Nordic World Ski Championships 1954

Nordic World Ski Championships 1954
winner
Cross-country skiing 15 km men	Veikko Hakulinen
Cross-country skiing 30 km men	Vladimir Cousin
Cross-country skiing 50 km men	Vladimir Cousin
4 × 10 km cross-country relay	Finland
Cross-country skiing 10 km women	Lyubov Kozyreva
3 × 5 km cross-country relay	Soviet Union
Ski jumping normal hill	Matti Pietikäinen
Nordic combination	Sverre Stenersen
Competitions
Venues	Falun
Individual competitions	5 (men) / 1 (women)
Team competitions	1 (men) / 1 (women)
← Oslo 1952	Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 →

The 20th Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 13 to 21 February 1954 in the Swedish Falun instead. The 18 km run was no longer held, but the 15 km and 30 km routes were included in the world championship program. The 3 × 5 km relay for women was also new to the program. For the first time, athletes from the Soviet Union took part, who were right at the top of the medal ranking and thus for the first time in the history of Nordic skiing displaced the athletes from Scandinavia from the top. It was disappointing for the Norwegians that they only won medals in their domain, the Nordic Combined - here, however, gold, silver and bronze. The Swedes were also anything but satisfied as the host with only 3 bronze medals. Other nations besides the Soviet Union, Finland , Norway and Sweden continued to play hardly any role and, apart from the squadrons, could not get anywhere in the top six.

Final preparations and training

A drop in temperature had brought so much cold that the cross-country skiers could not train. In Falun and the surrounding area there was a lot of life, but the traffic in the mining town was not particularly large, as only the officials of the organization and the FIS as well as domestic and foreign journalists were housed there. The competitors and their supervisors had moved into their accommodation in the surrounding towns, some up to 40 km away.
On February 11th an international judges conference was held, attended by 65 representatives from 15 nations.

opening

The opening was made on February 13th by Prince Bertil and FIS President Marc Hodler . Falun was adorned with colorful flag decorations with around 800 flagpoles and around the main square (Store Torget) in the middle of the city the flags of the 24 registered nations waved. In front of an estimated crowd of more than 10,000 people, who had come despite the minus 25 degrees, the groups of competitors moved in by nation in alphabetical order. The last ones were traditionally the hosts, the Swedes.

Starting draw

There were four groups for all competitions. Each nation could enter two athletes in each group; the third group was identified as those with the best conditions, so the favorites were delegated to those with starting numbers 30 to 50.
The organizing committee had also allowed eight athletes per nation to take part in jumping - and also in other competitions, see cross-country skiing and Nordic combined, which was a great advantage for the Nordic countries with their particular breadth in top-class sport.
The starting order stood out as an absolute innovation in cross-country skiing. The previous half-minute intervals were dispensed with, and two runners took to the track every minute.

Award ceremonies

The first awards ceremony took place on the evening of February 15th in the light of torches and spotlights. The six best of 30 km cross-country skiing and ski jumping received medals and diplomas from Prince Bertil, and both winners also received silver trophies. The simple celebration lasted only 20 minutes, despite the biting cold, several thousand spectators appeared.

Margin notes

• With the exception of the taxis, whose taximeters were permanently installed and sealed, the prices of the other taxis had risen by 100% half a week before the start of the title fights. In addition, it was customary to tip the restaurant staff (porters, boys and «Vaktmester»).
• The icy cold at the opening ceremony also bothered the military band, so that they played in a house next to the ceremonial square and let their brisk tunes ring out through the windows as the nations marched in.
• Almost all of the residents were enthusiastic about skiing - except for one farmer. Despite a contract, he closed off his property before the last day of training, on which the cross-country skiers trained and the starting competition over 30 km was planned. The runners had to climb over a fence. In the end, the organizers found a solution so that the participants did not have to complete a “boulder” demonstration.

Cross-country men

• Detailed results

15 km

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Veikko Hakulinen	55:26
2	Arvo Viitanen	55:37
3	August Kiuru	56:07
4th	Fyodor Terentiev	56:16
5	Tapio Mäkelä	56:17
6th	Veikko Räsänen	56:31
7th	Sixten Jernberg	56:36
8th	Per-Erik Larsson	57:08
9	Enar Josefsson	57:21
10	Vladimir Cousin	57:27
...	...	...
57	Josef Schneeberger	61:31
65	Oskar Schulz	62:57
70	Karl Rafreider	63:19
82	Friedrich Krischan	64:25

Date: February 17, 1954, 11 a.m.

