FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978
Ski championships in Lahti, Finland
Host city | Lahti |
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Country | Finland |
Events | 11 |
Opening | February 18, 1978 (1978-02-18) |
Closing | February 26, 1978 (1978-02-26) |
Main venue | Selpausselkä |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18–26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland. This was Lahti's record fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1926, 1938, and 1958. The women's 20 km event was added.
Men's cross-country
15 km
February 21, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Józef Łuszczek (POL) | 49:09.37 |
Silver | Yevgeny Belyayev (URS) | 49:11.62 |
Bronze | Juha Mieto (FIN) | 49:14.37 |
30 km
February 19, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Sergey Savelyev (URS) | 1:32:56.00 |
Silver | Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) | 1:33:48.23 |
Bronze | Józef Łuszczek (POL) | 1:33:52.21 |
50 km
February 26, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) | 2:46:43.06 |
Silver | Yevgeny Belyayev (URS) | 2:47:34.48 |
Bronze | Jean-Paul Pierrat (FRA) | 2:47:52.27 |
4 × 10 km relay
February 23, 1978
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Sweden (Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby, Thomas Magnuson) | 2:05:17.63 |
Silver | Finland (Esko Lähtevänoja, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Matti Pitkänen) | 2:05:28.95 |
Bronze | Norway (Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Ivar Formo, Oddvar Brå) | 2:06:48.37 |
Women's cross-country
5 km
February 20, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Helena Takalo (FIN) | 18:53.50 |
Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) | 18:58.49 |
Bronze | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 19:01.30 |
10 km
February 18, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Zinaida Amosova (URS) | 37:01.72 |
Silver | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 37:13.37 |
Bronze | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) | 37:23.43 |
20 km
February 25, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Zinaida Amosova (URS) | 1:13:00.85 |
Silver | Galina Kulakova (URS) | 1:13:08.11 |
Bronze | Helena Takalo (FIN) | 1:13:57.95 |
4 × 5 km relay
February 22, 1978
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Finland (Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo) | 1:13:25.08 |
Silver | East Germany (Marlies Rostock, Birgit Schreiber, Barbara Petzold, Christel Meinel) | 1:13:29.74 |
Bronze | Soviet Union (Nina Rocheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova) | 1:13:39.88 |
Men's Nordic combined
Individual
February 19–20, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Konrad Winkler (GDR) | 435.24 |
Silver | Rauno Miettinen (FIN) | 431.66 |
Bronze | Ulrich Wehling (GDR) | 430.83 |
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
February 18, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Points |
---|---|---|
Gold | Matthias Buse (GDR) | 253.2 |
Silver | Henry Glaß (GDR) | 251.7 |
Bronze | Aleksey Borovitin (URS) | 250.0 |
Individual large hill
February 25, 1978
Medal | Athlete | Points |
---|---|---|
Gold | Tapio Räisänen (FIN) | 256.6 |
Silver | Alois Lipburger (AUT) | 256.3 |
Bronze | Falko Weißpflog (GDR) | 255.8 |
Team large hill (unofficial)
February 22, 1978. No medals awarded.
Rank | Team | Points |
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1 | East Germany (Harald Duschek, Jochen Danneberg, Henry Glaß, Matthias Buse) | 443.8 |
2 | Finland (Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Pentti Kokkonen, Tapio Räisänen) | 401.0 |
3 | Norway (Rune Hauge, Roger Ruud, Tom Levorstad, Per Bergerud) | 396.6 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
2 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
References
- FIS 1978 Cross country results
- FIS 1978 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1978 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
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