Nordic World Ski Championships 1938
Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 | |
winner | |
Cross-country skiing 18 km | Pauli Pitkänen |
Cross-country skiing 50 km | Kalle Jalkanen |
4 × 10 km cross-country relay | Finland |
Ski jumping normal hill | Asbjørn Ruud |
Nordic combination | Olaf Hoffsbakken |
Competitions | |
Venues | Lahti |
Individual competitions | 4th |
Team competitions | 1 |
← Chamonix 1937 | Zakopane 1939 → |
The 15th Nordic World Ski Championships took place in Lahti from February 25th to 28th, 1938 . The Finnish city was the venue for this World Cup for the second time. In their home country, the Finnish athletes were the most successful with three gold medals. They were followed by the Norwegians , who won the two remaining gold medals. Sweden - who missed out on medals at the World Cup last year - now won two silver and one bronze. The only non- Scandinavian country with a medal this time was Poland with silver in ski jumping for Stanisław Marusarz .
Cross-country skiing men
Cross-country skiing 18 km
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pauli Pitkänen | Finland | 1: 09: 37.0 h |
2 | Alfred Dahlqvist | Sweden | 1: 10: 02.0 h |
3 | Kalle Jalkanen | Finland | 1: 10: 56.0 h |
4th | Martin Matsbo | Sweden | 1: 11: 03.0 h |
5 | Martti Lauronen | Finland | 1: 11: 19.0 h |
6th | Juho Kurikkala | Finland | 1: 11: 26.0 h |
7th | Carl Pahlin | Sweden | 1: 11: 33.0 h |
8th | Olaf Hoffsbakken | Norway | 1: 11: 36.0 h |
9 | Lars Back | Sweden | 1: 12: 01.0 h |
10 | Pekka Niemi | Finland | 1: 12: 07.0 h |
Date: Saturday, February 26, 1938;
Participants: 213 named; 188 started; Rated 187;
Endurance run 50 km
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kalle Jalkanen | Finland | 4:06:09 h |
2 | Alvar Rantalahti | Finland | 4: 10: 44.0 h |
3 | Lars Bergendahl | Norway | 4: 10: 54.0 h |
4th | Pekka Niemi | Finland | 4: 14: 08.0 h |
5 | Klaes Karppinen | Finland | 4: 14: 14.0 h |
6th | Toivo Tiainen | Finland | 4: 16: 43.0 h |
7th | Juho Kurikkala | Finland | 4: 17: 56.0 h |
8th | Sulo Nurmela | Finland | 4: 18: 07.0 h |
9 | Eero Markkanen | Finland | 4: 18: 56.0 h |
10 | Kalle Heikkinen | Finland | 4: 23: 17.0 h |
Date: Monday February 28, 1938;
Participants: 137 named; 99 started; 62 rated;
4 × 10 km relay
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Jussi Kurikkala Martti Lauronen Pauli Pitkänen Klaes Karppinen |
Finland | 2: 38: 42.0 h |
2 |
Ragnar Ringstad Olav Økern Arne Larsen Lars Bergendahl |
Norway | 2: 42: 30.0 h |
3 |
Sven Hansson Donald Johansson Sigurd Nilsson Martin Matsbo |
Sweden | 2: 43: 05.0 h |
4th |
Adolf Freiburghaus Adi Gamma Ernst Anderegg Eric Soguel |
Switzerland | 2: 49: 21.0 h |
5 |
Ernst Haberle Christian Merz Wilhelm Bogner Herbert Leupold |
German Empire | 2: 53: 04.0 h |
6th |
Giulio Gerardi Gottfried Baur Alberto Jammaron Vinzenz Demetz |
Italy | 2: 53: 09.0 h |
Date: Thursday February 24, 1938;
Participants: 12 teams registered; 11 started; 11 rated;
Austria finished ninth behind Poland with the team Hans Jamnig , Hans Obermann , Hugo Sonnweber and Rudolf Wöss . It was followed by the relays from Estonia and Latvia .
Ski jumping men
Normal hill
space | athlete | country | Width 1 | Width 2 | grade |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Asbjørn Ruud | Norway | 63.5 m | 64.0 m | 226.4 |
2 | Stanislaw Marusarz | Poland | 66.0 m | 67.0 m | 226.1 |
3 | Hilmar Myhra | Norway | 66.0 m | 64.5 m | 225.0 |
4th | Josef Bradl | Austria | 65.0 m | 65.5 m | 221.4 |
5 | Reidar Andersen | Norway | 63.0 m | 65.5 m | 220.3 |
6th | Arnholdt Kongsgård | Norway | 63.0 m | 64.5 m | 218.9 |
7th | Kolbjørn Gulbrandsen | Norway | 65.0 m | 64.5 m | 217.4 |
7th | Victor Clock | Norway | 62.5 m | 65.0 m | 217.4 |
9 | Väinö Tiihonen | Finland | 61.5 m | 63.5 m | 217.1 |
10 | Masaji Iguro | Japan | 61.0 m | 64.5 m | 215.6 |
Date: Sunday, February 27, 1938;
Ski jump: Salpausselkä ski jump (K-70)
Participants: 98 named; 97 started; 97 rated;
Nordic combined men
Individual (large hill / 18 km)
space | athlete | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Olaf Hoffsbakken | Norway | 432.60 |
2 | John Westbergh | Sweden | 412.80 |
3 | Hans Vinjarengen | Norway | 411.20 |
4th | Hans Hedjerson | Sweden | 409.55 |
5 | Pentti Vesalainen | Finland | 408.13 |
6th | Olav Odden | Norway | 408.00 |
7th | Torstein Skinnarland | Norway | 407.97 |
8th | Ola Bakken | Norway | 407.56 |
9 | Niilo Nikunen | Finland | 404.50 |
10 | Timo Murama | Finland | 403.69 |
Date: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February 1938;
Venues: Cross-country skiing: Lahti ; Ski jumping: Salpausselkä ski jump
Participants: 54 started; 52 rated;
Medal table
space | nation | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
3 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4th | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
space | athlete | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pauli Pitkänen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Kalle Jalkanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Olaf Hoffsbakken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asbjørn Ruud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Jussi Kurikkala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Martti Lauronen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Klaes Karppinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8th | Lars Bergendahl | - | 1 | - | 1 |
9 | John Westbergh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Alfred Dahlqvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Alvar Rantalahti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Stanislaw Marusarz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ragnar Ringstad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Olav Økern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Arne Larsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Hans Vinjarengen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hilmar Myhra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sven Hansson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Donald Johansson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sigurd Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Martin Matsbo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski Jumping on fis-ski.com
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
- 15th Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 in Lahti, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on May 7, 2017
- Medal winners - Nordic World Ski Championships, ski jumping on skispringen-news.de, accessed on May 7, 2017
- Jarolímek ski jump , history / competitions on skisprungschanzen.com, accessed on May 7, 2017
- Lahti 1938. Artist's card for Nordic Skiing World Championships at www.ansichtskarten-center.de/sport, accessed on May 7, 2017
- Statistics. Alpine, Nordic, biathlon, freestyle, ski-cross , the top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games and World Ski Championships, Lahti 1938: p. 29 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 7, 2017