The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 took place between February 4-6, 1926 in 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...

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30 km

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		2:20:55
Silver		2:27:13
Bronze		2:27:34

18 km was replaced by 30 km, but returned the following year. 30 km would not return to the championships again until 1954 when the 18 km event was shortened to 15 km. 15 of the 21 skiers finished the event.

50 km

February 6, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		4:18:18
Silver		4:26:45
Bronze		4:26:47

The conditions during these championships were extremely rough, with a temperature of -30^oC (-22^oF). In the 50 km, the top finishers used plastered masks for protection to their face. 14 of the 19 skiers finished the event.

Individual

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		37.125
Silver		35.415
Bronze		33.127

Grøttumsbråten had the fastest time in the cross country portion of the event, finishing three minutes ahead of Haug. Jacob Tullin Thams

Jacob Tullin Thams

Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams was a Norwegian Olympian. He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning...

 of Norway

Norway

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had the longest jump of the competition with a distance of 39.5 meters.

Individual large hill

February 4, 1926

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold		113.880
Silver		113.135
Bronze		108.385

20 of the 28 jumpers completed this event. Thams had the longest jump in the competition with a distance of 38.5 meters. Some sources have the points 18.980, 18.860 and 18.000 for the top 3, according to the format used 1924-1928

Medal table

1		2	2	3	7
2		2	2	1	5