FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989
Host city | Lahti |
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Country | Finland |
Events | 15 |
Opening | 17 February 1989 |
Closing | 26 February 1989 |
Main venue | Salpausselkä |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These championships featured separate races of men's 15 km and women's 10 km both in the classical technique and in the freestyle technique. Additionally, the women's 15 km event debuted and the women's 20 km event was lengthened to 30 km.
Men's cross-country
15 km classical
22 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 42:40.7 |
Silver | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR) | 42:44.0 |
Bronze | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) | 43:08.4 |
15 km freestyle
20 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Gunde Svan (SWE) | 40:39.6 |
Silver | Torgny Mogren (SWE) | 41:02.9 |
Bronze | Lars Håland (SWE) | 41:10.3 |
30 km classical
18 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Vladimir Smirnov (URS) | 1:24:56.9 |
Silver | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) | 1:25:03,6 |
Bronze | Christer Majbäck (SWE) | 1:25:09,8 |
50 km freestyle
26 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Gunde Svan (SWE) | 2:15:24.9 |
Silver | Torgny Mogren (SWE) | 2:16:09.2 |
Bronze | Alexey Prokurorov (URS) | 2:16:18.8 |
4 × 10 km relay
24 February 1989
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Sweden (Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, Torgny Mogren) | 1:40:12.3 |
Silver | Finland (Aki Karvonen, Harri Kirvesniemi, Kari Ristanen, Jari Räsänen) | 1:40:13.6 |
Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Ladislav Švanda, Martin Petrásek, Radim Nyč, Václav Korunka) | 1:40:13.7 |
Among the 19 relay teams competing were Australia, Denmark, Greece, and the Netherlands.
Women's cross-country
10 km classical
19 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 29:19.0 |
Silver | Pirkko Määttä (FIN) | 30:12.2 |
Bronze | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 30:12.9 |
10 km freestyle
17 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS) | 27:04.5 |
Silver | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 27:36.7 |
Bronze | Tamara Tikhonova (URS) | 27:58.8 |
15 km classical
21 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 47:46.6 |
Silver | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 47:48.6 |
Bronze | Pirkko Määttä (FIN) | 48:20.8 |
30 km freestyle
25 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS) | 1:29:59.7 |
Silver | Larisa Lazutina (URS) | 1:30:07.7 |
Bronze | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 1:30:30.6 |
4 × 5 km relay
24 February 1989
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Finland (Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen, Marjo Matikainen) | 54:49.8 |
Silver | Soviet Union (Yuliya Shamshurina, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, Yelena Välbe) | 54:56.9 |
Bronze | Norway (Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Nina Skeime, Marianne Dahlmo) | 55:52.3 |
Men's Nordic combined
15 km individual Gundersen
18/19 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Trond Einar Elden (NOR) | 37.10.7 |
Silver | Andrey Dundukov (URS) | + 2.39.9 |
Bronze | Trond-Arne Bredesen (NOR) | + 3.04.3 |
3 × 10 km team
23/24 February 1989
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Norway (Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen, Bård Jørgen Elden) | 1:24.21.7 |
Silver | Switzerland (Andreas Schaad, Hippolyt Kempf, Fredy Glanzmann) | + 1.44.3 |
Bronze | East Germany (Ralph Leonhardt, Bernd Blechschmidt, Thomas Abratis) | + 1.48.4 |
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
26 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Jens Weißflog (GDR) | 114.5 |
Silver | Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN) | 110.5 |
Bronze | Heinz Kuttin (AUT) | 108.5 |
The event was originally scheduled for 25 February, however, due to adverse weather conditions it was postponed to the following day. Due to strong winds no second round took place and results were taken from the first round.
Individual large hill
20 February 1989
Medal | Athlete | Points |
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Gold | Jari Puikkonen (FIN) | 218.5 |
Silver | Jens Weißflog (GDR) | 212.5 |
Bronze | Matti Nykänen (FIN) | 205.0 |
Team large hill
22 February 1989
Medal | Team | Points |
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Gold | Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, Risto Laakkonen) | 645.0 |
Silver | Norway (Magne Johansen, Clas Brede Bråthen, Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl, Jon Inge Kjørum) | 626.0 |
Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Jiří Parma, Martin Švagerko, Ladislav Dluhoš, Pavel Ploc) | 595.5 |
Medal table
Medal winners by nation.
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Finland (FIN)* | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
References
- FIS 1989 cross-country results
- FIS 1989 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1989 ski jumping results
External links
- Media related to FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 at Wikimedia Commons
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