Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 / Nordic Combined Men

Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 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

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1938 , which took place from February 25th to 28th in Lahti , Finland , a Nordic Combined competition was held.

At the 11th edition of the Nordic Combined as a competition of the Nordic World Ski Championships , 54 athletes started cross-country skiing over 18 km, which Olaf Hoffsbakken won with almost three minutes ahead of John Westbergh and Magnar Fosseide . Hans Vinjarengen , who was third in the final ranking , came in fifth.

52 athletes took part in the jump run. The Finnish Timo Murama decided the combined jumping for himself. Pole Stanisław Marusarz and Norwegian Torstein Skinnarland followed on the places . The ranks six and seven went to the Austrian Walter Delle Karth and the German Bohemian Hans Lahr . Because of the long-running regulations, none of the top ski jumpers came into question for the decision about the overall victory.

With the help of his lead in cross-country skiing, Hoffsbakken was crowned the world champion of Nordic combined in 1938 with the 21st place jump. It remained the greatest success of his career. The Swede Westbergh was also satisfied with rank 23 in jumping to the silver medal and thus his career highlight. The best jumping performance of the medalists was shown by 33-year-old "old star" Hans Vinjarengen with 12th place. With the bronze medal after his world championship titles in 1929 and 1930, as well as the bronze in 1934, he won his fourth World Cup medal.

The best performances of the Central Europeans showed in the overall ranking of the Swiss Adi Gamma and the German Bohemian Gustav Berauer with the ranks 14 and 15.

Single (K-70/18 km)

Date: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February 1938;

Venues: Cross-country skiing: Lahti ; Ski jumping: Salpausselkä ski jump

Participants: 54 started; 52 rated;

space	athlete	country	Total points	Time 18 km	Points 18 km	Rank 18 km	Jump 1	Jump 2	Points jumping	Rank jumping
1	Olaf Hoffsbakken	Norway	432.60	1: 11: 36.0 h	240.00	1	50.0 m	51.0 m	192.60	21st
2	John Westbergh	Sweden	412.80	1: 14: 13.0 h	223.50	2	51.0 m	53.0 m	189.30	23
3	Hans Vinjarengen	Norway	411.20	1:16: 34.0 h	210.00	5	49.0 m	58.0 m	201.20	12
4th	Harald Hedjerson	Sweden	409.55	1: 17: 11.0 h	206.25	8th	54.0 m	55.5 m	203.30	10
5	Pentti Vesalainen	Finland	408.13	1:18:19 h	198.93	17th	54.0 m	60.0 m	209.20	5
6th	Olav Odden	Norway	408.00	1: 15: 55.0 h	213.00	4th	48.0 m	53.5 m	195.00	19th
7th	Torstein Skinnarland	Norway	407.97	1: 18: 48.0 h	196.97	19th	55.5 m	57.0 m	211.00	3
8th	Ola Normann Bakken	Norway	407.56	1:16: 45.0 h	208.56	6th	51.0 m	55.0 m	199.00	14th
9	Niilo Nikunen	Finland	404.50	1: 18: 07.0 h	201.00	14th	50.0 m	58.5 m	203.40	9
10	Timo Murama	Finland	403.69	1: 21: 25.0 h	182.39	33	56.5 m	61.5 m	221.30	1
11	Gustav Adolf Sellin	Sweden	401.10	1: 19: 37.0 h	191.20	25th	56.5 m	58.5 m	209.90	4th
12	Erkki Mäkinen	Finland	398.20	1: 17: 47.0 h	202.50	12	49.5 m	56.0 m	195.70	17th
13	One hyyryläinen	Finland	392.50	1: 18: 19.0 h	199.59	15th	51.0 m	54.0 m	193.00	20th
14th	Adi Gamma	Switzerland	391.69	1: 17: 18.0 h	205.49	10	50.0 m	51.0 m	186.20	28
15th	Gustav Berauer	Czechoslovakia (HDW)	390.30	1: 18: 02.0 h	201.20	13	48.0 m	53.5 m	189.30	24
16	Aarne Valkama	Finland	389.23	1:20: 50.0 h	185.53	32	55.5 m	56.5 m	203.70	8th
17th	Gunnar Hermansen	Norway	389.10	1: 17: 05.0 h	207.00	7th	44.0 m	49.0 m	181.40	32
18th	Väinö Heikkinen	Finland	388.23	1:20: 50.0 h	185.53	31	54.5 m	57.5 m	202.70	11
19th	Wilhelm Bogner	German Empire	387.40	1: 18: 20.0 h	199.50	16	52.0 m	49.5 m	187.90	26th
20th	Holger Lundgren	Sweden	384.70	1: 19: 02.0 h	195.00	22nd	52.0 m	55.0 m	189.70	22nd
21st	Mieczysław Wnuk	Poland	376.80	1: 21: 31.0 h	181.50	35	52.0 m	55.5 m	195.30	18th
22nd	Albert Burk	German Empire	375.65	1: 18: 29.0 h	198.75	18th	51.5 m	48.0 m	176.90	36
23	Fidel Wagner	German Empire	374.60	1:20: 48.0 h	186.00	29	48.0 m	51.5 m	188.60	25th
24	Christian Merz	German Empire	373.10	1: 20: 42.0 h	186.00	28	48.5 m	52.5 m	187.10	27
25th	Stanislaw Marusarz	Poland	372.90	1: 25: 25.0 h	160.50	46	56.0 m	61.0 m	212.40	2
26th	Hans Lahr	Czechoslovakia (HDW)	372.10	1: 24: 17.0 h	165.30	42	53.0 m	58.5 m	206.80	7th
27	Eric Soguel	Switzerland	371.90	1: 19: 04.0 h	195.00	23	47.5 m	47.0 m	176.90	37
28	František Šimůnek	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	367.70	1: 18: 51.0 h	196.50	20th	42.0 m	49.5 m	172.20	38
28	Olavi Kaplas	Finland	367.70	1:20: 50.0 h	186.00	30th	43.5 m	51.5 m	181.70	30th
30th	Hugo Ilvonen	Finland	367.60	1: 20: 41.0 h	186.00	27	46.5 m	49.5 m	181.60	31
31	Olavi Sihvonen	Finland	367.50	1:20:11 h	189.00	26th	47.5 m	49.5 m	178.50	33
32	Lenni Anttila	Finland	367.10	1: 17: 13.0 h	205.90	9	39.0 m	46.5 m	161.20	40
33	Tauno Pälli	Finland	363.10	1: 24: 53.0 h	163.50	45	51.0 m	60.5 m	199.60	13
34	Oiva Valonen	Finland	361.30	1.24: 48.0 h	163.50	44	51.5 m	51.0 m	197.60	15th
35	Magnar Fosseide	Norway	359.90	1: 14: 43.0 h	220.50	3	51.5 m	57.0 m *	139.40	44
36	Onni Bovellan	Finland	357.30	1: 21: 46.0 h	180.00	36	46.0 m	48.0 m	177.00	35
37	Onni Suuronen	Finland	357.10	1: 23: 22.0 h	171.00	39	51.0 m	53.5 m	186.0	29
38	Väinö Härkönen	Finland	355.60	1: 18: 58.0 h	196.50	21st	40.0 m	42.0 m	159.10	41
39	Tomizo Kikuchi	Japan	352.70	1: 26: 21.0 h	156.00	49	47.0 m	57.5 m	196.70	16
40	Sauli Kemppainen	Finland	340.30	1: 23: 47.0 h	169.50	40	46.5 m	49.0 m	170.80	39
41	Olav Gjølmesli	Norway	331.70	1: 19: 29.0 h	193.50	24	52.5 m *	54.5 m	138.20	45
42	Sulo Honko	Finland	326.40	1: 28: 39.0 h	148.50	51	46.0 m	52.0 m	177.90	34
43	Walter Delle Karth	Austria	313.30	1: 36: 41.0 h	104.10	53	55.0 m	58.0 m	209.20	6th
44	Günther Meergans	German Empire	307.50	1: 21: 59.0 h	178.50	37	49.5 m	51.0 m *	129.00	48
45	Kai Hortling	Finland	306.10	1: 22: 35.0 h	175.50	38	52.0 m	57.5 m	130.60	47
46	Wilhelm Koestinger	Austria	298.30	1: 26: 08.0 h	157.50	48	51.5 m	58.0 m *	140.80	43
47	Matti Kittila	Finland	276.20	1:25: 45.0 h	159.00	47	47.0 m *	55.0 m	117.20	49
48	Pauli salons	Finland	273.10	1: 29: 35.0 h	139.50	52	50.0 m *	58.0 m	133.60	46
49	Rudolf Vrana	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	271.20	1: 26: 49.0 h	153.00	50	46.0 m	49.0 m *	118.20	50
50	Kalevi Kaplas	Finland	216.50	1.21: 30.0 h	181.50	34	56.0 m *	60.0 m *	80.00	51
51	Alexander Peepre	Estonia	246.10	1: 37: 46.0 h	?	54	38.0 m	42.5 m	?	42
52	Bertel Ikäheimo	Finland	242.85	1: 24: 11.0 h	167.25	41	52.5 m *	55.5 m	75.60	52
DNF	Trygve Brodahl	Norway	-	1: 17: 31.0 h	?	11	-	-	-	DNS
DNF	Stanislaw Wawrytko	Poland	-	1: 24: 18.0 h	?	43	-	-	-	DNS

swell

• Yhdistetty 18 km + mäki February 26-27, 1938
• 18 km hiihto miehet 02.26.1938
• Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 24, 1938, s. -, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
• Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 28, 1938, s. -, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo

Explanation of symbols

• * = Jump counted as fallen
• DNF = Did not finish (not finished, abandoned)
• DNS = Did not start (not started)