FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 took place 2-9 March 1958 in Lahti, Finland. This marked the third time the city hosted this event having done so in 1926 and 1938. Germany returned to the FIS Nordic Ski Championships for the first time officially since 1939, albeit as East Germany and West Germany. Additionally, it was the first championships to electronic timekeeping where results were timed to the tenth of a second rather than the full second.
 Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958. (in Finnish) | |
| Host city | Lahti |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Events | 8 |
| Opening ceremony | 1 March 1958 |
| Closing ceremony | 9 March 1958 |
Men's cross-country
15 km
4 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
48:58.3 |
| Silver |  Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
49:11.8 |
| Bronze | Anatoly Shelyukhin (URS) |
49:29.4 |
30 km
2 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN) |
1:40:03.0 |
| Silver | Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
1:40:15.2 |
| Bronze |  Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
1:40:44.4 |
50 km
8 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
2:56:21.9 |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
2:57:39.7 |
| Bronze | Arvo Viitanen (FIN) |
2:58:49.5 |
4 x 10 km relay
8 March 1958
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, Per-Erik Larsson) |
2:18:15.0 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Fyodor Terentyev, Nikolay Anikin, Anatoly Shelyukhin, Pavel Kolchin) |
2:18:44.4 |
| Bronze | Finland (Kalevi Hämäläinen, Arto Tiainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) |
2:19:23.2 |
Women's cross-country
10 km
5 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS) |
44:49.0 |
| Silver | Lyubov Kozyreva (URS) |
45:28.2 |
| Bronze | Siiri Rantanen (FIN) |
46:02.8 |
3 x 5 km relay
7 March 1958
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva) |
58:32.4 |
| Silver | Finland (Toini Mikkola-Pöysti, Pirkko Korkee, Siiri Rantanen) |
1:00:14.0 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Märta Norberg, Irma Johansson, Sonja Edström) |
1:01:58.5 |
Men's Nordic combined
Individual
2-3 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Paavo Korhonen (FIN) |
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| Silver |  Sverre Stenersen (NOR) |
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| Bronze | Gunder Gundersen (NOR) |
Men's ski jumping
Individual large hill
9 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Juhani Kärkinen (FIN) |
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| Silver | Ensio Hyytiä (FIN) |
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| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
References
External links
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