FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 took place between February 4-6, 1926 in Lahti, Finland.

1 Men's cross country
- 1.1 30 km
- 1.2 50 km
2 Men's Nordic combined
- 2.1 Individual
3 Men's ski jumping
- 3.1 Individual large hill
4 External links

[edit] Men's cross country

[edit] 30 km

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Matti Raivio, Finland	2:20:55
Silver	Tauno Lappalainen, Finland	2:27:13
Bronze	Veli Saarinen, Finland	2:27:34

18 km was replaced by 30 km, but returned the following year. 30 km would not return to the championships again until 1954 when the 18 km event was shortened to 15 km. 15 of the 21 skiers finished the event.

[edit] 50 km

February 6, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Matti Raivio, Finland	4:18:18
Silver	Tauno Lappalainen, Finland	4:26:45
Bronze	Olav Kjelbotn, Norway	4:26:47

The conditions during these championships were extremely rough, with a temperature of -30^oC (-22^oF). In the 50 km, the top finishers used plastered masks for protection to their face. 14 of the 19 skiers finished the event.

[edit] Men's Nordic combined

[edit] Individual

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Johan Grøttumsbråten, Norway	37.125
Silver	Thorleif Haug, Norway	35.415
Bronze	Einar Landvik, Norway	33.127

Grøttumsbråten had the fastest time in the cross country portion of the event, finishing three minutes ahead of Haug. Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway had the longest jump of the competition with a distance of 39.5 meters.

[edit] Men's ski jumping

[edit] Individual large hill

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Jacob Tullin Thams, Norway	113.880
Silver	Otto Aasen, Norway	113.135
Bronze	Georg Østerholt, Norway	108.385

20 of the 28 jumpers completed this event. Thams had the longest jump in the competition with a distance of 38.5 meters. Some sources have the points 18.980, 18.860 and 18.000 for the top 3, according to the format used 1924-1928