Nordic World Ski Championships 1995

Nordic World Ski Championships 1995
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Classic cross-country skiing	Vladimir Smirnov - 10 km	Larissa Lasutina - 5 km
Cross-country skiing pursuit	Vladimir Smirnov - 10k + 15F	Larissa Lasutina - 5k + 10F
Classic cross-country skiing	Vladimir Smirnov - 30 km	Larissa Lasutina - 15 km
Cross-country skiing freestyle	Silvio Fauner - 50 km	Jelena Välbe - 30 km
Cross-country relay	Norway - 4 × 10 km	Russia - 4 × 5 km
Ski jumping normal hill	Takanobu Okabe	---
Ski jumping large hill	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	---
Ski jumping large hill team	Finland	---
Nordic combination	Fred Børre Lundberg	---
Nordic combined team	Japan	---
Individual competitions	7th	4th
Team competitions	3	1
← Falun 1993 Trondheim 1997 →

The 40th Nordic World Ski Championships were held from March 9th to 19th, 1995 in the Canadian city ​​of Thunder Bay in the province of Ontario .

The most successful nation was Russia with five gold medals, which, however, was solely due to the cross-country skiers. Norway and Kazakhstan each won gold three times. Cross- country skier Larissa Lasutina won four gold medals for the Russian team, including the relay, Jelena Välbe was involved with two victories. In the men's category, Kazakh Vladimir Smirnov secured three world championship titles in cross-country skiing.

Cross-country men

• Detailed results

10 km classic

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Vladimir Smirnov	24: 52.3
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	25: 10.1
3	Mika Myllyl	25: 11.5
4th	Silvio Fauner	25: 29.5
5	Harri Kirvesniemi	25: 34.3
6th	Erling Jevne	25: 40.1
7th	Jochen Behle
8th	Jari Isometsä
9	Stubborn Sivertsen
10	Mikhail Botvinov

World Champion 1993 : Sture Sivertsen / Olympic Champion 1994 : Bjørn Dæhlie  

Date: March 11, 1995

Pursuit race (10 km classic + 15 km freestyle )

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 06: 19.5
2	Silvio Fauner	1: 06: 29.7
3	Jari Isometsä	1: 06: 30.0
4th	Mika Myllyl	1: 06: 58.1
5	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 07: 18.6
6th	Alexei Prokurorov	1: 07: 25.5
7th	Harri Kirvesniemi
8th	Thomas Alsgaard
9	Bergström is different
10	Vladimir Legotin

World Champion 1993 : Bjørn Dæhlie / Olympic Champion 1994 : Bjørn Dæhlie  

Date: March 13, 1995

30 km classic

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 15: 52.3
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 16: 52.4
3	Alexei Prokurorov	1: 17: 35.6
4th	Mika Myllyl	1: 17: 42.2
5	Silvio Fauner	1: 18: 02.8
6th	Harri Kirvesniemi	1: 18: 38.3
7th	Erling Jevne
8th	Vegard Ulvang
9	Jari Isometsä
10	Jochen Behle

World Champion 1993 : Bjørn Dæhlie / Olympic Champion 1994 (freestyle): Thomas Alsgaard  

Date: March 9, 1995

50 km freestyle

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Silvio Fauner	1: 56: 36.0
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 57: 48.5
3	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 58: 10.7
4th	Giorgio Vanzetta	1: 58: 51.6
5	Henrik Forsberg	1: 59: 14.2
6th	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez	1: 59: 35.9
7th	Torgny Mogren
8th	Bergström is different
9	Gaudenzio Godioz
10	Hervé Balland

World Champion 1993 : Torgny Mogren / Olympic Champion 1994 (classic): Vladimir Smirnow  

Date: March 19, 1995

4x10 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Norway	Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	1: 34: 27.1
2	Finland	Karri Hietamäki Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	1: 35: 10.5
3	Italy	Fulvio Valbusa Marco Albarello Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	1: 36: 30.4
4th	Sweden	Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Torgny Mogren Anders Bergström	1: 36: 29.1
5	Austria	Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Gerhard Urain Alexander Marent	1: 37: 01.3
6th	Russia	Vladimir Legotin Mikhail Botvinov Sergei Tschepikow Alexei Prokurorow	1: 37: 25.2

