champion on both hills.

The women were dominated by the two Soviet cross-country skiers Klawdija Bojarskich and Alewtina Kolchina , who each won two gold and one silver medals.

Cross-country men

• Detailed results

15 km

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Gjermund Eggen	47: 56.2
2	Ole Ellefsæter	48: 11.3
3	Odd Martinsen	48: 14.7
4th	Bjarne Andersson	48: 22.8
5	Kalevi Laurila	48: 23.8
6th	Eero Mäntyranta	48: 29.8
7th	Hannu Taipale	48: 37.9
8th	Vyacheslav Vedenin	48: 51.2
9	Walter Demel	48: 51.9
10	Ingvar Sandström	48: 52.9
...	...	...
21st	Konrad Hischier	50: 19.2
26th	Josef Haas	50: 37.0
41	Franz Kälin	52: 20.0
47	Andreas Janc	53: 15.7
52	Günther Rieger	54.42.3
55	Hanspeter Kasper	54: 50.0
56	Heinrich Wallner	54: 50.7

The three-time gold medalist Gjermund Eggen during the world championships

1962 World Champion : Assar Rönnlund / 1964 Olympic Champion : Eero Mäntyranta  

Date: February 20, 1966

Start 11 a.m. - The Norwegians achieved a (surprising) revenge with a triple victory, so no Norwegian had dared to think in secret (quote taken from “Sport Zürich”; please refer to the source). Demel again proved his class and came in ninth as the best Central European. The race took place in front of 7,000 visitors in heavy snowfall and icy wind. After 5 km, Eggen, who started the race with No. 24 (in the "thirties" '' only '' in 16th place) was 2:02 and 2:04 minutes ahead of Martinsen and Mäntyranta. After 10 km there was a bitter duel between Eggen and Martinsen (only one second difference), while Mäntyranta was already 7 s behind. Demel had fought his way up to 8th place (ahead of Stella and Wedenin) in an intermediate sprint, 35 seconds behind Eggen. On the steep inclines and difficult descents of the last 5km, the Norwegians secured the "triple"; Mäntyranta was passed by Andersen and Laurila. In contrast, Ellefsæter took silver (fifth after 5 and 10 km). The best Italian was Gianfranco Stella in 12th place in 49: 10.8; Nones came in 17th (49: 50.5). Another German is Karl Buhl on rank 19 in 50: 14.6, as the best French on rank 22 Félix Mathieu in 50: 21.8, as the best Pole on rank 25 B good in 50: 37.3. GDR runner Grimmer was given 29th place in 51: 02.6.

With the Swiss, Denis Mast had waived in favor of Hanspeter Kasper, "so that the young people should gain experience."

30 km

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Eero Mäntyranta	1: 37: 26.7
2	Kalevi Laurila	1: 38: 11.3
3	Walter Demel	1: 38: 11.6
4th	Ingvar Sandström	1: 38: 24.9
5	Anatoly Akentyev	1: 38: 32.3
6th	Franco Nones	1: 38: 53.5
7th	Harald Grønningen	1: 38: 53.8
8th	Lorns Skjemstad	1: 38: 54.5
9	Anatoly Nasedkin	1: 38: 59.2
10	Bjarne Andersson	1: 39: 04.0
...	...	...
19th	Gerhard Grimmer	1: 41: 59.0
22nd	Josef Haas	1: 43: 30.0
24	Konrad Hischier	1: 43: 45.5
36	Denis mast	1: 47: 00.2
37	Andreas Janc	1: 47: 49.2
43	Franz Kälin	1: 49: 02.5
46	Günther Rieger	1: 49: 45.1
48	Heinrich Wallner	1: 50: 41.4

World Champion 1962 : Eero Mäntyranta / Olympic Champion 1964 : Eero Mäntyranta  

Date: February 17, 1966

At 10 a.m. there is the 30km cross-country skiing in the North Wakawald. In front of 10,000 spectators and at −10 degrees Celsius, 66 runners were at the start (each 30 seconds interval), 49 of whom were classified. It had snowed slightly the night before, the track had been retraced, but it seemed a little softer than the day before.

Defending champion Mäntyranta had start no. 51, Eggen (as a secret favorite) 63, and another ace starting after Mäntyranta was Akentjew with 66. The Austrians had 25 (Rieger), 35 (Wallner) and 61 (Janc).

Mäntyranta led after 5 km in 16:57 ahead of Akentjew (17:07) and Eggen (17:08), Laurila was only one second behind, Demel was ninth (17:21). Andersson led after 10 km in 32:55 ahead of Mäntyranta (32:59) and Akentjew (33:03). Laurila in 33:06 was fifth, Demel (33:13) sixth. Andersson could only keep up to 20 km (2nd place in 1:03:30 behind Mäntyranta in 1:03:17); Laurila took 3rd place (1:03:37), Demel 10th (1:04:30). Ultimately, Laurila was able to save 0.3 s against Demel, who was 28 seconds faster than Mäntyranta over the last 10 km. For the Norwegians and Swedes, the race ended in disappointment, but the latter had to do without their aces Janne Stefansson and Assar Rönnlund due to illness. The Italians underlined their good reputation (rank 6: Nones).

50 km

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Gjermund Eggen	3: 03: 04.7
2	Arto Tiainen	3: 03: 15.1
3	Eero Mäntyranta	3: 03: 54.3
4th	Ole Ellefsæter	3: 04: 46.8
5	Hannu Taipale	3: 05: 20.3
6th	Vyacheslav Vedenin	3: 05: 43.3
7th	Harald Grønningen	3: 05: 48.2
8th	Jan Halvarsson	3: 09: 08.6
9	Gerhard Grimmer	3: 09: 43.8
10	Konrad Hischier	3: 09: 59.6
...	...	...
14th	Giuseppe Steiner	3: 11: 05.4
15th	Josef Haas	3: 17: 39.5
DNF	Franz Kälin	-
DNF	Walter Demel	-

World champion 1962 : Sixten Jernberg / Olympic champion 1964 : Sixten Jernberg  

Date: February 26, 1966

Start 10 a.m. - The competition was carried out on a difficult 25 km loop through the winter forest of the Nordmarka with initially quite heavy snow flurries and irregular winds, whereby the precipitation stopped on the second 25 km and the temperatures rose from −2 to +1 degrees Celsius.

Ellefsæter was the fastest starter, he was 2 seconds ahead of Wedenin after 6 km, but then Wedenin was the big dominator up to more than 40 km, but after 42 km the last major difficulty of the trail began, a steep 5 km long Incline, where the Soviet runner (obviously he had not applied the ideal wax) broke away completely and had to be supported before the finish. Mäntyranta was the first to cross the finish line. 5 wore - he was undercut by Tiainen (both looked fresh), and from the split time measurement at kilometer 45 you knew that only harrows had a chance of gold; the Norwegian had not been impressed by Wedenin's effort and the two-minute deficit and, above all, had planned the last 15 km well; he was a not so marked winner. After the first 15 km Wedenin was in 52:52 ahead of Ellefsæter (53:15), Tiainen (53:45), Eggen (53:57) and Mäntyranta (54:02), after 25 km Wedenin led in 1:28: 23 before Tiainen (1:30:07), Ellefsæter (1:30:08), Taipale (1: 30,22), Mäntyranta (1:30:23) and Eggen (1:30:29). The last major landmark after 35 km showed Wedenin ahead in 2:05:51, followed by Taipale (2:07:17), Tiainen (2:07:51), Mäntyranta (2:08:03) and Eggen (2: 08:07).

Eggen explained afterwards that he knew about Wedenin's problems and was also informed that the Finns had slacked off, so that he saw the chance of the bronze medal and increased his pace.

In the fight for the best place for a Central European, the Swiss Hischier was only defeated by the GDR runner Grimmer in the last few kilometers. Among the 14 who had to give up were Oikarainen and Nones. Denis Mast (SUI) did not start because of illness.

Other important placements or best in their countries:

17. Philippe Baradel (FRA) 3: 19: 42.8; 18. Mario Bacher (ITA) 3: 22: 14.7; 19. Štefan Harvan (ČSSR) 3: 22: 43.3; 20. Andreas Janc (AUT) 3: 24: 57.0; 21. Livio Stuffer (ITA) 3: 25: 33.8.

4 × 10 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Norway	Odd Martinsen Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter Gjermund Eggen	2: 14: 27.9
2	Finland	Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta	2: 15: 40.0
3	Italy	Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Gianfranco Stella Franco Manfroi	2: 18: 12.2
4th	Sweden	Kjell Lidh Bjarne Andersson Karl-Åke Asph Ingvar Sandström	2: 18: 31.1
5	Soviet Union	Ivan Utrobin Vyacheslav Vedenin Anatoly Nasedkin Anatoly Akentjew	2: 19: 07.1
6th	Switzerland	Konrad Hischier Josef Haas Denis Mast Alois Kälin	2: 21: 03.6
7th	Poland
8th	France
9	GDR
10	BR Germany

World Champion 1962 : Sweden ( Lars Olsson , Sture Grahn , Sixten Jernberg , Assar Rönnlund ) Olympic Champion 1964 : Sweden ( Karl-Åke Asph , Sixten Jernberg , Janne Stefansson , Assar Rönnlund )  
 

Date: February 23, 1966

Start 1:15 p.m .: 14 teams, Austria did not provide a relay.

30,000 viewers saw the first victory of a Norwegian relay team at a world championship since Chamonix in 1937 . The Norwegians led from start to finish; Finland's Laurila ran the fastest time of all participants and was able to catch up against Ellefsæter by 27 seconds, but the overall gap of 68 seconds was too big. Italy, which defeated the defending champions Sweden, did great.

There was a competitive atmosphere that could hardly be described. The external conditions were -3 degrees Celsius and light fog in the higher altitudes.

At the first handover, Martinsen was leading in 33:46, followed by Olkarinen in 34:10, Deflorian in 35:07, Hischier in 35:08 and Sato in 35:28. Lindh, obviously not in the best shape, had already torn up a gap in 35:42, which left the Swedes, who had recently been successful twice (Zakopane 1962, Seefeld 1964), irretrievably behind. At least Andersson was able to overtake the doggedly defending Swiss Josef Haas. Grønningen extended their lead, Wedenin brought the Soviet Union a little forward in 34:07. The reading at kilometer 20 was: Norway 1:07:05 before Taipale 1:08:13, Nones 1:09:26, Andersson 1:10:19, Haas 1: 10.23 and Wedenin 1:10:48.

In the third section, Laurila took second by second from the Norwegian Ellefsæter at "hell pace", a total of 27 (his time was 33:46). Norway now led in 1:41:16 ahead of Finland in 1:41:59, furthermore Stella (1:44:02), Nasedkin (1:44:58) and Asph (1:44:59). Mäntyranta again lost time on the last loop, Manfroi fought desperately for bronze and was able to fend off Ingvar Sandström's effort. This was the first time Italy finished third in a season at World Championships or Olympic Winter Games and has proven itself to be the best Central European season since 1954, when the Azzuri have finished fifth at such major events since then.

The other placements:
7th place Poland 2: 22: 25.1 (Gasienica, Gut, Budny, Rysula)
8th place France 2: 23: 06.6 (Colin, Arbez, Baradel, Mathieu)
9th place GDR 2:24:23 , 1 (Albrecht, Grimmer, Weidlich, Rüder)
Rank 10 FRG 2: 24: 50.7; Rank 11 JAP 2: 25: 05.1; Rank 12 YUG 2: 28: 27.4; Rank 13 USA 2: 29: 02.2; 14. CAN 2: 39: 34.7.

Cross-country women

• Detailed results

5 km

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Alevtina Kolchina	17: 18.9
2	Klavdiya Boyarskich	17: 25.2
3	Rita Achkina	17: 42.5
4th	Evdokiya Mekschilo	17: 47.3
5	Krastana Stoewa	17: 49.7
6th	Toini Gustafsson	17: 58.1
7th	Barbro Martinsson	18: 07.0
8th	Senja Pusula	18: 14.7
9	Nadezhda Vasileva	18: 20.9
10	Berit Mørdre	18: 26.4

World champion 1962: Alewtina Koltschina / Olympic champion 1964: Klawdija Bojarskich   

Date: February 23, 1966

Start 10 a.m. - There was a (not unexpected) triumph of the Soviet runners, but the 10 km world champion did not win. Her teammate Kolchina, who was 9 years her senior and had not won a major victory since the 1962 World Cup, was 6.3 seconds faster. The external conditions - heavy snowfall, strong wind, −3 ° C (towards the end of the race there was an improvement in the weather with better visibility) - seemed to please the three-time ex-world champion very well. The Bulgarian Stoewa was also a surprise, as the best behind the Soviets she finished fifth, ahead of the strongest runners from Sweden and Finland. Number of participants: 36 runners from 11 countries.

10 km

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Klavdiya Boyarskich	36: 25.5
2	Alevtina Kolchina	36: 43.3
3	Toini Gustafsson	37: 21.4
4th	Evdokiya Mekschilo	37: 40.8
5	Krastana Stoewa	38: 01.2
6th	Barbro Martinsson	38: 19.8
7th	Nadezhda Vasileva	38: 25.3
8th	Rita Achkina	38: 34.9
9	Toini Poysti	38: 50.6
10	Senja Pusula	38: 56.4

World champion 1962: Alewtina Koltschina / Olympic champion 1964: Klawdija Sergejewna Bojarskich   

Date: February 19, 1966

Start 10 a.m. - The three-time Olympic champion from Innsbruck won as expected. The Soviet runners again underlined their superiority in cross-country skiing, Toini Gustafson prevented the Soviet Union from triple success. Boyarskich led from start to finish; Big disappointment from the Finnish women (Pöysti Neunte), who - before the Soviet women began to dominate - had mastered women's cross-country skiing.

