FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place from February 21 to March 2 at Granåsen Ski Centre in Trondheim, Norway. This event was the first time in consecutive championships that the number or type of events did not change since 1966 and 1970. It also was historical with Russia's Yelena Välbe winning gold in all five women's cross country events, the first person of either sex to do that honor. Norway's Bjørn Dæhlie became the first man to win five medals in five cross country events.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997.
Host cityTrondheim, Norway
Events15
Opening ceremony21 February
Closing ceremony2 March
Main venueGranåsen Ski Centre

Men's cross country

10 km classical

February 24, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 23:41.8
Silver  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) 24:09.7
Bronze  Mika Myllylä (FIN) 24:14.2

10 km + 15 km combined pursuit

February 25, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1:00:11.1
Silver  Mika Myllylä (FIN) 1:01:01.2
Bronze  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) 1:01:01.8

30 km freestyle

February 21, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) 1:06:28.2
Silver  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1:06:45.6
Bronze  Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 1:06:49.2

50 km classical

March 2, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Mika Myllylä (FIN) 2:16:37.5
Silver  Erling Jevne (NOR) 2:17:32.4
Bronze  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2:18:36.0

4 × 10 km relay

February 28, 1997

Medal Team Time
Gold  Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard) 1:37:06.1
Silver  Finland (Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Jari Räsänen, Jari Isometsä) 1:39:17.3
Bronze  Italy (Giorgio Di Centa, Silvio Fauner, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Fulvio Valbusa) 1:39:56.9

Women's cross country

5 km classical

February 23, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Yelena Välbe (RUS) 13:32.7
Silver  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 13:35.0
Bronze  Olga Danilova (RUS) 13:37.7

Lyubov Yegorova of Russia finished first in this event, but was disqualified three days later for doping violation of bromotan. The three finishers behind her were subsequently awarded the medals shown.

5 km + 10 km combined pursuit

February 24, 1997

The winner had to be determined by photo finish. The gold medal was won by Välbe by a 2 cm difference.

[1] both athletes were still credited with the same time.[2]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Yelena Välbe (RUS) 39:13.5
Silver  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 39:13.5
Bronze  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS) 39:32.1

15 km freestyle

February 21, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Yelena Välbe (RUS) 36:28.2
Silver  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 36:39.1
Bronze  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 36:42.0

30 km classical

March 1, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1:23:04.9
Silver  Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 1:23:33.2
Bronze  Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR) 1:24:55.7

4 × 5 km relay

February 28, 1997

Medal Team Time
Gold  Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Yelena Välbe) 56:40.2
Silver  Norway (Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Trude Dybendahl Hartz) 56:56.2
Bronze  Finland (Riikka Sirviö, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Kati Pulkkinen, Satu Salonen) 57:38.0

Men's Nordic combined

15 km Individual Gundersen

February 22, 1997

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
Silver  Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
Bronze  Fabrice Guy (FRA)

4 × 5 km team

February 23, 1997

Medal Team Time
Gold  Norway (Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Børre Lundberg) 52:18.0
Silver  Finland (Jari Mantila, Tapio Nurmela, Samppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen) 53:03.6
Bronze  Austria (Christoph Eugen, Felix Gottwald, Mario Stecher, Robert Stadelmann) 53:30.9

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

February 22, 1997

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Janne Ahonen (FIN) 263.5
Silver  Masahiko Harada (JPN) 258.5
Bronze  Andreas Goldberger (AUT) 257.5

Individual large hill

March 1, 1997

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Masahiko Harada (JPN) 252.1
Silver  Dieter Thoma (GER) 244.9
Bronze  Sylvain Freiholz (SUI) 237.3

Team large hill

February 27, 1997

Medal Team Points
Gold  Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, Janne Ahonen) 955.3
Silver  Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Takanobu Okabe, Masahiko Harada, Hiroya Saito) 905.0
Bronze  Germany (Christof Duffner, Martin Schmitt, Hansjörg Jäkle, Dieter Thoma) 845.6

Medal table

Medal winners by nation.

  *   Host nation (Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)61310
2 Norway (NOR)*44311
3 Finland (FIN)3328
4 Japan (JPN)2204
5 Italy (ITA)0415
6 Germany (GER)0112
7 Austria (AUT)0022
8 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 France (FRA)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (10 nations)15151545

References

  1. "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Podium". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Results". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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