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. Men's cross-country 10 km classical 22 February 1993 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit 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". 30 km classical 20 February 1993 50 km freestyle 28 February 1993 4 × 10 km relay 26 February 1993 Women's cross-country 5 km classical 21 February 1993 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit 23 February 1993 15 km classical 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. 30 km freestyle 27 February 1993 4 × 5 km relay 25 February 1993 Men's Nordic combined 15 km individual Gundersen 18 February 1993 3 × 10 km team 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. Men's ski jumping Individual normal hill 27 February 1993 Individual large hill 21 February 1993 Sakala was the first Czech to medal following Czechoslovakia's breakup earlier that year into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Team large hill 23 February 1993 The Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as