FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939

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Program cover for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939. (Polish)
Program cover for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939. (Polish)

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.

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[edit] Men's cross country

[edit] 18 km

February 15, 1939

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

[edit] 50 km

February 17, 1939

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

[edit] 4 × 10 km relay

February 19, 1939

Medal Team Time
Gold Flag of Finland Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen) 2:08:35
Silver Flag of Sweden Sweden (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin) 2:09:43
Bronze Flag of Italy 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 Flag of Germany Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer, Germany 429.6
Silver Flag of Sweden Gustaf Adolf Sellin, Sweden 426.6
Bronze Flag of Norway 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 Flag of Germany Josef 'Sepp' Bradl, Germany 224.7
Silver Flag of Norway Birger Ruud, Norway 224.2
Bronze Flag of Norway Arnholdt Kongsgaard, Norway 223.1

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

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Norway Norway 1 1 3 5
2 Flag of Finland Finland 2 2 0 4
3 Flag of Sweden Sweden 0 2 1 3
4 Flag of Germany Germany 2 0 0 2
5 Flag of Italy Italy 0 0 1 1

[edit] References