Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Cross-country skiing men

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Italian province of Belluno , three competitions were held in cross-country skiing .

In the competition over the distance of 18 km the Swede Alfred Dahlqvist won , in the endurance run over 50 km the Finn Juho Kurikkala and in the relay competition for the first time the team of Finland .

Cross-country skiing 18 km

Result The competition was held on Wednesday, February 5th, 1941. Of the 96 named athletes, 84 appeared at the start.

rank	St. No.	athlete	country	time
1	77	Alfred Dahlqvist	Sweden	1: 05: 25.0 h
2	47	Jussi Kurikkala	Finland	1: 07: 35.2 h
3	64	Lauri Silvennoinen	Finland	1: 08: 13.0 h
4th	92	Aristide Compagnoni	Italy	1:08:15 h
5		Valter Forssell	Finland	1: 08: 23.0 h
6th		Carl Pahlin	Sweden	1: 08: 28.0 h
7th		Donald Johansson	Sweden	1: 08: 38.0 h
8th	9	Martin Matsbo	Sweden	1: 08: 58.4 h
9	43	Gustav Berauer	German Empire	1: 09: 08.0 h
10	3	Martti Lauronen	Finland	1: 09: 14.2 h
11		Giulio Gerardi	Italy	1: 09: 22.0 h
12	52	Mauritz Brännström	Sweden	1: 09: 23.0 h
13		Vincent Demetz	German Empire	1: 09: 27.2 h
14th		Sven Hansson	Sweden	1: 09: 30.0 h
15th	22nd	Hjalmar Lauri	Sweden	1: 09: 57.0 h
16		Lars Back	Sweden	1: 10: 21.0 h
17th		Viljo Sipilä	Finland	1: 10: 24.0 h
18th		Kalle Jalkanen	Finland	1: 10: 25.0 h
19th		Alberto Jammaron	Italy	1:10: 34.0 h
20th		Severino Compagnoni	Italy	1: 11: 06.0 h
21st		Giovanni Perenni	Italy	1: 11: 42.0 h
22nd		Erkki Kinnunen	Finland	1: 11: 44.3 h
23		Klaes Karppinen	Finland	1: 11: 46.3 h
24		Wilhelm Hjukström	Sweden	1:12; 06.1 h
25th		Herbert Leupold	German Empire	1:12: 21.0 h
26th		Pekka vannins	Finland	1:12: 23.3 h
27		Silvio Confortola	Italy	1:12: 25.0 h
28		Mario Compagnoni	Italy	1:12: 33.0 h
29	5	Josef Gstrein	German Empire	1:12: 33.4 h
30th	58	Eino Olkinuoran	Finland	1:12: 38.0 h
31	42	Adi Gamma	Switzerland	1:12: 41.1 h
32		Pauli salons	Finland	1: 13: 25.1 h
33		Olavi Alakulppi	Finland	1: 13: 26.0 h
34	55	Franz Kraus	German Empire	1: 13: 29.2 h
35	37	Hermann Azzolini	German Empire	1: 13: 42.4 h
36		Vincenzo Perruchon	Italy	1:14:01, 1 h
37		Giovanni Scandola	Italy	1:14:08, 1 h
37		Ferdinando Gaspard	Italy	1:14:08, 1 h
39	49	Gottfried Baur	German Empire	1: 14: 10.3 h
40		Bartolo Rossi	Italy	1: 14: 21.2 h
41		Yngve Mohlin	Sweden	1:14: 48.0 h
42		Hans Kasebacher	German Empire	1: 14: 53.2 h
43		Rinaldo Vitalini	Italy	1:15:07.2 h
44	31	Alois Simon	German Empire	1: 15: 30.8 h
45		Rizzieri Rodeghiero	Italy	1: 15: 31.1 h
46		August Sonderegger	Switzerland	1: 15: 33.2 h
47		Alberto Tassotti	Italy	1:15: 44.0 h
48		Victor Borghi	Switzerland	1: 15: 57.0 h
49		Walter Fux	Switzerland	1:16:05.3 h
50		Antonio Mosele	Italy	1: 16: 18.2 h
51		Niilo Nikunen	Finland	1:16: 35.0 h
52		Kalervo Kaplas	Finland	1: 16: 41.4 h
53		Erkki Mäkinen	Finland	1:16: 55.0 h
54		?	?	?
55		Patrik Hjukström	Sweden	1: 17: 01.0 h
56		Timo Murama	Finland	1: 17: 02.0 h
57		Antonio La Casa	Italy	?
58		Albert Burk	German Empire	1: 17: 20.0 h
59		Egidio Compagnoni	Italy	?
60		Mario Di Nucci	Italy	?
61		Bruno da Col	Italy	1:18; 13.0 h
62		? Servant	Switzerland	?
63	12	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	1: 18: 44.2 h
64	25th	Hans Lahr	German Empire	1: 18: 57.1 h
65		Edi Lehmann	Switzerland	1: 18: 58.0 h
66		Pius Russi	Switzerland	1: 19: 42.0 h
67		Willy Roth	Switzerland	1: 19: 59.0 h
68		Italo Soldá	Italy	?
69		Heini Klotz	Switzerland	1: 21: 01.0 h
70		? Brunner	Switzerland	1: 21: 29.0 h
71		Sven Selånger	Sweden	1: 21: 30.0 h
72		? Glatthard	Switzerland	1: 22: 05.0 h
73		?	?	?
74		?	?	?
75		?	?	?
76		?	?	?
77		?	?	?
78		Sem Bonetti	Italy	?
79		?	?	?
80		?	?	?
81		Erik Lindström	Sweden	1: 25: 39.0 h
?	1	?	Hungary	?
?	2	?	Hungary	?
DNF	63	Nils Östensson	Sweden	DNF
DNS		Adolf Freiburghaus	Switzerland	-
DNS		?	?	?
DNS		?	?	?
DNS		?	?	?
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DNS		?	?	?
DNS		?	?	?

