FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966

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Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place February 17–26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics. This also equaled the most times a city had hosted with Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, 1958) and Zakopane, Poland (1929, 1939, and 1962).

Men's cross country

15 km

February 22, 1966

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 47:56.2
Silver  Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 48:11.3
Bronze  Odd Martinsen (NOR) 48:14.7

30 km

February 20, 1966

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 1:37:26.7
Silver  Kalevi Laurila (FIN) 1:38:11.3
Bronze  Walter Demel (FRG) 1:38:11.6

50 km

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Gjermund Eggen during the championships

February 24, 1966

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 3:03:04.7
Silver  Arto Tiainen (FIN) 3:03:15.1
Bronze  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 3:03:54.3

4 × 10 km relay

February 26, 1966

Medal Team Time
Gold  Norway (Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, Gjermund Eggen) 2:14:27.9
Silver  Finland (Kalevi Oikarainen, Hannu Taipale, Kalevi Laurila, Eero Mäntyranta) 2:15:40.9
Bronze  Italy (Giulio de Florian, Franco Nones, Gianfranco Stella, Franco Manfroi) 2:18:12.2

Women's cross country

5 km

February 21, 1966

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 17:18.9
Silver  Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS) 17:25.2
Bronze  Rita Achkina (URS) 17:42.5

10 km

February 23, 1966

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS) 36:25.5
Silver  Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 36:43.3
Bronze  Toini Gustafsson (SWE) 37:21.4

3 × 5 km relay

February 26, 1966

Medal Team Time
Gold  Soviet Union (Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina, Alevtina Kolchina) 56:04.2
Silver  Norway (Ingrid Wigernæs, Inger Aufles, Berit Mørdre) 57:59.8
Bronze  Sweden (Barbro Martinsson, Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson) 58:00.7

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 17, 1966

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Georg Thoma (FRG) 444.66
Silver  Franz Keller (FRG) 443.04
Bronze  Alois Kälin (SUI) 440.73

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

Paavo Lukkariniemi at the individual normal hill competition

February 23, 1966

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 234.6
Silver  Dieter Neuendorf (GDR) 230.6
Bronze  Paavo Lukkariniemi (FIN) 219.9

Individual large hill

February 17, 1966

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 215.3
Silver  Takashi Fujisawa (JPN) 207.6
Bronze  Kjell Sjöberg (SWE) 204.6

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway 5 2 1 8
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 6
3  Finland 1 3 2 6
4  West Germany 1 1 1 3
5  East Germany 0 1 0 1
 Japan 0 1 0 1
7  Sweden 0 0 3 3
8  Italy 0 0 1 1
  Switzerland 0 0 1 1

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