FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 took place during February 1-6, 1950 in Lake Placid, New York, USA and Rumford, Maine, USA. This was Lake Placid's second time hosting the championships after having done so at the 1932 Winter Olympics. It also marked the first time after World War II the event took place after the Winter Olympics in a non-Olympic year (St. Moritz, Switzerland hosted the 1948 Winter Olympics two years earlier), the second time the world championships occurred outside of Europe, the first time they had occurred outside of Europe in a non-Olympic year, and the only time the United States has hosted the event in a non-Olympic year. The ski-jumping events were held at Lake Placid, while the cross-country skiing events (originally planned to also be held at Lake Placid) were moved to Rumford due to insufficient snow.[1][2]

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[edit] Men's cross country

[edit] 18 km

February 3, 1950

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Sweden Karl-Erik Åström, Sweden 1:06:16
Silver Flag of Sweden Enar Josefsson, Sweden 1:06:28
Bronze Flag of Norway Arnljot Nyaas, Norway 1:07:07

[edit] 50 km

February 5, 1950

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Sweden Gunnar Eriksson, Sweden 2:59:05
Silver Flag of Sweden Enar Josefsson, Sweden 3:00:01
Bronze Flag of Sweden Nils Karlsson, Sweden 3:00:10

[edit] 4 × 10 km relay

February 6, 1950

Medal Team Time
Gold Flag of Sweden Sweden (Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, Enar Josefsson) 2:39:59
Silver Flag of Finland Finland (Heikki Hasu, Viljo Vellonen, Paavo Lonkila, August Kiuru) 2:41:51
Bronze Flag of Norway Norway (Martin Stokken, Eilert Dahl, Kristian Bjørn, Henry Hermansen) 2:47:19

[edit] Men's Nordic combined

[edit] Individual

February 1, 1950

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Flag of Finland Heikki Hasu, Finland 455.2
Silver Flag of Norway Ottar Gjermundshaug, Norway 452.0
Bronze Flag of Norway Simon Slåttvik, Norway 451.8

[edit] Men's ski jumping

[edit] Individual large hill

February 1, 1950

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Flag of Norway Hans Bjørnstad, Norway 220.4
Silver Flag of Sweden Thure Lindgren, Sweden 214.4
Bronze Flag of Norway Arnfinn Bergmann, Norway 213.5

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 3 1 7
2 Flag of Norway Norway 1 1 4 6
3 Flag of Finland Finland 1 1 0 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ski History Dates. International Skiing History Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  2. ^ Family friendly ski slopes cover Maine's Western mountains (February 16, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-16.