FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17–18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K165
Date17–18 March 1979
Competitors47 from 14 nations
Winning score741.5
Medalists
 Armin Kogler   Austria
 Axel Zitzmann   East Germany
 Piotr Fijas   Poland

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
14 March 1979  Hill test3158 metres (518 ft) by Janez LoštrekN/A
15 March 1979  Official Training2169 metres (554 ft) by František Novák10,000
16 March 1979  Competition, Day 1—canceled; after 8 test jumpers due to rain15,000
17 March 1979  Competition, Day 23179 metres (587 ft) by Axel Zitzmann (fall)
171 metres (561 ft) by Ivo Zupan		40,000
18 March 1979  Competition, Day 33176 metres (577 ft) by Klaus Ostwald50,000

Rules

Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just two days before official competition. Originally total 3 of 9 jumps, the best one of each three days was supposed to go into final score. But technical delegate of competition, Norwegian Torbjørn Yggeseth who is known as the founder of the World Cup, proposed the change of rules: total 6 of 9 jumps, the best two of each three days were incorporated. Although only 4 of 6 rounds counted at the end as first day of competition was canceled.

To perform on Saturday and Sunday competition, competitor had to reach 75% average of top 10 jumps in at least one round on official training on Thursday or at first day of competition on Friday.

Competition

On 14 March 1979 hill test in three rounds was on schedule. Križaj opened the hill with 142 metres, Bizjak's binds got off in the inrun and he managed to stop. Loštrek set the longest distance of the day at 158 metres.[1]

On 15 March 1979 official training infront of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain. František Novák set the distance of the day at 169 metres.[2]

On 16 March 1979 first day of competition with three rounds was on schedule. Everything was over only after 8 testjumpers on a disappointment of 15,000 people due to heavy rain. Test jumper Ivo Zupan set the distance of the day at 159 metres.[3]

On 17 March 1979 second day of competition with three rounds was on schedule infront of 40,000 people. Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres.[4] In the second round East German Axel Zitzmann crashed at world record distance at 179 metres, second round was canceled and repeated right after.[5] Zitzmann was leading after first 2 best of 3 jumps of second day of competition.[6]

On 18 March 1979 the last day of competition with three rounds was on schedule infront of 50,000 people. A lot of inrun speed/gate testing were made before the first round. Kogler set the best distance of the second round at 156 metres. Just before the third round, East German test jumper Klaus Ostwald set the world record at 176 metres.[7] Armin Kogler became the world champion after 4 of 6 best flights in two days of competition.[8]

Hill test

10:00 AM — 14 March 1979 — Three rounds — test jumpers — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
P1 Križaj142.0 m125.0 m108.0 m
P2 Ivo Zupan142.0 m139.0 m135.0 m
P3 Janez Loštrek158.0 mN/AN/A
P4 Andrej Kajzer136.0 m135.0 m140.0 m
P5 Branko Dolhar127.0 m137.0 m129.0 m
P6 Bantan112.0 m114.0 m95.0 m
P7 Rajko Lotrič124.0 m119.0 m114.0 m
P8 Stanko Velikonja123.0 m130.0 m125.0 m
P9 Anžel140.0 m138.0 m133.0 m
P10 Komel124.0 m117.0 m139.0 m
P11 Bojan Globočnik114.0 m109.0 m131.0 m
Bizjakbinds off; stopped in middle of inrun
P12 Sandi Čimžar110.0 m109.0 m111.0 m
P13 Brane Benedikt150.0 m116.0 m116.0 m

Official training

15 March 1979 — 2 rounds — test — chronological order incomplete

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
Test jumpers
P1 Marjan Križaj 139.0 m N/A
P2 Ivo Zupan 145.0 m 152.0 m
P3 Andrej Kajzer 138.0 m N/A
P4 Stanko Velikonja 132.0 m N/A
P5 Komel 146.0 m N/A
P6 Anžel 140.0 m N/A
P7 Janez Loštrek 141.0 m N/A
N/A Vili Tepeš N/A 157.0 m
N/A Thierry Sauvanet 109.0 m N/A
N/A Klaus Ostwald N/A 140.0 m

