Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 / Cross-country skiing men

Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 competitions
Cross-country skiing0
singles	Men 18 km
singles	Men 50 km
Season	Men 4 × 10 km
Ski jumping0
singles	Men K-70
Nordic combination0
singles	Men K-70/18 km
Other competitions0
Alpine skiing
Look here:	Alpine Ski World Championships Chamonix 1937

Cross-country skiing 18 km

space	athlete	country	time
1	Lars Bergendahl	Norway	1: 11: 24.0 h
2	Kalle Jalkanen	Finland	1:12: 35.0 h
3	Pekka Niemi	Finland	1: 13: 48.0 h
4th	Sven Hansson	Sweden	1: 14: 08.0 h
5	Juho Kurikkala	Finland	1: 14: 22.0 h
6th	Alfred Dahlqvist	Sweden	1:14: 35.0 h
7th	Sigurd Røen	Norway	1: 15: 04.0 h
8th	Vincenzo Demetz	Italy	1: 17: 01.0 h
9	Giulio Gerardi	Italy	1: 17: 07.0 h
10	Alvar Hagglund	Sweden	1: 17: 39.0 h
11	Gosta Zackrisson	Sweden	1: 17: 42.0 h
12	Annar Ryen	Norway	1: 17: 55.0 h
13	Gustav Berauer	Czechoslovakia (HDW)	1: 18: 00.0 h
14th	Rolf Kaarby	Norway	1: 18: 46.0 h
15th	Cyril Musil	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	1: 18: 57.0 h
16	Klaes Karppinen	Finland	1: 19: 30.0 h
17th	Sisto Scilligo	Italy	1: 19: 33.0 h
18th	Bertil Stridsman	Sweden	1: 19: 38.0 h
19th	Aarne Valkama	Finland	1: 20: 01.0 h
20th	Adolf Freiburghaus	Switzerland	1:20:15 h
21st	Oskar Fredriksen	Norway	1: 20: 38.0 h
22nd	Robert Gindre	France	1:20: 48.0 h
23	Alojz Klnacnik	Yugoslavia	1: 21: 10.0 h
24	Ernst Berger	Switzerland	1: 21:, 110 h
25th	Fernand Mermoud	France	1: 21: 18.0 h
26th	Alfred Limacher	Switzerland	1: 21: 25.0 h
27	Franc Smolej	Yugoslavia	1: 21: 31.0 h
28	Kaare Busterud	Norway	1: 21: 37.0 h
29	František Šimůnek	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	1: 21: 53.0 h
30th	Silvio Confortola	Italy	1: 22: 05.0 h
31	Hallstein Sundet	Norway	1: 22: 13.0 h
32	August Sonderegger	Switzerland	1: 22: 39.0 h
32	Mario Compagnoni	Italy	1: 22: 39.0 h
34	Alfred Jacomis	France	1: 22: 55.0 h
35	Bronislaw Czech	Poland	1: 23: 35.0 h
36	Rafaele Nasi	Italy	1: 24: 00.0 h
37	Willy Bernath	Switzerland	1: 24: 42.0 h
38	Leon Knap	Yugoslavia	1: 25: 50.0 h
39	Per fossum	Norway	1: 25: 53.0 h
40	Rudolf Vrana	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	1: 25: 57.0 h
41	Oswald Julen	Switzerland	1: 26: 30.0 h
42	Prosper Poulot	France	1: 27: 34.0 h
43	Jan Kovar	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	1: 30: 43.0 h
44	Andrzej Marusarz	Poland	1: 37: 59.0 h
DNF	Raymond Berthet	France	-
DNF	Gaston Buffard	France	-
DNF	Lauri Valonen	Finland	-
DNS	Arne Tuft	Norway	-
DNS	Axel Wikström	Sweden	-
DNS	Magnar Fosseide	Norway	-
DNS	Stefano Sertorelli	Italy	-
DNS	Stanislaw Marusarz	Poland	-
DNS	Jan Bochenek	Poland	-
DNS	Marian Woyna Orlewicz	Poland	-
DNS	Izydor Gąsienica-Łuszczek	Poland	-

