FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993

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

10 km + 15 km combined pursuit

24 February 1993

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

50 km freestyle

28 February 1993

4 × 10 km relay

26 February 1993

Women's cross-country

5 km classical

21 February 1993

5 km + 10 km combined pursuit

23 February 1993

15 km classical

19 February 1993

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

4 × 5 km relay

25 February 1993

Men's Nordic combined

15 km individual Gundersen

18 February 1993

3 × 10 km team

25 February 1993

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

Individual large hill

21 February 1993

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

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.

Medal table

Medal winners by nation.

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

References

• FIS 1993 cross country results
• FIS 1993 Nordic combined results
• FIS 1993 ski jumping results

External links

• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)