FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 took place February 13-21, 1954 in Falun, Sweden. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10 km and 3 x 5 km relay. It also saw the 18 km reduced to 15 km in men's cross country along with the return of the 30 km which was last held in 1926. The Nordic combined saw the ski jump held first with the cross country distance reduced to 15 km as well. The Soviet Union also debuted in these championships as well.
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[edit] Men's cross country
[edit] 15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Veikko Hakulinen, Finland |
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| Silver | Arvo Viitanen, Finland |
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| Bronze | August Kiuru, Finland |
[edit] 30 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Vladimir Kuzin, USSR |
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| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen, Finland |
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| Bronze | Martti Lautala, Finland |
Vladimir Kuzin was the first person from the Soviet Union to win an event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
[edit] 50 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Vladimir Kuzin, USSR |
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| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen, Finland |
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| Bronze | Arvo Viitanen, Finland |
[edit] 4 × 10 km relay
| Medal | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Finland (August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) |
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| Silver | USSR (Nikolay Koslov, Fyodor Terentyev, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kuzin) |
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| Bronze |  Sweden (Sune Larsson, Sixten Jernberg, Arthur Olsson, Per-Erik Larsson) |
[edit] Women's cross country
[edit] 10 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Lyubov Kozyreva, USSR |
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| Silver | Siiri Rantanen, Finland |
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| Bronze | Mirja Hietamies, Finland |
Kozyreva was the first woman to win at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
[edit] 3 × 5 km relay
| Medal | Team | Time |
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| Gold | USSR (Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, Valentina Tsaryova) |
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| Silver | Finland (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen) |
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| Bronze | Sweden (Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Märta Nordberg, Sonja Edström) |
[edit] Men's Nordic combined
[edit] Individual
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold |  Sverre Stenersen, Norway |
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| Silver | Gunder Gundersen, Norway |
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| Bronze | Kjetil Mårdalen, Norway |
[edit] Men's ski jumping
[edit] Individual large hill
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Matti Pietikäinen, Finland |
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| Silver | Veikko Heinonen, Finland |
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| Bronze | Bror Östman, Sweden |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Finland |
3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Norway |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
[edit] References
- FIS 1954 Cross country results
- FIS 1954 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1954 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
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