Nordic World Ski Championships 1991

Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Classic cross-country skiing	Terje Langli - 10 km	Trude Dybendahl - 5 km
Cross-country skiing freestyle	Norway - 15 km	Jelena Välbe - 10 km
Classic cross-country skiing	Gunde Svan - 30 km	Jelena Välbe - 15 km
Cross-country skiing freestyle	Torgny Mogren - 50 km	Lyubov Egorova - 30 km
Cross-country relay	Norway - 4 × 10 km	Soviet Union - 4 × 5 km
Ski jumping normal hill	Heinz Kuttin	---
Ski jumping large hill	Franci Petek	---
Ski jumping large hill team	Austria	---
Nordic combination	Fred Børre Lundberg	---
Nordic combined team	Austria	---
Individual competitions	7th	4th
Team competitions	3	1
← Lahti 1989 Falun 1993 →

The 38th Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 7 to 21 February 1991 in the Italian Val di Fiemme in the region Trentino-Alto Adige instead. The cross-country skiing competitions took place in the cross-country skiing center Lago di Tesero and the jumping competitions on the Trampolino dal Ben ski jumps in Predazzo .

After the women's 5 km individual race in Lahti in 1989 , which had only premiered in Oberstdorf in 1987 , was not included in the calendar for the last time, from 1991 it found a place in the competition schedule instead of the 10 km distance. The men’s route was also shortened: the 15 km race in classic style was held for the first time over just 10 km.

For the first time since 1939 in Zakopane , a joint German team competed at the 1991 World Championships.

The best nations this time were Norway - five times gold, the Soviet Union - four times gold, and somewhat surprisingly Austria - three times gold. Finland , at the top two years ago at the home World Cup, had to be content with two silver and two bronze medals. Double winners in the men's category were the two Norwegian cross-country skiers Bjørn Dæhlie , Terje Langli and the Austrian ski jumper Heinz Kuttin . In the women's category , the Soviet cross-country skier Lyubow Jegorova made it , but the also Soviet cross-country skier Jelena Välbe was outstanding with three gold and one silver.

Surcharge to Val di Fiemme

This took place on June 11, 1988 at the 36th FIS Congress in Istanbul . The number of participants was 460 athletes from 30 countries.

Program and schedule

date	Time	event	gender
February 7th	10:30	30 km of cross-country skiing	Men
	18:00	Opening ceremony
February 8	10:30	15 km classic cross-country skiing	Women
	14:00	Combination jump	Men
February 9	10:30	15 km cross-country freestyle	Men
	13:00	15 km combination cross-country skiing	Men
February 10th	10:30	10 km cross-country freestyle	Women
	14:00	Ski jumping K 120	Men
February 11th	10:30	10 km classic cross-country skiing	Men
February 12th	10:30	5 km of classic cross-country skiing	Women
	14:00	Nordic combined team competition	Men
13th February	13:00	3 × 10 km Nordic combined	Men
14th of February	10:30	4 × 5 km relay race	Women
	14:00	Team ski jumping	Men
February 15th	10:30	4 × 10 km relay race	Men
February 16	10:30	30 km cross-country freestyle	Women
	14:00	Ski jumping K 90	Men
February 17th	10:00	50 km of cross-country skiing	Men
	14:00	Graduation ceremony

Cross-country men

• Detailed results

10 km classic

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Terje Langli	25: 55.0
2	Christer Majbäck	25: 59.7
3	Torgny Mogren	26: 01.5
4th	Vegard Ulvang	26: 06.7
5	Luboš Buchta	26: 13.9
6th	Harri Kirvesniemi	26: 16.1
7th	Thomas Eriksson
8th	Igor Badamschin
9	Bjørn Dæhlie
10	Martin Petrásek

The route was previously held over the 15 km distance, the winners:
1988 Olympic champion : Mikhail Dewjatjarow / 1989 world champion : Harri Kirvesniemi  

Date: February 11, 1991

15 km freestyle

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	36: 57.2
2	Gunde Svan	37: 05.6
3	Vladimir Smirnov	37: 07.8
4th	Giorgio Vanzetta	37: 31.3
5	Maurilio De Zolt	37: 32.8
6th	Jan Ottosson	37: 54.8
7th	Kristen Skjeldal
8th	Vyacheslav Plaksunov
8th	Torgny Mogren
10	Silvano Barco

Olympic Champion 1988 : at the Olympic Games not previously in the program / World Champion 1989 : Gunde Svan 

