FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18–26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland. This was Lahti's record fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1926, 1938, and 1958. The women's 20 km event was added.
| Host city | Lahti |
|---|---|
| Country |  Finland |
| Events | 11 |
| Opening | February 18, 1978 |
| Closing | February 26, 1978 |
| Main venue | Selpausselkä |
Men's cross-country
edit15 km
editFebruary 21, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Józef Łuszczek (POL)
|
49:09.37 |
| Silver |  Yevgeny Belyayev (URS)
|
49:11.62 |
| Bronze | Juha Mieto (FIN)
|
49:14.37 |
30 km
editFebruary 19, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sergey Savelyev (URS)
|
1:32:56.00 |
| Silver | Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
|
1:33:48.23 |
| Bronze | Józef Łuszczek (POL)
|
1:33:52.21 |
50 km
editFebruary 26, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE)
|
2:46:43.06 |
| Silver | Yevgeny Belyayev (URS)
|
2:47:34.48 |
| Bronze |  Jean-Paul Pierrat (FRA)
|
2:47:52.27 |
4 × 10 km relay
editFebruary 23, 1978
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby, Thomas Magnuson)
|
2:05:17.63 |
| Silver | Finland (Esko Lähtevänoja, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Matti Pitkänen)
|
2:05:28.95 |
| Bronze |  Norway (Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Ivar Formo, Oddvar Brå)
|
2:06:48.37 |
Women's cross-country
edit5 km
editFebruary 20, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
18:53.50 |
| Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
|
18:58.49 |
| Bronze | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
19:01.30 |
10 km
editFebruary 18, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Zinaida Amosova (URS)
|
37:01.72 |
| Silver | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
37:13.37 |
| Bronze | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)
|
37:23.43 |
20 km
editFebruary 25, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Zinaida Amosova (URS)
|
1:13:00.85 |
| Silver | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
1:13:08.11 |
| Bronze | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
1:13:57.95 |
4 × 5 km relay
editFebruary 22, 1978
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo)
|
1:13:25.08 |
| Silver |  East Germany (Marlies Rostock, Birgit Schreiber, Barbara Petzold, Christel Meinel)
|
1:13:29.74 |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (Nina Rocheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)
|
1:13:39.88 |
Men's Nordic combined
editIndividual
editFebruary 19–20, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Konrad Winkler (GDR)
|
435.24 |
| Silver | Rauno Miettinen (FIN)
|
431.66 |
| Bronze | Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
|
430.83 |
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual normal hill
editFebruary 18, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Matthias Buse (GDR)
|
253.2 |
| Silver | Henry Glaß (GDR)
|
251.7 |
| Bronze | Aleksey Borovitin (URS)
|
250.0 |
Individual large hill
editFebruary 25, 1978
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Tapio Räisänen (FIN)
|
256.6 |
| Silver |  Alois Lipburger (AUT)
|
256.3 |
| Bronze | Falko Weißpflog (GDR)
|
255.8 |
Team large hill (unofficial)
editFebruary 22, 1978. No medals awarded.
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (Harald Duschek, Jochen Danneberg, Henry Glaß, Matthias Buse)
|
443.8 |
| 2 | Finland (Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Pentti Kokkonen, Tapio Räisänen)
|
401.0 |
| 3 | Norway (Rune Hauge, Roger Ruud, Tom Levorstad, Per Bergerud)
|
396.6 |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |