FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926

Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926. (Finnish)

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 took place between February 4–6, 1926 in Lahti, Finland.

Men's cross country

30 km

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Matti Raivio (FIN)	2:20:55
Silver	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)	2:27:13
Bronze	Veli Saarinen (FIN)	2:27:34

18 km was replaced by 30 km, but returned the following year. 30 km would not return to the championships again until 1954 when the 18 km event was shortened to 15 km. 15 of the 21 skiers finished the event.

50 km

February 6, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Matti Raivio (FIN)	4:18:18
Silver	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)	4:26:45
Bronze	Olav Kjelbotn (NOR)	4:26:47

The conditions during these championships were extremely rough, with a temperature of −30 °C (−22 °F). In the 50 km, the top finishers used plastered masks for protection to their face. 14 of the 19 skiers finished the event.

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)	37.125
Silver	Thorleif Haug (NOR)	35.415
Bronze	Einar Landvik (NOR)	33.127

Grøttumsbråten had the fastest time in the cross country portion of the event, finishing three minutes ahead of Haug. Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway had the longest jump of the competition with a distance of 39.5 meters.

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR)	113.880
Silver	Otto Aasen (NOR)	113.135
Bronze	Georg Østerholt (NOR)	108.385

20 of the 28 jumpers completed this event. Thams had the longest jump in the competition with a distance of 38.5 meters. Some sources have the points 18.980, 18.860 and 18.000 for the top 3, according to the format used 1924-1928

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	2	3	7
2	Finland	2	2	1	5

References

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Championships	1925 Janské Lázně 1926 Lahti 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1929 Zakopane 1930 Oslo 1931 Oberhof 1933 Innsbruck 1934 Sollefteå 1935 Vysoké Tatry 1937 Chamonix 1938 Lahti 1939 Zakopane (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo) 1950 Lake Placid/Rumford 1954 Falun 1958 Lahti 1962 Zakopane 1966 Oslo 1970 Vysoké Tatry 1974 Falun 1978 Lahti 1980 Falun 1982 Oslo 1984 Rovaniemi/Engelberg 1985 Seefeld 1987 Oberstdorf 1989 Lahti 1991 Val di Fiemme 1993 Falun 1995 Thunder Bay 1997 Trondheim 1999 Ramsau 2001 Lahti 2003 Val di Fiemme 2005 Oberstdorf 2007 Sapporo 2009 Liberec 2011 Oslo 2013 Val di Fiemme 2015 Falun 2017 Lahti 2019 Seefeld

Medalists	Cross-country men Cross-country women Nordic combined Ski jumping

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