Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 / Cross-country skiing men

Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 competitions
Cross-country skiing0
singles	Men 30 km
singles	Men 50 km
Ski jumping0
singles	Men K-40
Nordic combination0
singles	Men K-40/15 km

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in Finland in 1926 , two cross-country skiing competitions were held.

For Skikönig the Finn crowned Matti Raivio , who both competitions, the place of the 18-km run inaugural 30-km run and endurance over 50 km was won by. With the exception of Olav Kjelbotn's bronze medal over 50 km, all medals went to Finland .

Most of the Central European countries stayed away from the event. Only the two Czechoslovak representatives Josef Německý and Emmerich Rath started in the two cross-country skiing competitions , but neither of them could achieve a result.

Cross-country skiing men

Cross-country skiing 30 km

rank	St. No.	athlete	country	time
1	14th	Matti Raivio	Finland	2: 20: 55.0 h
2	4th	Tauno Lappalainen	Finland	2: 27: 13.0 h
3	25th	Veli Saarinen	Finland	2: 27: 34.0 h
4th	19th	Gustaf Jonsson	Sweden	2: 28: 27.0 h
5	7th	Sven Åström	Sweden	2: 31: 27.0 h
6th	23	Martti Lappalainen	Finland	2: 34: 54.0 h
7th	27	Olav Kjelbotn	Norway	2: 35; 55.0 h
8th	1	Juho Kurra	Finland	2: 36: 51.0 h
9	11	Matti Ritola	Finland	2: 37: 06.0 h
10	3	Ole Hegge	Norway	2: 37: 14.0 h
11	21st	Erkki Kämäräinen	Finland	2: 37: 20.0 h
12	22nd	Frans Isaksson	Sweden	2: 39: 19.0 h
13	24	Tapani Niku	Finland	2: 39: 33.0 h
14th	8th	Oskar Gavelin	Sweden	2: 44: 55.0 h
15th	16	Mikko Kinnunen	Finland	2: 45: 29.0 h
DNF	6th	Adolf V. Forsmark	Sweden	-
DNF	9	Emmerich Rath	Czechoslovakia HDW	-
DNF	10	Sven Andersson	Sweden	-
DNF	12	Josef Německý	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNF	15th	Erkki Penttila	Finland	-
DNF	28	Artūrs Motmillers	Latvia	-
DNS	2	Asser Autio	Finland	-
DNS	5	Josef Bím	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNS	13	Josef Erlebach	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNS	17th	Karel Koldovský	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNS	18th	Manne Vuorinen	Finland	-
DNS	20th	Alvin Berg	Sweden	-
DNS	26th	Adiel Paananen	Finland	-

Date: Thursday February 4, 1926

Location: Lahti

Participants: 28 named, 21 started, 15 rated.

Endurance run 50 km

rank	St. No.	athlete	country	time
1	24	Matti Raivio	Finland	4: 18: 18.0 h
2	9	Tauno Lappalainen	Finland	4: 26: 45.0 h
3	19th	Olaf Kjelbotn	Norway	4: 26: 47.0 h
4th	25th	Ole Hegge	Norway	4: 27: 50.0 h
5	14th	Gustav Jonsson	Sweden	4: 29: 55.0 h
6th	3	Tapani Niku	Finland	4:30: 06.0 h
7th	4th	Erkki Kämäräinen	Finland	4:30: 54.0 h
8th	21st	Sven Åström	Sweden	4: 39: 50.0 h
9	7th	Veli Saarinen	Finland	4: 44: 14.0 h
10	29	Asser Autio	Finland	4: 45: 15.0 h
11	8th	Frans Isaksson	Sweden	4: 45: 21.0 h
12	15th	Adolf V. Forsmark	Sweden	4: 48: 20.0 h
13	12	Anton Collin	Finland	4: 49: 32.0 h
14th	22nd	Sven Andersson	Sweden	4: 56: 09.0 h
DNF	10	Josef Německý	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNF	13	Taavi Sinkko	Finland	-
DNF	23	Manne Vuorinen	Finland	-
DNF	26th	Jussi Niemi	Finland	-
DNF	28	Alvin Berg	Sweden	-
DNS	1	Artūrs Motmillers	Latvia	-
DNS	2	Asbjørn Elgstøen	Norway	-
DNS	5	Martti Lappalainen	Finland	-
DNS	6th	Adiel Paananen	Finland	-
DNS	11	Karel Koldovský	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNS	16	Josef Erlebach	Czechoslovakia SL RČS	-
DNS	17th	Franz Donth	Czechoslovakia HDW	-
DNS	18th	Johan Grøttumsbråten	Norway	-
DNS	20th	Väinö Lahti	Finland	-
DNS	27	Mikko Kinnunen	Finland	-
DNS	30th	Oskar Gavelin	Sweden	-
DNS	31	Emmerich Rath	Czechoslovakia HDW	-

Date: Sunday, February 7, 1926

Location: Lahti

Participants: at least 31 named; Started 19/18, 14 counted.

Explanation of symbols

• DNF = Did not finish (not finished, abandoned)
• DNS = Did not start (reported but not started)