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
15 km
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
5 km
February 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
February 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
February 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
Individual
February 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
Individual normal hill
February 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Toralf Engan (NOR) |
|
| Silver |  Antoni Łaciak (POL) |
|
| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR) |
Individual large hill
February 25, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Helmut Recknagel (GDR) |
|
| Silver | Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS) |
|
| Bronze | Niilo Halonen (FIN) |
Medal table
| 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 | |
References
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