World Champion 1993 : Norway ( Sture Sivertsen , Vegard Ulvang , Terje Langli , Bjørn Dæhlie ) Olympic Champion 1994 : Italy ( Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta , Silvio Fauner )  
 

Date: March 17, 1995

Cross-country women

• Detailed results

5 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Larissa Lasutina	15: 23.7
2	Nina Gavriljuk	15: 47.1
3	Manuela Di Centa	15: 57.8
4th	Jelena Välbe	16: 03.1
5	Kristina Šmigun	16: 08.2
6th	Inger Helene Nybråten	16: 12.9
7th	Marit Mikkelsplass
8th	Stefania Belmondo
9	Anna Frithioff
10	Antonina Ordina

World champion 1993 : Larissa Lasutina / Olympic champion 1994 : Lyubow Jegorowa  

Date: March 12, 1995

Pursuit race (5 km classic + 10 km freestyle)

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Larissa Lasutina	43: 19.6
2	Nina Gavriljuk	43: 45.3
3	Olga Danilova	43: 56.9
4th	Manuela Di Centa	44: 23.5
5	Stefania Belmondo	44: 31.6
6th	Antonina Ordina	44: 49.2
7th	Marit Mikkelsplass
8th	Gabriella Paruzzi
9	Olga Korneeva
10	Anke Schulze

World Champion 1993 : Stefania Belmondo / Olympic Champion 1994 : Lyubow Jegorowa  

Date: March 14, 1995

15 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Larissa Lasutina	41: 27.5
2	Jelena Välbe	42: 39.1in
3	Inger Helene Nybråten	43: 03.2
4th	Marit Mikkelsplass	43: 08.6
5	Olga Danilova	43: 11.4
6th	Nina Gavriljuk	43: 13.1
7th	Kateřina Neumannová
8th	Pirkko Määttä
9	Trude Dybendahl
10	Merja Lahtinen

World Champion 1993 : Jelena Välbe / Olympic Champion 1994 (freestyle): Manuela Di Centa  

Date: March 10, 1995

30 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	Time [h]
1	Jelena Välbe	1: 15: 27.3
2	Manuela Di Centa	1: 16: 40.5
3	Antonina Ordina	1: 16: 58.6
4th	Olga Danilova	1: 17: 06.6
5	Larissa Lasutina	1: 17: 15.7
6th	Nina Gavriljuk	1: 18: 01.2
7th	Elin Nilsen
8th	Guidina Dal Sasso
9	Marit Mikkelsplass
10	Trude Dybendahl

World Champion 1993 : Stefania Belmondo / Olympic Champion 1994 (classic): Manuela Di Centa  

Date: March 18, 1995

4x5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time [min]
1	Russia	Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Jelena Välbe Nina Gawriljuk	53: 47.6
2	Norway	Marit Mikkelsplass Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon	55: 17.6
3	Sweden	Anna Frithioff Marie-Helene Östlund Antonina Ordina Anette Fanqvist	55: 17.7
4th	Italy	Guidina Dal Sasso Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	56: 12.8
5	Germany	Manuela Henkel Ina Kümmel Sigrid Wille Anke Schulze	57: 18.1
6th	Finland	Tuulikki Pyykkönen Pirkko Määttä brand Rautiala Merja Lahtinen	57: 19.7

World champions 1993 : Russia ( Jelena Välbe , Larissa Lasutina , Nina Gawriljuk , Ljubow Jegorowa ) Olympic champions 1994 : Russia ( Jelena Välbe , Larissa Lasutina , Nina Gawriljuk , Ljubow Jegorowa )  
 

Date: March 17, 1995

Ski jumping men

Detailed results

Normal hill K90

space	athlete	Points
1	Takanobu Okabe	266.0
2	Hiroya Saitō	256.5
3	Mika Antero Laitinen	243.5
4th	Sylvain Freiholz	240.0
5	Jens Weißflog	233.0
6th	Andreas Goldberger	230.0
7th	Jin'ya Nishikata
7th	Jérôme Gay
9	Janne Ahonen
10	Adam Malysz

