FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 explained

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954
Host City:Falun
Country:Sweden
Events:8
Previous:1950

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 took place 13–21 February 1954 in Falun, Sweden. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay. It also saw the 18 km reduced to 15 km in men's cross-country along with the return of the 30 km which was last held in 1926. The Nordic combined saw the ski jump held first with the cross-country distance reduced to 15 km as well. The Soviet Union also debuted in these championships as well.

Men's cross-country

15 km

17 February 1954

MedalAthleteTime
Gold
Silver
Bronze

30 km

14 February 1954

MedalAthleteTime
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Vladimir Kuzin was the first person from the Soviet Union to win an event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

50 km

21 February 1954

MedalAthleteTime
Gold
Silver
Bronze

4 × 10 km relay

20 February 1954

MedalTeamTime
Gold (August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen)
Silver (Nikolay Koslov, Fyodor Terentyev, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kuzin)
Bronze (Sune Larsson, Sixten Jernberg, Arthur Olsson, Per-Erik Larsson)

Women's cross-country

10 km

21 February 1954

MedalAthleteTime
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Kozyreva was the first woman to win at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

3 × 5 km relay

17 February 1954

MedalTeamTime
Gold (Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, Valentina Tsaryova)
Silver (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen)
Bronze (Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Märta Norberg, Sonja Edström)

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

16 February 1954 (Jumping)17 February 1954 (Skiing, included in 15 km run)

MedalAthletePoints
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

14 February 1954

MedalAthletePoints
Gold
Silver
Bronze

References

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