FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 took place February 11-19, 1939 in Zakopane, Poland. This was the Polish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1929. It also marked the last time the event officially took place before World War II and the last time that these championships would be held on an annual basis (combined with the Winter Olympics) which they had been done since 1924.

Contents 1 Men's cross country 1.1 18 km 1.2 50 km 1.3 4 x 10 km relay 2 Men's Nordic combined 2.1 Individual 3 Men's ski jumping 3.1 Individual large hill 4 External links 5 Reference

[edit] Men's cross country

[edit] 18 km

February 15, 1939

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Finland	1:05:30
Silver	Klaes Karppinen, Finland	1:06:05
Bronze	Carl Pahlin, Sweden	1:06:35

[edit] 50 km

February 17, 1939

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Lars Bergendahl, Norway	2:57:43
Silver	Klaes Karppinen, Finland	3:00:27
Bronze	Oscar Gjøslien, Norway	3:05:42

[edit] 4 x 10 km relay

February 19, 1939

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen)	2:08:35
Silver	Sweden (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin)	2:09:43
Bronze	Italy (Aristide Compagnoni, Severino Compagnoni, Gottfredo Baur, Alberto Jammeron)	2:13:38

[edit] Men's Nordic combined

[edit] Individual

February 11, 1939

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer, Germany	429.6
Silver	Gustaf Adolf Sellin, Sweden	426.6
Bronze	Magnar Fosseide, Norway	422.4

Berauer was from Czechoslovakia, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.

[edit] Men's ski jumping

[edit] Individual large hill

February 11, 1939

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Josef 'Sepp' Bradl, Germany	224.7
Silver	Birger Ruud, Norway	224.2
Bronze	Arnholdt Kongsgaard, Norway	223.1

Bradl was from Austria, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Austria in 1938.

[edit] External links

• FIS 1939 Cross country results
• FIS 1939 Nordic combined results
• FIS 1939 Ski jumping results
• Results from German Wikipedia
• Sellin spelling from the Swedish Ski Federation (Swedish)

[edit] Reference

• Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 61. ISBN-82-7164-044-5. (Norwegian)

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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