Date: February 9, 1991

30 km classic

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Gunde Svan	1: 16: 12.4
2	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 16: 17.3
3	Vegard Ulvang	1: 16: 32.8
4th	Terje Langli	1: 16: 40.8
5	Harri Kirvesniemi	1: 17: 31.6
6th	Alois Stadlober	1: 17: 41.5
7th	Stubborn Sivertsen
8th	Mikhail Botvinov
9	Luboš Buchta
10	Christer Majbäck

Olympic Champion 1988 : Alexei Prokurorow / World Champion 1989 : Vladimir Smirnov  

Date: February 7, 1991

50 km freestyle

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Torgny Mogren	2: 03: 31.6
2	Gunde Svan	2: 03: 48.8
3	Maurilio De Zolt	2: 04: 01.7
4th	Bjørn Dæhlie	2: 04: 52.0
5	Pavel Benc	2: 06: 20.1
6th	Alexei Prokurorov	2: 06: 41.5
7th	Jan Ottosson
8th	Henrik Forsberg
9	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez
10	Kazunari Sasaki

Olympic Champion 1988 : Gunde Svan / World Champion 1989 : Gunde Svan  

Date: February 17, 1991

4x10 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Norway	Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 39: 47.3
2	Sweden	Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	1: 41: 39.1
3	Finland	Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen	1: 42: 10.0
4th	Italy	Maurilio De Zolt Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvano Barco	1: 42: 26.2
5	Soviet Union	Igor Badamschin Vladimir Smirnov Vyacheslav Plaksunow Alexei Prokurorow	1: 42: 36.5
6th	Austria	Alois Schwarz Alois Stadlober Andreas Ringhofer Alexander Marent	1: 42: 53.9

Olympic Champion 1988 : Sweden ( Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren ) World Champion 1989 : Sweden ( Christer Majbäck , Gunde Svan , Lars Håland , Torgny Mogren )  
 

Date: February 15, 1991

Cross-country women

• Detailed results

5 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Trude Dybendahl	14: 04.2
2	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	14: 04.9
3	Manuela Di Centa	14: 24.1
4th	Lyubov Egorova	14: 27.5
5	Marianne Dahlmo	14: 38.9
6th	Inger Helene Nybråten	14: 40.6
6th	Marjut Lukkarinen
8th	Solveig Pedersen
9	Marie-Helene Westin
10	Stefania Belmondo

Olympic Champion 1988 : Marjo Matikainen / World Champion 1989 : Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - held over 10 km  

Date: February 12, 1991

10 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Jelena Välbe	28: 25.9
2	Marie-Helene Westin	28: 59.4
3	Tamara Tikhonova	29: 06.5
4th	Manuela Di Centa	29: 08.2
5	Simone Opitz	29: 10.8
6th	Gabriele Hess	29: 16.3
7th	Stefania Belmondo
8th	Lyubov Egorova
9	Marjut Lukkarinen
10	Li's frost

Olympic Champion 1988 : not yet in the program at the last Olympic Games / World Champion 1989 : Jelena Välbe 

Date: February 10, 1991

15 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Jelena Välbe	44: 58.5
2	Trude Dybendahl	46: 02.4
3	Stefania Belmondo	46: 31.4
4th	Solveig Pedersen	46: 40.9
5	Pirkko Määttä	46: 50.6
6th	Marie-Helene Westin	47: 06.4
7th	Jelena Kashirskaya
8th	Svetlana Nageikina
9	Marjut Lukkarinen
10	Carina Görlin

Olympic Champion 1988 : Vida Vencienė - over 10 km / World Champion 1989 : Marjo Matikainen  

Date: February 8, 1991

30 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	Time [h]
1	Lyubov Egorova	1: 20: 26.8
2	Jelena Välbe	1: 21: 02.4
3	Manuela Di Centa	1: 21: 15.3
4th	Stefania Belmondo	1: 22: 05.9
5	Svetlana Nageikina	1: 22: 35.9
6th	Marie-Helene Westin	1: 23: 37.4
7th	Simone Opitz
8th	Gabriella Paruzzi
9	Ina Kümmel
10	Isabelle Rémy

Olympic champion 1988 : Tamara Tichonowa - over 20 km / world champion 1989 : Jelena Välbe  

Date: February 16, 1991

Lyubow Jegorowa was the last Nordic sportswoman who could win a gold medal for the Soviet Union before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

