FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 took place February 24–28, 1938 in Lahti, Finland. This was the Finnish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1926.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938
Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938. (in Finnish)
Host cityLahti
CountryFinland
Events5
Opening24 February 1938 (1938-02-24)
Closing28 February 1938 (1938-02-28)
← 1937
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Men's cross country

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18 km

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February 25, 1938

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) 1:09:37
Silver   Alfred Dahlqvist (SWE) 1:10:02
Bronze   Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) 1:10:56

187 of 188 skiers completed the event.

50 km

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February 27, 1938

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) 4:06:09
Silver   Alvar Rantalahti (FIN) 4:10:44
Bronze   Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 4:10:54

62 of the 99 skiers completed the event.

4 × 10 km relay

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February 28, 1938

Medal Team Time
Gold   Finland (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen) 2:38:42
Silver   Norway (Ragnar Ringstad, Olav Økern, Arne Larsen, Lars Bergendahl) 2:42:30
Bronze   Sweden (Sven Hansson, Donald Johansson, Sigurd Nilsson, Martin Matsbo) 2:43:05

Men's Nordic combined

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Individual

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February 24, 1938

Medal Athlete Points
Gold   Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR) 432.60
Silver   John Westbergh (SWE) 412.80
Bronze   Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) 411.20

Men's ski jumping

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Individual large hill

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February 27, 1938

Medal Athlete Points
Gold   Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 226.4
Silver   Stanisław Marusarz (POL) 226.2
Bronze   Hilmar Myhra (NOR) 225.0

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Finland (FIN)3115
2  Norway (NOR)2136
3  Sweden (SWE)0213
4  Poland (POL)0101
Totals (4 entries)55515

References

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  • FIS 1938 Cross country results
  • FIS 1938 Nordic combined results
  • FIS 1938 Ski jumping results
  • Results from German Wikipedia
  • Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 59. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)