Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 / Cross-country skiing women

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 , the following individual results were achieved in the women's cross-country skiing competitions:

10 km

space	Start No.	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	41	Lyubov Kozyreva	40:14
2	30th	Siiri Rantanen	40:30
3	34	Mirja Hietamies	40:46
4th	25th	Margarita Maslennikova	40:54
5	15th	Alewtina Leontjewa	41:07
6th	27	Sirkka Polkunen	41:10
7th	31	Sonja Edström	41:17
8th	37	Sofija Suschina	41:18
9	16	Lilia Katkova	41:20
10	14th	Maria Hahl	41:30
11	6th	Nina Gusewa	41:42
12	39	Sanna Kiero	41:43
13	1	Yevdokia Arkhipova	41:48
14th	19th	Anja Porkka	42:00
15th	26th	Marta Norberg	42:10
16	12	Marit Øiseth	42:35
17th	24	Kjellfrid Gutubakken	42:37
18th	35	Anna-Lisa Eriksson	42:51
19th	4th	Eva Hög	42:57
20th	2	Sunnah Kuoljok	42:58
21st	23	Squeegee choice	43:13
22nd	10	Dagmar Horppu	43:31
23	17th	Irma Johansson	43:37
24	11	Aina Andersson	44:02
25th	8th	Gina Regland	44:05
26th	22nd	Eva Vašiková	44:13
27	9	Marie Bartaková	44:15
28	7th	Eivor Alm	44:21
29	29	Ildegarda Taffra	44:43
30th	43	Gunnel Israelsson	45:06
31	36	Anne Gustavsen	45:11
32	40	Olga Krasilová	45:41
33	13	Marie Weisshäutelová	45:48
34	20th	Erminia Mus	46:03
35	32	Magdolna Barta	47:42
36	38	Helga Bochert	48:08
37	3	Anita Pamesani	48:10
38	21st	Elfriede Uhlig	48:12
39	42	Fides Romanin	48:19
40	5	Margot Heinz	49:19
41	18th	Marlies Liebau	49:25
42	33	Siegrun Scots	49:39
DNS	28	Valentina Tsaryova	-

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 caught up strongly, so Kosyrewa had to fight hard to save the win.

swell

• FIS 21-02-1954, official ranking, 10 km cross-country skiing, women
• Sovjet og Finland dominated then rennet i Falun, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 25, 1954, s. 7, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo

3 × 5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Stage time [min.]	Rank stage	Time wax [min.]	Square wax	Time [h]
1	Soviet Union	Lyubov Kosyrewa Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Zaryova	21:18 22:14 22:22	2 1 1	21:18 43:32	2 1	1:05:54
2	Finland	Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen	21:14 22:25 22:40	1 2 3	21:14 43:39	1 2	1:06:19
3	Sweden	Anna-Lisa Eriksson Märta Norberg Sonja Edström	22:56 23:11 22:25	4 3 2	22:56 46:07	4 4	1:08:32
4th	Norway	Kjellfrid Gutubakken Marit Øiseth squeegee choice	21:57 23:20 23:49	3 4 5	21:57 45:17	3 4	1:09:06
5	Czechoslovakia	Olga Krasilová Marie Bartáková Eva Vašicová	22:58 23:48 23:42	5 5 4	22:58 46:46	5 5	1:10:28
6th	Italy	Fides Romanin Margherita Bottero Ildegarda Taffra	24:03 26:21 24:50	6 7 6	24:03 56:03	6 6	1:15:14
7th	GDR	Margot Heinz Elfriede Uhlig Helga Bochert	26:23 25:52 27:12	7 6 7	26:23 52:15	7 7	1:19:27

Date: February 17, 1954

New in the world championship program

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. The Finns took the lead, the second Russian runner took the lead and the last runner was able to extend the lead for the Soviet Union to 25 seconds.

swell

• Torsdagsrunden: VM med sløyfer i håret, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 18, 1954, s. 5, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo
• Sovjet vant damestafetten, Sportsmanden (Norwegian) from February 18, 1954, s. 9, in Deichmanske bibliotek , Oslo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships - Women 10 km (English)
2. ↑ «Duel Russia - Finland». In: Sport Zurich. No. 22 of February 22, 1954, p. 3.
3. ↑ World Championships - Women Season (English)