FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993
International Nordic skiing competition
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time (1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval style (10 km: men, 5 km: women) one day, then follow the next day in the freestyle pursuit (15 km: men, 10 km: women) with the first distance winner going first in the pursuit. Additionally it was the first competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union in late 1991 and the first competition with Czechoslovakia having been split up as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, however, the two nations competed as combined teams in women's relay in cross-country skiing and team large hill in ski jumping.
Men's cross-country
10 km classical
22 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Sture Sivertsen (NOR) |
24:51.6 |
| Silver |  Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) |
24:55.5 |
| Bronze | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) |
24:58.1 |
10 km + 15 km combined pursuit
24 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) |
1:01:45.0 |
| Silver | Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) |
1:01:45.0 |
| Bronze |  Silvio Fauner (ITA) |
1:02:55.5 |
Dæhlie edged Smirnov at the finish line to earn the gold medal. Smirnov later stated that he lost out to Dæhlie by "only 16 centimeters".
30 km classical
20 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) |
1:17:33.6 |
| Silver | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) |
1:17:55.0 |
| Bronze | Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) |
1:17:55.3 |
50 km freestyle
28 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Torgny Mogren (SWE) |
2:03:36.8 |
| Silver |  Hervé Balland (FRA) |
2:04:30.9 |
| Bronze | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) |
2:05:10.3 |
4 × 10 km relay
26 February 1993
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, Bjørn Dæhlie) |
1:44:14.9 |
| Silver | Italy (Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner) |
1:44:24.5 |
| Bronze |  Russia (Andrey Kirilov, Igor Badamshin, Alexey Prokourorov, Mikhail Botvinov) |
1:44:27.2 |
Women's cross-country
5 km classical
21 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) |
14:07.6 |
| Silver | Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) |
14:12.1 |
| Bronze | Trude Dybendahl (NOR) |
14:18.3 |
5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
23 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Stefania Belmondo (ITA) |
40:19.0 |
| Silver | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) |
40:19.4 |
| Bronze | Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) |
40:19.7 |
15 km classical
19 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (RUS) |
44:49.0 |
| Silver |  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) |
45:39.0 |
| Bronze | Marjut Rolig (FIN) |
45:41.9 |
Välbe was the first Russian to win a gold medal in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's breakup in late 1991.
30 km freestyle
27 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Stefania Belmondo (ITA) |
1:22:41.3 |
| Silver | Manuela Di Centa (ITA) |
1:22:55.0 |
| Bronze | Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) |
1:23:48.3 |
4 × 5 km relay
25 February 1993
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Russia (Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Lyubov Yegorova) |
54:15.7 |
| Silver | Italy (Gabriella Paruzzi, Bice Vanzetta, Manuela Di Centa, Stefania Belmondo) |
54:35.1 |
| Bronze | Norway (Trude Dybendahl, Inger Helene Nybråten, Anita Moen, Elin Nilsen) |
55:09.0 |
Men's Nordic combined
15 km individual Gundersen
18 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) |
46.47.5 |
| Silver | Knut Tore Apeland (NOR) |
+ 1.34.5 |
| Bronze | Trond Einar Elden (NOR) |
+ 2.32.6 |
3 × 10 km team
25 February 1993
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Japan (Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, Kenji Ogiwara) |
1:19:25.7 |
| Silver | Norway (Trond Einar Elden, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Børre Lundberg) |
+3:46.3 |
| Bronze |  Germany (Thomas Dufter, Jens Deimel, Hans-Peter Pohl) |
+8:30.5 |
Japan's four-minute victory margin at this event, followed by their nearly five-minute victory at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer the following year, would lead the FIS to change the Nordic combined team event from a 3 x 10 km relay to a 4 x 5 km relay that would become effective at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. This was in an effort to lessen the emphasis on the ski jumping part of the competition.
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
27 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Masahiko Harada (JPN) |
237.8 |
| Silver |  Andreas Goldberger (AUT) |
231.3 |
| Bronze |  Jaroslav Sakala (CZE) |
228.2 |
Individual large hill
21 February 1993
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Espen Bredesen (NOR) |
241.4 |
| Silver | Jaroslav Sakala (CZE) |
239.1 |
| Bronze | Andreas Goldberger (AUT) |
237.6 |
Sakala was the first Czech to medal following Czechoslovakia's breakup earlier that year into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Team large hill
23 February 1993
| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg, Espen Bredesen) |
821.5 |
| Silver | Czech Republic (František Jež, Jiří Parma, Jaroslav Sakala) Slovakia (Martin Švagerko) (combined team) |
772.1 |
| Bronze | Austria (Ernst Vettori, Heinz Kuttin, Stefan Horngacher, Andreas Goldberger) |
745.4 |
The Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as a combined team despite their countries' agreement to split from Czechoslovakia on 25 November 1992. The country's split was made after the team had been selected prior to the championships.
