FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 explained

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939
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Host City:Zakopane
Country:Poland
Events:5
Previous:1938

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

MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:05:30
Silver1:06:05
Bronze1:06:35

50 km

February 17, 1939

MedalAthleteTime
Gold2:57:43
Silver3:00:27
Bronze3:05:42

4 × 10 km relay

February 19, 1939

MedalTeamTime
Gold (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen)2:08:35
Silver (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin)2:09:43
Bronze (Aristide Compagnoni, Severino Compagnoni, Goffredo Baur, Alberto Jammaron)2:13:38

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 11, 1939

MedalAthletePoints
Gold429.6
Silver426.6
Bronze422.4

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

MedalAthletePoints
Gold224.7
Silver224.2
Bronze223.1

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

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