1978 Nordic World Ski Championships

Host City Lahti
Country FIN
Held 18 – 26 February 1978
Competitors 47
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men 21 February 1978 Medal 3 3
30 km classical Men 19 February 1978 Medal 3 2
50 km classical Men 26 February 1978 Medal 3 3
4 x 10 km relay classical Men 23 February 1978 Medal 12 3
5 km classical Women 20 February 1978 Medal 3 2
10 km classical Women 18 February 1978 Medal 3 2
20 km classical Women 25 February 1978 Medal 3 2
4 x 5 km relay classical Women 22 February 1978 Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km Men 19 – 20 February 1978 Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill Men 18 February 1978 Medal 3 2
Large Hill Men 26 February 1978 Medal 3 3
Large Hill Team Men 22 February 1978 Demonstration 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 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

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
15 km classical, Men Józef Łuszczek POL Yevgeny Belyayev URS Juha Mieto FIN
30 km classical, Men Sergey Savelyev URS Nikolay Zimyatov URS Józef Łuszczek POL
50 km classical, Men Sven-Åke Lundbäck SWE Yevgeny Belyayev URS Jean-Paul Pierrat FRA
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Sweden SWE Finland FIN Norway NOR
5 km classical, Women Helena Takalo FIN Hilkka Riihivuori FIN Raisa Smetanina URS
10 km classical, Women Zinaida Amosova URS Raisa Smetanina URS Hilkka Riihivuori FIN
20 km classical, Women Zinaida Amosova URS Raisa Smetanina URS Helena Takalo FIN
4 x 5 km relay classical, Women Finland FIN East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km, Men Konrad Winkler GDR Rauno Miettinen FIN Ulrich Wehling GDR
Normal Hill, Men Matthias Buse GDR Henry Glaß GDR Aleksey Borovitin URS
Large Hill, Men Tapio Räisänen FIN Alois Lipburger AUT Falko Weißpflog GDR