Nordic World Ski Championships 1934 / Cross-country skiing men
 Nordic World Ski Championships 1934 competitions |
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Cross-country skiing 
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| singles | Men 18 km |
| singles | Men 50 km |
| Season | Men 4 × 10 km |
Ski jumping 
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| singles | Men K-70 |
Nordic combination 
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| singles | Men K-70/18 km |
At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1934 , which took place from February 20th to 25th in the Swedish city of Sollefteå , three cross-country skiing competitions were announced. The Scandinavian participating countries were able to divide the medals almost entirely among themselves again. Only the German 4 × 10 km relay managed to break through the Nordic dominance by surprisingly winning the silver medal behind Finland.
The Finn Sulo Nurmela became double world champion in 1934 with a victory in cross-country skiing over 18 km and as part of the victorious Finnish relay team. Veli Saarinen crowned his career with gold in the relay and silver over 18 km. He came to a total of eight podium places at the World Ski Championships. Martti Lappalainen completed the Finnish trio of victories in cross-country skiing over 18 km with third place.
The endurance run over 50 km saw the two Swedes Elis Wiklund and Nils Englund in the front. For Wiklund it should remain the only medal at the World Ski Championships, but he was crowned Olympic champion in Germany in 1936. Englund, the two-time world champion from Innsbruck in 1933, had to be content with a second and a third place this time. Third place went to the Finn Olavi Remes . For him it should be the only podium finish at the World Ski Championships.
In the relay race, which was held for the second time, the Finnish team retained the upper hand with a superior lead of around eleven minutes. The second place for the German team meant the great sensation and the best placement for the German Ski Association at the FIS races and World Ski Championships that had been held up until then. This success came about on the one hand due to a mishap of two relay runners from the Norwegians and Swedes, who took a wrong turn at one point and lost valuable time, and on the other hand because of the fairness of the Norwegian Arne Hovde , who was on the track , who called out to the German Leupold about the same mishap preserved.
Cross-country skiing 18 km
Date: Wednesday February 21, 1934
Participants: 148 named; 117 started; 113 rated;
Springs 18 km
- Svensk skid calendar. Sjunde årgangen. 1938
- Tre finner vant i dag Sollefetå-rennets 18 km, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 21, 1934, s. 1-2, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 23, 1934, s. 6, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Sollefetå-intrykk av Charles Hoff, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) of February 23, 1934, s. 2-3, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
- Sollefteåspelen invigda. - 18 km i dag , Dagens Nyheter (Swedish) of February 21, 1934, s. 3
- Finsk knocout på slätbana vid Sollefteå , Dagens Nyheter (Swedish) of February 22, 1934, s. 5
- Complete triumf för Finlands skidstjärnor , Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) of February 22, 1934, s. 12
Cross-country skiing 50 km
Date: Monday February 26, 1934
Participants: 77 named; 54 started; 38 rated;
John and Helge Wikström, who were in fifth and sixth, were brothers.
Sources 50 km
- Svensk skid calendar. Sjunde årgangen. 1938
- Stor svensk seier i Sollefteå i dag, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 26, 1934, s. 1-2, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Sollefteå-stevnet sluttet i går, Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 27, 1934, p. 6, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Svensk doubles triumf. - Finsk jætteinnnsats og stor norsk skuffelse, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) of February 27, 1934, s. 2, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
- Completely svensk triumf i 5-milsloppet , Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) of February 27, 1934, s. 12
4 × 10 km relay
| space | Start number | country | athlete | Stage time [h] |
Rank stage |
Time change [h] |
Place change |
Time [h] |
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| 1 | 4th |
 Finland
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Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Martii Lappalainen Veli Saarinen |
0:37:57 0:39:03 0:41:41 0:41:47 |
1 1 2 1 |
1:17:00 1:58:41 |
1 1 |
2:40:28 |
| 2 | 2 |
 German Empire
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Walter Motz Josef carpenter Wilhelm Bogner Herbert Leupold |
0:41:30 0:44:25 0:42:18 0:43:10 |
5 5 3 2 |
1:25:55 2:08:13 |
4 4 |
2:51:23 |
| 3 | 1 |
 Sweden
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Allan Karlsson Lars Theodor Jonsson Nils Englund Arthur Häggblad |
0:39:35 0:40:11 0:41:09 0:52:12 |
3 3 1 5 |
1:19:46 2:00:55 |
3 2 |
2:53:07 |
| 4th | 5 |
 Norway
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Lars Bergendahl Olaf Hoffsbakken Hans Vinjarengen Oddbjörn Hagen |
0:38:28 0:39:55 0:42:57 0:51:47 |
2 2 4 4 |
1:18:23 2:01:20 |
2 3 |
2:53:07 |
| 5 | 6th |
 Poland
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Bronisław Czech Stanisław Karpiel Andrzej Marusarz Stanisław Marusarz |
0:40:54 0:43:41 0:46:56 0:44:30 |
4 4 5 3 |
1:24:35 2:11:31 |
4 5 |
2:56:01 |
| DNS | 3 |
 Austria
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Date: Friday February 23, 1934;
Participants: 6 teams registered; 5 started; 5 rated;
The surprising second place in the German relay team was Germany's greatest success in Nordic competitions at the World Ski Championships. Viktor Schneider won the first and only medal in Nordic competitions in 1927 in cross-country skiing over 18 km in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
This success was made possible by the two final runners of the Norwegian and Swedish relay teams , Oddbjörn Hagen and Arthur Häggblad , who just ran out of a designated junction and only noticed their mistake after about 3 km. In the meantime, the German final runner Herbert Leupold had run out of ten minutes. This, however, with the fair assistance of the Norwegian Arne Hovde , who was on the route , who pointed Leupold, who also threatened to branch off incorrectly, on the right track. Hagen and Häggblad had a brilliant race and were able to catch up on Leupold for about eight minutes, but in the end it was only enough for a final sprint for third place. Here Hagen was first in front, but seemed to have been beaten by a few cm by the Swede at the finish line. The jury decided on a tie, which would have meant third place for both of them. A protest was lodged against this decision. Today Sweden ranks third and Norway fourth at the same time.
Sources 4 × 10 km relay
- Winter sports. / FIS races in Sollefteå ; in: (Wiener) Sport-Tagblatt dated February 24, 1934, p. 6
- Stafettløpet i Sollefteå, Finsk seier og forøvrig tragi-komisk, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 23, 1934, s. 1.6, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Stafettløpets dramatiske avslutning, Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 24, 1934, s. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
- Dramatisk slutstrid på Sollefteåsstafettbana , Dagens Nyheter (Swedish) of February 24, 1934, s. 5
- Finnarna ge ingen pardon , Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) of February 24, 1934, s. 11
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