Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 / Cross-country skiing women

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1978 , the following individual results were achieved in the women's cross-country skiing competitions:

5 km

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	28	Helena Takalo	18: 53.50
2	46	Hilkka Riihivuori	18: 58.49
3	34	Raissa Smetanina	19: 01.30
4th	40	Galina Kulakova	19: 08.83
5	45	Christel Meinel	19: 14.38
6th	18th	Zinaida Amosova	19: 17.14
7th	38	Berit Kvello	19: 21.11
8th	31	Eva Olsson	19: 24.01
9	17th	Taina Impio	19: 30.44
10	33	Marit Myrmæl	19: 39.48
11	41	Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck	19: 40.38
12	?	Marlies Rostock	19: 45.24
13	30th	Blanka Paulu	19: 50.84
14th	?	Raisa Khvorova	19: 55.63
15th	26th	Barbara Petzold	19: 58.08
16	16	Vigdis Rønning	20: 02.82
17th	?	Birgit Schreiber	20: 06.72
18th	22nd	Anna Pasiarová	20: 08.17
19th	1	Marja Auroma	20: 09.15
20th	39	Dagmar Palečková	20: 13.84
21st	10	Ingrid Christensen	20: 15.68
22nd	?	Kvĕtoslava Jeriová	20: 23.54
23	?	Alison Owen-Spencer	20: 26.29
24	?	Carina Göritz	20: 26.39
25th	?	Lynn of the Heath	20: 29.09
26th	?	Margareta Hermansson	20: 45.05
27	?	Beth Paxson	20: 53.96
28	?	Susanne Riermeier	20: 54.52
29	?	Haldis Zühlke	20: 59.63
30th	?	Regina Stoib	21: 01.80
31	?	Esther Miller	21: 05.54
32	?	Ann-Cathrine Karlsson	21: 07.16
33	?	Marie-Christine Subot	21: 28.11
34	?	Joan Groothuysen	21: 28.45
35	?	Hiromi Fujiki	21: 44.28
36	?	Shirley Firth	21: 45.42
37	?	Claudia Sprenger	21: 48.36
38	?	Betsy Haines	21: 54.05
39	?	Jocelyne Poirot	21: 56.02
40	?	Francoise Remy	22: 15.25
41	?	Colleen Bolton	22: 25.01
42	?	Maryse Perrot	22: 28.79
43	?	Celine Giguere	22: 54.63
44	?	Jacquie Rand	25: 30.78
DNF	?	?	-
DNS	?	?	-

World champion 1974 : Galina Kulakowa / Olympic champion 1976 : Helena Takalo  

Date: February 20, 1978

Participants: 46 named; 45 started; 44 rated;

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• MM-kisat Lahti 1978 5 km naiset February 20, 1978 [1] , from lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 3, 2020.
• Women 20 (sic!) Km Nordic Skiing XX World Championship 1978 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 3, 2020

10 km

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	10	Zinaida Amosova	37: 01.72
2	31	Raissa Smetanina	37: 13.37
3	29	Hilkka Riihivuori	37: 23.43
4th	40	Galina Kulakova	37: 30.09
5	4th	Taina Impio	37: 32.47
6th	36	Berit Kvello	37: 40.77
7th	34	Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck	37: 42.86
8th	21st	Nina Rotschewa	37: 51.47
9	?	Christel Meinel	38: 02.38
10	43	Blanka Paulů	38: 08.20
11	?	Dagmar Švubová	38: 10.15
12	38	Eva Olsson	38: 17.61
13	45	Helena Takalo	38: 24.16
14th	?	Anna Pasiarová	38: 51.49
15th	26th	Marit Myrmæl	38: 56.30
16	9	Vigdis Rønning	38: 56.43
17th	39	Barbara Petzold	39: 03.28
18th	20th	Berit Johannessen	39: 09.09
19th	?	Sigrun Filbrich	39: 10.66
20th	35	Veronika Schmidt	39: 15.93
21st	24	Marie Johansson	39: 19.63
22nd	?	Kvĕtoslava Jeriová	39: 31.43
23	16	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	39: 33.86
24	?	Alison Owen-Spencer	39: 58.30
25th	?	Lynn of the Heath	40: 00.40
26th	6th	Meeri Bodelid	40: 01.38
27	?	Carola Goeritz	40: 50.26
28	?	Esther Miller	41: 01.09
29	?	Beth Paxson	41: 04.17
30th	?	Shirley Firth	41: 32.69
31	?	Betsy Haines	41: 37.39
32	?	Regina Stoib	41: 43.80
33	?	Susanne Riermeier	41: 58.61
34	?	Marie-Christine Subot	42: 05.49
35	?	Claudia Sprenger	42: 07.83
36	?	Haldis Zühlke	42: 15.32
37	?	Francoise Remy	42: 49.65
38	?	Joan Groothuysen	42: 57.39
39	?	Jocelyn Poirot	43: 20.51
40	?	Hiromi Fujiki	43: 26.00
41	?	Milena Kordez	44: 01.80
42	?	Syvliane Tavernier	45: 01.66
43	?	Jacquie Rand	50: 24.91
DNS	?	?	-
DNS	?	?	-

World champion 1974 : Galina Kulakowa / Olympic champion 1976 : Raissa Smetanina  

Date: February 18, 1978

Participants: 45 named; 43 started; 43 rated;

swell

• MM-kisat Lahti 1978 10 km naiset February 18, 1978 [2] , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 3, 2020.
• Women 10 km Nordic Skiing XX World Championship 1978 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 3, 2020

20 km

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time [h]
1	43	Zinaida Amosova	1: 13: 00.85
2	17th	Galina Kulakova	1: 13: 08.11
3	37	Helena Takalo	1: 13: 57.95
4th	30th	Hilkka Riihivuori	1: 14: 00.26
5	33	Raissa Smetanina	1: 14: 38.83
6th	34	Berit Kvello	1: 15: 10.62
7th	39	Eva Olsson	1: 15: 27.34
8th	19th	Veronika Schmidt	1: 15: 30.34
9	29	Barbara Petzold	1: 15: 31.14
10	41	Christel Meinel	1: 15: 45.83
11	21st	Berit Johannessen	1: 16: 21.59
12	7th	Raisa Khvorova	1: 16: 25.47
13	23	Taina Impio	1: 16: 31.84
14th	36	Dagmar Palečková	1: 16: 57.48
15th	26th	Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck	1: 16: 58.76
16	13	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	1: 17: 06.60
17th	21st	Marie Johansson	1: 17: 34.06
18th	40	Marit Myrmæl	1: 18: 05.27
19th	27	Blanka Paulů	1: 18: 17.38
20th	2	Meeri Bodelid	1: 18: 20.53
21st	?	Sigrun Filbrich	1: 18: 54.60
22nd	?	Jana Gaudelová	1: 18: 56.88
23	?	Haldis Zühlke	1: 19: 18.29
24	?	Esther Miller	1: 19: 27.19
25th	35	Carola Goeritz	1: 20: 18.34
26th	?	Lynn of the Heath	1: 20: 40.73
27	?	Marie-Christine Subot	1: 20: 44.64
28	?	Jana Strndaková	1: 21: 16.67
29	?	Susanne Riermeier	1: 21: 27.09
30th	?	Joanne Musolf	1: 23: 23.20
31	?	Hiromi Fujiki	1: 23: 51.71
32	?	Claudia Sprenger	1: 23: 52.92
33	?	Jocelyne Poirot	1: 25: 18.30
34	?	Shirley Firth	1: 25: 54.75
35	?	Colleen Bolton	1: 26: 34.94
36	?	Regina Stoib	1: 27: 11.12
37	?	Sylviane Tavernier	1: 29: 21.63
DNF	9	Aslaug Dahl	-

no defending champion / no previous Olympic champion, discipline in the World Cup program for the first time

Date: February 25, 1978

Participants: 43+ named; 37 rated;

swell

• MM-kisat Lahti 1978 20 km naiset February 25, 1978 [3] , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 3, 2020.
• Women 20 km Nordic Skiing XX World Championship 1978 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 3, 2020

4x5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Stage time [min.]	Rank stage	Time change [min.]	Place change	Time [h]
1	Finland	Taina Impiö Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo	18: 20.79 19: 12.57 17: 46.15 18: 05.57	1 6 1 2	18: 20.79 37: 33.36 55: 19.51	1 3 1	1: 13: 25.08
2	GDR	Marlies Rostock Birgit Schreiber Barbara Petzold Christel Meinel	18: 28.74 18: 35.98 18: 23.65 18: 01.37	2 3 3 1	18: 28.74 37: 04.72 55: 28.37	2 2 3	1: 13: 29.74
3	Soviet Union	Nina Rotschewa Sinaida Amossowa Raissa Smetanina Galina Kulakowa	18: 49.52 18: 14.29 18: 16.25 18: 19.85	3 1 2 5	18: 49.52 37: 03.81 55: 20.06	3 1 2	1: 13: 39.88
4th	Sweden	Marie Johansson Eva Olsson Meeri Bodelid Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck	19: 17.15 18: 18.87 19: 09.61 18: 11.33	5 2 6 3	19: 17.15 37: 36.02 56: 45.63	5 4 5	1: 14: 56.96
5	Norway	Berit Johannessen Vigdis Rønning Marit Myrmæl Berit Kvello	19: 09.72 18: 54.86 18: 40.49 18: 18.79	4 5 5 4	19: 09.72 38: 04.58 56: 45.07	4 8 4	1: 15: 03.86
6th	Czechoslovakia	Anna Pasiarová Blanka Paulů Dagmar Palečková Kvĕtoslava Jeriová	19: 28.91 18: 51.01 18: 38.90 19: 26.56	6 4 4 6	19: 28.91 38: 19.92 56: 58.82	6 6 6	1: 16: 25.38
7th	BR Germany	Carola Göritz Regina Stoib Susanne Riermeier Haldis Zühlke	19: 31.38 19: 43.60 19: 47.96 19: 52.76	7 9 8 8	19: 31.38 39: 14.98 59: 02.94	7 7 7	1: 18: 55.70
8th	United States	Betsy Haines Lynn of Heath Alison Owen-Spencer Beth Paxson	20: 38.34 19: 14.17 19: 40.76 19: 46.34	9 7 7 7	20: 38.34 39: 52.51 59: 33.27	9 9 8	1: 19: 19.61
9	Canada	Shirley Firth Esther Miller Celine Giguere Joan Groothuysen	20: 07.17 19: 37.67 20: 54.04 20: 18.23	8 8 9 9	20: 07.17 39: 44.84 60: 38.88	8 8 9	1: 20: 57.11

World champions 1974 : Soviet Union ( Nina Baldytschewa , Nina Seljunina , Raissa Smetanina , Galina Kulakowa ) Olympic champions 1976 : Soviet Union ( Nina Baldytschewa , Sinaida Amossowa , Raissa Smetanina , Galina Kulakowa )  
 

Date: February 22, 1978

Participants: 9 teams registered; 9 started; 9 rated;

swell

• MM-kisat Lahti 1978 Viestohiihto naiset 4 x 5 km February 22 , 1978 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 3, 2020.
• Women 4x5km Relay Nordic Skiing XX World Championship 1978 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 3, 2020