FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991

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

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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.

## Men's cross-country

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### 10 km classical

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11 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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Gold  |  Terje Langli (NOR) | 25:55.0
Silver  |  Christer Majbäck (SWE) | 25:59.7
Bronze  |  Torgny Mogren (SWE) | 26:01.5

### 15 km freestyle

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9 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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Gold  |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) | 36:57.2
Silver  |  Gunde Svan (SWE) | 37:05.6
Bronze  |  Vladimir Smirnov (URS) | 37:07.8

### 30 km classical

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7 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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17 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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15 February 1991

Medal  | Team  | Time

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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

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### 5 km classical

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12 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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10 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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8 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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Gold  |  Yelena Välbe (URS) | 44:58.5
Silver  |  Trude Dybendahl (NOR) | 46:02.4
Bronze  |  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 46:31.4

### 30 km freestyle

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16 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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15 February 1991

Medal  | Team  | Time

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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

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### 15 km individual Gundersen

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7 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Time

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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

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13 February 1991

Medal  | Team  | Time

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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

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### Individual normal hill

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16 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Points

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Gold  |  Heinz Kuttin (AUT) | 222.9
Silver  |  Kent Johanssen (NOR) | 222.0
Bronze  |  Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN) | 219.6

### Individual large hill

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10 February 1991

Medal  | Athlete  | Points  | Distance

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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

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8 February 1991

Medal  | Team  | Points

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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

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Medal winners by nation.

* Host nation (Italy)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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* FIS 1991 cross country results
* FIS 1991 Nordic combined results
* FIS 1991 ski jumping results

## External links

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* 1925 Janské Lázně
* 1926 Lahti
* 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo
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* Cross-country (men)
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* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping

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