4x5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time [min]
1	Soviet Union	Lyubov Jegorowa Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	55: 36.6
2	Italy	Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	56: 22.5
3	Norway	Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	56: 34.5
4th	Finland	Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjut Lukkarinen Tuulikki Pyykkönen	56: 53.7
5	Germany	Heike Wezel Ina Kümmel Gabriele Hess Simone Opitz	57: 47.5
6th	Sweden	Carina Görlin Magdalena Wallin Lis Frost Marie-Helene Westin	57: 57.8

Olympic champions 1988 : Soviet Union ( Swetlana Nageikina , Nina Gawriljuk , Tamara Tichonowa , Anfissa Reszowa ) World champions 1989 : Finland ( Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen , Marjo Matikainen )  
 

Date: February 15, 1991

Ski jumping men

• Detailed results

Normal hill K90

space	athlete	Points
1	Heinz Kuttin	222.9
2	Kent Johanssen	222.0
3	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	219.5
4th	Andreas fields	218.4
5	Kazuhiro Higashi	216.6
6th	Stephan Zünd	215.7
7th	Jens Weißflog	211.9
8th	Risto Laakkonen
8th	Franci Petek
10	Ernst Vettori
...	...	...
12	André Kiesewetter	205.8
35	Dieter Thoma	171.6
46	Heiko Hunger	157.0
50	Josef Heumann	146.2

Olympic Champion 1988 : Matti Nykänen / World Champion 1989 : Jens Weißflog  

Date: February 16, 1991

Large hill K120

space	athlete	Points
1	Franci Petek	217.5
2	Olijnyk rune	216.3
3	Jens Weißflog	210.0
4th	Heinz Kuttin	205.1
5	Stefan Horngacher	203.4
5	Stephan Zünd	203.4
5	Stephan Zünd	203.4
7th	André Kiesewetter	203.0
8th	Ernst Vettori
9	Andreas fields
10	Kazuhiro Higashi
...	...	...
15th	Christof Duffner	183.9
21st	Dieter Thoma	169.9

Olympic Champion 1988 : Matti Nykänen / World Champion 1989 : Jari Puikkonen  

Date: February 10, 1991

Jens Weißflog won bronze, the first medal for reunified Germany since the Second World War .

Team large hill K 120

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Austria	Heinz Kuttin Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher Andreas Felder	567.5
2	Finland	Ari-Pekka Nikkola Raimo Ylipulli Vesa Hakala Risto Laakkonen	562.8
3	Germany	Heiko Hunger André Kiesewetter Dieter Thoma Jens Weißflog	549.4
4th	Norway	Espen Bredesen Kent Johanssen Jon Inge Kjørum Rune Olijnyk	526.6
5	Czechoslovakia	František Jež Ladislav Dluhoš Pavel Ploc Jiří Parma	516.6
6th	Switzerland	Benz Hauswirth Yvan Vouillamoz Martin Trunz Stephan Zünd	499.0
7th	Sweden
8th	Yugoslavia
9	Italy
10	Soviet Union

Olympic Champion 1988 : Finland ( Matti Nykänen , Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Tuomo Ylipulli , Jari Puikkonen ) World Champion 1989 : Finland ( Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Jari Puikkonen , Matti Nykänen , Risto Laakkonen )  
 

Date: February 8, 1991

Nordic combined men

• Detailed results

Individual (normal hill K90 / 15 km)

space	athlete
1	Fred Børre Lundberg
2	Klaus Sulzenbacher
3	Klaus Ofner
4th	Allar Levandi
5	Hans-Peter Pohl
6th	František Máka

Olympic Champion 1988 : Hippolyt Kempf / World Champion 1989 : Trond Einar Elden  

Date: February 7, 1991

Team (normal hill K 90 / 3x10 km)

space	country	athlete
1	Austria	Günter Csar Klaus Ofner Klaus Sulzenbacher
2	France	Francis Repellin Xavier Girard Fabrice Guy
3	Japan	Reiichi Mikata Masashi Abe Kazuoko Kodama
4th	Germany	Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Thomas Dufter
5	Norway	Fred Børre Lundberg Trond-Arne Bredesen Trond Einar Elden
6th	Finland	Sami Kallunki Pasi Saapunki Jukka Ylipulli

Olympic Champion 1988 : BR Germany ( Thomas Müller , Hans-Peter Pohl , Hubert Schwarz ) World Champion 1989 : Norway ( Trond Einar Elden , Trond Arne Bredesen , Bård Jørgen Elden )  
 

Date: February 13, 1991

This was the first gold medal for the Austrian Ski Association in Nordic Combined at a major event.

