The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 took place 16–24 February 1974 in Falun, Sweden. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1954. The women's 3 × 5 km relay changed to a 4 × 5 km relay at these championships. Magne Myrmo's gold medal in the 15 km race, was the last international cross-country championship medal won using wooden skis. Two years later, at the 1976 Winter Olympics, all competitors used skis made of fiberglass.[1]
| Host city | Falun |
|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening ceremony | 16 February 1974 |
| Closing ceremony | 24 February 1974 |
| Main venue | Lugnet |
Men's cross-countryEdit
15 kmEdit
19 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Magne Myrmo (NOR)
|
41:39.09 |
| Silver |  Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
41:40.01 |
| Bronze |  Vasily Rochev (URS)
|
41:40.65 |
30 kmEdit
17 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Thomas Magnusson (SWE)
|
1:33:41.40 |
| Silver |  Juha Mieto (FIN)
|
1:34:34.81 |
| Bronze |  Jan Staszel (POL)
|
1:34:56.49 |
50 kmEdit
24 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
2:19:45.26 |
| Silver |  Stanislav Henych (TCH)
|
2:21:35.50 |
| Bronze | Thomas Magnusson (SWE)
|
2:21:49.42 |
4 × 10 km relayEdit
21 February 1974
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | East Germany (Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer, Gert-Dietmar Klause)
|
2:03:15.85 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Ivan Garanin, Fyodor Simashev, Vasily Rochev, Yuri Skobov)
|
2:03:25.31 |
| Bronze | Norway (Magne Myrmo, Odd Martinsen, Ivar Formo, Oddvar Brå)
|
2:03:46.03 |
Women's cross-countryEdit
5 kmEdit
18 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
15:17.42 |
| Silver | Blanka Paulů (TCH)
|
15:19.15 |
| Bronze | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
15:34.80 |
10 kmEdit
20 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
31:25.78 |
| Silver | Barbara Petzold (GDR)
|
31:50.55 |
| Bronze | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
31:59.54 |
4 × 5 km relayEdit
23 February 1974
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Nina Fyodorova, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)
|
1:02:57.39 |
| Silver | East Germany (Sigrun Krause, Petra Hinze, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Hesse)
|
1:03:09.14 |
| Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Alena Bartošová, Gabriela Sekajová, Miroslava Jaškovská, Blanka Paulů)
|
1:03:52.57 |
Men's Nordic combinedEdit
IndividualEdit
17–18 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
|
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| Silver | Günter Deckert (GDR)
|
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| Bronze | Stefan Hula (POL)
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Men's ski jumpingEdit
Individual normal hillEdit
16 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
|
258.9 |
| Silver | Dietrich Kampf (GDR)
|
241.2 |
| Bronze | Aleksey Borovitin (URS)
|
239.3 |
Individual large hillEdit
23 February 1974
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
|
240.4 |
| Silver | Heinz Wossipiwo (GDR)
|
223.3 |
| Bronze | Rudolf Höhnl (TCH)
|
217.1 |
Medal tableEdit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kirkebøen, Stein Erik (15 April 2003). "Magne Myrmo siste VM-vinner på treski" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
External linksEdit
- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)