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 (1939-02-11)
Closing| 19 February 1939 (1939-02-19)

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 took place February 11–19, 1939 in Zakopane, Poland. This was the Polish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1929. It also marked the last time the event officially took place before World War II and the last time that these championships would be held on an annual basis (combined with the Winter Olympics) which they had been done since 1924.

## Men's cross country

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### 18 km

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February 15, 1939

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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Gold  |  Jussi Kurikkala (FIN) | 1:05:30
Silver  |  Klaes Karppinen (FIN) | 1:06:05
Bronze  |  Carl Pahlin (SWE) | 1:06:35

### 50 km

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February 17, 1939

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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February 19, 1939

Medal  | Team  | Time

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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

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### Individual

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February 11, 1939

Medal  | Athlete  | Points

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Gold  |  Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer (GER) | 429.6
Silver  |  Gustaf Adolf Sellin (SWE) | 426.6
Bronze  |  Magnar Fosseide (NOR) | 422.4

Berauer was from Czechoslovakia, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.

## Men's ski jumping

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### Individual large hill

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February 11, 1939

Medal  | Athlete  | Points

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Gold  |  Josef 'Sepp' Bradl (GER) | 224.7
Silver  |  Birger Ruud (NOR) | 224.2
Bronze  |  Arnholdt Kongsgaard (NOR) | 223.1

Bradl was from Austria, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Austria in 1938.

## Medal table

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Team Finland in open ceremony Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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* 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)

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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Championships|

* 1925 Janské Lázně
* 1926 Lahti
* 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo
* 1929 Zakopane
* 1930 Oslo
* 1931 Oberhof
* 1933 Innsbruck
* 1934 Sollefteå
* 1935 Vysoké Tatry
* 1937 Chamonix
* 1938 Lahti
* 1939 Zakopane
* (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo)
* 1950 Lake Placid/Rumford
* 1954 Falun
* 1958 Lahti
* 1962 Zakopane
* 1966 Oslo
* 1970 Vysoké Tatry
* 1974 Falun
* 1978 Lahti
* 1980 Falun
* 1982 Oslo
* 1984 Rovaniemi/Engelberg
* 1985 Seefeld
* 1987 Oberstdorf
* 1989 Lahti
* 1991 Val di Fiemme
* 1993 Falun
* 1995 Thunder Bay
* 1997 Trondheim
* 1999 Ramsau
* 2001 Lahti
* 2003 Val di Fiemme
* 2005 Oberstdorf
* 2007 Sapporo
* 2009 Liberec
* 2011 Oslo
* 2013 Val di Fiemme
* 2015 Falun
* 2017 Lahti
* 2019 Seefeld
* 2021 Oberstdorf
* 2023 Planica
* 2025 Trondheim
* 2027 Falun

Medalists|

* Cross-country (men)
* Cross-country (women)
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping

*[FIN]: Finland
*[SWE]: Sweden
*[NOR]: Norway
*[GER]: Germany
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