World champion 1952 (18 km): Hallgeir Brenden 

As in previous World Championships, the athletes also took part in the Nordic Combined competition.
119 participants, including 31 for the Nordic Combined.
Further important placements, especially with regard to the combined ranking and the best of their countries or South Tyroleans: 11. Alexei Kuznetsov (URS) 57:36 / 13. Martin Stokken (NOR) 57:49 / 16 . Benoit Carrara (FRA) 58:27 / 17 Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA) 58:31 / 28 ex aequo Gunder Gundersen (NOR) Sune Larsson (SWE) 59:12 / 30 Heikki Kiuru (FIN) 59:15 / 32. Ilja Matouš (ČSR) 59:28 / 33. Kengo Kinishi (JPN) 59:29 / 40. Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 59:58 / 48. Per Gjelten (NOR) 60:47 / 50. Kuno Werner ( GDR) 60:51 / 51. Kjetil Mårdalen (NOR) 61:01 / 52. Clarence Servold (CAN) 61:11 / 55. Eeti Nieminen (FIN) 61:24 / 59. Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 62:21 / 60. Pál Sajgó (Pál Sajgó) (HUN) 62.24 / 61. Hermann Möchel (FRG) 62:26 / 62. Alfredo Prucker (ITA) 62:44 / 63. Herbert Friedel (GDR) 62:49 / 66. Werner Zwingli (SUI) ( presumably - source barely legible ) 62:92 / 67 Hans Strasser (SUI) 63.06 / 68 ex aequo Werner Lötscher (SUI) & Pietro Giacomo (ITA) 63:11 / 71. ex aequo Enrico Bieler (ITA) & Enache Constantin (ROU) 63:21 / 73. Arne Barhaugen (NOR) 63:28 / 74. Johan Vanvik (NOR) 63:36 / 76. Toni Haug ( FRG) 64:06 / 77. ex aequo Albert Hitz (FRG) & Tulien Voiron (FRA) 64:09 / 79. Heinz Hauser (FRG) 64:19 / 83. Fritz Zurbuchen (SUI) 64:35 / 84. Robert Grieshaber (FRG) 64:37 / 85. Eero Kemppainen (FIN) 64:39 / 87. ex aequo Marcel Huguenin & Michel Rey (both SUI) 64:50 / 91. Zdravko Hlebanja (JUG) 65:02 / 92. Hermann Forker (GDR) 65:25 / 93. Oskar Burgbacher (FRG) 65:27 / 94 Herbert Müller (GDR) 65:45 / 95. Charles-Louis Golay (SUI) 65:48 / 96. Ryotti Fujizawa (JPN) 65.53 / 97. Fritz Kocher (SUI) 65:59 / 98. Johannes Schreier (GDR) 66:06 / 100. Erich Röder (GDR) 67:14 / 102. Robert Pidacka (USA) 67:21 / 107. Gerhard Glaß ( GDR) 68:03 / 109. Rudolf Kopp (FRG) 68:08 / 112. Marvin Crawford (USA) 68:44 / 117. and last Lars Chemnitz (DEN) 77:10

With Veikko Hakulinen, a world champion was chosen who had previously enjoyed the reputation of being particularly strong over 30 km and 50 km, although he had proven at the Holmenkollen races in recent years that he can also be successful over shorter distances. He had already celebrated great successes over 18 km as well as 50 km. The Finns were the big favorites in these 15 km anyway, but the extent of the triumph exceeded all expectations. The history of international skiing, rich in memorable achievements, had never before seen such a resounding success of a running school.
The route was difficult, exhausting; The total gradient was 526 m, the difference between the lowest and highest point was 150 m, the maximum gradient at one point was 100 m. The track was very fast, a result of the cold and very good weather, the minus 20 degrees slowly rose due to the sun. There were 12,000 spectators in the Lugnet Stadium, according to conservative estimates there were probably about three times as many on the slopes. Again two and two runners were let down, the starting process took exactly one hour, and the first-starters arrived at the finish before the last runner had left the stadium.
After 5 km, four Finns had the best times, Hakulinen and Viitanen at the same time, and Terentjew followed behind Räsänen - he was 16 seconds ahead of Hakulinen. Hakulinen never slacked off in his purposeful pace, at 10 km he was already alone in the lead. Now Kiuru was in second position - 11 seconds back, Viitanen 20, Mäkelä 28 seconds more time. Räsänen and Terentjew followed closely. The Finnish triumph was already evident, no Swede or Norwegian could follow the pace of hell, which was like a sprint from start to finish.
Of the Central Europeans, the French and Italians did very well in terms of their expectations, while the Swiss fared disappointingly poorly and were distanced from almost all the nations of Central Europe.

