The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 took place 2–9 March 1958 in Lahti, Finland. This marked the third time the city hosted this event having done so in 1926 and 1938. Germany returned to the FIS Nordic Ski Championships for the first time officially since 1939, albeit as East Germany and West Germany. Additionally, it was the first championships to electronic timekeeping where results were timed to the tenth of a second rather than the full second.
 Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958. (in Finnish) | |
| Host city | Lahti |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Events | 8 |
| Opening | 1 March 1958 |
| Closing | 9 March 1958 |
Men's cross-country edit
15 km edit
4 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
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48:58.3 |
| Silver |  Pavel Kolchin (URS)
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49:11.8 |
| Bronze | Anatoly Shelyukhin (URS)
|
49:29.4 |
30 km edit
2 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)
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1:40:03.0 |
| Silver | Pavel Kolchin (URS)
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1:40:15.2 |
| Bronze |  Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
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1:40:44.4 |
50 km edit
8 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
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2:56:21.9 |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
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2:57:39.7 |
| Bronze | Arvo Viitanen (FIN)
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2:58:49.5 |
4 x 10 km relay edit
8 March 1958
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, Per-Erik Larsson)
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2:18:15.0 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Fyodor Terentyev, Nikolay Anikin, Anatoly Shelyukhin, Pavel Kolchin)
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2:18:44.4 |
| Bronze | Finland (Kalevi Hämäläinen, Arto Tiainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen)
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2:19:23.2 |
Women's cross-country edit
10 km edit
5 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
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44:49.0 |
| Silver | Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
|
45:28.2 |
| Bronze | Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
|
46:02.8 |
3 x 5 km relay edit
7 March 1958
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva)
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58:32.4 |
| Silver | Finland (Toini Mikkola-Pöysti, Pirkko Korkee, Siiri Rantanen)
|
1:00:14.0 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Märta Norberg, Irma Johansson, Sonja Edström)
|
1:01:58.5 |
Men's Nordic combined edit
Individual edit
2-3 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Paavo Korhonen (FIN)
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| Silver |  Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
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| Bronze | Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
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Men's ski jumping edit
Individual large hill edit
9 March 1958
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Juhani Kärkinen (FIN)
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| Silver | Ensio Hyytiä (FIN)
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| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
References edit
External links edit
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