15 March 1979 — 2 rounds (the first repeated) — competitors — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD (ca) 1RD (re) 2RD
Competitors
1 Vasja Bajc 146.0 m 139.0 m 144.0 m
2 Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 158.0 m 161.0 m
3 Esko Rautionaho 153.0 m 146.0 m 137.0 m
4 Piroskov 126.0 m 126.0 m 103.0 m
5 Terry Kern 123.0 m 116.0 m 111.0 m
6 Yūji Kawamura 148.0 m 135.0 m 136.0 m
7 Alfred Goyer 130.0 m 114.0 m 127.0 m
8 Ole Erik Tvedt 131.0 m 118.0 m —
9 Ladislav Jirásko 130.0 m 129.0 m 121.0 m
10 Ivano Wegher 112.0 m 116.0 m —
11 Jari Puikkonen 119.0 m 144.0 m 135.0 m
12 František Novák 169.0 m 158.0 m 154.0 m
13 Bjarne Næs — 109.0 m 131.0 m
14 Yury Kalinin — 141.0 m 138.0 m
15 Takafumi Kawabata — 128.0 m 134.0 m
16 Primož Ulaga — 121.0 m 137.0 m
17 Kip Sundgaard — 118.0 m 126.0 m
18 Hans Wallner — 148.0 m 132.0 m
19 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch — 124.0 m 113.0 m
20 Thomas Meisinger — 140.0 m 144.0 m
21 Olivier Favre — 112.0 m 115.0 m
22 Jochen Danneberg — 141.0 m 150.0 m
23 Kari Ylianttila — 140.0 m 141.0 m
24 Ján Tánczos — 148.0 m 156.0 m
25 Hubert Neuper — 136.0 m 150.0 m
26 Zdravko Bogataj — 128.0 m 131.0 m
27 Chris McNeill — 105.0 m 109.0 m
28 Valery Savin — 136.0 m 133.0 m
29 Sakaye Tsuruga — 111.0 m 118.0 m
30 Roland Glas — 109.0 m 129.0 m
31 Lido Tomasi — 125.0 m 104.0 m
32 Finn Halvorsen — 117.0 m 121.0 m
33 Thomas Prosser — 129.0 m 123.0 m
34 Piotr Fijas — 151.0 m 149.0 m
35 John Broman — 121.0 m 119.0 m
36 Aleksey Borovitin — 122.0 m 132.0 m
37 Peter Leitner — 132.0 m 133.0 m
38 Hansjörg Sumi — 120.0 m 110.0 m
39 Andreas Hille — 144.0 m 139.0 m
40 Per Steinar Nordlien — 127.0 m 118.0 m
41 Stanisław Bobak — 140.0 m 130.0 m
42 Harald Duschek — 131.0 m 144.0 m
43 Per Bergerud — 118.0 m 136.0 m
44 Hirokazu Yagi — 132.0 m 162.0 m
45 Leoš Škoda — 149.0 m 119.0 m
46 Armin Kogler — 157.0 m 158.0 m
47 Josef Samek — 134.0 m 149.0 m
48 Yuri Ivanov — 153.0 m 145.0 m
49 Bogdan Norčič — 137.0 m 122.0 m
50 Alois Lipburger — 122.0 m 130.0 m
51 Pentti Kokkonen — 147.0 m 120.0 m

Competition: Day 1

9:30 AM — 16 March 1979 — 3 rounds — test — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
P1 Ivo Zupan 159.0 m N/A N/A
P2 Andrej Kajzer 156.0 m N/A N/A
P3 Janez Loštrek 140.0 m N/A N/A
P4 Marko Mlakar 148.0 m N/A N/A
P5 Vili Tepeš 140.0 m N/A N/A
P6 Komel 144.0 m N/A N/A
P7 Stanko Velikonja 126.0 m N/A N/A
P8 Anžel 141.0 m N/A N/A
Competitors
no jumps; canceled after 8 test jumpers; heavy rain

Competition: Day 2

17 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — second round was canceled and repeated — chronological order

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD (ca) 2RD (re) 3RD Points
1 10 Axel Zitzmann 156.0 m 179.0 m 170.0 m 168.0 m 380.0
2 41 Armin Kogler 160.0 m — 156.0 m 160.0 m 361.0
3 34 Piotr Fijas 149.0 m — 131.0 m 166.0 m 350.0
38 Andreas Hille 161.0 m — 155.0 m 141.0 m 350.0
5 15 Josef Samek 152.0 m — 154.0 m 155.0 m 346.0
6 21 Yury Kalinin 151.0 m — 156.0 m 144.0 m 344.0
7 22 Harald Duschek 151.0 m — 156.0 m 145.0 m 342.5
8 7 Leoš Škoda 144.0 m 163.0 m 151.0 m 154.0 m 339.0
42 Pentti Kokkonen 156.0 m — 141.0 m 146.0 m 339.0
10 28 Kari Ylianttila 149.0 m — 155.0 m 136.0 m 337.0
11 23 Aleksey Borovitin 146.0 m — 149.0 m 151.0 m 336.5
12 47 František Novák 154.0 m — 144.0 m 141.0 m 329.0
13 33 Ján Tánczos 155.0 m — 138.0 m 139.0 m 327.5
14 46 Stanisław Bobak 144.0 m — 137.0 m 149.0 m 326.5
15 14 Hans Wallner 150.0 m — 144.0 m 147.0 m 324.0
16 27 Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m — 130.0 m 145.0 m 323.5
17 44 Peter Leitner 130.0 m — 140.0 m 149.0 m 323.0
18 32 Hubert Neuper 140.0 m — 152.0 m — 321.5
19 9 Alois Lipburger 150.0 m 116.0 m 120.0 m 139.0 m 319.5
20 24 Per Steinar Nordlien 140.0 m — 146.0 m 142.0 m 318.5
21 43 Yuri Ivanov 134.0 m — 138.0 m 147.0 m 316.5
22 11 Jari Puikkonen 139.0 m — 146.0 m 141.0 m 312.5
23 30 Sakaye Tsuruga 144.0 m — 136.0 m 118.0 m 310.5
24 39 Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m — 136.0 m 143.0 m 309.0
25 3 Esko Rautionaho 130.0 m 148.0 m 141.0 m 137.0 m 307.5
26 6 Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m 148.0 m 137.0 m 134.0 m 301.5
27 29 Primož Ulaga 138.0 m — 139.0 m 133.0 m 300.0
28 19 Takafumi Kawabata 124.0 m — 149.0 m 123.0 m 297.5
29 5 Valery Savin 147.0 m 148.0 m 132.0 m 135.0 m 295.5
30 36 Hansjörg Sumi 126.0 m — 135.0 m 133.0 m 293.5
31 8 Yūji Kawamura 132.0 m 144.0 m 123.0 m 133.0 m 292.5
32 45 Vasja Bajc 132.0 m — 134.0 m 131.0 m 291.5
33 31 Kip Sundgaard 118.0 m — 133.0 m 129.0 m 289.5
34 25 Roland Glas 136.0 m — 123.0 m 129.0 m 286.5
35 18 Finn Halvorsen 130.0 m — 125.0 m 131.0 m 283.5
36 20 Terry Kern 122.0 m — 132.0 m 127.0 m 280.5
37 40 Per Bergerud 127.0 m — 122.0 m 132.0 m 278.5
38 37 John Broman 132.0 m — 127.0 m 125.0 m 278.0
39 13 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 130.0 m — 127.0 m 126.0 m 277.0
16 Olivier Favre 120.0 m — 127.0 m 127.0 m 277.0
41 1 Bjarne Næs 129.0 m 147.0 m 106.0 m 119.0 m 263.5
42 35 Thomas Prosser 124.0 m — 101.0 m 114.0 m 258.5
43 12 Zdravko Bogataj 109.0 m — 117.0 m 119.0 m 255.0
44 17 Ivano Wegher 114.0 m — 116.0 m 115.0 m 249.0
45 4 Chris McNeill 119.0 m 132.0 m 116.0 m 112.0 m 248.0
46 26 Lido Tomasi 111.0 m — 118.0 m 96.0 m 234.5
47 2 Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m 117.0 m 94.0 m 96.0 m 202.0

