The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These championships featured separate races of men's 15 km and women's 10 km both in the classical technique and in the freestyle technique. Additionally, the women's 15 km event debuted and the women's 20 km event was lengthened to 30 km.
Men's cross-country 15 km classical 22 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 42:40.7 Silver 42:44.0 Bronze 43:08.4
15 km freestyle 20 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 40:39.6 Silver 41:02.9 Bronze 41:10.3
30 km classical 18 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:24:56.9 Silver 1:25:03,6 Bronze 1:25:09,8
50 km freestyle 26 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 2:15:24.9 Silver 2:16:09.2 Bronze 2:16:18.8
4 × 10 km relay 24 February 1989
Medal Team Time Gold (Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, Torgny Mogren) 1:40:12.3 Silver (Aki Karvonen, Harri Kirvesniemi, Kari Ristanen, Jari Räsänen) 1:40:13.6 Bronze (Ladislav Švanda, Martin Petrásek, Radim Nyč, Václav Korunka) 1:40:13.7
Among the 19 relay teams competing were Australia, Denmark, Greece, and the Netherlands.
Women's cross-country 10 km classical 17 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 29:19.0 Silver 30:12.2 Bronze 30:12.9
10 km freestyle 19 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 27:04.5 Silver 27:36.7 Bronze 27:58.8
15 km classical 21 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 47:46.6 Silver 47:48.6 Bronze 48:20.8
30 km freestyle 25 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:29:59.7 Silver 1:30:07.7 Bronze 1:30:30.6
4 × 5 km relay 24 February 1989
Medal Team Time Gold (Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen, Marjo Matikainen) 54:49.8 Silver (Yuliya Shamshurina, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, Yelena Välbe) 54:56.9 Bronze (Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Nina Skeime, Marianne Dahlmo) 55:52.3
Men's Nordic combined 15 km individual Gundersen 18/19 February 1989
Medal Athlete Time Gold 37.10.7 Silver + 2.39.9 Bronze + 3.04.3
3 × 10 km team 23/24 February 1989
Medal Team Time Gold (Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen, Bård Jørgen Elden) 1:24.21.7 Silver (Andreas Schaad, Hippolyt Kempf, Fredy Glanzmann) + 1.44.3 Bronze (Ralph Leonhardt, Bernd Blechschmidt, Thomas Abratis) + 1.48.4
Men's ski jumping Individual normal hill 26 February 1989
Medal Athlete Points Gold 114.5 Silver 110.5 Bronze 108.5
The event was originally scheduled for 25 February, however, due to adverse weather conditions it was postponed to the following day. Due to strong winds no second round took place and results were taken from the first round.
Individual large hill 20 February 1989
Medal Athlete Points Gold 218.5 Silver 212.5 Bronze 205.0
Team large hill 22 February 1989
Medal Team Points Gold (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, Risto Laakkonen) 645.0 Silver (Magne Johansen, Clas Brede Bråthen, Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl, Jon Inge Kjørum) 626.0 Bronze (Jiří Parma, Martin Švagerko, Ladislav Dluhoš, Pavel Ploc) 595.5
Medal table Medal winners by nation.
References FIS 1989 cross-country results FIS 1989 Nordic combined results FIS 1989 ski jumping results
External links
The event at SVT's open archive