30 km

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Vladimir Cousin	1:50:25
2	Veikko Hakulinen	1:50:51
3	Martti Lautala	1:50:52
4th	Sixten Jernberg	1:51:30
5	Tauno Sipilä	1:52:08
6th	Esko Tilli	1:52:15
7th	Veini continents	1:52:52
8th	Arvo Viitanen	1:52:57
9	Fyodor Terentiev	1:53:39
10	Pavel Kolchin	1:53:52

Date: February 14, 1954

There was no regular defending champion, as the route was previously only part of the program at the 1926 World Cup .
Route characteristics: a total of 1,050 m gradient; Difference in altitude between the lowest and highest point: 170 m; one-time maximum performance between the 20th and 21st km 142 m. The perfectly groomed trail was heavily hilly and interspersed with many sharp changes in direction. The course was designed in such a way that it described a big eight, after a first 10 km loop, the runners passed the finish area in the Lugnet stadium and then took off for the 20 km loop. The first starters at 9 a.m. were Arthur Herrdin (SWE) and Alexei Kuznetsov (URS). Yugoslavs , Austrians and Hungarians had withdrawn their reports, so that a total of ten forfaits were recorded. The Switzerland had not called. Around 12,000 spectators watched the starts in the stadium, and another 20,000 are likely to have stayed at the track.
The competition was held under difficult conditions. At the start of the race, temperatures of −25 °  C were recorded, but this gradually sank to 16 minus degrees under the influence of a sun shining from a blue sky. As a result, the snow had become dull and many runners had to struggle with breathing problems.
59 participants; three of them did not finish: Hermann Möchel ( FRG ), France's best runner Bénoît Carrara and Kordez Mateva ( YUG ).

50 km

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Vladimir Cousin	3:02:58
2	Veikko Hakulinen	3:03:06
3	Arvo Viitanen	3:06:40
4th	Martin Stokken	3:06:49
5	Edvin Landsem	3:06:58
6th	Fyodor Terentiev	3:07:10
7th	Martti Lautala	3:07:17
8th	Veini continents	3:08:04
9	Enar Josefsson	3:09:12
10	Kalevi Monons	3:09:37
...	...	...
31	Hans Strasser	3:33:04
32	Fritz Zurbuchen	3:35:57
35 (last)	Ion Sumedrea	3:49:13

Date: February 21, 1954

World Champion 1952 : Veikko Hakulinen 

Task after 5 km: Werner Zwingli (SUI)

