The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the

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. 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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edged out Finland's

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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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