FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939
Program cover for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939. (in Polish)
Host city Zakopane
Country Poland
Events 5
Opening 11 February 1939
Closing 19 February 1939

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 took place February 11–19, 1939 in Zakopane, Poland. This was the Polish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1929. It also marked the last time the event officially took place before World War II and the last time that these championships would be held on an annual basis (combined with the Winter Olympics) which they had been done since 1924.

Men's cross country

18 km

February 15, 1939

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Jussi Kurikkala (FIN) 1:05:30
Silver Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 1:06:05
Bronze Carl Pahlin (SWE) 1:06:35

50 km

February 17, 1939

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 2:57:43
Silver Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 3:00:27
Bronze Oscar Gjøslien (NOR) 3:05:42

4 × 10 km relay

February 19, 1939

Medal Team Time
Gold Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen) 2:08:35
Silver Sweden (Alvar Hägglund, Selm Stenvall, John Westbergh, Carl Pahlin) 2:09:43
Bronze Italy (Aristide Compagnoni, Severino Compagnoni, Goffredo Baur, Alberto Jammaron) 2:13:38

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 11, 1939

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Gustav 'Gustl' Berauer (GER) 429.6
Silver Gustaf Adolf Sellin (SWE) 426.6
Bronze Magnar Fosseide (NOR) 422.4

Berauer was from Czechoslovakia, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 11, 1939

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Josef 'Sepp' Bradl (GER) 224.7
Silver Birger Ruud (NOR) 224.2
Bronze Arnholdt Kongsgaard (NOR) 223.1

Bradl was from Austria, but competed for Germany after the Nazis occupied Austria in 1938.

Medal table

Team Finland in open ceremony
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Finland (FIN) 2 2 0 4
2 Germany (GER) 2 0 0 2
3 Norway (NOR) 1 1 3 5
4 Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
5 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
Totals (5 entries) 5 5 5 15