Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 / cross-country skiing men

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1989 , the men's cross-country skiing competitions showed the following individual results:

15 km classic

space	Start number	athlete	Time [min]
1	82	Harri Kirvesniemi	42: 40.7
2	66	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	42: 44.0
3	87	Vegard Ulvang	43: 08.4
4th	52	Aki Karvonen	43: 17.8
5	3	Thomas Eriksson	43: 23.5
6th	74	Gunde Svan	43: 26.6
7th	43	Lars Håland	43: 29.1
8th	34	Václav Korunka	43: 38.1
9	26th	Oddvar Brå	43: 44.2
10	84	Vladimir Smirnov	43: 44.2
11	27	Walter kiss	44: 16.0
12	75	Maurilio De Zolt	44: 20.2
13	56	Christer Majbäck	44: 20.4
14th	17th	Giorgio Vanzetta	44: 25.8
15th	22nd	Kazunari Sasaki	44: 29.1
16	45	Juha Sarkkinen	44: 33.7
17th	77	Marco Albarello	44: 42.9
18th	48	Martin Petrásek	44: 55.3
19th	54	Yves Bilodeau	45: 01.5
20th	19th	Arild Monsen	45: 09.6
21st	6th	Seppo Rantanen	45: 14.2
22nd	60	Stefan Dotzler	45: 14.7
23	36	Olivier Bulle	45: 16.8
24	58	Torald Rein	45: 21.6
25th	62	Hans Diethelm	45: 22.7
26th	73	Luboš Buchta	45: 26.2
27	28	Silvio Fauner	45: 35.4
28	29	Bertram Seidel	45: 36.1
29	71	Al Pilcher	45: 38.6
30th	51	Alois Schwarz	45: 44.9
31	78	Uwe Bellmann	45: 47.1
32	80	Alois Stadlober	45: 55.1
33	55	Patrick Remy	45: 56.9
34	49	Mikhail Devyatyarov	46: 06.7
35	57	Giuseppe Ploner	46: 15.0
36	59	Park Ki-ho	46: 16.2
37	11	Mikhail Botvinov	46: 21.9
38	31	Sergei Kitschkin	46: 28.1
39	69	Ivan Smilenov	46: 28.5
40	18th	Matthias Heynen	46: 28.9
41	63	Todd Boonstra	46: 29.5
42	44	Frank Ferrari	46: 30.4
43	89	Juerg Capol	46: 40.1
44	70	Constantine Knight	46: 45.3
45	1	Wu Minyi	46: 48.2
46	88	Jochen Behle	46: 50.1
47	16	Greg Stone	47: 00.4
48	23	Justin Wadsworth	47: 01.6
49	2	Alain Masson	47_12.6
50	85	Kevin Brochman	47: 16.0
51	33	Jun Jeung-hae	47: 21.5
52	72	Dominique Locatelli	47: 28.9
53	9	Gabor Mayer	47: 36.9
54	38	Andrzej Krygowski	47: 44.1
55	12	Daniel Hediger	47: 47.3
56	47	Morten Heilmann	48: 04.3
57	39	Anthony Evans	48: 07.6
58	46	Jorge Ribo	48: 21.6
59	7th	Hong Kun-pyo	48: 27.4
60	13	Patrick Winterton	48: 29.9
61	25th	Zhao Yun	48: 33.6
62	81	Ramon Selles	48: 36.0
63	65	Tan Xuewu	48: 38.2
64	68	Jani Krsinar	48: 53.0
65	21st	Mark Croasdale	48: 55.0
66	40	Iskren Plankow	48: 55.7
67	8th	Michael Hasler	49: 14.9
68	20th	Slavcho Batinkov	49: 18.6
69	76	Tom Landon-Smith	49: 32.8
70	61	Andrew Wylie	49: 45.6
71	35	Kees Puijk	49: 45.7
72	64	Ruben Krouwel	49: 48.0
73	67	Hugo Puigdefabregas	49: 49.9
74	50	Paul Gray	50: 18.6
75	15th	Poul Erik Holm	50: 40.6
76	86	Rob Stevens	50: 42.7
77	32	Michael Binzer	51: 10.9
78	24	Julio Moreschi	51: 29.0
79	10	Nils Boomsma	53: 46.8
80	83	Tom Klausen	54: 04.8
81	79	Andreas Grammatikopoulos	55: 31.2
82	4th	Ricardo Burgos	57: 09.5
83	42	Athanas Grammatikopoulos	57: 13.0
84	53	Dimitris Biliouris	58: 04.8
DNF	14th	Lee Bygrave	-
DNS	5	Athanasios Tsakiris	-
DNS	30th	Jeremias Wigger	-
DNS	37	Dag Rene Burgos	-
DNS	41	Patrick Hasler	-