Start 10 a.m.; Number of participants 38 - route profile: difference in altitude between lowest and highest point: 170 m; Total incline 1,450 m; Unique maximum incline 125 m
The estimates of the spectators present in the ski stadium and on the edge of the piste fluctuated between 20,000 and 80,000.
First there was a starting lap of 10 km on the relay slope, then twice the trail of the 15 km world championship and finally the 10 km lap again. Timekeeping posts were set up for every tenth kilometer, the finish passages took place after 10, 25 and 40 km, before the 50 km were completed. The conditions could be described as very good, with a start at 10 minus degrees before an icy westerly wind came up after noon. The weather was actually lucky, because one hour after the end of the competition, the period of good weather in Falun was over.
Kusin started brilliantly, swept the first 10 km of the slightly different slope compared to the relay race in 33:01 minutes - in comparison, sprint specialist Tapio Mäkelä needed 33:18 minutes as the start runner in the relay. Up to the twentieth kilometer there were a lot of shifts in position. With the exception of Kontinen and Lautala, all runners constantly lost to the unleashed Kusin, who also ran the second section the fastest and gradually reduced the gap to Hakulinen, who started three minutes before him - after 10 km he had 26 seconds, after 20 km even more than half a minute caught up. In the interim calculation, Kontinen was 0:54 min, Lautala 1:11 min and Hakulinen 1:13 min behind.
After half the distance, Kusin's lead was 1:38 minutes on continents. Behind the Finns, the gaps had grown by about four minutes. While all runners ate food (sugar and blueberry juice), the Soviet runners did not care. The Finns counter-offensive came only from Hakulinen, who had obviously designed his route for the last 15 km. In contrast, Kontinen, Lautala and Viitanen showed signs of fatigue. Hakulinen was able to take Kusin off 39 seconds up to 40 kilometers, so that the race was again open to a giant fight. The decision was only between these two athletes. Kontinen was already 2:39 minutes behind. And for Hakulinen the current 1:13 minute gap did not seem impossible to catch up.
Unofficial intermediate times 5 km from the finish put the gap at 20 to 30 seconds. Hakulinen crossed the finish line, 2 ½ minutes passed and the Finn's victory was within reach. But Kusin, who was no longer so fluid and easy, saved 8 seconds with double-pole operations. Hakulinen may have started the final sprint too late after all. The "Finnish Front", which was still intact after 40 km, had also crumbled. One of the two Norwegians, Stokken and Landsen, who started as a couple and who had covered the entire 50 km together, almost achieved bronze; Lautala and Kontinen, however, had even fallen behind Terentyev. As the best of the few Central Europeans, ČSR runner Jaroslav Cardal came in 27th (3:21:03 h).

4 × 10 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Finland	August Kiuru Tapio Mäkelä Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen	2:16:47
2	Soviet Union	Nikolai Koslow Fyodor Terentjew Alexei Kuznetsov Vladimir Kusin	2:18:57
3	Sweden	Sune Larsson Sixten Jernberg Arthur Olsson Per-Erik Larsson	2:18:59
4th	Norway	Håkon Brusveen Odd Lykkja Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2:21:20
5	Italy	Valentino Chiocchetti Arrigo Delladio Federico De Florian Ottavio Compagnoni	2:23:24
6th	France	René Mandrillon Gilbert Mercier Jean Mermet Bénoît Carrara	2:24:06
7th	Czechoslovakia	Emil Okuliar Josef Stébel Vlastimil Melich Ilja Matouš	2:26:03
8th	BR Germany	Toni Haug Rudolf Kopp Albert Hitz Hermann Möchel	2:28:11
9	Austria	Friedrich Krischan Karl Rafreider Oskar Schulz Josef Schneeberger	2:28:13
10	Switzerland	Hans Strasser Werner Zwingli Marcel Huguenin Walter Lötscher	2:29:11
11	GDR	Kuno Werner Herbert Leonhardt Herbert Müller Herbert Friedel	2:31:25
12	Yugoslavia		2:32:17
13	Hungary		2:34:41
14th	Romania		2:36:34
14th	Japan		2:37:44

Date: February 20, 1954

World Champion 1952 : Finland ( Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila , Urpo Korhonen , Tapio Mäkelä )  

Participants: 15 squadrons (the USA had withdrawn their registration)
minus 10 degrees, sun and cloud banks, increased humidity.
The characteristics of the 10 km long route: Difference between lowest and highest point 142 m; Total gradient 325 m and maximum gradient 90 m in one piece

The individual
times of the first two seasons: Kiuru 35:05 min, Mäkelä 33:18 min, Viitanen 34:18 min, Hakulinen 34:06 min
Koslow 35:06 min, Terentjew 33 min: 18, Kuznetsov 36:27 min, Kusin 34 : 06 min