World Champion 1993 : Masahiko Harada / Olympic Champion 1994 : Espen Bredesen  

Date: March 12, 1995

Large hill K 120

space	athlete	Points
1	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	272.6
2	Andreas Goldberger	259.5
3	Jens Weißflog	229.9
4th	Let Ottesen	224.4
5	Kazuyoshi Funaki	218.3
6th	Nicolas Jean-Prost	216.0
7th	Reinhard Schwarzenberger
8th	Roberto Cecon
9	Janne Ahonen
10	Gerd Siegmund

World champion 1993 : Espen Bredesen / Olympic champion 1994 : Jens Weißflog  

Date: March 18, 1995

Team large hill K 120

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Finland	Jani Soininen Janne Ahonen Mika Antero Laitinen Ari-Pekka Nikkola	889.0
2	Germany	Jens Weißflog Gerd Siegmund Hansjörg Jäkle Dieter Thoma	882.5
3	Japan	Takanobu Okabe Jin'ya Nishikata Hiroya Saitō Naoki Yasuzaki	836.9
4th	France	Lucas Chevalier-Girod Jérôme Gay Nicolas Dessum Nicolas Jean-Prost	801.1
5	Switzerland	Marco Steinauer Martin Trunz Bruno Reuteler Sylvain Freiholz	761.0
6th	Austria	Andreas Widhölzl Christian Moser Reinhard Schwarzenberger Andreas Goldberger	728.1

World Champion 1993 : Norway ( Bjørn Myrbakken , Helge Brendryen , Øyvind Berg , Espen Bredesen ) Olympic Champion 1994 : Germany ( Hansjörg Jäkle , Christof Duffner , Dieter Thoma , Jens Weißflog )  
 

Date: March 16, 1995

Nordic combined men

• Detailed results

Individual (normal hill K 90/15 km)

space	athlete
1	Fred Børre Lundberg
2	Jari Mantila
3	Sylvain Guillaume
4th	Milan Kučera
5	Kenji Ogiwara
6th	Knut Tore Apeland

World Champion 1993 : Kenji Ogiwara / Olympic Champion 1994 : Fred Børre Lundberg  

Date: 10-11. March 1995

Team (normal hill K 90 / 4x5 km)

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Japan	Masashi Abe Tsugiharu Ogiwara Kenji Ogiwara Takanori Kōno	0: 56: 20.2
2	Norway	Halldor Skard Bjarte Engen Vik Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg	0: 58: 14.8
3	Switzerland	Markus Wüst Armin Krügel Stefan Wittwer Jean-Yves Cuendet	1: 01: 41.8
4th	United States	Todd Lodwick Ryan Heckman Tim Tetreault Dave Jarrett	1: 02: 59.4
5	Austria	Robert Stadelmann Mario Stecher Georg Riedelsperger Klaus Ofner	1: 03: 17.6
6th	Germany	Thomas Dufter Sven Koch Jens Deimel Thomas Abratis	1: 03: 28.0

World Champion 1993 : Japan ( Takanori Kōno , Masashi Abe , Kenji Ogiwara ) Olympic Champion 1994 : Japan ( Takanori Kōno , Masashi Abe , Kenji Ogiwara )  
 

Date: 14. – 15. March 1995

Medal table

Nations
final after 15 competitions

space	nation
01	Russia	5	3	2	10
02	Norway	3	5	1	9
03	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	4th
04th	Japan	2	1	1	4th
05	Finland	1	2	3	6th
06th	Italy	1	2	2	5
07th	Germany	0	1	1	2
08th	Austria	0	1	0	1
09	Sweden	0	0	2	2
010	France	0	0	1	2
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 10 competitions