This cross-country skiing competition was also part of this competition for the participants in the Nordic combined. The placement of the combination participants Delfo Ramella Paia (Italy), Elemir Nemesszeghy (Slovakia) and two others is not known. Among the runners who did not finish the race there were probably four Slovaks who were not known by name.

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• Since Alfred Dahlkvist (sic!) Og Sverige triumphed i 18 km, Aftenposten , (Norwegian) from February 6, 1941, s. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Helsingin Sanomat , (Finnish) from February 6, 1931, s. -, in he Päivälehti Archives , Helsinki, accessible to visitors at the researcher workstation.
• Stafetten ble FINSK, 18 km SVENSK, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) from February 7, 1941, s. 2, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo
• Dahlquist suveren på 18 km, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) of February 7, 1941, s. 2, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo

Cross-country skiing 50 km

Result The endurance run took place on Saturday, February 8, 1941.

Lt. Report from “Sport Zürich” had named 45 runners, 31 had started and ten had given up.

The Swede Mauritz Brännström , originally placed second with a running time of 3: 38: 17.0, did not appear at a checkpoint and was therefore subsequently removed from the ranking on February 9th. However, he was later put back into the classification as Gustav Berauer and Vincenzo Demetz confirmed that he had passed the checkpoint.

rank	St. No.	athlete	country	time
1		Jussi Kurikkala	Finland	3: 35: 35.8 h
2		Mauritz Brännström	Sweden	3: 38: 17.0 h
3		Alfred Dahlqvist	Sweden	3: 41: 44.0 h
4th		Elis Wiklund	Sweden	3: 42: 44.0 h
5		Lars Back	Sweden	3: 47: 27.0 h
6th		Adolf Freiburghaus	Switzerland	3: 48: 37.0 h
7th		Martti Lauronen	Finland	3: 49: 10.0 h
8th		Kalle Jalkanen	Finland	3: 51: 33.0 h
9	1	Hans Kasebacher	German Empire	3: 53: 00.0 h
10		Hjalmar Lauri	Sweden	4: 01: 12.0 h
11		Silvio Confortola	Italy	4: 01: 54.0 h
12		Franc Smolej	Yugoslavia	4: 04: 25.0 h
13		Sven Hansson	Sweden	4:05:15 h
14th		Adi Gamma	Switzerland	4: 07: 36.0 h
15th		Pekka vannins	Finland	4: 08: 21.0 h
16		August Sonderegger	Switzerland	4: 09: 44.0 h
17th		Attilio Giacomelli	Italy	4: 14: 32.0 h
18th		Cristiano Rodeghiero	Italy	4: 15: 18.0 h
19th		Battista Clementi	Italy	4: 16: 40.0 h
20th		Willy Roth	Switzerland	4: 18: 53.0 h
21st		? Zubor	Slovakia	5: 11: 31.0 h
DNF	9	Vincent Demetz	German Empire	-
DNF		Erkki Kinnunen	Finland	-
DNF		Olavi Alakulppi	Finland	-
DNF		Klaes Karppinen	Finland	-
DNF		Eino Olkinuora	Finland	-
DNF		Martti Sipilä	Finland	-
DNF		?	Italy	-
DNF		Donald Johansson	Sweden	-
DNF		Patrik Hjukström	Sweden	-
DNF		?	Slovakia	-
DNS		Martin Matsbo	Sweden	-
DNS		Carl Pahlin	Sweden	-
DNS		Nils Östensson	Sweden	-
DNS		Valter Forsell	Finland	-
DNS		Aristide Compagnoni	Italy	-
DNS		Giacomo Scalet	Italy	-

