FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 explained

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974
Country:	Sweden
Host City:	Falun
Events:	10
Stadium:	Lugnet
Previous:	1970

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 took place 16–24 February 1974 in Falun, Sweden. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1954. The women's 3 × 5 km relay changed to a 4 × 5 km relay at these championships. Magne Myrmo's gold medal in the 15 km race, was the last international cross-country championship medal won using wooden skis. Two years later, at the 1976 Winter Olympics, all competitors used skis made of fiberglass.^[1]

Men's cross-country

15 km

19 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		41:39.09
Silver		41:40.01
Bronze		41:40.65

30 km

17 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:33:41.40
Silver		1:34:34.81
Bronze		1:34:56.49

50 km

24 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		2:19:45.26
Silver		2:21:35.50
Bronze		2:21:49.42

4 × 10 km relay

21 February 1974

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer, Gert-Dietmar Klause)	2:03:15.85
Silver	(Ivan Garanin, Fyodor Simashev, Vasily Rochev, Yuri Skobov)	2:03:25.31
Bronze	(Magne Myrmo, Odd Martinsen, Ivar Formo, Oddvar Brå)	2:03:46.03

Women's cross-country

5 km

18 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		15:17.42
Silver		15:19.15
Bronze		15:34.80

10 km

20 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		31:25.78
Silver		31:50.55
Bronze		31:59.54

4 × 5 km relay

23 February 1974

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Nina Fyodorova, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)	1:02:57.39
Silver	(Sigrun Krause, Petra Hinze, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Hesse)	1:03:09.14
Bronze	(Alena Bartošová, Gabriela Sekajová, Miroslava Jaškovská, Blanka Paulů)	1:03:52.57

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

17–18 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

16 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		258.9
Silver		241.2
Bronze		239.3

Individual large hill

23 February 1974

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		240.4
Silver		223.3
Bronze		217.1

References

External links

The event at SVT's open archive

Notes and References

Web site: Kirkebøen . Stein Erik . Magne Myrmo siste VM-vinner på treski . . 9 November 2019 . no . 15 April 2003.