3 × 5 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [min]
1	Soviet Union	Klavdija Boyarskich Rita Achkina Alewtina Kolchina	56: 04.2
2	Norway	Ingrid Wigernæs Inger Aufles Berit Mørdre	57: 59.8
3	Sweden	Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson	58: 00.7
4th	GDR	Gabriele Nobis Anna Unger Christine Nestler	58: 00.7
5	Finland	Toini Pöysti Eeva Ruoppa Senja Pusula	59: 20.3
6th	Bulgaria	Krastana Stoewa Nadeschda Wassilewa Welitschka Pandewa	59: 59.2
7 (last)	Poland	Weronika Budny Stefania Biegun Jozefa Czerniawska	61.27.0

World champions 1962: Soviet Union ( Lyubow Baranowa , Maria Gussakowa , Alewtina Koltschina ) Olympic champions 1964: Soviet Union ( Alewtina Koltschina , Jewdokija Mekschilo (career ended), Klavdija Boyarskich )  
 

Date: February 27, 1966

Start 9 a.m. - Here too, the expected Soviet success came about, which was also clear. The Norwegians were able to intercept the Swedes in the finish. The surprise was 4th place for the GDR, who snatched this place of honor from the disappointing Finnish runners.

Ski jumping men

• Detailed results

Normal hill

space	athlete	Widths [m]	Points
1	Bjørn Wirkola	79.5 / 78.0	234.6
2	Dieter Neuendorf	79.5 / 77.5	230.6
3	Paavo Lukkariniemi	77.5 / 75.5	219.9
4th	Jiří Raška	76.0 / 73.5	215.3
5	Veit Kühr	75.0 / 73.5	214.7
6th	Kjell Sjöberg	75.5 / 73.0	212.1
7th	Ryszard Witke	77.5 / 72.5	210.1
7th	Horst Queck	77.5 / 72.5	210.1
9	Peter Lesser	75.5 / 75.5	212.1
10	Alexander Ivannikov	73.0 / 73.0	208.8
...	...	...	...
11	Franz Keller		208.5
19th	Reinhold Bachler		203.4
21st	Max Golser		199.7
23	Henrik Ohlmeyer		199.0
24	Sepp Lichtenegger		198.6
26th	Wolfgang Happle		196.2
29	Günther Göllner		195.6
34	Josef Zehnder		190.6
38	Baldur Preiml		188.4
57	Richard Pfiffner		156.1

The bronze medalist Paavo Lukkariniemi jumping

World Champion 1962: Toralf Engan / Olympic Champion 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (not at the start due to injury)    

Date: February 19, 1966

The competition started at 1:15 p.m.

The Midstuen-Schanze was newly measured, the "critical point" was determined at 70 m (thus the 60-point mark was 77 m, ie 10% of the "KP"). There were 61 jumpers at the start, each of whom was allowed to do a test jump beforehand.

The competition ran at −5 degrees Celsius and sunny weather in the presence of the Norwegian King Olav V. Toralf Engan missed the first jump and finished 34th, Pole Przybyla (third after the first round) then came second (final 13 - 207.8 points; 78.0 and 71.5). Also bad luck for the Soviet jumper Pyotr Kowalenko, who fell in the first round at 77 m after a jump already made, in the second round with 79.5 m proved his world class (final rank 18 with 203.5 points). The judges did not agree on his case, because they drew 14 - 12 - 6 - 10 - 6.

The best German (FRG) was Franz Keller in 11th place with 208.5 points (76.5 / 72.5).

Inexplicably, the first round was rather empty in front of 15,000 spectators; only in the second round did the audience come out of themselves. The external conditions made a major contribution to the very good overall impression. There was a clear difference in performance (in a positive sense) compared to the Four Hills Tournament (which was also at a disadvantage due to the weather) and, according to experts, had at least reached the level of Seefeld (Olympic Games 1964).

The process went very quickly, after just 30 seconds another competitor received the signal "Clear the way". The judges were challenged to draw their marks at this speed, but thanks to their routine, this was quite sure. In addition, the competition management adhered strictly to the regulations and immediately ordered a shortening of the start-up as soon as the critical point was skipped; after that, only the two best could achieve this brand, which spoke for their class.

Wirkola and Neuendorf were close together and had clearly set themselves apart from the other competitors.

The overall result shows that there were only three northerners in the top ten (in addition to Wirkola the Finn Lukkariniemi and the Swede Sjöberg), but all jumpers from the GDR - and also Raška (ČSSR), the Poles Witka and Iwannikow (URS). Finland was the "big loser", the failure of Kannkonens was clearly felt, even the young Niemi was not there after a concussion after training - so Niilo Halonen (Olympic silver 1960) took 14th place as the best (206.8 points - 74 / 70.5 m).

