FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 took place February 24–28, 1938 in Lahti, Finland. This was the Finnish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1926.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938

Official poster for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938. (in Finnish)
Host city	Lahti
Country	Finland
Events	5
Opening	24 February 1938 (1938-02-24)
Closing	28 February 1938 (1938-02-28)

Men's cross country

18 km

February 25, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Pauli Pitkänen (FIN)	1:09:37
Silver	Alfred Dahlqvist (SWE)	1:10:02
Bronze	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	1:10:56

187 of 188 skiers completed the event.

50 km

February 27, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	4:06:09
Silver	Alvar Rantalahti (FIN)	4:10:44
Bronze	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)	4:10:54

62 of the 99 skiers completed the event.

4 × 10 km relay

February 28, 1938

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Finland (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen)	2:38:42
Silver	Norway (Ragnar Ringstad, Olav Økern, Arne Larsen, Lars Bergendahl)	2:42:30
Bronze	Sweden (Sven Hansson, Donald Johansson, Sigurd Nilsson, Martin Matsbo)	2:43:05

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 24, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR)	432.60
Silver	John Westbergh (SWE)	412.80
Bronze	Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)	411.20

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 27, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)	226.4
Silver	Stanisław Marusarz (POL)	226.2
Bronze	Hilmar Myhra (NOR)	225.0

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	1	1	5
2	Norway (NOR)	2	1	3	6
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
4	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

• FIS 1938 Cross country results
• FIS 1938 Nordic combined results
• FIS 1938 Ski jumping results
• Results from German Wikipedia
• Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Addresseavisens Forlag. p. 59. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)