| Host city | Zakopane |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening | 18 February 1962 (1962-02-18) |
| Closing | 25 February 1962 (1962-02-25) |
← 1958
1966 →
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5 km and the ski jumping individual normal hill made their event debuts at these championships.
February 20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
55:22.8 |
| Silver |  Harald Grønningen (NOR)
|
55:52.4 |
| Bronze | Einar Østby (NOR)
|
55:54.8 |
February 18, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN)
|
1:52:39.4 |
| Silver | Janne Stefansson (SWE)
|
1:52:49.1 |
| Bronze |  Giulio de Florian (ITA)
|
1:53:13.3 |
February 24, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
|
3:03:48.5 |
| Silver | Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
|
3:05:39.1 |
| Bronze | Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)
|
3:05:42.8 |
February 22, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sweden (Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, Assar Rönnlund)
|
2:24:38.8 |
| Silver | Finland (Väinö Huhtala, Kalevi Laurila, Pentti Pesonen, Eero Mäntyranta)
|
2:25:24.3 |
| Bronze |  Soviet Union (Ivan Utrobin, Pavel Kolchin, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Gennady Vaganov)
|
2:26:14.3 |
February 19, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
19:28.6 |
| Silver | Lyubov Baranova (URS)
|
20:15.9 |
| Bronze | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
20:27.5 |
February 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
|
39:48.2 |
| Silver | Maria Gusakova (URS)
|
40:59.9 |
| Bronze | Radia Eroshina (URS)
|
41:17.1 |
February 23, 1962
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Lyubov Baranova, Mariya Gusakova, Alevtina Kolchina)
|
58:08.9 |
| Silver | Sweden (Barbro Martinsson, Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson)
|
59:27.9 |
| Bronze | Finland (Siiri Rantanen, Eeva Ruoppa, Mirja Lehtonen)
|
1:01:33.0 |
February 19/20, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Arne Larsen (NOR)
|
454.33 |
| Silver | Dmitry Kochkin (URS)
|
448.77 |
| Bronze | Ole Henrik Fagerås (NOR)
|
442.25 |
February 21, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Toralf Engan (NOR)
|
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| Silver |  Antoni Łaciak (POL)
|
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| Bronze |  Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
|
February 25, 1962
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
|
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| Silver | Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
|
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| Bronze | Niilo Halonen (FIN)
|
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
