FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939

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 ceremony	11 February 1939 (1939-02-11)
Closing ceremony	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[]

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 Czechoslovakia, but competed for Germany after the 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 Austria, but competed for Germany after the 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 nations)		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)