The Finnish triumph had been expected, but it did not fall easily into their laps. Although the “Sons of Suomi” used a strong team that was ultimately impossible to fight against, it was a nerve-racking duel with the URS team. The Soviets did not let themselves be shaken off by the first two detachments, it was only on the third stretch that Kuznetsov suffered a weakness, lost contact with the leading Viitanen and finally lost a full two minutes. Kusin was unable to make up this enormous deficit and even had to fight hard not to lose second place to Sweden in the last few meters. The Norwegians experienced another bitter disappointment: after the third lap, thanks to a brilliant performance by Stokken, they were in second place just ahead of the URS and SWE, but Brenden, who was still convalescent, was not up to the rigors of such a hard run. There were also several excellent individual performances to register: The Italian Chiocchetti even left the Swedes and Norwegians behind on his route.
After 5 km, Kiuru was a second ahead of Koslow; others: ITA +0.35 sec; NOR +0.46 sec; SWE +1: 08 min; FRA +1: 21 min; JPN +1: 25 min.
In the second lap, Mäkelä ran at the same time as Terentjew in 33:18 minutes, so the gap remained one second. Jernberg's overtaking maneuvers put the home relay in third position (1:23 minutes behind). The Swiss Zwingli was able to overtake JPN, GDR and ČSR and move up to 7th place. After the first handover, GDR was on rank 9, SUI on 10, AUT on 11 and FRG on 14, after the second FRG was on 10, AUT on 11 and GDR on 12.
The preliminary decision was made in the third round; Viitanen gained the necessary lead, which Hakulinen only needed to manage. An incident that had already occurred in the women's relay by a Soviet runner was unpleasant: Kuznetsov did not let the Norwegian Stokken pass, despite his repeated calls; in the end both crashed when Stokken tried to overtake outside the track; the Norwegian was faster on his feet after that and crossed the finish line 2:06 minutes behind. The URS was now 2:10 minutes behind. SWE followed with 2:34 min. Switzerland was eighth, AUT on 9, FRG on 10 and GDR on 11.
In the last section it was all about the other medals and placements. The Swede Larsson soon caught up 24 seconds behind Kusin, but his joy in fighting was rekindled and in the end he was measured in the same time as Hakulinen. France's Carrara put in a lot of effort in the final section to wrest the place of the best Central European team from Italy, could catch up for half a minute, but did not realize the project. The Swiss final runner Lötscher had a bad day, he lost two places.

Cross-country women

• Detailed results

10 km

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Lyubov Kozyreva	40:14
2	Siiri Rantanen	40:30
3	Mirja Hietamies	40:46
4th	Margarita Maslennikova	40:54
5	Alewtina Leontjewa	41:07
6th	Sirkka Polkunen	41:10
7th	Sonja Edström	41:17
8th	Sofija Suschina	41:18
9	Lilia Katkova	41:20
10	Maria Hahl	41:30
...	...	...
26th	Eva Vašiková	44:13
34	Erminia Mus	46:03
36	Helga Bochert	48:08
37	Anita Parmesani	48:10
38	Elfriede Uhlig	48:12
39	Fides Romanin	48:19
40	Margot Heinz	49:19
41	Marlies Liebau	49:25
42 (last)	Siegrun Scots	49:39

Date: February 21, 1954

World Champion 1952 : Lydia Wideman 

The 42 runners started when the men were still on their 50 kilometers. The race turned into a tough battle between the Soviet and Finnish participants. Kosyrewa took a clear lead on the first half of the route and distanced Maslennikova by 25, Rantanen by 40 and Leontjewa by 45 seconds. Rantanen and Hietamies came up strong so that Kosyrewa had to fight hard to save the victory.

3 × 5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time [h]
1	Soviet Union	Lyubov Kosyrewa Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Zaryova	1:05:54
2	Finland	Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen	1:06:19
3	Sweden	Anna-Lisa Eriksson Märta Norberg Sonja Edström	1:08:32
4th	Norway	Kjellfrid Gutubakken Marit Øiseth squeegee choice	1:09:06
5	Czechoslovakia	Olga Krasilová Marie Bartáková Eva Vašicová	1:10:28
6th	Italy	Fides Romanin Margherita Bottero Ildegarda Taffra	1:15:14
7th	GDR		1:19:27

Date: February 17, 1954

New in the world championship program

Participants: 7 relays

Individual running times of the winning relay: Kosyrewa 21:18 min; Maslennikowa 22:14 min; Zaryova 22:22 min

While the 15 km cross-country skiers were still doing their laps, the 7 nations started the first women's relay title fight. The teams of three were given a medium-difficulty route, which, however, made great demands on the large-scale operation over a relatively short distance. A tough duel between the USSR and Finland was almost on the target band.

