FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 took place February 12–18, 1937 in Chamonix, France. The French city hosted the 1924 Winter Olympics which is considered by the FIS as the first FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Men's cross country

18 km

February 14, 1937

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)	1:11:24
Silver	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	1:12:35
Bronze	Pekka Niemi (FIN)	1:13:48

50 km

February 16, 1937

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Pekka Niemi (FIN)	3:36:58
Silver	Klaes Karppinen (FIN)	3:43:59
Bronze	Vincenzo Demetz (ITA)	3:46:39

4 × 10 km relay

February 18, 1937

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, Lars Bergendahl)	3:06:07
Silver	Finland (Pekka Niemi, Klaes Karppinen, Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Kalle Jalkanen)	3:07:04
Bronze	Italy (Giulio Gerardi, Aristide Compagnoni, Silvio Confortola, Vincenzo Demetz)	3:08:48

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 12, 1937

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Sigurd Røen (NOR)	441.10
Silver	Rolf Kaarby (NOR)	429.20
Bronze	Aarne Valkama (FIN)	412.10

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 12, 1937

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Birger Ruud (NOR)	233.8
Silver	Reidar Andersen (NOR)	231.4
Bronze	Sigurd Sollid (NOR)	225.7

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	4	2	1	7
2	Finland (FIN)	1	3	2	6
3	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 nations)		5	5	5	15

References

• FIS 1937 Cross country results
• FIS 1937 Nordic combined results
• FIS 1937 Ski jumping results
• Results from German Wikipedia
• Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 57. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)