World champion 1987: Marco Albarello / Olympic champion 1988 : Mikhail Dewjatjarow  

Date: February 22, 1989

Participants: 89 named; 85 started; 84 rated;

swell

• Viralliset Toulokset, MM 1989 Lahti, 22.02. Toilet 14.00, Miehet 15 km, Perinteinen, official results, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 15 km miehet perinteinen (c) February 22 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 28, 2020.
• Men 15km Classical Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 28, 2020

15 km freestyle

space	Start number	athlete	Time [min]
1	77	Gunde Svan	40: 39.6
2	54	Torgny Mogren	41: 02.9
3	29	Lars Håland	41: 10.3
4th	73	Alexei Prokurorov	41: 12.9
5	83	Jari Räsänen	41: 22.1
6th	65	Jochen Behle	41: 26.6
7th	59	Kazunari Sasaki	41: 29.1
8th	91	Giachem Guidon	41: 34.9
9	75	Holger Bauroth	41: 37.4
10	72	Silvano Barco	41: 42.5
11	64	Kari Ristanen	41: 44.0
12	90	Vladimir Sachnow	41: 49.9
13	15th	Radim Nyč	41: 57.9
14th	81	Václav Korunka	42: 00.6
15th	12	Timo Kuorelahti	42: 06.8
16	36	Johan Lind	42: 08.5
17th	56	Ladislav Švanda	42: 16.7
18th	86	Terje Langli	42: 17.8
19th	8th	Jan Ottosson	42: 20.1
20th	53	Bjørn Dæhlie	42: 28.5
21st	41	Pavel Benc	42: 44.0
22nd	24	Alexander Golubev	42: 45.9
23	18th	Christian Saurer	42: 54.2
24	85	Martinus Richter	42: 54.5
25th	60	Yves Bilodeau	42: 55.2
26th	13	Maxim Koslow	42: 58.1
27	27	Torgeir Bjørn	43: 10.1
28	87	Giorgio Vanzetta	43: 12.6
29	89	Al Pilcher	43: 15.2
30th	30th	Øyvind Skaanes	43: 26.9
31	43	Patrick Remy	43: 27.6
32	44	Walter kiss	43: 32.6
33	67	Torald Rein	43: 32.9
34	55	Andy Grünenfelder	43: 40.5
35	78	Claude Pierrat	43: 43.4
36	42	Jens Lautner	43: 57.9
37	16	Olivier Bulle	44: 00.1
38	52	Jani Krsinar	44: 00.7
39	71	Jean-Luc Thomas	44: 03.6
40	50	Andrzej Krygowski	44: 05.4
41	39	Hansluzi Kindschi	44: 09.5
42	21st	Robert Anzenberger	44: 09.9
43	14th	Wayne Dustin	44: 25.5
44	9	Jeremias Wigger	44: 28.3
45	46	Alfred Runggaldier	44: 35.2
46	68	Markus Gandler	44: 38; 3
47	84	Audun Endestad	44: 42.3
48	47	Alexander Marent	44: 49.5
49	26th	Wu Minyi	44: 49.6
50	66	Tan Xuewu	45: 07.1
51	3	Ebb Hartz	45: 08.9
52	38	Juan Jesus Gutierrez	45: 27.1
53	31	Iskren Plankow	45: 45.0
54	11	Andreas Ringhofer	45: 52.7
55	37	Dany Bouchard	45: 56.3
56	6th	Zhao Jun	45: 58.0
57	34	Haukur Eiríksson	45: 58.7
58	61	Kevin Brochman	45: 59.0
59	40	Greg Stone	46: 01.1
60	23	Michael Hasler	46: 07.9
61	70	Jorge Ribo	46: 13.5
62	79	Morten Heilmann	46: 23.8
63	45	Michael Dixon	46: 24.9
64	28	Athanasios Tsakiris	46: 56.0
65	57	Ewan Mackenzie	46: 57.3
66	35	Jun Jeung-hae	47: 00.2
67	22nd	Slavcho Batinkov	47: 03.7
68	4th	Justin Wadsworth	47: 03.8
69	17th	Hong Kun-pyo	47: 04.0
70	49	Patrick Hasler	47: 31.2
71	62	Ruben Krouwel	47: 33.8
72	92	Mark Croasdale	47: 44.3
73	76	Ramon Selles	47: 49.3
74	25th	Arpad Kovacs	47: 57.5
75	2	Gabor Mayer	47: 59.0
76	7th	Niels Hopman	47: 59.6
77	51	Kees Puijk	48: 15.0
78	5	Andrew Wylie	48: 19.2
79	69	Paul Gray	49: 39.8
80	80	Anthony Evans	48: 44.0
81	48	Tom Landon-Smith	49: 15.1
82	32	Julio Moreschi	49: 15.1
83	20th	Lee Bygrave	50: 27.0
84	88	Rob Stevens	51: 01.6
85	63	Michael Binzer	51: 48.9
86	58	Angelos Jiagou	52: 23.9
87	82	Dimitris Biliouris	54: 12.1
88	33	Ricardo Burgos	55: 50.0
89	10	Dag Rene Burgos	55: 53.4
90	1	Athanas Grammatikopoulos	59: 59.9
DSQ	30th	John Max Ertner	-
DNS	74	Park Ki-ho	-

This discipline was new to the World Cup program.

Date: February 20, 1989

Participants: 92 named; 91 started; 90 rated;

swell

• Viralliset Toulokset, MM 1989 Lahti, 20.02. Klo 14.00, Miehet 15 km, Vapaa, official results, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 15 km miehet vapaa (f) February 20 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 28, 2020
• Men 15km Free Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 28, 2020

30 km classic

space	Start number	athlete	Time 5 km [min]	Place 15 km	Time [h]
1	57	Vladimir Smirnov	41: 52.7	1	1: 24: 56.9
2	52	Vegard Ulvang	41: 56.8	2	1: 25: 03.6
3	58	Christer Majbäck	42: 24.1	4th	1: 25: 09.8
4th	65	Harri Kirvesniemi	42: 01.9	3	1: 25: 36.6
5	73	Uwe Bellmann	42: 37.2	7th	1: 25: 53.0
6th	47	Alexei Prokurorov	42: 28.1	5	1: 26: 03.5
7th	61	Marco Albarello	42: 28.9	6th	1: 26: 25.6
8th	63	Jochen Behle	42: 40.1	8th	1: 26: 35.8
9	33	Torgny Mogren	42: 46.9	9	1: 26: 38.1
10	74	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	42: 53.2	10	1: 26: 41.1
11	59	Holger Bauroth	43: 08.9	13	1: 27: 01.2
12	75	Jan Ottosson	42: 56.1	11	1: 27: 17.8
13	27	Kazunori Sasaki	43: 32.3	19th	1: 27: 22.4
14th	70	Mikhail Devyatyarov	43: 42.7	23	1: 27: 43.2
15th	38	Terje Langli	43: 26.3	15th	1: 27: 45.5
16	11	Mikhail Botvinov	43: 41.7	22nd	1: 28: 03.9
17th	48	Ladislav Svanda	42: 59.3	12	1: 28: 04.3
18th	54	Yves Bilodeau	43: 15.4	14th	1: 28: 09.5
19th	29	Alois Schwarz	43: 43.3	24	1: 28: 20.0
20th	21st	Giuseppe Ploner	43: 28.1	16	1: 28: 26.3
21st	16	Thomas Eriksson	43: 41.6	21st	1: 28: 29.7
22nd	25th	Stefan Dotzler	43: 29.1	17th	1: 28: 36.6
23	69	Gianfranco Polvara	44: 13.9	31	1: 28: 47.2
24	36	Juerg Capol	43: 40.0	20th	1: 28: 59.3
25th	40	Jens Lautner	44: 04.5	28	1: 29: 03.8
26th	24	Juha Sarkkinen	43: 31.8	18th	1: 29: 06.8
27	68	Giachem Guidon	43: 56.6	27	1: 29: 11.7
28	10	Silvio Fauner	43: 46.9	26th	1: 29: 35.1
29	9	Geir Holte	44: 18.1	33	1: 29: 49.4
30th	26th	Luboš Buchta	44: 06.1	29	1: 30: 03.7
31	7th	Jari Laukkanen	44: 06.6	30th	1: 30: 05.5
32	53	Aki Karvonen	43: 45.6	25th	1: 30: 08.7
33	62	Claude Pierrat	44: 14.5	32	1: 30: 21.4
34	6th	Pavel Benc	44: 37.1	38	1: 30: 36.2
35	64	Alois Stadlober	44: 23.3	35	1: 30: 36.3
36	12	Hans Diethelm	44: 28.7	37	1: 31: 00.4
37	76	Martin Petrásek	44: 24.8	36	1: 31: 06.3
