FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 explained

1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Country:	Finland
Host City:	Lahti
Events:	11
Stadium:	Selpausselkä
Previous:	1974

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
Gold		49:09.37
Silver		49:11.62
Bronze		49:14.37

30 km

February 19, 1978

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:32:56.00
Silver		1:33:48.23
Bronze		1:33:52.21

50 km

February 26, 1978

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		2:46:43.06
Silver		2:47:34.48
Bronze		2:47:52.27

4 × 10 km relay

February 23, 1978

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby, Thomas Magnuson)	2:05:17.63
Silver	(Esko Lähtevänoja, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Matti Pitkänen)	2:05:28.95
Bronze	(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
Gold		18:53.50
Silver		18:58.49
Bronze		19:01.30

10 km

February 18, 1978

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		37:01.72
Silver		37:13.37
Bronze		37:23.43

20 km

February 25, 1978

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:13:00.85
Silver		1:13:08.11
Bronze		1:13:57.95

4 × 5 km relay

February 22, 1978

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo)	1:13:25.08
Silver	(Marlies Rostock, Birgit Schreiber, Barbara Petzold, Christel Meinel)	1:13:29.74
Bronze	(Nina Rocheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)	1:13:39.88

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 19–20, 1978

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		435.24
Silver		431.66
Bronze		430.83

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill