The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5 km and the ski jumping individual normal hill made their event debuts at these championships.
| Host city | Zakopane |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening | 18 February 1962 |
| Closing | 25 February 1962 |
Men's cross-country
edit15 km
editFebruary 20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
55:22.8 |
| Silver |  Harald Grønningen (NOR)
|
55:52.4 |
| Bronze | Einar Østby (NOR)
|
55:54.8 |
30 km
editFebruary 18, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)
|
1:52:39.4 |
| Silver | Janne Stefansson (SWE)
|
1:52:49.1 |
| Bronze |  Giulio de Florian (ITA)
|
1:53:13.3 |
50 km
editFebruary 24, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
|
3:03:48.5 |
| Silver | Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
3:05:39.1 |
| Bronze | Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)
|
3:05:42.8 |
4 × 10 km relay
editFebruary 22, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, Assar Rönnlund)
|
2:24:38.8 |
| Silver | Finland (Väinö Huhtala, Kalevi Laurila, Pentti Pesonen, Eero Mäntyranta)
|
2:25:24.3 |
| Bronze |  Soviet Union (Ivan Utrobin, Pavel Kolchin, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Gennady Vaganov)
|
2:26:14.3 |
Women's cross-country
edit5 km
editFebruary 19, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
19:28.6 |
| Silver | Lyubov Baranova (URS)
|
20:15.9 |
| Bronze | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
20:27.5 |
10 km
editFebruary 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
39:48.2 |
| Silver | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
40:59.9 |
| Bronze | Radia Eroshina (URS)
|
41:17.1 |
3 × 5 km relay
editFebruary 23, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Lyubov Baranova, Mariya Gusakova, Alevtina Kolchina)
|
58:08.9 |
| Silver | Sweden (Barbro Martinsson, Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson)
|
59:27.9 |
| Bronze | Finland (Siiri Rantanen, Eeva Ruoppa, Mirja Lehtonen)
|
1:01:33.0 |
Men's Nordic combined
editIndividual
editFebruary 19/20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Arne Larsen (NOR)
|
454.33 |
| Silver | Dmitry Kochkin (URS)
|
448.77 |
| Bronze | Ole Henrik Fagerås (NOR)
|
442.25 |
Men's ski jumping
editIndividual normal hill
editFebruary 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Toralf Engan (NOR)
|
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| Silver |  Antoni Łaciak (POL)
|
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| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
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Individual large hill
editFebruary 25, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
|
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| Silver | Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
|
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| Bronze | Niilo Halonen (FIN)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |