| Host city | Oslo |
|---|---|
| Country |  Norway |
| Events | 13 |
| Opening | February 19, 1982 (1982-02-19) |
| Closing | February 28, 1982 (1982-02-28) |
| Main venue | Holmenkollen National Arena |
TheFIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 inOslo,Norway at theHolmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in1930, the1952 Winter Olympics, and1966. The Nordic combined 3 × 10 km team event and the ski jumping team large hill events were added to these championships. It was also the year in which cross country competitions had the freestyle (or skating) technique debuted and that electronic timing returned to scoring the results in tenths of a second afterSweden'sThomas Wassberg edged outFinland'sJuha Mieto by 0.01 seconds in themen's 15 km event at the1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid. The timing of the event in tenths of a second has continued as of 2011 in all Nordic skiing events.
23 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Oddvar Brå (NOR) | 38:52.5 |
| Silver |  Aleksandr Zavyalov (URS) | 39:02.1 |
| Bronze |  Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 39:02.3 |
20 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Thomas Eriksson (SWE) | 1:21:52.3 |
| Silver | Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR) | 1:22:13.9 |
| Bronze |  Bill Koch (USA) | 1:22:14.8 |
Bill Koch, who developed thefreestyle technique used in cross-country skiing, was the first American to medal at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
27 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Thomas Wassberg (SWE) | 2:32:00.9 |
| Silver | Yuriy Burlakov (URS) | 2:32:34.3 |
| Bronze | Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR) | 2:32:49.9 |
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Lars Erik Eriksen,Ove Aunli,Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass,Oddvar Brå) | 1:56:27.6 |
| Gold | Soviet Union (Vladimir Nikitin,Oleksandr Batyuk,Yuriy Burlakov,Aleksandr Zavyalov) | 1:56:27.6 |
| Bronze | Finland (Kari Härkönen,Aki Karvonen,Harri Kirvesniemi,Juha Mieto) | 1:58:49.4 |
| Bronze |  East Germany (Uwe Bellmann,Uwe Wünsch,Stefan Schicker,Frank Schröder) | 1:58:49.4 |
22 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Berit Aunli (NOR) | 14:30.2 |
| Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) | 14:35.6 |
| Bronze | Brit Pettersen (NOR) | 14:48.2 |
19 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Berit Aunli (NOR) | 29:25.9 |
| Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) | 29:46.5 |
| Bronze |  Květa Jeriová (TCH) | 30:15.8 |
26 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 1:06:16.9 |
| Silver | Berit Aunli (NOR) | 1:06:20.3 |
| Bronze | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) | 1:07:29.6 |
24 February 1982
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Anette Bøe,Inger Helene Nybråten,Berit Aunli,Brit Pettersen) | 1:02:15.9 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Lyubov Lyadova,Lyubov Zabolotskaya,Raisa Smetanina,Galina Kulakova) | 1:02:29.6 |
| Bronze | East Germany (Petra Sölter,Carola Anding,Barbara Petzold,Veronika Hesse) | 1:02:57.3 |
19 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Tom Sandberg (NOR) | 426.600 |
| Silver | Konrad Winkler (GDR) | 426.560 |
| Bronze | Uwe Dotzauer (GDR) | 426.455 |
24 February 1982
| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | East Germany (Uwe Dotzauer,Günther Schmieder,Konrad Winkler) | 1295.92 |
| Silver | Finland (Jouko Karjalainen,Rauno Miettinen,Jorma Etelälahti) | 1243.60 |
| Silver | Norway (Hallstein Bøgseth,Espen Andersen,Tom Sandberg) | 1243.60 |
21 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Armin Kogler (AUT) | 249.3 |
| Silver | Jari Puikkonen (FIN) | 248.6 |
| Bronze | Ole Bremseth (NOR) | 245.8 |
28 February 1982
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Matti Nykänen (FIN) | 257.9 |
| Silver | Olav Hansson (NOR) | 255.1 |
| Bronze | Armin Kogler (AUT) | 244.7 |
26 February 1982
| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Norway (Johan Sætre,Per Bergerud,Ole Bremseth,Olav Hansson) | 718.5 |
| Silver | Austria (Hans Wallner,Hubert Neuper,Armin Kogler,Andreas Felder) | 717.6 |
| Bronze | Finland (Keijo Korhonen,Jari Puikkonen,Pentti Kokkonen,Matti Nykänen) | 670.8 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 | |