Date: Tuesday February 16, 1937

Participants: 66+ named; 47+ started; 44 rated;

Springs 18 km

• Morsom and småkupert løype in the other 18 km. renn, Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 16, 1937, p. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Lars Bergendahl vant 17 (sic!) Km. i Chamonix, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 16, 1937, pp. 1–2, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• En dramatisk skildring av de spennende minutter under gårsdagens langrennn, Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 17, 1937, p. 9, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 15, 1937, s. -, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
• Resultater, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) of February 17, 1937, p. 11, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo

Endurance run 50 km

space	athlete	country	time
1	Pekka Niemi	Finland	3: 36: 58.0 h
2	Klaes Karppinen	Finland	3: 43: 59.0 h
3	Vincenzo Demetz	Italy	3: 46: 39.0 h
4th	Kalle Jalkanen	Finland	3: 46: 45.0 h
5	Lars Bergendahl	Norway	3: 47: 02.0 h
6th	Franc Smolej	Yugoslavia	3: 52: 25.0 h
7th	Alvar Hagglund	Sweden	3: 53: 44.0 h
8th	Giacamo Scalet	Italy	3: 58: 28.0 h
9	Aristide Compagnoni	Italy	4: 02: 32.0 h
10	Sisto Scilligo	Italy	4:02: 45.0 h
11	Axel Wikström	Sweden	4: 03: 47.0 h
12	Oskar Fredriksen	Norway	4: 04: 26.0 h
13	Jan Kovar	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	4: 09: 04.0 h
14th	Bertil Stridsman	Sweden	4: 09: 45.0 h
15th	Victor Borghi	Switzerland	4: 09: 46.0 h
16	Eduard Müller	Switzerland	4: 11: 36.0 h
17th	Lovro Zemva	Yugoslavia	4: 11: 39.0 h
18th	August Sonderegger	Switzerland	4: 22: 41.0 h
DNF	Sven Hansson	Sweden	-
DNF	Arne Tuft	Norway	-
DNF	Annar Ryen	Norway	-
DNF	Bertil Zackrisson	Sweden	-
DNF / S	R. Tadeus	Yugoslavia	-
DNF / S	Franc Mrak	Yugoslavia	-
DNS	Leon Knap	Yugoslavia	-
DNS	K. Jarolimek	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	-
DNS	Marian Woyna-Orliewicz	Poland	-
DNS	Edward Nowacki	Poland	-
DNS	Andrea Vuerich	Italy	-
DNS	Tobia Senoner	Italy	-
DNS	Gaston Buffard	France	-
DNS	Robert Gindre	France	-
DNS	Cyril Musil	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	-
DNS	Stanislaw Karpiel	Poland	-
DNS	Vladimír Novák	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	-
DNS	Francois Mermoud	France	-
DNS	František Balvín	Czechoslovakia	-
DNS	Leonce Cretin	France	-
DNS	Alfred Dahlqvist	Sweden	-
DNS	Silvio Confortola	Italy	-
DNS	Lukas Michalak	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	-
DNS	Stefano Sertorelli	Italy	-
DNS	Giulio Gerardi	Italy	-
DNS	Giovanni Paluselli	Italy	-
DNS	Jussi Kurikkala	Finland	-

Date: Thursday February 18, 1937

Participants: 45 named; 23 started; 18 rated;

The final 50 km saw a strong revenge for the Finnish team, with the elegant Pekka Niemi in a class of its own. Vincenzo Demetz followed the strong Italian relay with another bronze medal.

Sources 50 km

• Finsk dobbeltseier i dagens 50th km, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 18, 1937, pp. 1–2, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• All tiders mest chanseartede ga stor og fortjent finsk triumf i VM's 50 km, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 19, 1937, p. 2, 11, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
• Femmilens startlista , Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) of February 18, 1937, p. 14.
• Niemi och Karppinen främst på femmilen , Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) from February 19, 1937, p. 15.