space	athlete
01	Vladimir Smirnov	3	0	1	4th
02	Bjørn Dæhlie	1	3	0	4th
03	Silvio Fauner	1	1	1	3
04th	Fred Børre Lundberg	1	1	0	2
05	Takanobu Okabe	1	0	1	2
	Mika Antero Laitinen	1	0	1	2
07th	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	1	0	0	1
	Stubborn Sivertsen	1	0	0	1
	Erling Jevne	1	0	0	1
	Thomas Alsgaard	1	0	0	1
	Jani Soininen	1	0	0	1
	Janne Ahonen	1	0	0	1
	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	1	0	0	1
	Masashi Abe	1	0	0	1
	Tsugiharu Ogiwara	1	0	0	1
	Kenji Ogiwara	1	0	0	1
	Takanori Kono	1	0	0	1
018th	Hiroya Saitō	0	1	1	2
	Jari Isometsä	0	1	1	2
	Jens Weißflog	0	1	1	2
021st	Jari Mantila	0	1	0	1
	Andreas Goldberger	0	1	0	1
	Karri Hietamäki	0	1	0	1
	Harri Kirvesniemi	0	1	0	1
	Jari Räsänen	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Bjarte Engen Vik	0	1	0	1
	Knut Tore Apeland	0	1	0	1
	Gerd Siegmund	0	1	0	1
	Hansjörg Jäkle	0	1	0	1
	Dieter Thoma	0	1	0	1
032	Mika Myllyl	0	0	1	1
	Alexei Prokurorov	0	0	1	1
	Sylvain Guillaume	0	0	1	1
	Fulvio Valbusa	0	0	1	1
	Marco Albarello	0	0	1	1
	Fabio Maj	0	0	1	1
	Markus Wüst	0	0	1	1
	Armin Krugel	0	0	1	1
	Stefan Wittwer	0	0	1	1
	Jean-Yves Cuendet	0	0	1	1
	Jin'ya Nishikata	0	0	1	1
	Naoki Yasuzaki	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Larissa Lasutina	4th	0	0	4th
02	Jelena Välbe	2	1	0	3
03	Nina Gavriljuk	1	2	0	3
04th	Olga Danilova	1	0	1	2
05	Manuela Di Centa	0	1	1	2
	Inger Helene Nybråten	0	1	1	2
07th	Marit Mikkelsplass	0	1	0	1
	Elin Nilsen	0	1	0	1
	Anita Møen-Guidon	0	1	0	1
010	Antonina Ordina	0	0	2	2
011	Anna Frithioff	0	0	1	1
	Marie-Helene Westin	0	0	1	1
	Anette Fanqvist	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

• 40th Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, Canada from ifosta.de, accessed on May 25, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , pp. 54/55 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 25, 2017
• Big Thunder Ski Jumping Center , to the ski jumping facilities in Thunder Bay on skisprungschanzen.com, accessed on May 25, 2017
• Jani Soininen , short portrait of the ski jumper Jani Soininen on schanzenfotos.de, accessed on May 25, 2017
• Growing is slow. Aug: Wissenschaft.de from December 12, 2005.
• Vladimir Smirnov vs Bjørn Dæhlie Men's 30km at World Championship 1995 Thunder Bay , video posted March 28, 2017 on youtube.com, accessed May 25, 2017
• Fred Børre Lundberg Gull 15km VM Thunder Bay 1995 , video published on November 7, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on May 25, 2017
• Takanobu Okabe - Thunder Bay 1995 (K90) - 100 m - GOLD MEDAL JUMP , video published on June 18, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on May 25, 2017
• Russia vs Norway & Sweden Women's 4x5km Relay at World Championship 1995 Thunder Bay , video posted on youtube.com on March 28, 2017, accessed on May 25, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 10k on fis-ski.com
2. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Pursuit on fis-ski.com
3. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 30k on fis-ski.com
4. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 50k on fis-ski.com
5. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Team on fis-ski.com
6. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 5k on fis-ski.com
7. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies Pursuit on fis-ski.com
8. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 15k on fis-ski.com
9. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 30k on fis-ski.com
10. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies Team on fis-ski.com
11. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski-Jumping NH on fis-ski.com
12. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski-Jumping LH on fis-ski.com
13. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski Jumping Team on fis-ski.com
14. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined on fis-ski.com
15. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined Team on fis-ski.com