38	60	Todd Boonstra	44: 47.1	40	1: 31: 17.8
39	42	Jani Krsinar	44: 43.1	39	1: 31: 18.7
40	3	Wu Minyi	44: 54.9	45	1: 31: 32.3
41	8th	Dominique Locatelli	44: 48.9	41	1: 31: 55.8
42	41	Audun Endestad	45: 14.1	47	1: 31: 56.8
43	1	Bertram Seidel	45: 05.4	46	1: 31: 59.8
44	4th	Kevin Brochman	45: 30.0	49	1: 32: 18.9
45	23	Frank Ferrari	44: 49.2	42	1: 32: 52.5
46	30th	Constantine Knight	44: 49.9	43	1: 33: 17.2
47	56	Zhao Jun	46: 47.4	57	1: 33: 36.4
48	71	Patrick Remy	44: 54.7	44	1: 33: 38.5
49	19th	Ebb Hartz	46: 30.7	55	1: 33: 41.9
50	51	Park Ki-ho	45: 32.5	50	1: 33: 52.2
51	66	Robert Anzenberger	45: 36.4	51	1: 35: 11.1
52	78	Wayne Dustin	45: 49.7	53	1: 35: 18.5
53	35	Andrzej Krygowski	45: 54.1	54	1: 35: 24.7
54	28	Jun Jeung-hae	46: 43.8	56	1: 36: 06.4
55	4th	Ivan Smilenov	45: 42.6	52	1: 36: 18.3
56	22nd	Tan Xuewu	47: 38.6	62	1: 36: 34.8
57	37	Haukur Eiríksson	47: 29.5	60	1: 36: 42.1
58	72	Justin Wadsworth	47: 16.0	58	1: 36: 59.4
59	55	John Max Ertner	47: 18.9	59	1: 37: 35.1
60	20th	Gabor Mayer	48: 10.4	63	1: 39: 54.7
61	43	Julio Moreschi	49: 03.9	68	1: 40: 59.2
62	14th	Kees Puijk	49: 02.8	67	1: 41: 09.0
63	34	Niels Hopman	49: 42.7	70	1: 41: 33.3
DNF	13	Dany Bouchard	?	?	-
DNF	15th	Matthias Heynen	?	?	-
DNF	17th	Dimitris Biliouris	?	?	-
DNF	31	Hugo Puigdefabregas	?	?	-
DNF	32	Andreas Grammatikopoulos	?	?	-
DNF	50	Andy Grünenfelder	?	?	-
DSQ	5	Hong Kun-pyo	?	?	-
DSQ	45	Jean-Luc Thomas	?	?	-
DSQ	49	Ruben Krouwel	?	?	-
DNS	2	Andrew Wylie	-	-	-
DNS	18th	Dag Rene Burgos	-	-	-
DNS	39	Morten Heilmann	-	-	-
DNS	46	Mark Croasdale	-	-	-
DNS	67	Nils Boomsma	-	-	-
DNS	77	Tom Klausen	-	-	-

World champion 1987: Thomas Wassberg / Olympic champion 1988 : Alexei Prokurorow  

Date: February 18, 1989

Participants: 78 named; 72 started; 63 rated;

Gunde Svan , who was still successful over 15 km, had to fail because of a cold.

swell

• Viralliset Toulokset, MM 1989 Lahti, 18.02. Klo 11.00, Miehet 30 km, Perinteinen, official results, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 30 km miehet perinteinen (c) February 18 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 28, 2020.
• Men 30km Classical Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) - Friday February 19 (Sic!) On todor66.com, accessed on May 28, 2020

