FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997

Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997.

Host city| Trondheim, Norway
Events| 15
Opening| 21 February 1997
Closing| 2 March 1997
Main venue| Granåsen Ski Centre

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place from February 21 to March 2 at Granåsen Ski Centre in Trondheim, Norway. This event was the first time in consecutive championships that the number or type of events did not change since 1966 and 1970. It also was historical with Russia's Yelena Välbe winning gold in all five women's cross country events, the first person of either sex to do that honor. Norway's Bjørn Dæhlie became the first man to win five medals in five cross country events.

## Men's cross country

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### 10 km classical

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February 24, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) | 23:41.8
Silver  |  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) | 24:09.7
Bronze  |  Mika Myllylä (FIN) | 24:14.2

### 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit

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February 25, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) | 1:00:11.1
Silver  |  Mika Myllylä (FIN) | 1:01:01.2
Bronze  |  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) | 1:01:01.8

### 30 km freestyle

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February 21, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) | 1:06:28.2
Silver  |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) | 1:06:45.6
Bronze  |  Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) | 1:06:49.2

### 50 km classical

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March 2, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Mika Myllylä (FIN) | 2:16:37.5
Silver  |  Erling Jevne (NOR) | 2:17:32.4
Bronze  |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) | 2:18:36.0

### 4 × 10 km relay

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February 28, 1997

Medal  | Team  | Time

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Gold  |  Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard)  | 1:37:06.1
Silver  |  Finland (Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Jari Räsänen, Jari Isometsä)  | 1:39:17.3
Bronze  |  Italy (Giorgio Di Centa, Silvio Fauner, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Fulvio Valbusa)  | 1:39:56.9

## Women's cross country

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### 5 km classical

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February 23, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Yelena Välbe (RUS) | 13:32.7
Silver  |  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 13:35.0
Bronze  |  Olga Danilova (RUS) | 13:37.7

Lyubov Yegorova of Russia finished first in this event, but was disqualified three days later for doping violation of bromotan. The three finishers behind her were subsequently awarded the medals shown.

### 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit

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February 24, 1997

The winner had to be determined by photo finish. The gold medal was won by Välbe by a 2 cm difference.

[1] both athletes were still credited with the same time.[2]

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Yelena Välbe (RUS) | 39:13.5
Silver  |  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 39:13.5
Bronze  |  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS) | 39:32.1

### 15 km freestyle

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February 21, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Yelena Välbe (RUS) | 36:28.2
Silver  |  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 36:39.1
Bronze  |  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) | 36:42.0

### 30 km classical

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March 1, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Yelena Välbe (RUS) | 1:23:04.9
Silver  |  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 1:23:33.2
Bronze  |  Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR) | 1:24:55.7

### 4 × 5 km relay

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February 28, 1997

Medal  | Team  | Time

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Gold  |  Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Yelena Välbe)  | 56:40.2
Silver  |  Norway (Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Trude Dybendahl Hartz)  | 56:56.2
Bronze  |  Finland (Riikka Sirviö, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Kati Pulkkinen, Satu Salonen)  | 57:38.4

## Men's Nordic combined

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### 15 km Individual Gundersen

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February 22, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Time

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Gold  |  Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) | 43.58.1
Silver  |  Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) | \+ 30.8
Bronze  |  Fabrice Guy (FRA) | \+ 1.19.4

### 4 × 5 km team

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February 23, 1997

Medal  | Team  | Time

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Gold  |  Norway (Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Børre Lundberg)  | 52:18.0
Silver  |  Finland (Jari Mantila, Tapio Nurmela, Samppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen)  | 53:03.6
Bronze  |  Austria (Christoph Eugen, Felix Gottwald, Mario Stecher, Robert Stadelmann)  | 53:30.9

## Men's ski jumping

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### Individual normal hill

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February 22, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Points

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Gold  |  Janne Ahonen (FIN) | 263.5
Silver  |  Masahiko Harada (JPN) | 258.5
Bronze  |  Andreas Goldberger (AUT) | 257.0

### Individual large hill

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March 1, 1997

Medal | Athlete | Points

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Gold  |  Masahiko Harada (JPN) | 252.1
Silver  |  Dieter Thoma (GER) | 244.9
Bronze  |  Sylvain Freiholz (SUI) | 237.3

### Team large hill

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February 27, 1997

Medal  | Team  | Points

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Gold  |  Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, Janne Ahonen)  | 955.3
Silver  |  Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Takanobu Okabe, Masahiko Harada, Hiroya Saito)  | 905.0
Bronze  |  Germany (Christof Duffner, Martin Schmitt, Hansjörg Jäkle, Dieter Thoma)  | 845.6

## Medal table

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Medal winners by nation.

* Host nation (Norway)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 6| 1| 3| 10
2|  Norway (NOR)*| 4| 4| 3| 11
3|  Finland (FIN)| 3| 3| 2| 8
4|  Japan (JPN)| 2| 2| 0| 4
5|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 4| 1| 5
6|  Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 1| 2
7|  Austria (AUT)| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 15| 15| 15| 45

## References

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1. ^ "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Podium". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
2. ^ "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Results". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

## External links

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* FIS 1997 Cross country results
* FIS 1997 Nordic combined results
* FIS 1997 Ski jumping results

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