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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the
Holmenkollen ski arena Holmenkollen National Arena ( no, Holmenkollen nasjonalanlegg) is a Nordic skiing, ski jumping and biathlon venue located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It consists of the large ski jumping hill Holmenkollbakken, the normal hill Midtstubakken a ...
. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in
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. The Nordic combined 3 × 10 km team event and the ski jumping team large hill events were added to these championships. It was also the year in which cross country competitions had the freestyle (or skating) technique debuted and that electronic timing returned to scoring the results in tenths of a second after
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Thomas Wassberg Thomas Lars Wassberg (born 27 March 1956) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Je ...
edged out Finland's
Juha Mieto Juha Iisakki Mieto (born 20 November 1949) is a Finnish former cross-country skier, who was born in Kurikka. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals, including a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1976 ...
by 0.01 seconds in the men's 15 km event at the
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in Lake Placid. The timing of the event in tenths of a second has continued as of 2011 in all Nordic skiing events.


Men's cross country


15 km

23 February 1982


30 km

20 February 1982 Bill Koch, who developed the freestyle technique used in cross-country skiing, was the first American to medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.


50 km

27 February 1982


4 × 10 km relay

25 February 1982


Women's cross country


5 km

22 February 1982


10 km

19 February 1982


20 km

26 February 1982


4 × 5 km relay

24 February 1982


Men's nordic combined


15 km Individual

19 February 1982


3 × 10 km team

24 February 1982


Men's ski jumping


Individual normal hill

21 February 1982


Individual large hill

28 February 1982


Team large hill

26 February 1982


Medal table


References


Sources


FIS 1982 Cross country results
some facts in the FIS result tables are incorrect!

* ttps://archive.today/20130102222107/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=§or=JP&season=1982&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1982 Ski jumping results


Footnotes

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