Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Nordic Combined Men

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Italian province of Belluno , a competition in the Nordic Combined was held. The competition consisted of a cross-country skiing over 18 km and ski jumping from the K-70 - Schanze together.

The combined cross-country skiing was held on Wednesday, February 5, 1941 as part of the cross-country skiing over 18 km. The combined ski jumping of the newly built Trampolino Italia in the Zuel district took place on Thursday, February 6, 1941 in front of more than 10,000 spectators. According to various statements, up to 27 skiers took part in the competition, of which 22 were ultimately rated. The ski jumping facility was inaugurated by a number of special jumpers such as Sepp Bradl , Sepp Weiler and Randmod Sörensen , who went over the bakken as jumpers outside of the classification.

For the second time after Zakopane in 1939 , the Sudeten German Gustl Berauer won the title for Germany. After a race to catch up in the jump run, the Finn Pauli Salonen placed second, relegating the second German medal winner, the Tyrolean Josl Gstrein , to third place. Norway did not take part in the competition.

Walter Fux came ninth among the Swiss participants . The other participants were at the end of the list of results. Adi Gamma , who was in the promising third place after cross-country skiing, had to do without a combination jump after illness.

The first unofficial result lists of the combiners after cross-country skiing over 18 km, which were also printed in the newspapers, showed several incorrect times, which, adjusted in the official result list, left some athletes far behind. For example, the German Burk was only in the promising second place with the wrong running time of 1: 12: 33.0 and found itself in 15th place after the correction with the official running time of 1: 17: 20.0. Something similar was found with Murama and Russi.

Nordic combination

Result

rank	athlete	country	Total points	Time 18 km	Points 18 km	Rank 18 km	Jump 1	Jump 2	Points jumping	Rank jumping
1	Gustav Berauer	German Empire	431.80	1: 09: 08.0 h	240.00	1.	56.5 m	57.0 m	191.80	11.
2	Pauli salons	Finland	414.80	1: 13: 25.1 h	213.20	4th	57.0 m	60.0 m	201.60	6th
3	Josef Gstrein	German Empire	406.20	1:12: 33.4 h	-	2.	57.0 m	58.5 m	-	-
4th	Kalervo Kaplas	Finland	392.40	1: 16: 41.4 h	193.50	12.	57.0 m	57.0 m	198.90	8th.
5	Timo Murama	Finland	391.60	1: 17: 02.0 h	192.00	14th	57.0 m	60.5 m	199.60	7th
6th	Sven Selånger	Sweden	391.50	1: 21: 30.0 h	166.50	22nd	63.0 m	67.0 m	225.00	1.
7th	Bruno da Col	Italy	390.60	1: 18: 13.0 h	184.50	16.	57.0 m	60.0 m	206.10	4th
8th	Hans Lahr	German Empire	389.30	1: 18: 57.0 h	181.50	18th	61.0 m	64.0 m	207.80	3.
9	Walter Fux	Switzerland	388.70	1:16:05.3 h	197.20	9.	57.0 m	58.0 m	191.50	12.
10	Niilo Nikunen	Finland	387.60	1:16: 35.0 h	195.00	11.	57.0 m	55.0 m	192.60	10.
11	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	385.30	1: 18: 44.2 h	181.50	17th	61.0 m	60.0 m	203.80	5.
12	Albert Burk	German Empire	384.30	1: 17: 20.0 h	190.50	15th	58.0 m	57.5 m	193.80	9.
13	Alois Simon	German Empire	376.95	1:15: 50.3 h	-	7th	51.0 m	55.0 m	-	-
14th	Yngve Mohlin	Sweden	371.60	1:14: 48.0 h	205.50	6th	45.0 m	48.0 m	166.10	21st
15th	Alberto Tassotti	Italy	366.30	1: 15: 54.0 h	-	8th.	44.5 m	50.5 m	-	-
16	Antonio Mosele	Italy	357.90	1: 16: 18.2 h	-	10.	46.0 m	47.0 m	-	22nd
17th	Erik Lindström	Sweden	357.60	1: 25: 39.0 h	142.50	27.	62.0 m	63.0 m	215.10	2.
18th	Heini Klotz	Switzerland	357.20	?	-	21st	53.0 m	56.0 m	-	-
19th	Pius Russi	Switzerland	345.80	1: 19: 42.0	-	19th	47.0 m	49.0 m	-	-
20th	Delfo Ramella Paia	Italy	343.50	?	-	?	?	?	-	-
21st	Italo Soldá	Italy	342.40	?	-	20th	?	?	-	-
22nd	Elemír Nemesszeghy	Slovakia	313.10	?	-	?	?	?	-	-
DNF	Adi Gamma	Switzerland	-	1:12: 41.1 h	-	3.	DNS	DNS	-	-
DNF	Franz Kraus	German Empire	-	1: 13: 28.2 h	-	5.	DNS	DNS	-	-
DNF	Erkki Mäkinen	Finland	-	1:16: 55.0 h	-	13.	41.0 m	DNS	-	-

• * = overturned

Date: Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February 1941

Venues: Cross-country skiing: Cortina d'Ampezzo ; Ski jumping: Trampolino Italia

Participants: 27 started; 22 rated;

The German participants Gustl Berauer and Hans Lahr came from the annexed Sudetenland ( Czechoslovakia ), Josl Gstrein from the connected Ostmark ( Austria ).

The five best combiners after cross-country skiing were Berauer ahead of Gstrein, Gamma, Salonen (in 1: 13: 25.1 on rank 32 in the overall classification of the 18 km) and Kraus.
Several thousands of spectators had come to jump, the diving tower was 48 m high and impressively demonstrated the acrobatics of ski jumping. The hill was in excellent condition, not a single participant fell. In addition to the judges' stands, there were also film and press stands and a large display board.
The jumping was dominated by the "old veteran" Sven Selånger , who was still in a class of its own. He achieved the maximum distance in both runs with 63 and 67 meters, which enabled him to improve from 22nd to 6th. Berauer practically only needed to stand his jumps halfway, he came to 56.5 and 57 m (a bit shaky on the second, but he held on) - and thus his superior victory was certain. Salonen succeeded in displacing Gstrein with 57 and 60 m, who came in at 57 and 58.5 m, each had a bit of reserve and, above all, had significant deficits in style. Lantschner jumped 61 and 60 m, Klotz 53 and 56 and Russi (known as a weak jumper) reached 47 and 49 m.

See also

• Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Cross-country skiing men
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Men's ski jumping
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / military patrol

swell

• "Berauer (Germany) Combination World Champion"; Sport Zurich No. 16 of February 7, 1941, p. 2
• Sports reports of the "Dolomites". The world championships in Cortina. in: Dolomites of February 8, 1941, p. 5
• Berauer vant som ventet det okmbinerte renn, Aftenposten , (Norwegian) of February 7, 1941, s. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Helsingin Sanomat , (Finnish) from February 6, 1941, s. -, in The Päivälehti Archives , Helsinki
• Clearly seier for Berauer i combined, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 3, 1941, February 6, 1941, February 10, 1941 see. 2, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Berauer (Germany) Combination World Champion"; «Sport Zürich» No. 16 of February 7, 1941, page 2