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. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the
previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championships. Additionally, this was the first championship with a unified
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team for the first time officially since
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
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following separate
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and
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teams that had competed from
1958 to
1989.
Men's cross-country
10 km classical
11 February 1991
15 km freestyle
9 February 1991
30 km classical
7 February 1991
50 km freestyle
17 February 1991
4 × 10 km relay
15 February 1991
Women's cross-country
5 km classical
12 February 1991
10 km freestyle
10 February 1991
15 km classical
8 February 1991
30 km freestyle
16 February 1991
Yegorova was the last person to win a gold medal for the Soviet Union before its breakup later that year.
4 × 5 km relay
15 February 1991
Men's Nordic combined
15 km individual Gundersen
7 February 1991
3 × 10 km team
13 February 1991
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
16 February 1991
Individual large hill
10 February 1991
Petek became the only Yugoslavian to medal before the country's plunge into war later that year. Weissflog was the first German to win an individual medal following reunification of East Germany and West Germany and the first to medal since before
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Team large hill
8 February 1991
Medal table
Medal winners by nation.
References
FIS 1991 cross country results
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070930131457/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=§or=JP&season=1991&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1991 ski jumping results
External links
The event at SVT's open archive
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