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• Aftenposten , (Norwegian) of February 10, 1941, s. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Helsingin Sanomat , (Finnish) from February 9, 1931, s. -, in he Päivälehti Archives , Helsinki, accessible to visitors at the researcher workstation.
• Kurikkala vant, med fire svensker på de nærmeste plasser, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) of February 10, 1941, s. 1, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo
• Protests mot Brännström avvist, etter at Berauer & Demetz bekreftet at han hadde passert, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) from February 7, 1941, p. 2, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo

4 × 10 km relay

Result The competition was held on Monday, February 3, 1941. It called 6 seasons which all appeared at the start.

space	Start number	country	athlete	Stage time [h]	Rank stage	Time change [h]	Place change	Time [h]
1	5	Finland	Martti Lauronen Juho Kurikkala Lauri Silvennoinen Eino Olkinuora	0: 39: 23.6 h 0: 35: 17.2 h 0: 38: 18.0 h 0: 38: 08.8 h	2 1 2 4	1: 14: 40.8 h, 1:52: 58.8 h	1 1	2: 31: 07.6 h
2	6th	Sweden	Carl Pahlin Donald Johansson Nils Östensson Alfred Dahlqvist	0:40: 38.7 h 0:37: 03.0 h 0:37 : 48.5 h 0:36: 35.2 h	3 2 1 1	1: 17: 41.7 h 1: 55: 30.2 h	3 2	2: 32: 15.4 h
3	3	Italy	Aristide Compagnoni Severino Compagnoni Alberto Jammaron Giulio Gerardi	0:38: 58.5 h 0:38:06.6 h 0:40:02.9 h 0:36 : 56.2 h	1 3 3 2	1: 16: 51.1 h 1: 56: 54.0 h	2 3	2: 33: 50.0 h
4th	1	German Empire	Josef Gstrein Hermann Azzolini Vincenzo Demetz Gustav Berauer	0:40: 56.8 h 0:38: 53.9 h 0:40 : 34.5 h 0:37: 45.6 h	4 4 4 3	1: 19: 50.7 h 2:00: 25.2 h	4 4	2: 38: 10.8 h
5	2	Switzerland	Adolf Freiburghaus Victor Borghi Walter Fux Adi Gamma	0:43:34.3 h 0:42:55.2 h 0:43:20.3 h 0:40:36.4 h	5 5 5 5	1: 26: 29.5 h 2:10: 49.8 h	5 5	2: 50: 26.2 h
6th	4th	Slovakia	Josef Šoltéz Lukáš Michalák Bretislav Cagašík Karol Bruk	? ? ? ?	6 6 6 6	1: 33: 11.6 h ?	6 6	3:07:34.2 h

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• Finland vant en sikker satafettseier i Cortina, Aftenposten , (Norwegian) of February 4, 1941, s. 8, in Nasjonalbiblioteket , Oslo
• Helsingin Sanomat , (Finnish) of February 4, 1931, s. -, in he Päivälehti Archives , Helsinki, accessible to visitors at the researcher workstation.
• Stafetten ble FINSK, 18 km SVENSK, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) from February 7, 1941, s. 2, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo
• Stafetten ble Finlands i Cortina, Norsk Idrettsliv , wartime version of Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) of February 7, 1931, s. 3, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo

See also

• Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Men's ski jumping
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 / Nordic Combined Men

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• Hey Sverige! ; in: Sport Zürich, No. 16 of February 7, 1941, pp. 1 and 2
• Kurikkula brings Suomi the 50 km victory ; in: Sport Zürich No. 17 of February 10, 1941, pp. 3 and 4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sports reports of the "Dolomites". The end of the World Ski Championships in Cortina in: Dolomites of February 10, 1941, p. 6
2. ↑ protests mot Brännström avvist, etter at Berauer & Demetz bekreftet at han hadde passert in: Norsk Idrettsliv , version of wartime Sportsmanden , (Norwegian) of 7 February 1941 s. 2, in Deichman bibliotek , Oslo