4 × 10 km relay

space	Start number	country	athlete	Stage time [h]	Rank stage	Time change [h]	Place change	Time [h]
1	3	Norway	Annar Ryen Oskar Fredriksen Sigurd Røen Lars Bergendahl	0:45:47 h 0:49:17 h 0:45:32 h 0:45:21 h	3 2 2 1	1:35:04 h 2:21:36 h	1 2	3:06:07 h
2	9	Finland	Pekka Niemi Klaes Karppinen Jussi Kurikkala Kalle Jalkanen	0:47:41 h 0:48:49 h 0:44:04 h 0:46:30 h	6 1 1 4	1:36:30 h 2:20:34 h	2 1	3:07:04 h
3	7th	Italy	Giulio Gerardi Aristide Compagnoni Silvio Confortola Vincenzo Demetz	0:45:54 h 0:50:35 h 0:46:04 h 0:46:15 h	2 4 3 2	1:36:29 h 2:22:33 h	3 3	3:08:04 h
4th	2	Sweden	Sven Hansson Alvar Hägglund Bertil Stridsman Alfred Dahlqvist	0:45:33 h 0:52:15 h 0:46:27 h 0:46:15 h	1 5 4 3	1:37:48 h 2:24:15 h	5 4	3:10:25 h
5	8th	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS & HDW)	Cyril Musil Gustav Berauer Rudolf Vrána František Šimůnek	0:47:40 h 0:49:59 h 0:48:17 h 0:47:50 h	5 3 6 5	1:37:39 h 2:25:56 h	4 5	3:16:46 h
6th	4th	Switzerland	Adolf Freiburghaus August Sonderegger Ernst Berger Alfred Limacher	0:46:02 h 0:53:03 h 0:47:40 h 0:50:11 h	4 6 5 6	1:39:05 h 2:26:45 h	6 6	3:16:56 h
7th	1	Yugoslavia	Franc Smolej Lovro Zemva Leon Knap Alojz Klancnik	0:49:34 h 0:55:39 h 0:50:31 h 0:50:21 h	7 8 8 7	1:45:13 h 2:35:44 h	7 7	3:26:05 h
8th	5	France	Leonce Cretin Alfred Jacomis Fernand Mermoud Robert Gindre	0:55:54 h 0:51:23 h 0:50:23 h 0:50:30 h	8 6 7 8	1:47:17 h 2:37:40 h	8 8	3:28:10 h
DNS	6th	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date: Friday February 12, 1937;

Participants: 9 teams registered; 8 started; 8 rated

The Finnish team was the big favorite after winning 1934, 1935 and 1936. Sven Hansson ("Lima-Hansson") gave Sweden the lead on the first lap, while Pekka Niemi looked unusually sluggish. The big surprise was Giulio Gerardi's second place . Oskar Fredriksen put Norway in the lead on the next lap, although Klaes Karppinen made strong gains. On the third track the new Finnish star Jussi Kurikkala showed a strong race and took the lead from Sigurd Røen . A few days later he became world champion in Nordic combined. In the last round there was a tactical battle between Kalle Jalkanen , who had overtaken the seemingly unassailable Norwegians at the Olympic Games the year before, and Lars Bergendahl , the nephew of the legendary Lauritz Bergendahl . For the first, if not last, time in the season's history, the front runners tried to stand for 10 to 15 seconds before Jalkanen got tired of waiting. Bergendahl was about a kilometer away when he ran uphill at full speed and achieved enough lead for the varied terrain that followed.

Sources 4 × 10 km relay

• Foran stafettløpet i Chamonix i dag, Aftenposten (Norwegian) of February 13, 1937, p. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Norge vant stafetten, Aftenposten , evening edition, (Norwegian) of February 13, 1937, pp. 1–2, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Elleve kapitler om det spennende stafettløp - da Norge og Bergendahl tok REVANCHE for Garmisch-nederlaget over Finland og Jalkanen, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) of February 15, 1937, p. 3, 12, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
• Løypa ut av Sørkedalen , Lars Bergendahl, Oslo: Aschehoug, pp. 66-69. (Norwegian) In Nasjonalbiblioteket, Norway. Only accessible inside Norway.