The starting numbers of the Austrians were: Preiml with No. 10, Sepp Lichtenegger No. 20, Reinhold Bachler No. 46 and Max Golser No. 47 - Bachler was able to fall in the first run, but he could not improve. Lichtenegger jumped evenly, but too short. Preiml was not in very good shape at the moment. Golser, on the other hand, was in the distance ahead of Bachler, but he could not compete in posture.

The most important other placements or best in their countries:

16. Takashi Fujisawa (JAP) 204.8 (73.5 / 71.0); 17. Yukio Kasaya (JAP) 203.6 (73.5 / 71.5); 19. Bachler 203.4 (73.5 / 72.0); 21. Golser 199.7 (73.5 / 72.5); 23. Ohlmeyer 188.0 (73.0 / 71.0); 24. Lichtenegger 198.6 (71.5 / 71.0); 26. ex aequo John Balfranz (USA) 196.2 (71.5 / 69.5) & Happle (72.0 / 71.5); 29. Göllner 195.6 (71.5 / 71.0), 30. Giacomo Aimoni (ITA) 195.5 (73.0 / 68.5); 34. Zehnder 190.6 (70.5 / 69.5); 38. Preiml 188.4 (70.5 / 70.0); 57. Pfiffner 156.1 (65.0 / 62.5).

Large hill

space	athlete	Widths [m]	Points
1	Bjørn Wirkola	84.5 / 78.5	215.3
2	Takashi Fujisawa	80.0 / 80.0	207.6
3	Kjell Sjöberg	77.5 / 80.0	204.6
4th	Jiří Raška	82.0 / 77.5	203.9
5	Christoffer Selbekk	80.0 / 80.0	202.1
6th	Koba Zakadze	80.5 / 78.5	199.7
7th	Niilo halons	80.0 / 76.5	197.2
8th	Wolfgang Happle	82.0 / 78.5	194.2
9	Veit Kühr	77.0 / 77.0	191.1
10	Toralf Engan	77.0 / 77.0	199.7
...	...	...	...
12	Reinhold Bachler		189.4
17th	Franz Keller		184.6
18th	Dieter Neuendorf		183.0
19th	Max Golser		182.3
23	Peter Lesser		179.1
24	Willy Schuster		178.9
27	Josef Zehnder		175.5
33	Henrik Ohlmeyer		168.7
37	Sepp Lichtenegger		166.1
44	Horst Queck		150.9
45	Wolfgang Schüller		147.7
46	Richard Pfiffner		147.4

1962 World Champion: Helmut Recknagel (career ended) / 1964 Olympic Champion: Toralf Engan Date: February 27, 1966    

Start at 1.15 p.m. - The competition with 61 participants took place in adverse conditions (heavy fog) and lasted until 16:20. The audience was 70,000. The hill record of 89 m ( Lars Grini ) was not reached, let alone the distance by Torgeir Brandtzæg in a training session a year ago with 97 m. The low number of marks compared to other ski jumping competitions was due to the poor visibility, because no great distances were jumped with it; at Holmenkollen the “critical point” was 80 m, so there were initially 60 width points for 88 m. All of these circumstances meant that the competition was not able to satisfy athletically.

Wirkola found his victory practically in the first round, where he had received the highest mark of the day of 113.1. For the time being, Raška (106.6 points) and world record holder Lesser (105.8 points) took the lead. Neuendorf was eliminated with a bad jump (the judges' panel not only rated this with grades from 11 to 15.5, which differed starkly) for a good place. Before Wirkola came, Fujisawa (103.8), Zakadse (102.0), Halonen (101.3) and Happle (101.1) were on the other ranks.

The real sensation of the day was the Tokyo employee Fujisawa, who jumped perfectly and won the first ski jumping medal in the history of skiing for Japan. He jumped 80 m both times and, curiously, received 103.8 points each time, but the judges did not remain identical in their scores.

The Austrian master Lichtenegger could not find his way around; He fought, held up well in the first round with 78.5 m, but then fell off. Preiml was out due to an injury.

After the first run it cleared up at plus 1 degrees for the time being, the first six jumpers in the second run got away splendidly, but then it suddenly began to snow and within a few minutes the inrun and jump were thickly covered with fresh snow. Several jumpers fell, the competition was interrupted after 33 jumpers. The continuation was called off because the four foremen, who had been let down after the landing strip had been cleared, fell headlong on the blunt snow. So it was decided that the previous jumps were all canceled and the competitors started again. The snowfall had stopped in the meantime, but visibility had become even worse than in the first run due to the fog that set in again - so it was no wonder that there were many unsafe landings and falls. Lesser recorded a downturn. Wirkola only needed a safety jump - Sjöberg, who started after him and had written 99.8 points for his 77.5 m, was able to win thanks to the 80 m and grades of three times 19.0 and twice 18.0 (total 104.8 points) increase to bronze.

