FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974
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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]
| Host city | Falun |
|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening | 16 February 1974 |
| Closing | 24 February 1974 |
| Main venue | Lugnet |
Men's cross-country
edit15 km
edit19 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Magne Myrmo (NOR)
|
41:39.09 |
| Silver |  Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
41:40.01 |
| Bronze |  Vasily Rochev (URS)
|
41:40.65 |
30 km
edit17 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Thomas Magnusson (SWE)
|
1:33:41.40 |
| Silver |  Juha Mieto (FIN)
|
1:34:34.81 |
| Bronze |  Jan Staszel (POL)
|
1:34:56.49 |
50 km
edit24 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
2:19:45.26 |
| Silver |  Stanislav Henych (TCH)
|
2:21:35.50 |
| Bronze | Thomas Magnusson (SWE)
|
2:21:49.42 |
4 × 10 km relay
edit21 February 1974
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | East Germany (Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer, Gert-Dietmar Klause)
|
2:03:15.85 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Ivan Garanin, Fyodor Simashev, Vasily Rochev, Yuri Skobov)
|
2:03:25.31 |
| Bronze | Norway (Magne Myrmo, Odd Martinsen, Ivar Formo, Oddvar Brå)
|
2:03:46.03 |
Women's cross-country
edit5 km
edit18 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
15:17.42 |
| Silver | Blanka Paulů (TCH)
|
15:19.15 |
| Bronze | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
15:34.80 |
10 km
edit20 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
31:25.78 |
| Silver | Barbara Petzold (GDR)
|
31:50.55 |
| Bronze | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
31:59.54 |
4 × 5 km relay
edit23 February 1974
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Nina Fyodorova, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)
|
1:02:57.39 |
| Silver | East Germany (Sigrun Krause, Petra Hinze, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Hesse)
|
1:03:09.14 |
| Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Alena Bartošová, Gabriela Sekajová, Miroslava Jaškovská, Blanka Paulů)
|
1:03:52.57 |
Men's Nordic combined
editIndividual
edit17–18 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
|
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| Silver | Günter Deckert (GDR)
|
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| Bronze | Stefan Hula (POL)
|
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual normal hill
edit16 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
|
258.9 |
| Silver | Dietrich Kampf (GDR)
|
241.2 |
| Bronze | Aleksey Borovitin (URS)
|
239.3 |
Individual large hill
edit23 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
|
240.4 |
| Silver | Heinz Wossipiwo (GDR)
|
223.3 |
| Bronze | Rudolf Höhnl (TCH)
|
217.1 |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
References
edit- ^ Kirkebøen, Stein Erik (15 April 2003). "Magne Myrmo siste VM-vinner på treski" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
External links
edit- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)