50 km freestyle

space	Start number	athlete	Time 25 km [h]	Place 25 km	Time [h]
1	59	Gunde Svan	1: 04: 32.4	1	2: 15: 24.9
2	44	Torgny Mogren	1: 05: 59.5	5	2: 16: 09.2
3	64	Alexei Prokurorov	1: 05: 57.3	3	2: 16: 18.8
4th	31	Lars Håland	1: 06: 18.5	8th	2: 16: 45.7
5	6th	Igor Badamschin	1: 06: 48.0	11	2: 17: 33.5
6th	9	Timo Kuorelahti	1: 05: 59.0	4th	2: 17: 36.5
7th	58	Maurilio De Zolt	1: 08: 09.0	22nd	2: 18: 58.8
8th	56	Al Pilcher	1: 08: 23.5	24	2: 19: 05.7
9	16	Thomas Eriksson	1: 07: 53.2	20th	2: 19: 55.8
10	65	Giachem Guidon	1: 07: 12.1	14th	2: 20: 11.5
11	42	Kazunari Sasaki	1: 08: 20.8	23	2: 20: 51.1
12	12	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 07: 48.6	18th	2: 21: 03.5
13	50	Jari Räsänen	1: 06: 48.6	12	2: 22: 19.4
14th	20th	Walter kiss	1: 09: 27.1	34	2: 22: 30.4
15th	29	Christian Saurer	1: 06: 31.1	9	2: 23: 28.7
16	66	Kari Ristanen	1: 07: 41.5	17th	2: 23: 29.3
17th	15th	Hansluzi Kindschi	1: 08: 51.1	29	2: 23: 40.7
18th	32	Terje Langli	1: 09: 12.1	31	2: 23: 56.7
19th	62	Silvano Barco	1: 08: 44.2	28	2: 24: 15.3
20th	48	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	1: 07: 48.8	19th	2: 24: 25.5
21st	22nd	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 05: 43.3	2	2: 24: 30.1
22nd	45	Gianfranco Polvara	1: 09: 20.0	33	2: 25: 02.8
23	25th	Harri Kirvesniemi	1: 08: 31.1	25th	2: 25: 18.9
24	49	Vladimir Sachnow	1: 08: 32.0	27	2: 25: 27.7
25th	61	Matthias Heynen	1: 11: 06.9	45	2: 26: 34.8
26th	37	Jani Krsinar	1: 10: 15.9	38	2: 26: 39.1
27	52	Holger Bauroth	1: 10: 17.7	39	2: 26: 48.9
28	38	Audun Endestad	1: 10: 23.3	41	2; 27; 01.2
29	4th	Robert Anzenberger	1: 10: 18.0	40	2: 27: 12.2
30th	54	Hans Diethelm	1: 09: 09.4	30th	2: 02: 32.6
31	26th	Todd Boonstra	1: 10: 43.6	42	2: 28: 04.1
32	11	Greg Stone	1: 11: 21.4	47	2: 28: 20.4
33	33	Daniel Hediger	1: 11: 11.4	46	2: 28: 23.3
34	39	Claude Pierrat	1: 09: 14.7	32	2: 30: 32.1
35	18th	Torald Rein	1: 09: 55.3	37	2: 30: 48.8
36	60	Uwe Bellmann	1: 09: 44.2	35	2: 30: 51.4
37	13	Jens Lautner	1: 09: 50.8	36	2: 31: 09.3
38	1	Alain Masson	1: 11: 05.2	44	2: 31: 58.4
39	36	Patrick Remy	1: 10: 43.7	43	2: 32: 31.9
40	14th	Olivier Bulle	1: 11: 56.7	49	2: 32: 59.2
41	63	Dominique Locatelli	1: 12: 32.0	50	2: 34: 35.3
42	17th	Niels Hopman	1: 15: 10.9	53	2: 34: 58.1
43	57	Kevin Brochman	1: 12: 56.7	51	2: 35: 06.3
44	35	Ewan Mackenzie	1: 15: 33.0	56	2: 35: 54.0
45	3	Ebb Hartz	1: 15: 11.4	54	2: 36: 10.5
46	19th	Ramon Selles	1: 14: 35.5	52	2: 37: 23.3
47	47	Zhao Jun	1: 16: 08.5	57	2: 39: 49.7
48	41	Tom Klausen	1: 17: 40.9	59	2: 43: 11.6
49	30th	Ruben Krouwel	1: 16: 13.9	58	2: 45: 21.6
50	28	Poul Erik Holm	1: 19: 22.9	60	2: 48: 18.0
51	23	Tan Xuewu	1: 15: 18.4	55	2: 52: 54.5
52	21st	Ricardo Burgos	1: 27: 07.4	61	3: 12: 00.5
53	8th	Dag Rene Burgos	1: 30: 22.3	62	3: 20: 14.0
DNF	2	Wu Minyi	?	?	-
DNF	5	Alfred Runggaldier	?	?	-
DNF	7th	Radim Nyč	?	?	-
DNF	10	Constantine Knight	?	?	-
DNF	24	Ladislav Švanda	?	?	-
DNF	27	Wayne Dustin	?	?	-
DNF	34	Markus Gandler	-	-	-
DNF	40	Yves Bilodeau	?	?	-
DNF	43	Jochen Behle	?	?	-
DNF	46	Pavel Benc	?	?	-
DNF	51	Alois Stadlober	-	-	-
DNF	53	Kees Puijk	?	?	-
DNF	55	Václav Korunka	?	?	-
DNF	67	Vegard Ulvang	?	?	-