In the races, the Finnish team took the lead by 4 seconds, the Norwegian Gutubakken was 43 seconds behind and the Swede Eriksson was 1:44 minutes behind. In the middle section, Hietamies had to give way to her opponent Maslennikova, but kept her pace up to the next transfer, so that Rantanen was only 7 seconds behind the last lap. Zarjowa (also spelled Tsareva), winner of the Grindelwaldner women's run in January, did not let her opponent approach and extended the lead in the finish to 25 seconds.
Ultimately, one could not avoid the impression that women’s cross-country skiing was no longer maintained so intensively in the Scandinavian countries because the Scandinavians were alone for years, which is now reflected in the appearance of the USSR runners and the z. B. in Italy initiated efforts could change again in the foreseeable future.

Ski jumping men

Detailed results

Normal hill

space	athlete	Widths [m]	Points
1	Matti Pietikäinen	76.5 / 76.0	232.0
2	Veikko Heinonen	72.5 / 76.0	222.0
3	Bror Ostman	75.0 / 77.0	221.5
4th	Kjell Knarvik	74.0 / 75.5	220.5
5	Erik Styf	76.0 / 75.0	218.0
	Torbjørn Falkanger	72.5 / 74.0	218.0
7th	Erling Kroken	72.0 / 76.5	217.5
8th	Halvor Næs	72.5 / 75.0	217.0
9	Antti Hyvärinen	73.0 / 76.0	215.5
10	Josef Bradl	75.0 / 72.0	214.5
...	...	...	...
13	Keith Wegeman	73.0 / 75.0	212.5
16	Janež Polda	75.0 / 75.5	211.5
18th	Franz Eder	74.5 / 75.5	210.0
19th	František Felix	70.0 / 75.0	209.5
21st	Jacques Charland	70.5 / 73.0	206.0
22nd	Nikolai Kamensky	69.5 / 70.5	205.5
26th	Sepp Weiler	74.0 / 72.0	204.0
27	Andreas Däscher	72.0 / 72.0	202.5
27	Walter Steinegger	66.5 / 69.5	198.0
39	Ferdinand Kerber	66.0 / 69.5	195.0
44	Conrad Rochat	65.5 / 62.5	189.0
47	Albin Plank	73.0 / 75.5	186.0

Date: February 14, 1954

World Champion 1952 : Arnfinn Bergmann 

Källviksbacken; 69 jumpers were classified.

In the sunshine it was 20 degrees Celsius, luckily the dreaded cross wind did not occur. The preparation of the hill and the implementation of the competition can be described as exemplary. However, the whole ski jumping facility offered somewhat unusual conditions. The 8-degree take-off table was too steep for many jumpers and the runway presented itself so quickly that even the Norwegians had a lot of trouble. Another consequence were quite a few falls, also affecting the two Germans Toni Brutscher and Josef Kleisl .
The results confirmed the prognoses made on the basis of the training results, and it had been foreseeable for some time that Finland would take the lead ahead of Norway and Sweden. This turnaround came faster than the experts had expected. So far, ski jumping has not been the great strength of the Finns, the Norwegians were hard to beat in this branch of skiing. Pietikäinen, who thus advanced to become the first Finnish ski jumping world champion, did so with an achievement beyond any doubt; he jumped wonderfully with maximum forward lean in the first flight phase, the most aerodynamically favorable angle of attack of ski and body in the second and third phases and a very easy landing. “Old master” Sepp Bradl was still in fifth place after the first round, but he missed the jump in round 2 and was only able to achieve a reasonably good distance thanks to his routine.
The 5 judges rated differently, there were differences of up to 2 points. It was noticeable that the northerners were also given better marks for weaker jumps - even the Austrian jumping judge was subject to this suggestive effect. Due to their good training results, the Americans disappointed, who showed good jump distances, but uneasy flights. The performance of the Soviet jumpers with ranks 22 and 25 showed that they might still lack the necessary self-confidence, whereby Anatolij Lebedjew with his 76.5 m in the first round (same width as Pietikäinen) and grade 111 showed that the local diving school was not bad is; in the second round, however, he fell.