Medal table

Nations
final after 15 competitions

space	nation
01	Norway	5	3	2	10
02	Soviet Union	4th	2	2	8th
03	Austria	3	1	1	5
04th	Sweden	2	5	1	8th
05	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
06th	Finland	0	2	2	4th
07th	Italy	0	1	4th	5
08th	France	0	1	0	1
09	Germany	0	0	2	2
010	Japan	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 10 competitions

space	athlete
01	Bjørn Dæhlie	2	0	0	2
	Terje Langli	2	0	0	2
	Heinz Kuttin	2	0	0	2
04th	Gunde Svan	1	3	0	4th
05	Torgny Mogren	1	1	1	3
06th	Klaus Sulzenbacher	1	1	0	2
07th	Vegard Ulvang	1	0	1	2
	Klaus Ofner	1	0	1	2
09	Franci Petek	1	0	0	1
	Fred Børre Lundberg	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Ernst Vettori	1	0	0	1
	Stefan Horngacher	1	0	0	1
	Andreas fields	1	0	0	1
	Günter Csar	1	0	0	1
016	Christer Majbäck	0	2	0	2
017th	Vladimir Smirnov	0	1	1	2
	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	0	1	1	2
019th	Kent Johanssen	0	1	0	1
	Olijnyk rune	0	1	0	1
	Thomas Eriksson	0	1	0	1
	Raimo Ylipulli	0	1	0	1
	Vesa Hakala	0	1	0	1
	Risto Laakkonen	0	1	0	1
	Francis Repellin	0	1	0	1
	Xavier Girard	0	1	0	1
	Fabrice Guy	0	1	0	1
028	Jens Weißflog	0	0	2	2
029	Maurilio De Zolt	0	0	1	1
	Heiko Hunger	0	0	1	1
	André Kiesewetter	0	0	1	1
	Dieter Thoma (ski jumper)	0	0	1	1
	Mika Kuusisto	0	0	1	1
	Harri Kirvesniemi	0	0	1	1
	Jari Isometsä	0	0	1	1
	Jari Räsänen	0	0	1	1
	Reiichi Mikata	0	0	1	1
	Masashi Abe	0	0	1	1
	Kazuoko Kodama	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Jelena Välbe	3	1	0	4th
02	Lyubov Egorova	2	0	0	2
03	Trude Dybendahl	1	0	1	2
04th	Tamara Tikhonova	1	0	1	1
05	Raissa Smetanina	1	0	0	1
06th	Manuela Di Centa	0	1	2	3
07th	Stefania Belmondo	0	1	1	2
08th	Marie-Helene Östlund	0	1	0	1
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	0	1	0	1
	Bice Vanzetta	0	1	0	1
	Gabriella Paruzzi	0	1	0	1
012	Solveig Pedersen	0	0	1	1
	Inger Helene Nybråten	0	0	1	1
	Elin Nilsen	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

• 38th Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on May 19, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , pages 50/51 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 19, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , pages 50/51 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 19, 2017
• Nordic World Ski Championships, Val di Fiemme 1991 - Women's 10 km , video uploaded on November 24, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed on May 19, 2017
• Gunde Svan vs Bjørn Dæhlie Men's 50km at World Championship 1991 Val di Fiemme , video published on January 19, 2017 on youtube.com, accessed on May 19, 2017
• Val di Fiemme 1991, K90 , video about the normal hill ski jumping at the 1991 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, uploaded on December 24, 2009 to youtube.com, accessed on May 19, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Saalbach booted opponents in the first round" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 13, 1988, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ “460 active participants” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 6, 1991; Page 19
3. ↑ All times refer to CEST = UTC +2, local time is UTC + 2.
4. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 10k on fis-ski.com
5. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 15k on fis-ski.com
6. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 30k on fis-ski.com
7. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 50k on fis-ski.com
8. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men's Team on fis-ski.com
9. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 5k on fis-ski.com
10. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 10k on fis-ski.com
11. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 15k on fis-ski.com
12. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 30k on fis-ski.com
13. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies Team on fis-ski.com
14. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski-Jumping NH on fis-ski.com
15. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski-Jumping LH on fis-ski.com
16. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski Jumping Team on fis-ski.com
17. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined on fis-ski.com
18. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined on fis-ski.com