The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 took place 2-9 March 1958 in

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. This marked the third time the city hosted this event having done so in 1926 and 1938.

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returned to the FIS Nordic Ski Championships for the first time officially since 1939, albeit as

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. Additionally, it was the first championships to electronic

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where results were timed to the tenth of a

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rather than the full second.

Men's cross-country

15 km

4 March 1958

30 km

2 March 1958

50 km

8 March 1958

4 x 10 km relay

8 March 1958

Women's cross-country

10 km

5 March 1958

3 x 5 km relay

7 March 1958

Men's Nordic combined

Individual

2-3 March 1958

Men's ski jumping

Individual large hill

9 March 1958

Medal table

References

FIS 1958 Cross-country results
* ttps://archive.today/20130102142908/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=§or=JP&season=1958&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1958 Ski jumping results* Results from German Wikipedia

External links

* {{Nordic skiing World Championships FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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