Nordic combined men

Detailed results

Individual (normal hill / 15 km)

space	athlete	Points (run / jump)
1	Sverre Stenersen	461.1 (225.0 / 236.1)
2	Gunder Gundersen	460.1 (221.0 / 239.1)
3	Kjetil Mårdalen	450.5 (218.5 / 232.0)
4th	Per Gjelten	450.4 (217.5 / 232.9)
5	Simon Slåttvik	448.4 (221.5 / 226.9)
6th	Eeti Nieminen	447.5 (217.0 / 230.0)
7th	Johan Vanvik	443.0 (221.0 / 222.0)
8th	Arne Barhaugen	442.5 (220.0 / 222.5)
9	Heikki Kiuru	440.4 (201.5 / 238.9)
10	Eero Kemppainen	439.9 (222.0 / 217.9)
11	Simon Slåttvik	448.4 (221.5 / 226.9)
...	...	...
13	Bengt Eriksson	430.8
17th	Heinz Hauser	415.8
18th	Marvin Crawford	408.6
19th	Herbert Friedel	407.1
20th	Alfredo Prucker	403.4
21st	Ryotti Fujizawa	395.7
23	Gerhard Glass	392.8
25th	Kuno Werner	390.7
26th	Erich Roeder	388.4
30th	Charles-Louis Golay	379.5 (166.0 / 213.5)

Date: February 16, 1954: jumping / February 17, 1954: cross-country skiing (included in the 15 km special cross-country skiing)

World Champion 1952 : Simon Slåttvik 

The Austrian Ski Association had not nominated any Nordic combined athletes for the World Championships for cost reasons.

Jumping classification (the distances in meters in brackets): 1. Stenersen 225.0 (71.0 | 72.0 | 73.5); 2. Kamppainen 222.0 (70.5 | 70.5 | 72.5); 3. Slåttvik 221.5 (71.0 | 72.0 | 73.0); 4. ex aequo Gundersen (71.0 | 71.5 | 72.0) & Vanvik (70.5 | 70.5 | 71.0) 221.0; 6. Barhaugen 220.0 (68.0 | 69.5 | 71.0), 7. Maardalen 218.5 (70.0 | 71.5 | 68.0); 8. Gels 217.5 (70.5 | 71.5 | 71.5); 9. Nieminen 217.0 (66.5 | 70.5 | 70.5), 10. Eriksson 213.5 (65.5 | 70.0 | 72.0); 13. Crawford 206.5 (63.5 | 68.5 | 71.5); 15. H. Kiuru 201.5; 17. Hauser 196.5 (60.0 | 66.5 | 66.0); 30. Golay 166.0 (53.0 | 55.5 | 57.5)

The ski jumping started on February 16th at 12 noon. After a few deletions, 31 competitors remained, 19 of which came from the Scandinavian countries. As Central Europeans, seven Germans, one Italian, one Swiss (Louis-Charles Golay) submitted their reports, as well as two Americans, one Canadian and two Japanese. Two out of three jumps were considered.
The competition turned out to be an overwhelming success for the Norwegians, as a result of which their defeat in the special jumping was somewhat forgotten. What was particularly astonishing was her extraordinary strength in cross-country skiing. As the interest in Nordic combined had decreased significantly in Sweden, only a duel with the Finns developed. The best Central European was Heinz Hauser (FRG) in 17th place
. Norway had already placed seven athletes in the top eight in jumping, with Stenersen already gaining the decisive advantage here. The advance of two Americans to 13th and 16th place respectively was remarkable. The Swiss Golay had not succeeded in any of his three jumps and he could not hope for a significant improvement in rank in cross-country skiing. His performance did not yet come close to the international standard, he finished last in the overall ranking on his 21st birthday as the thirtieth of this competition.
A renewed success was expected from defending champion Simon Slåttvik, but during the cross-country skiing (rank 59) it soon became clear that he was no longer the former fighter.

