FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926

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Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926. (Finnish)
Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926. (Finnish)

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

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[edit] Men's cross country

[edit] 30 km

February 4, 1926

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Finland Matti Raivio, Finland 2:20:55
Silver Flag of Finland Tauno Lappalainen, Finland 2:27:13
Bronze Flag of Finland 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 Flag of Finland Matti Raivio, Finland 4:18:18
Silver Flag of Finland Tauno Lappalainen, Finland 4:26:45
Bronze Flag of Norway Olav Kjelbotn, Norway 4:26:47

The conditions during these championships were extremely rough, with a temperature of -30oC (-22oF). 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 Flag of Norway Johan Grøttumsbråten, Norway 37.125
Silver Flag of Norway Thorleif Haug, Norway 35.415
Bronze Flag of Norway 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 Flag of Norway Jacob Tullin Thams, Norway 113.880
Silver Flag of Norway Otto Aasen, Norway 113.135
Bronze Flag of Norway 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

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Norway Norway 2 2 3 7
2 Flag of Finland Finland 2 2 1 5

[edit] References