The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5 km and the ski jumping individual normal hill made their event debuts at these championships.
| Host city | Zakopane |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening | 18 February 1962 |
| Closing | 25 February 1962 |
Men's cross-country edit
15 km edit
February 20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
55:22.8 |
| Silver |  Harald Grønningen (NOR)
|
55:52.4 |
| Bronze | Einar Østby (NOR)
|
55:54.8 |
30 km edit
February 18, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)
|
1:52:39.4 |
| Silver | Janne Stefansson (SWE)
|
1:52:49.1 |
| Bronze |  Giulio de Florian (ITA)
|
1:53:13.3 |
50 km edit
February 24, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
|
3:03:48.5 |
| Silver | Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
3:05:39.1 |
| Bronze | Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)
|
3:05:42.8 |
4 × 10 km relay edit
February 22, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, Assar Rönnlund)
|
2:24:38.8 |
| Silver | Finland (Väinö Huhtala, Kalevi Laurila, Pentti Pesonen, Eero Mäntyranta)
|
2:25:24.3 |
| Bronze |  Soviet Union (Ivan Utrobin, Pavel Kolchin, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Gennady Vaganov)
|
2:26:14.3 |
Women's cross-country edit
5 km edit
February 19, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
19:28.6 |
| Silver | Lyubov Baranova (URS)
|
20:15.9 |
| Bronze | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
20:27.5 |
10 km edit
February 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
39:48.2 |
| Silver | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
40:59.9 |
| Bronze | Radia Eroshina (URS)
|
41:17.1 |
3 × 5 km relay edit
February 23, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Lyubov Baranova, Mariya Gusakova, Alevtina Kolchina)
|
58:08.9 |
| Silver | Sweden (Barbro Martinsson, Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson)
|
59:27.9 |
| Bronze | Finland (Siiri Rantanen, Eeva Ruoppa, Mirja Lehtonen)
|
1:01:33.0 |
Men's Nordic combined edit
Individual edit
February 19/20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Arne Larsen (NOR)
|
454.33 |
| Silver | Dmitry Kochkin (URS)
|
448.77 |
| Bronze | Ole Henrik Fagerås (NOR)
|
442.25 |
Men's ski jumping edit
Individual normal hill edit
February 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Toralf Engan (NOR)
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| Silver |  Antoni Łaciak (POL)
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| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
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Individual large hill edit
February 25, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
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| Silver | Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
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| Bronze | Niilo Halonen (FIN)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |