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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927

1927 edition of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927
Host cityCortina d'Ampezzo
CountryItaly
Events4
Opening ceremony2 February 1927 (1927-02-02)
Closing ceremony5 February 1927 (1927-02-05)

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927 took place between February 2 and February 5, 1927 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Neither Finland nor Norway took part in these championships.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927 Intro articles: 4
1 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo, commonly referred to as Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alpine valley, it is a winter sport resort known for its skiing trails, scenery, accommodation, shops and après-ski scene, and for its jet set and Italian aristocratic crowd.More
2 Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country consisting of a continental part, delimited by the Alps and a peninsula surrounded by several islands. Italy is located in south-central Europe, and is considered part of western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial enclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union.More
3 Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe. Finland shares land borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north and is defined by the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south that are part of the Baltic Sea.More
4 Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose mainland territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; Mainland Norway and the remote island of Jan Mayen as well as the archipelago of Svalbard form Metropolitan Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of the Kingdom of Norway. Norway also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.More

Men's cross country

18 km

February 3, 1927

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  John Lindgren (SWE) 1:23:55
Silver  František Donth (TCH) 1:29:42
Bronze  Viktor Schneider (GER) 1:30:47

The 18 km event returned after not being held at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926.

50 km

February 5, 1927

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  John Lindgren (SWE) 4:11:52
Silver  John Wikström (SWE) 4:29:57
Bronze  František Donth (TCH) 4:34:54

Lindgren's victory margin of 18 minutes is the biggest in the history of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927 Men's cross country articles: 6
1 John Lindgren
John Halvar Theofron Lindgren was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the 1927 world titles in the 18 km and 50 km events. He finished eighth in the 50 km race at the 1932 Winter Olympics. His younger brother Ivan was also an Olympic cross-country skier.More
2 František Donth
František Donth, was an Ethnic German Nordic skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in Cross-country skiing in the 1920s. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 50 km (1925), two silvers in the 18 km, and bronze in the 50 km (1927).More
3 Viktor Schneider
Viktor Schnieder was a German cross country skier who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in the 18 km event at the 1927 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.More
4 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 took place between February 4–6, 1926 in Lahti, Finland.More
5 John Wikström
John Wikström was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s. He won a silver medal at the 1927 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 50 km event.More
6 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined. From 1924 to 1939, the World Championships were held every year, including the Winter Olympics. After World War II, the World Championships were held every four years from 1950 to 1982. Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.More

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

February 2, 1927

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Rudolf Burkert (TCH) 17.947
Silver  Otakar Německý (TCH) 17.645
Bronze  František Wende (TCH) 17.489

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927 Men's Nordic combined articles: 3
Rudolf Burkert
Rudolf Burkert was an Ethnic German Czechoslovak Nordic skier who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the ski jumping individual large hill competition at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, the first Winter Olympics medal in Czechoslovak history. He also finished 12th in the nordic combined event at those Olympics.More
Otakar Německý
Otakar Německý was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1920s.More
Franz Wende
Franz Wende, also in Czech František Wende was an ethnic German Czechoslovak ski jumper and nordic combined skier who has competed in the 1920s. He won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in ski jumping (1925) and Nordic combined (1927). He also competed in the individual event at the 1924 Winter Olympics.More

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

February 2, 1927

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Tore Edman (SWE) 18.420
Silver  Willen Dick (TCH) 17.562
Bronze  Bertil Carlsson (SWE) 17.433

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1927 Men's ski jumping articles: 3
Tore Edman
Tore Edman was a Swedish ski jumper who competed in the 1920s. He won a gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1927 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was born in Arvika.More
Wilhelm Dick
Wilhelm Josef Dick was a Czechoslovak ski jumper of who competed in the 1920s. He won two ski jumping medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1925 and a silver in 1927.More
Bertil Carlsson (skier)
Ragnar Alfred Bertil Carlsson was a Swedish ski jumper who won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1927 World Championships. Next year he finished tenth in the normal hill at the 1928 Winter Olympics.More

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden (SWE)3115
2  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1326
3  Germany (GER)0011
Totals (3 nations)44412


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