FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939
 Program cover for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939. (in Polish) | |
| Host city | Zakopane |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Events | 5 |
| Opening | 11 February 1939 |
| Closing | 19 February 1939 |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 took place February 11–19, 1939 in
Winter Olympics
) which they had been done since 1924.
Men's cross country
18 km
February 15, 1939
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Jussi Kurikkala (FIN)
|
1:05:30 |
| Silver | Klaes Karppinen (FIN)
|
1:06:05 |
| Bronze |  Carl Pahlin (SWE)
|
1:06:35 |
50 km
February 17, 1939
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Lars Bergendahl (NOR)
|
2:57:43 |
| Silver | Klaes Karppinen (FIN)
|
3:00:27 |
| Bronze | Oscar Gjøslien (NOR)
|
3:05:42 |
4 × 10 km relay
February 19, 1939
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen)
|
2:08:35 |
| Silver | Sweden (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin)
|
2:09:43 |
| Bronze |  Italy (Aristide Compagnoni, Severino Compagnoni, Goffredo Baur, Alberto Jammaron)
|
2:13:38 |
Men's Nordic combined
Individual
February 11, 1939
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer (GER)
|
429.6 |
| Silver | Gustaf Adolf Sellin (SWE)
|
426.6 |
| Bronze | Magnar Fosseide (NOR)
|
422.4 |
Berauer was from
Nazis
occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Men's ski jumping
Individual large hill
February 11, 1939
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Josef 'Sepp' Bradl (GER)
|
224.7 |
| Silver | Birger Ruud (NOR)
|
224.2 |
| Bronze | Arnholdt Kongsgaard (NOR)
|
223.1 |
Bradl was from
Nazis
occupied Austria in 1938.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
References
- FIS 1939 Cross country results
- FIS 1939 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1939 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
- Sellin spelling from the Swedish Ski Federation (in Swedish)
- Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 61. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)
