# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These championships featured separate races of men's 15 km and women's 10 km both in the classical technique and in the freestyle technique. Additionally, the women's 15 km event debuted and the women's 20 km event was lengthened to 30 km.

## Men's cross-country
### 15 km classical

22 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 42:40.7 |
| Silver | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR) | 42:44.0 |
| Bronze | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) | 43:08.4 |

### 15 km freestyle

20 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Gunde Svan (SWE) | 40:39.6 |
| Silver | Torgny Mogren (SWE) | 41:02.9 |
| Bronze | Lars Håland (SWE) | 41:10.3 |

### 30 km classical

18 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Vladimir Smirnov (URS) | 1:24:56.9 |
| Silver | Vegard Ulvang (NOR) | 1:25:03,6 |
| Bronze | Christer Majbäck (SWE) | 1:25:09,8 |

### 50 km freestyle

26 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Gunde Svan (SWE) | 2:15:24.9 |
| Silver | Torgny Mogren (SWE) | 2:16:09.2 |
| Bronze | Alexey Prokurorov (URS) | 2:16:18.8 |

### 4 × 10 km relay

24 February 1989
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Sweden (Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, Torgny Mogren) | 1:40:12.3 |
| Silver | Finland (Aki Karvonen, Harri Kirvesniemi, Kari Ristanen, Jari Räsänen) | 1:40:13.6 |
| Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Ladislav Švanda, Martin Petrásek, Radim Nyč, Václav Korunka) | 1:40:13.7 |
Among the 19 relay teams competing were Australia, Denmark, Greece, and the Netherlands.

## Women's cross-country
### 10 km classical

19 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 29:19.0 |
| Silver | Pirkko Määttä (FIN) | 30:12.2 |
| Bronze | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 30:12.9 |

### 10 km freestyle

17 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS) | 27:04.5 |
| Silver | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 27:36.7 |
| Bronze | Tamara Tikhonova (URS) | 27:58.8 |

### 15 km classical

21 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 47:46.6 |
| Silver | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 47:48.6 |
| Bronze | Pirkko Määttä (FIN) | 48:20.8 |

### 30 km freestyle

25 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Yelena Välbe (URS) | 1:29:59.7 |
| Silver | Larisa Lazutina (URS) | 1:30:07.7 |
| Bronze | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) | 1:30:30.6 |

### 4 × 5 km relay

24 February 1989
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Finland (Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen, Marjo Matikainen) | 54:49.8 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Yuliya Shamshurina, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, Yelena Välbe) | 54:56.9 |
| Bronze | Norway (Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Nina Skeime, Marianne Dahlmo) | 55:52.3 |

## Men's Nordic combined
### 15 km individual Gundersen

18/19 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Trond Einar Elden (NOR) | 37.10.7 |
| Silver | Andrey Dundukov (URS) | + 2.39.9 |
| Bronze | Trond-Arne Bredesen (NOR) | + 3.04.3 |

### 3 × 10 km team

23/24 February 1989
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | Norway (Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen, Bård Jørgen Elden) | 1:24.21.7 |
| Silver | Switzerland (Andreas Schaad, Hippolyt Kempf, Fredy Glanzmann) | + 1.44.3 |
| Bronze | East Germany (Ralph Leonhardt, Bernd Blechschmidt, Thomas Abratis) | + 1.48.4 |

## Men's ski jumping
### Individual normal hill

26 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Jens Weißflog (GDR) | 114.5 |
| Silver | Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN) | 110.5 |
| Bronze | Heinz Kuttin (AUT) | 108.5 |
The event was originally scheduled for 25 February, however, due to adverse weather conditions it was postponed to the following day. Due to strong winds no second round took place and results were taken from the first round.

### Individual large hill

20 February 1989
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Jari Puikkonen (FIN) | 218.5 |
| Silver | Jens Weißflog (GDR) | 212.5 |
| Bronze | Matti Nykänen (FIN) | 205.0 |

### Team large hill

22 February 1989
| Medal | Team | Points |
| Gold | Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, Risto Laakkonen) | 645.0 |
| Silver | Norway (Magne Johansen, Clas Brede Bråthen, Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl, Jon Inge Kjørum) | 626.0 |
| Bronze | Czechoslovakia (Jiří Parma, Martin Švagerko, Ladislav Dluhoš, Pavel Ploc) | 595.5 |

## Medal table

Medal winners by nation.
* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Finland (FIN)* | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |