FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place February 21-March 2, 1997 in Trondheim, Norway. This event was the first time in consecutive championships that the number or type of events did not change since 1966 and 1970. It also was historical with Russia's Yelena Välbe winning gold in all five women's cross country events, the first person of either sex to do that honor.
Men's cross country
10 km classical
February 24, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
|
23:41.8 |
| Silver |  Alexey Prokurorov (RUS)
|
24:09.7 |
| Bronze |  Mika Myllylä (FIN)
|
24:14.2 |
10 km + 15 km combined pursuit
February 25, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
|
1:00:11.1 |
| Silver | Mika Myllylä (FIN)
|
1:01:01.2 |
| Bronze | Alexey Prokurorov (RUS)
|
1:01:01.8 |
30 km freestyle
February 21, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Alexey Prokurorov (RUS)
|
1:06:28.2 |
| Silver | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
|
1:06:45.6 |
| Bronze | Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
|
1:06:49.2 |
50 km classical
March 2, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Mika Myllylä (FIN)
|
2:16:37.5 |
| Silver | Erling Jevne (NOR)
|
2:17:32.4 |
| Bronze | Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
|
2:18:36.0 |
4 × 10 km relay
February 28, 1997
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard)
|
1:37:06.1 |
| Silver | Finland (Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Jari Räsänen, Jari Isometsä)
|
1:39:17.3 |
| Bronze |  Italy (Giorgio Di Centa, Silvio Fauner, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Fulvio Valbusa)
|
1:39:56.9 |
Women's cross country
5 km classical
February 23, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (RUS)
|
13:32.7 |
| Silver | Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
|
13:35.0 |
| Bronze | Olga Danilova (RUS)
|
13:37.7 |
Lyubov Yegorova of Russia finished first in this event, but was disqualified three days later for doping violation of bromotan. The three finishers behind her were subsequently awarded the medals shown.
5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
February 24, 1997
For this race has to ricors the photoFinish to determine who between Stefania Belmondo and Elena Vaelbe has won the race. Eventually the gold medal is awarded to the Russian and the Italian Silver for just 2cm, [1] both athletes are still credited the same time.[2]
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (RUS)
|
39:13.5 |
| Silver | Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
|
39:13.5 |
| Bronze | Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS)
|
39:32.1 |
15 km freestyle
February 21, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (RUS)
|
36:28.2 |
| Silver | Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
|
36:39.1 |
| Bronze |  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
|
36:42.0 |
30 km classical
March 1, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (RUS)
|
1:23:04.9 |
| Silver | Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
|
1:23:33.2 |
| Bronze | Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR)
|
1:24:55.7 |
4 × 5 km relay
February 28, 1997
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Yelena Välbe)
|
56:40.2 |
| Silver | Norway (Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Trude Dybendahl Hartz)
|
56:56.2 |
| Bronze | Finland (Riikka Sirviö, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Kati Pulkkinen, Satu Salonen)
|
57:38.0 |
Men's Nordic combined
15 km Individual Gundersen
February 22, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
|
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| Silver | Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
|
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| Bronze |  Fabrice Guy (FRA)
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4 × 5 km team
February 23, 1997
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Børre Lundberg)
|
52:18.0 |
| Silver | Finland (Jari Mantila, Tapio Nurmela, Samppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen)
|
53:03.6 |
| Bronze |  Austria (Christoph Eugen, Felix Gottwald, Mario Stecher, Robert Stadelmann)
|
53:30.9 |
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
February 22, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Janne Ahonen (FIN)
|
263.5 |
| Silver | Masahiko Harada (JPN)
|
258.5 |
| Bronze | Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
|
257.5 |
Individual large hill
March 1, 1997
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Masahiko Harada (JPN)
|
252.1 |
| Silver |  Dieter Thoma (GER)
|
244.9 |
| Bronze |  Sylvain Freiholz (SUI)
|
237.3 |
Team large hill
February 27, 1997
| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, Janne Ahonen)
|
955.3 |
| Silver | Japan (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Takanobu Okabe, Masahiko Harada, Hiroya Saito)
|
905.0 |
| Bronze | Germany (Christof Duffner, Martin Schmitt, Hansjörg Jäkle, Dieter Thoma)
|
845.6 |
Medal table
Medal winners by nation.
| 1 | Russia |
6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Norway |
4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Finland |
3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Japan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Austria |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
|---|
References
- ^ "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Podium". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Trondheim (NOR) 1997 World Ski Championships - Results". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
