The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place from February 21 to March 2 at Granåsen Ski Centre 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. Norway's Bjørn Dæhlie became the first man to win five medals in five cross country events.
Men's cross country 10 km classical February 24, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 23:41.8 Silver 24:09.7 Bronze 24:14.2
10 km + 15 km combined pursuit February 25, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:00:11.1 Silver 1:01:01.2 Bronze 1:01:01.8
30 km freestyle February 21, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:06:28.2 Silver 1:06:45.6 Bronze 1:06:49.2
50 km classical March 2, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 2:16:37.5 Silver 2:17:32.4 Bronze 2:18:36.0
4 × 10 km relay February 28, 1997
Medal Team Time Gold (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard) 1:37:06.1 Silver (Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Jari Räsänen, Jari Isometsä) 1:39:17.3 Bronze (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 13:32.7 Silver 13:35.0 Bronze 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
The winner had to be determined by photo finish. The gold medal was won by Välbe by a 2 cm difference.
both athletes were still credited with the same time.
Medal Athlete Time Gold 39:13.5 Silver 39:13.5 Bronze 39:32.1
15 km freestyle February 21, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 36:28.2 Silver 36:39.1 Bronze 36:42.0
30 km classical March 1, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 1:23:04.9 Silver 1:23:33.2 Bronze 1:24:55.7
4 × 5 km relay February 28, 1997
Medal Team Time Gold (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Yelena Välbe) 56:40.2 Silver (Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Trude Dybendahl Hartz) 56:56.2 Bronze (Riikka Sirviö, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Kati Pulkkinen, Satu Salonen) 57:38.4
Men's Nordic combined 15 km Individual Gundersen February 22, 1997
Medal Athlete Time Gold 43.58.1 Silver + 30.8 Bronze + 1.19.4
4 × 5 km team February 23, 1997
Medal Team Time Gold (Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Børre Lundberg) 52:18.0 Silver (Jari Mantila, Tapio Nurmela, Samppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen) 53:03.6 Bronze (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 263.5 Silver 258.5 Bronze 257.0
Individual large hill March 1, 1997
Medal Athlete Points Gold 252.1 Silver 244.9 Bronze 237.3
Team large hill February 27, 1997
Medal Team Points Gold (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, Janne Ahonen) 955.3 Silver (Kazuyoshi Funaki, Takanobu Okabe, Masahiko Harada, Hiroya Saito) 905.0 Bronze (Christof Duffner, Martin Schmitt, Hansjörg Jäkle, Dieter Thoma) 845.6
Medal table
Medal winners by nation.
References
External links FIS 1997 Cross country results FIS 1997 Nordic combined results FIS 1997 Ski jumping results