NOR flag 1994 Hurdal NOR
The center of the winter sports world in 1994 was Lillehammer, Norway. To enable masters ski jumpers to attend both the Olympic Games and the the jumps IMC in one trip, the International Ski Jumping Committee set the 1994 IMC for Hurdal NOR the week following the Olympics. Lillehammer is located at the northeast corner of Mjösa Lake, the village of Hurdal is at the southwest corner, about two hours away by car.

The nordic ski complex, located outside of the village, has five jumps from junior hills to a shiny new K-90 meter jump. A rope tow runs up a steep slope between the big hill and the 40 meter jump, and a cross country facility is located just below the outrun area.

The organizers of the Lillehammer games set a tone of traditional costume and use of natural pink cheeked girls materials, and Hurdal organizers followed the same spirit. Directly after each event, winners stood on a victory stand consisting of three chunks cut from a large tree trunk while medals were paraded out and presented by pink cheeked girls in traditional costumes of the region.

The cold weather which had blessed Lillehammer throughout the games continued for another five days. Finally, the pattern broke and the 90 meter competitors had to deal with off and on wind, fog, snow, sleet and rain. A few years ago, this combination would have resulted in a difficult, slippery track but a mechanical tracksetting machine gave the jumpers a track as smooth and straight as a porcelain track (but without the noise). Earle and Fidjestol The cross country race was run in slow conditions, directly after the big hill competition.

One celebrity of the competition was Ole Gunnar Fidjestol (right, with Earle Murphy) fresh from the Norwegian Ski Team and made famous by an unfortunate fall practicing for the Lillehammer opening ceremonies. Ole showed his continuing love for the sport by competing in two of the IMC events. To the credit of lesser known Masters jumpers, it is worth noting that on the 90 meter, he shaded IMC regular Ari Raitoharju by just one point.

                40 meter (K)               63 meter (K)              90 meter (K)             Nordic Combined

Cl. 9     1.  Odd Aarnes        NOR                                                         Olav Malin          NOR
70-74     2.  Bob Hein          USA                                                         Bob Hein            USA
          3.  Olav Malin        NOR

Cl. 8     1.  Nils Eriksen      NOR     Nils Eriksen      NOR                               Nils Eriksen        NOR
65-69     2.  Perloff Staveli   NOR     Martti Korhonen   FIN                               Martti Korhonen     FIN
          3.  Martti Korhonen   FIN                                                         Ill. Muhortov       RUS

Cl. 7     1.  John Eidem        NOR     John Eidem        NOR                               Uno Kajak           EST
60-64     2.  Dale Severson     USA     
          3.  Uno Kajak         EST

Cl. 6     1.  Aarne Kuisma      FIN     Aarne Kuisma      FIN     Willy Johansen    NOR     Aarne Lintulahti    FIN
55-59     2.  Ingvart Tornangen NOR     Willy Johansen    NOR     Don West          USA     Willy Johansen      NOR
          3.  Svein Glomsvoll   NOR     Martti Lamminpaa  FIN                               Anatoli Tchistiakov RUS

Cl. 5     1.  Jorgen Brenden    NOR     Guttorm Bakke     NOR     Antti Kokkonen    FIN     Ake Saloniemi       SWE
50-54     2.  Svein Husby       NOR     Jorgen Brenden    NOR     Dave Engstrom     USA     Erkki Muhonen       FIN
          3.  Ola Fiske         NOR     Antti Kokkonen    FIN     Harald Skalleberg NOR     Pentti Karkko       FIN

Cl. 4     1.  Kalevi Neuvonen   FIN     Jan Heiberg       NOR     Mathias Skaug     NOR     Helge Nordahl       NOR
45-49     2.  Tom Ricchio       USA     Pal Kalleberg     NOR     Jan Heiberg       NOR     Anat. Govoruhin     RUS
          3.  Boris Shvetsov    RUS     Mathias Skaug     NOR     Pal Kalleberg     NOR     Valeri Tchuikin     RUS

Cl. 3     1.  Pentti Rautiainen FIN     Pentti Rautiainen FIN     Ivar Nilsen       NOR     Arkadi Pavlov       RUS
40-44     2.  Arsi Sjogren      FIN     Ivar Nilsen       NOR     Juhani Huida      FIN     Jan Skevik          NOR
          3.  Pekka Korhonen    FIN     Roy Strengelsrud  NOR     Roy Strengelsrud  NOR     Tom Ludvigsen       NOR

Cl. 2     1.  Ari Joutjarvi     FIN     ?                         Ari Raitoharju    FIN     S. Tcherviakov      RUS
35-39     2.  Frank Nordby      NOR      results missing!         Roger Ruud        NOR     T. Engebretsen      NOR
          3.  Veijo Stranden    FIN     ?                         Tom Rauland       NOR     Pertti Tuhkanen     FIN

Cl. 1     1.  Terje Kjelsrud    NOR     ?                         Ole Gnr Fidjestol NOR     Ildar Garifullin    RUS
30-34     2.  Tomas Jernkrok    SWE     ?                         Frode Rogstad     NOR     Geir J. Alte        NOR
          3.  Markku Jantunen   FIN     ?                         Tom E. Bjerkengen NOR     Tom E. Bjerkengen   NOR

That's all for IMC 1994, now on to Poland for IMC 1995, ...

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