FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place between 7 and 17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championships. Additionally, this was the first championship with a unified German team for the first time officially since 1939 following separate East German and West German teams that had competed from 1958 to 1989.
 Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991. | |
| Host city | Val di Fiemme |
|---|---|
| Country |  Italy |
| Events | 15 |
| Opening | 7 February 1991 |
| Closing | 17 February 1991 |
| Main venue | Trampolino dal Ben |
Men's cross-country
edit10 km classical
edit11 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Terje Langli (NOR)
|
25:55.0 |
| Silver |  Christer Majbäck (SWE)
|
25:59.7 |
| Bronze | Torgny Mogren (SWE)
|
26:01.5 |
15 km freestyle
edit9 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
|
36:57.2 |
| Silver | Gunde Svan (SWE)
|
37:05.6 |
| Bronze |  Vladimir Smirnov (URS)
|
37:07.8 |
30 km classical
edit7 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gunde Svan (SWE)
|
1:16:12.4 |
| Silver | Vladimir Smirnov (URS)
|
1:16:17.3 |
| Bronze | Vegard Ulvang (NOR)
|
1:16:32.8 |
50 km freestyle
edit17 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Torgny Mogren (SWE)
|
2:03:31.6 |
| Silver | Gunde Svan (SWE)
|
2:03:48.8 |
| Bronze | Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)
|
2:04:01.7 |
4 × 10 km relay
edit15 February 1991
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Bjørn Dæhlie)
|
1:39:47.3 |
| Silver | Sweden (Thomas Eriksson, Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren)
|
1:41:39.1 |
| Bronze |  Finland (Mika Kuusisto, Harri Kirvesniemi, Jari Isometsä, Jari Räsänen)
|
1:42:12.0 |
Women's cross-country
edit5 km classical
edit12 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Trude Dybendahl (NOR)
|
14:04.2 |
| Silver | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
|
14:09.9 |
| Bronze | Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
|
14:24.1 |
10 km freestyle
edit10 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS)
|
28:25.9 |
| Silver | Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)
|
28:59.4 |
| Bronze | Tamara Tikhonova (URS)
|
29:06.5 |
15 km classical
edit8 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS)
|
44:58.5 |
| Silver | Trude Dybendahl (NOR)
|
46:02.4 |
| Bronze | Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
|
46:31.4 |
30 km freestyle
edit16 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Lyubov Yegorova (URS)
|
1:20:26.8 |
| Silver | Yelena Välbe (URS)
|
1:21:02.4 |
| Bronze | Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
|
1:21:15.3 |
Yegorova was the last person to win a gold medal for the Soviet Union before its breakup later that year.
4 × 5 km relay
edit15 February 1991
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, Yelena Välbe)
|
55:36.6 |
| Silver | Italy (Bice Vanzetta, Manuela Di Centa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Stefania Belmondo)
|
56:22.5 |
| Bronze | Norway (Solveig Pedersen, Inger Helene Nybråten, Elin Nilsen, Trude Dybendahl)
|
56:34.5 |
Men's Nordic combined
edit15 km individual Gundersen
edit7 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR)
|
41.00.6 |
| Silver |  Klaus Sulzenbacher (AUT)
|
+ 1.11.1 |
| Bronze | Klaus Ofner (AUT)
|
+ 1.11.3 |
3 × 10 km team
edit13 February 1991
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Austria (Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner, Klaus Sulzenbacher)
|
1:21.22.5 |
| Silver |  France (Francis Repellin, Xavier Girard, Fabrice Guy)
|
+ 1.16.4 |
| Bronze |  Japan (Reiichi Mikata, Masashi Abe, Kazuoki Kodama)
|
+ 1.51.9 |
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual normal hill
edit16 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Heinz Kuttin (AUT)
|
222.9 |
| Silver | Kent Johanssen (NOR)
|
222.0 |
| Bronze | Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN)
|
219.6 |
Individual large hill
edit10 February 1991
| Medal | Athlete | Points | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Franci Petek (YUG)
|
217.5 | 115.5m 117.0m |
| Silver | Rune Olijnyk (NOR)
|
216.3 | 114.0m 118.0m |
| Bronze |  Jens Weißflog (GER)
|
210.0 | 116.5m 113.5m |
Petek became the only Yugoslavian to medal before the country's plunge into war later that year. Weissflog was the first German to win an individual medal following reunification of East Germany and West Germany and the first to medal since before World War II.
Team large hill
edit8 February 1991
| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Austria (Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori, Stefan Horngacher, Andreas Felder)
|
567.4 |
| Silver | Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Raimo Ylipulli, Vesa Hakala, Risto Laakkonen)
|
562.8 |
| Bronze | Germany (Heiko Hunger, André Kiesewetter, Dieter Thoma, Jens Weißflog)
|
549.4 |
Medal table
editMedal winners by nation.
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
References
editExternal links
edit- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)