FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time (1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval style (10 km: men, 5 km: women) one day, then follow the next day in the freestyle pursuit (15 km: men, 10 km: women) with the first distance winner going first in the pursuit. Additionally it was the first competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union in late 1991 and the first competition with Czechoslovakia having been split up as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, however, the two nations competed as combined teams in women's relay in cross-country skiing and team large hill in ski jumping. = 22 February 1993 = 24 February 1993 Dæhlie edged Smirnov at the finish line to earn the gold medal. Smirnov later stated that he lost out to Dæhlie by "only 16 centimeters". = 20 February 1993 = 28 February 1993 = 26 February 1993 = 21 February 1993 = 23 February 1993 = 19 February 1993 Välbe was the first Russian to win a gold medal in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's breakup in late 1991. = 27 February 1993 = 25 February 1993 = 18 February 1993 = 25 February 1993 Japan's four-minute victory margin at this event, followed by their nearly five-minute victory at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer the following year, would lead the FIS to change the Nordic combined team event from a 3 x 10 km relay to a 4 x 5 km relay that would become effective at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. This was in an effort to lessen the emphasis on the ski jumping part of the competition. = 27 February 1993 = 21 February 1993 Sakala was the first Czech to medal following Czechoslovakia's breakup earlier that year into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. = 23 February 1993 The Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as a combined team despite their countries' agreement to split from Czechoslovakia on 25 November 1992. The country's split was made after the team had been selected prior to the championships. Medal winners by nation. * Host nation (Sweden) FIS 1993 cross country results FIS 1993 Nordic combined results FIS 1993 ski jumping results FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)