FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 took place February 13-21, 1954 in Falun, Sweden. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay. It also saw the 18 km reduced to 15 km in men's cross-country along with the return of the 30 km which was last held in 1926. The Nordic combined saw the ski jump held first with the cross-country distance reduced to 15 km as well. The Soviet Union also debuted in these championships as well.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954
Host cityFalun
CountrySweden
Events8
Opening ceremony13 February 1954 (1954-02-13)
Closing ceremony21 February 1954 (1954-02-21)

Men's cross-country

15 km

February 17, 1954

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Silver  Arvo Viitanen (FIN)
Bronze  August Kiuru (FIN)

30 km

February 14, 1954

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
Silver  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Bronze  Martti Lautala (FIN)

Vladimir Kuzin was the first person from the Soviet Union to win an event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

50 km

February 21, 1954

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
Silver  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Bronze  Arvo Viitanen (FIN)

4 × 10 km relay

February 20, 1954

Medal Team Time
Gold  Finland (August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen)
Silver  Soviet Union (Nikolay Koslov, Fyodor Terentyev, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kuzin)
Bronze  Sweden (Sune Larsson, Sixten Jernberg, Arthur Olsson, Per-Erik Larsson)

Women's cross-country

10 km

February 21, 1954

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
Silver  Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
Bronze  Mirja Hietamies (FIN)

Kozyreva was the first woman to win at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

3 × 5 km relay

February 17, 1954

Medal Team Time
Gold  Soviet Union (Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, Valentina Tsaryova)
Silver  Finland (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen)
Bronze  Sweden (Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Märta Nordberg, Sonja Edström)

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 16/17, 1954
Jumping February 16th; cross country February 17th (it was included in the 15km-run)

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
Silver  Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
Bronze  Kjetil Mårdalen (NOR)

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 14, 1954

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Matti Pietikäinen (FIN)
Silver  Veikko Heinonen (FIN)
Bronze  Bror Östman (SWE)

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)4105
2 Finland (FIN)36413
3 Norway (NOR)1113
4 Sweden (SWE)0033
Totals (4 nations)88824


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