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.
Men's cross country
18 km February 25, 1938
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:09:37 Silver 1:10:02 Bronze 1:10:56
187 of 188 skiers completed the event.
50 km February 27, 1938
Medal Athlete Time Gold 4:06:09 Silver 4:10:44 Bronze 4:10:54
62 of the 99 skiers completed the event.
4 × 10 km relay February 28, 1938
Medal Team Time Gold (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen)2:38:42 Silver (Ragnar Ringstad, Olav Økern, Arne Larsen, Lars Bergendahl)2:42:30 Bronze (Sven Hansson, Donald Johansson, Sigurd Nilsson, Martin Matsbo)2:43:05
Men's Nordic combined
Individual February 24, 1938
Medal Athlete Points Gold 432.60 Silver 412.80 Bronze 411.20
Men's ski jumping
Individual large hill February 27, 1938
Medal Athlete Points Gold 226.4 Silver 226.2 Bronze 225.0
Medal table
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. .