Other missing widths or the other important placements and best of their countries (so far available): 7. Halons 197.2 (80.0 / 76.5); 11. Pyotr Kovalenko (URS) 189.9 (79.0 / 78.0); 12. Bachler 189.4 (79.5 / 77.5); 16. John Balfranz (USA) 185.2; 19. Golser 182.3 (79.0 / 76.5); 24. Cobbler 178.9 (75.5 / 76.5); 27. Zehnder 175.5 (73.0 / 75.5); 37. Lichtenegger 166.1 (78.5 / 69.0); 46. ​​Pfiffner 147.4 (71.0 / 68.5).

Bjørn Wirkola showed himself in excellent form at these world championships. He was the first to win the gold medal (s) on both hills.

Nordic combined men

Detailed results

Individual (normal hill / 15 km)

space	athlete	Points
1	Georg Thoma	444.66
2	Franz Keller	443.04
3	Alois Kälin	440.73
4th	Ralph Pöhland	439.42
5	Boris Cheremuhin	434.04
6th	Yuri Simenov	430.16
7th	Mikkel Dobloug	428.19
8th	Roland Weißpflog	427.30
9	Markus Svendsen	427.11
10	Evgeni Loginov	426.61
...	...	...
13	Rainer Dietel	?
28	Waldemar Heigenhauser	379.41
DNF	Franz Scherübl

World Champion 1962: Arne Larsen (NOR) / Olympic Champion 1964: Tormod Knutsen (career ended)    

Date: 20./21. February 1966 February
20, 1966 (from 1.30 p.m. jumping) / 21. February 1966 (from 2.30 p.m. 15km cross-country skiing)

The best of the Norwegians, who had been used to winning the Nordic Combined for decades, had to be content with 7th place (Doblaug was already 7th place after jumping). The double victory of the German athletes Georg Thoma, Olympic champion in 1960, and Franz Keller, two years later also Olympic champion, is remarkable.

The victory in the combined jumping went to Keller with 251.0 P (76.0m / 77.0m) ahead of Thoma 229.8 P (74.5m / 71.5m), Tscheremuhin 227.0 P (71.5m / 74.0m) ), Taniguchi (JAP) 225.8 P (71.0m / 71.0m), Logonow (URS) 225.2 P (75.0m / 71.0m) and Winterlich (GDR) 224.3 P (74.0m / 72.5m). 10th place for Pöhland 215.2 P (71.0m / 73.5m), 16th place for Weisspflog 208.6 P (68.0m / 69.0m) and 27th place for Heigenhauser 193.3 P (61.0m / 71.5m), rank 39 Scherübl 158.7 P (58.5m / 59.0m).

Kälin won the 15km cross-country skiing in 52: 12.9 minutes ahead of Svendsen (NOR) in 54.25.5 minutes, Pöhland in 55: 14.8 minutes, Lengg (FRG) 55: 33.3 minutes, Klinga (FIN ) in 55: 33.5 min, Simenow in 55: 38.6 min; Roland Weisspflog (GDR) in 55: 43.6 min; Reiner Dietl (GDR) in 55: 52.2 min; Arne Larsen (NOR) in 55: 59.8 min; furthermore rank 11 for Thoma in 56: 03.9 min and rank 27 for Keller in 58: 08.9 min - Heigenhauser was ranked 31st in 58: 42.8 min.

In the jumping run, the best two of three runs were scored. Franz Keller had already taken the lead after the first run with 76 m, although he fell in the second run at 77 m, but then he sailed again at 77 m and stood bombproof.

Thoma did not make the first jump, in the second attempt he reached the greatest length in 74.5 m and received good style marks - he achieved a favorable starting position with second place behind his teammate Keller. In cross-country skiing he came in 11th in 56: 03.9 - the prognoses that Keller would lose about 2:30 minutes on Thoma in cross-country skiing were almost confirmed (it was actually 2:05 minutes).

41 athletes competed in cross-country skiing. About 20 cm of snow had fallen during the night, it also snowed on the day of the race and the strong wind drove snow into the track. The first start numbers (Pöhland with 2, Larsen with 3) were at a disadvantage. Kälin had shown a moderate jump performance (he had not found himself in the expected form with the disturbing crosswind), which meant he was only 34th with 67 and 64 m and 175.2 points. His race to catch up was sensational, the gap of around four points on the gold medal corresponded to around 18 seconds of cross-country skiing. During the race there was already a lot of excitement, especially in the West German camp, because Thoma had lost almost three minutes and Keller 4:10 after the 10km intermediate times on the leading Kälin. Both the supervisors from the Swiss and FRG camps had distributed their men along the entire route, so that both sides had the best possible orientation about the competition status. Keller had attached himself to Pöhland. The tension was extremely enormous because only a complicated calculation of the points (mean of the three best running times and calculation of excess points) allowed a rating, whereby private calculations soon showed that Thoma had won, while the other placements remained open. After 25 minutes, the loudspeaker confirmed the meanwhile rough ranking with Thoma in front of Keller and Kälin.