World champion 1987: Maurilio De Zolt / Olympic champion 1988 : Gunde Svan  

Date: February 26, 1989

Participants: 67 named; 67 started; 53 rated;

Oberstdorf gold medalist De Zolt had no chance and lost 3: 33.9 minutes. The two Austrian participants gave up: Alois Stadlober after 9 km (wrong ski choice) and Markus Gandler after 20 km (6 minutes behind Svan)

swell

• Viralliset Toulokset, MM 1989 Lahti, 26.02. Klo 11.00, Miehet 50 km, Vapaa, official results, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 50 km miehet vapaa (f) 02.26.1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 28, 2020
• Men 50km Free Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 28, 2020

4x10 km relay

space	Start number	country	athlete	Stage time [min.]	Rank stage	Time change [h]	Rank change	Time [h]
1	1	Sweden	Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Lars Håland Torgny Mogren	25: 18.7 25: 12.5 25: 08.7 24: 23.4	1 5 5 2	0: 25: 18.7 0: 50: 31.2 1: 15: 39.9	1 3 2	1: 40: 12.1
2	6th	Finland	Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen Jari Räsänen	25: 19.7 25: 11.0 25: 08.6 24: 34.3	3 4 4 5	0: 25: 19.7 0: 50: 30.7 1: 15: 39.3	3 2 1	1: 40: 13.6
3	4th	Czechoslovakia	Ladislav Švanda Martin Petrásek Radim Nyč Václav Korunka	25: 19.9 25: 16.1 25: 06.5 24: 31.2	4 6 3 1	0: 25: 19.9 0: 50: 36.0 1: 15: 42.5	4 5 4	1: 40: 13.7
4th	3	Norway	Arild Monsen Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang	25: 20.9 25: 07.5 25: 12.2 24: 33.5	5 3 6 3	0: 25: 20.9 0: 50: 28.4 1: 15: 40.6	5 1 3	1: 40: 14.1
5	2	Soviet Union	Sergei Kitschkin Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sachnow Alexei Prokurorow	25: 52.9 25: 00.7 24: 59.6 24: 33.5	9 1 2 3	0: 25: 52.9 0: 50: 53.3 1: 15: 52.9	9 7 5	1: 40: 26.5
6th	10	GDR	Torald Rein Uwe Bellmann Jens Lautner Holger Bauroth	25: 33.7 25: 01.2 25: 42.6 25: 36.8	6 2 9 8	0: 25: 33.7 0: 50: 34.9 1:16 : 17.5	6 4 6	1: 41: 54.3
7th	5	Italy	Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Christian Saurer Silvano Barco	25: 19.3 25: 28.2 26: 14.7 25: 29.2	2 8 10 7	0: 25: 19.3 0: 50: 47.5 1: 17: 02.2	2 6 7	1: 42: 31.4
8th	12	France	Patrick Rémy Olivier Bulle Jean-Luc Thomas Claude Pierrat	25: 48.2 26: 06.3 25: 29.9 25: 26.5	8 10 8 6	0: 25: 48.2 0: 51: 54.5 1: 17: 24.4	8 9 9	1: 42: 50.9
9	8th	Canada	Yves Bilodeau Frank Ferrari Al Pilcher Alain Masson	25: 48.0 26: 14.4 25: 21.6 26: 08.0	7 11 7 10	0: 25: 48.0 0: 52: 02.4 1: 17: 24.0	7 10 8	1: 43: 32.0
10	11	BR Germany	Walter Kuss Stefan Dotzler Martinus judge Jochen Behle	26: 28.9 25: 39.2 26: 34.4 25: 41.8	11 9 11 9	0: 26: 28.9 0: 52: 08.1 1: 18: 42.5	11 11 12	1: 44: 24.3
11	9	Austria	Alois Schwarz Alois Stadlober Alexander Marent Markus Gandler	26: 16.5 25: 18.3 26: 36.5 26: 47.8	10 7 12 12	0: 26: 16.5 0: 51: 34.8 1: 18: 11.3	10 8 10	1: 44: 59.1
12	7th	Switzerland	Jürg Capol Hans Diethelm Giachem Guidon Hansluzi Kindschi	26: 51.6 26: 28.6 24: 58.1 26: 53.4	12 12 1 13	0: 26: 51.6 0: 53: 20.2 1: 18: 18.3	12 12 11	1: 45: 11.7
13	13	United States	Todd Boonstra Justin Wadsworth Greg Stone Audun Endestad	28: 01.5 27: 03.9 26: 59.9 26: 26.7	17 13 13 11	0: 28: 01.5 0: 55: 05.4 1: 22: 05.3	17 13 13	1: 48: 32.0
14th	14th	Denmark	Morten Heilmann Poul Erik Holm Michael Binzer Ebbe Hartz	27: 24.1 28: 24.7 28: 10.4 27: 22.3	13 18 17 14	0: 27: 24.1 0: 55: 48.8 1: 23: 59.2	13 16 17	1: 51: 21.5
15th	16	United Kingdom	Mark Croasdale Patrick Winterton Michael Dixon Ewan Mackenzie	28: 38.8 27: 54.0 27: 17.0 27: 39.8	18 16 14 16	0: 28: 38.8 0: 56: 32.8 1: 23: 49.8	18 18 15	1: 51: 29.6
16	18th	Spain	Jorge Ribo Hugo Puigdefabregas Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Ramon Selles	27: 54.2 28: 24.0 27: 40.4 28: 07.1	15 17 15 17	0: 27: 54.2 0: 56: 18.2 1: 23: 58.6	15 17 16	1: 52: 05.7
17th	15th	Australia	Anthony Evans Tom Landon-Smith Paul Gray Lee Bygrave	27: 39.9 27: 25.7 27: 55.2 29: 20.0	14 14 16 18	0: 27: 39.9 0: 55: 05.6 1: 23: 00.8	14 14 14	1: 52: 20.8
18th	19th	Netherlands	Ruben Krouwel Kees Puijk Niels Hopman Rob Stevens	27: 59.1 27: 48.1 28: 21.8 30: 40.2	16 15 18 19	0: 27: 59.1 0: 55: 47.2 1: 24: 09.0	16 15 18	1: 54: 49.2
19th	17th	Greece	Dimitris Biliouris Andreas Grammatikopoulos Angelos Jiagou Athanasios Tsakiris	29: 54.9 30: 29.6 31: 06.2 27: 34.4	19 19 19 15	0: 29: 45.9 1: 00: 24.5 1: 31: 30.7	19 19 19	1: 59: 05.1

World Champion 1987: Sweden ( Erik Östlund , Gunde Svan , Thomas Wassberg , Torgny Mogren ) Olympic Champion 1988: Sweden ( Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren )  
 

Date: February 24, 1989
A total of relays from 19 nations took part in the competition, including teams from Greece , the Netherlands , Australia and Denmark .

The four first-placed came into the stadium one after the other and a fantastic sprint developed. Austria could not achieve its goal - a rank between 5 and 8. Stadlober was able to move up from 10th to 8th, but debutant Marent fell back to 10th and in the end Gandler had to let Behle go.

swell

• Viralliset Toulokset, MM 1989 Lahti, 24.02., Miehet 4x10 km, 2 P + 2 V, official results, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 Viesti miehet 4 x 10 km (c + f) 02/18/1989 (Sic!) Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 28, 2020
• Men 4x10km Relay Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed on May 28, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold again for Finland . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Schwarz was very "happy" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1989, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
3. ↑ Gunde Svan is the king . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1989, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
4. ↑ Sweden gold after a great finish . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1989, p. 22 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).