Medal table

Nations
final after 8 competitions

space	nation
01	Soviet Union	4th	1	0	5
02	Finland	3	6th	4th	13
03	Norway	1	1	1	3
04th	Sweden	0	0	3	3

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	athlete
01	Veikko Hakulinen	2	2	0	4th
02	Vladimir Cousin	2	1	0	3
03	Arvo Viitanen	1	1	1	3
04th	August Kiuru	1	0	1	2
05	Matti Pietikäinen	1	0	0	1
	Sverre Stenersen	1	0	0	1
	Tapio Mäkelä	1	0	0	1
08th	Veikko Heinonen	0	1	0	1
	Gunder Gundersen	0	1	0	1
	Nikolai Koslow	0	1	0	1
	Fyodor Terentiev	0	1	0	1
	Alexei Kuznetsov	0	1	0	1
013	Bror Ostman	0	0	1	1
	Kjetil Mårdalen	0	0	1	1
	Martti Lautala	0	0	1	1
	Sune Larsson	0	0	1	1
	Sixten Jernberg	0	0	1	1
	Arthur Olsson	0	0	1	1
	Per-Erik Larsson	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 2 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Lyubov Kozyreva	2	0	0	2
02	Margarita Maslennikova	1	0	0	1
	Valentina Tsaryova	1	0	0	1
04th	Siiri Rantanen	0	2	0	2
05	Mirja Hietamies	0	1	1	2
06th	Sirkka Polkunen	0	1	0	1
07th	Anna-Lisa Eriksson	0	0	1	1
	Marta Norberg	0	0	1	1
	Sonja Edström	0	0	1	1

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

• 20th Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 in Falun, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on May 9, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , p. 30/31 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 9, 2017
• Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun: Twelve exciting days of World Championships in Dalarna , A look into history on xc-ski.de, accessed on May 9, 2017
• Welt im Bild 87/1954 , February 24, 1954, short video excerpts from the 50 km cross-country skiing at the 1954 World Cup in Falun, area 5:15 min to 6:17 min on filmothek.bundesarchiv.de, accessed on 9. May 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «The World Ski Championships open» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1954, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ^ "Opening Act in Falun". In: Sport Zurich. No. 19 of February 15, 1954, p. 10.
3. ↑ «First award ceremony at the World Championships in Falun». In: Sport Zurich. No. 20 of February 17, 1954, p. 2.
4. ↑ «100 percent more expensive than usual». In: Sport Zurich. No. 20 of February 17, 1954, p. 1.
5. ↑ "Small World Cup Splinters from Falun". In: Sport Zurich. No. 21 of February 19, 1954, p. 3.
6. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 15k on fis-ski.com
7. ^ "Great triumph of the Finns in 15km cross-country skiing" In: In: Sport Zürich. No. 21 of February 19, 1954, pages 1 and 2.
8. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 30k on fis-ski.com
9. ↑ «The first world ski champions determined» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1954, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 50k on fis-ski.com
11. ^ "Stein Eriksen back at the top" with subtitle in column 2: "Finland the strongest Nordic nation" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1954, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ^ "Two Russian victories on the final day of the World Ski Championships". In: Sport Zurich. No. 22, February 22, 1954, pp. 1 and 2.
13. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men's Team on fis-ski.com
14. ↑ «Finland far at the top» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1954, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
15. ↑ «You can't beat Finland in the relay race either». In: Sport Zurich. No. 22 of February 22, 1954, pp. 2 and 3.
16. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 10k on fis-ski.com
17. ↑ «Duel Russia - Finland». In: Sport Zurich. No. 22 of February 22, 1954, p. 3.
18. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies Team on fis-ski.com
19. ↑ «Five Norwegians at the top» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1954, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ^ «Russia's narrow victory in the women's relay race». In: Sport Zurich. No. 21 of February 19, 1954, p. 2.
21. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski Jumping on fis-ski.com
22. ↑ "Finland's jumpers" avenge "the cross-country defeat". In: Sport Zurich. No. 19 of February 15, 1954, p. 10.
23. ^ "Hans Feldmann comments on the 1st day of the fighting of the World Ski Championships". In: Sport Zurich. No. 20 of February 17, 1954, p. 1.
24. ↑ «The first world ski champions determined» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1954, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined on fis-ski.com
26. ↑ «The combination jump». In: Sport Zurich. No. 20 of February 17, 1954, p. 2.
27. ↑ «Five Norwegians at the top» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1954, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
28. ↑ «Nordic combination dominated by the Norwegians». In: Sport Zurich. No. 21 of February 19, 1954, p. 2.