Rainer Dietel took 424.15 P (217.05 and 207.10), Winterlich came in 14th with 422.83 P (198.53 / 224.30), Edi Lengg (FRG) came in 23rd with 396.38 P. (220.68 / 175.70) and H Möwald (FRG) in 30th place with 376.91 P (206.01 / 170.90).

Waldemar Heigenhauser was the only Austrian to be ranked 28th with a score of 379.41 (186.11 / 193.30) (in jumping he increased to 71.5 m in the second round after a 61 m jump, but fell in the 3rd round down again to 64 m; cross-country rank 31), in contrast Willy Köstinger was not classified. He fell in the first round and had to retire due to injury. Franz Scherübl had tobogganed in the first run at 64 m, the other lengths were 58.5 m and 59 m, he was classified in 39th place with 158.7.

Medal table

Nations
final after 10 competitions

space	nation
01	Norway	5	2	1	8th
02	Soviet Union	3	2	1	6th
03	Finland	1	3	2	6th
04th	BR Germany	1	1	1	3
05	GDR	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
07th	Sweden	0	0	3	3
08th	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 7 competitions

space	athlete
01	Gjermund Eggen	3	0	0	3
02	Bjørn Wirkola	2	0	0	2
03	Eero Mäntyranta	1	1	1	3
04th	Ole Ellefsæter	1	1	0	2
05	Odd Martinsen	1	0	1	2
06th	Georg Thoma	1	0	0	1
	Harald Grønningen	1	0	0	1
08th	Kalevi Laurila	0	2	0	2
09	Dieter Neuendorf	0	1	0	1
	Franz Keller	0	1	0	1
	Takashi Fujisawa	0	1	0	1
	Arto Tiainen	0	1	0	1
	Kalevi Oikarainen	0	1	0	1
	Hannu Taipale	0	1	0	1
015th	Walter Demel	0	0	1	1
	Paavo Lukkariniemi	0	0	1	1
	Alois Kälin	0	0	1	1
	Kjell Sjöberg	0	0	1	1
	Giulio Deflorian	0	0	1	1
	Franco Nones	0	0	1	1
	Gianfranco Stella	0	0	1	1
	Franco Manfroi	0	0	1	1

Women
final after 3 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Klavdiya Boyarskich	2	1	0	3
	Alevtina Kolchina	2	1	0	3
03	Rita Achkina	1	0	1	2
04th	Ingrid Wigernæs	0	1	0	1
	Inger Aufles	0	1	0	1
	Berit Mørdre	0	1	0	1
07th	Toini Gustafsson	0	2	0	2
08th	Barbro Martinsson	0	0	1	1
	Britt Strandberg	0	0	1	1

literature

• Hermann Hansen, Knut Sveen: VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997. Adresseavisens Forlag, Trondheim 1996, ISBN 82-7164-044-5 .

Web links

Commons : FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 26th Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on May 11, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , pages 36/37 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 11, 2017
• The Nordic combined athletes surprise with a double victory Papa roars , Berliner Zeitung, February 28, 2011 on berliner-zeitung.de, accessed on May 11, 2017
• Ski-VM 1966 Oslo - Hopp normalbakke , video about the ski jumping normal hill at the 1966 World Cup in Oslo, uploaded on October 23, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed on May 11, 2017
• FIS World Championships - Cross Country Skiing , Cross Country Skiing at the 1966 World Championships from fis-ski.com, accessed on May 11, 2017
• FIS World Championships - Ski Jumping Ski jumping at the 1966 World Championships from fis-ski.com, accessed on May 11, 2017
• FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined Nordic combined at the 1966 World Championships from fis-ski.com, accessed on May 11, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ «FIS delegates want to travel in summer too»; "Sport-Zurich" from May 27, 1963
2. ↑ Debacle of the Scandinavians in Oslo - result box . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ^ "Cross-country revenge of the Norwegians" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 42 of February 22, 1966, page 7, POS. Columns 1 and 2 (second major title)
4. ↑ "Oslo: Norwegians struck at Bakken and over 15 km" and "Norwegian triumph - all medals won" in "Sport Zurich" No. 22 of February 21, 1966, from page 1
5. ↑ Mäntyranta couldn't be beaten . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ “Oslo: Today start with 30 km run” in “People's newspaper Kärnten” No. 38 of February 17, 1966, page 7, POS. Columns 1 and 2 middle
7. ^ "Third 30 km title for Eero Mäntyranta. Walter Demel - the sensation of Oslo ”in“ People's newspaper Kärnten ”No. 39 of February 18, 1966, page 7
8. ↑ "Eero Maentyranta remains king of the trail" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 39 of February 18, 1966, page 8
9. ↑ “Double Olympic champion Mäntyranta again 30 km world champion” in “Sport Zürich” No. 21 of February 18, 1966, from page 1
10. ↑ "World Cup favorite Rönnlund in bed" in "Kurier Wien" of 17 February 1966 Page 19
11. ↑ “Triumph of the Finns over 30 km. Sensation: Third a German "in" Kurier Wien "of February 18, 1966, page 19
12. ↑ Holmenkollen: Bachler in Form - Subtitle: Mäntyranta Favorit . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
13. ↑ “Third Golden for G. Eggen!” In “People's newspaper Kärnten” No. 47 of February 27, 1966, page 9, POS. Columns 4 and 5, middle
14. ^ "Gjermund Eggen the new cross-country king" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 47 of February 27, 1966, page 7, POS. Columns 3 to 5, below
15. ^ "Big 50s finish secured Eggen 3rd gold medal" in "Sport Zurich" No. 25 of February 28, 1966, page 3
16. ↑ “50 km World Championship: Breathtaking! Winner four hundredths ahead ”in» Kurier Wien «on February 28, 1966, page 23
17. ↑ The first win in 29 years . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
18. ↑ “Start-finish victory of the Norskerstaffel” in “Volkszeitung Kärnten” No. 44 of February 24, 1966, page 7
19. ^ "Norway's enthusiasm for Holmenkollen led to the relay victory" in "Sport Zürich" No. 24 of February 25, 1966, from page 1
20. ↑ "Surprise in the 5-km cross-country run for women" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 44 of February 24, 1966, page 7, POS. Columns 1 and 2 (second major title)
21. ↑ "A. Kolchina over 5 km ”in“ Sport Zurich ”No. 24 of February 25, 1966, page 14, POS. Column 2
22. ↑ Björn Wirkola became world champion - Subtitle: Claudia the fastest . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1966, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
23. ^ "Claudia Bojarskij over 10 km" in "Sport Zurich" No. 22 of February 21, 1966, page 2, column 3
24. ↑ Nobody jumps like Wirkola - last paragraph in the running text . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1966, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ^ "Ladies Staffel an USSR" in "People's newspaper Carinthia" No. 48 from March 1, 1966, page 8, POS: column 5, above
26. ^ "As expected Claudia B" in "People's newspaper Kärnten" No. 41 of February 20, 1966, page 7, POS. Columns 2 and 3, middle
27. ↑ “Soviet victory also in the women's relay” in “Kärntner Tageszeitung” No. 48 of March 1, 1966, page 10, POS. Column 2
28. ^ "Oslo: Start without Sweden's aces" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1966, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
29. ↑ Björn Wirkola became world champion . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1966, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ^ "Oslo: Preiml pulled start no. 10 “in“ Volkszeitung Kärnten ”No. 40 of February 19, 1966, page 8, POS. Columns 2 and 3, above
31. ^ “Björn Wirkola Kankkonen's successor. Oslo: 18th jumping title for Norway "in" People's newspaper Kärnten "No. 41 of February 20, 1966, page 7
32. ↑ "Björn Wirkola successor of Kankkonens" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 41 of February 20, 1966, page 7, POS. center
33. ↑ "Exciting duel Wirkola - Neuendorf" in "Sport Zürich" No. 41 of February 20, 1966, page 5
34. ^ "Wirkola Springer World Champion" in "Kurier Wien" of February 21, 1966, page 13
35. ↑ Nobody jumps like Wirkola . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1966, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
36. ↑ "Second Golden for Björn Wirkola" in "People's newspaper Kärnten" No. 48 from March 1, 1966, page 8
37. ↑ "The sensation at Holmenkollen: The Japanese Takashi Fujisawa" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 48 of March 1, 1966, page 10
38. ↑ "Wirkola by far the best 'Nebel' jumper" in "Sport Zurich" No. 25 of February 28, 1966, page 2
39. ↑ “Phantom jumping in fog and snow. Wirkola's 2nd World Championship title / Bachler 12th "in" Kurier Wien "on February 28, 1966, page 23
40. ↑ Debacle of the Scandinavians in Oslo . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ Debacle of the Scandinavians in Oslo . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1966, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
42. ^ "Georg Thoma - World Champion" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 42 of February 22, 1966, page 7
43. ↑ "Thoma before Keller and Kälin" and second title "In jumping it was the other way round" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 42 of February 22, 1966, page 10
44. ↑ “Still a small chance for Alois Kälin” in “Sport Zürich” No. 22 of February 21, 1966, page 3
45. ↑ “Alois Kälin's medal is worth gold” in “Sport Zürich” No. 23 of February 23, 1966, from page 1