The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18-27, 1962 in Zakopane

Zakopane

Zakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...

, Poland

Poland

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. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti

Lahti

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5 km and the ski jumping individual normal hill made their event debuts at these championships.

15 km

February 23, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		55:22.8
Silver		55:52.4
Bronze		55:54.8

30 km

February 18, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:52:39.4
Silver		1:52:49.1
Bronze		1:53:13.3

50 km

February 27, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		3:03:48.5
Silver		3:05:39.1
Bronze		3:05:42.8

4 × 10 km relay

February 24, 1962

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Lars Olsson Lars Olsson Lars Olsson was a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the early 1960s. He earned a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.-External links:*... , Sture Grahn Sture Grahn Bror Sture Ragnvald Grahn was a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960's. He earned two gold medals in the 4 x 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships .-External links:*... , Sixten Jernberg Sixten Jernberg Eddy Sixten Jernberg is a retired Swedish cross country skier.... , Assar Rönnlund Assar Rönnlund Assar Rönnlund was a Swedish cross-country skier. Rönnlund's biggest success was at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane where he won two gold medals and a silver . As a result, he earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal that year for his championship successes... )	2:24:38.8
Silver	(Väinö Huhtala Väinö Huhtala Väinö Huhtala is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the early 1960s. He won two medals in the 4x10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 1960 and a silver in 1964... , Kalevi Laurila Kalevi Laurila Kalevi Laurila was a Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1964 and a bronze 1968... , Pentti Pesonen Pentti Pesonen Pentti Pesonen was a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the early 1960's. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.-External links:*... , Eero Mäntyranta Eero Mäntyranta Eero Antero Mäntyranta is a former Finnish skier and multiple Olympic Champion. With his seven medals from four Winter Olympics, he is one of the most successful skiers Finland has ever produced.... )	2:25:24.3
Bronze	Soviet Union (Ivan Utrobin Ivan Utrobin Ivan Stepanovich Utrobin was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the early 1960s, training at VSS Trud in Moscow Oblast... , Pavel Kolchin Pavel Kolchin Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He was born in Yaroslavl.... , Aleksey Kuznetsov Aleksey Kuznetsov Aleksey Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s, training in Gorodets at VSS Urozhai... , Gennady Vaganov)	2:26:14.3

5 km

February 20, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		19:28.6
Silver		20:15.9
Bronze		20:27.5

10 km

February 22, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		39:48.2
Silver		40:59.9
Bronze		41:17.1

3 × 5 km relay

February 24, 1962

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Soviet Union (Lyubov Baranova, Mariya Gusakova, Alevtina Kolchina Alevtina Kolchina Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina was a Soviet cross country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies. She competed in four Winter Olympics, earning a total of five medals. Kolchina also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival,... )	58:08.9
Silver	(Barbro Martinsson Barbro Martinsson Barbro Martinsson is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. She won two silver medals in the 3 x 5 km at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics... , Britt Strandberg Britt Strandberg Britt Strandberg is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. She won three Winter Olympic medals in the 3 x 5 km with a gold in 1960 and silvers in 1964 and 1968.... , Toini Gustafsson Toini Gustafsson Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Gustafsson also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning three times at 10 km... )	59:27.9
Bronze	(Siiri Rantanen Siiri Rantanen Siiri Johanna "Äitee" Rantanen is a former cross-country skier from Finland who competed during the 1950s and early 1960s.She was born in Tohmajärvi.... , Eeva Ruoppa Eeva Ruoppa Eeva Ruoppa is a former cross-country skier from Finland who competed during the early 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the 3 x 5 km at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.... , Mirja Lehtonen Mirja Lehtonen Mirja Lehtonen is a former cross-country skier from Finland who competed during the early 1960s.She was born in Kyynämöinen.... )	1:01:33.0

Individual

February 18, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		454.33
Silver		448.77
Bronze		442.25

Individual normal hill

February 18, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Individual large hill

February 18, 1962

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	3	4	3	10
2		3	3	0	6
3		2	1	2	5
4		1	1	3	5
5		1	0	1	2
6		0	1	0	1
7		0	0	1	1