Competition: Day 3

18 March 1979 — incomplete — test

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
N/A Vili Tepeš 165.0 m N/A 156.0 m
N/A Križaj 154.0 m N/A N/A
N/A Komel 157.0 m N/A N/A
N/A Janez Loštrek N/A N/A 144.0 m
N/A Ladislav Jirásko N/A N/A 150.0 m
N/A Alfred Groyer N/A N/A 155.0 m
N/A Thomas Meisinger N/A N/A 162.0 m
P54 Klaus Ostwald 175.0 m N/A 176.0 m

18 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — competitors

Rank Name 1RD 2RD Points
Competitors
1 Armin Kogler 168.0 m 169.0 m 380.5
2 Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 157.0 m 356.0
3 Piotr Fijas 152.0 m 162.0 m 354.5
4 Yury Kalinin 157.0 m 151.0 m 354.0
5 Leoš Škoda 151.0 m 156.0 m 343.0
6 Pentti Kokkonen 155.0 m 149.0 m 342.5
7 Josef Samek 153.0 m 163.0 m 342.0
8 Andreas Hille 151.0 m 151.0 m 340.5
9 Harald Duschek 150.0 m 149.0 m 333.0
10 Hirokazu Yagi 147.0 m 155.0 m 332.5
11 Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 147.0 m 331.5
12 Per Steinar Nordlien 146.0 m 146.0 m 327.5
13 Peter Leitner 137.0 m 152.0 m 325.0
14 Kari Ylianttila 148.0 m 140.0 m 323.5
15 Esko Rautionaho 146.0 m 140.0 m 323.0
16 Hans Wallner 137.0 m 144.0 m 315.5
17 Valery Savin 136.0 m 149.0 m 315.0
18 Alois Lipburger 140.0 m 143.0 m 313.0
19 Sakaye Tsuruga 145.0 m 136.0 m 309.0
20 Yuri Ivanov 136.0 m 139.0 m 306.5
21 Aleksey Borovitin 133.0 m 139.0 m 305.5
22 Ján Tánczos 131.0 m 139.0 m 301.5
23 Primož Ulaga 133.0 m 140.0 m 300.5
24 Jari Puikkonen 132.0 m 137.0 m 297.0
25 Bogdan Norčič 132.0 m 136.0 m 296.5
26 Takafumi Kawabata 126.0 m 145.0 m 296.0
27 Stanisław Bobak 130.0 m 136.0 m 295.0
28 Per Bergerud 136.0 m 136.0 m 292.5
František Novák 133.0 m 100.0 m 292.5
30 Kip Sundgaard 134.0 m 133.0 m 291.0
31 Bjarne Næs 135.0 m 130.0 m 283.5
32 Hansjörg Sumi 128.0 m 130.0 m 282.5
33 Vasja Bajc 127.0 m 133.0 m 280.5
34 Thomas Prosser 129.0 m 131.0 m 287.5
35 Finn Halvorsen 123.0 m 129.0 m 275.0
36 Zdravko Bogataj 129.0 m 120.0 m 270.5
37 Terry Kern 124.0 m 126.0 m 269.5
38 Yūji Kawamura 120.0 m 124.0 m 267.5
39 John Broman 120.0 m 120.0 m 259.0
40 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 119.0 m 118.0 m 256.5
41 Chris McNeill 120.0 m 120.0 m 255.0
42 Ivano Wegher 114.0 m 118.0 m 248.0
Olivier Favre 115.0 m 116.0 m 248.0
44 Roland Glas 117.0 m 114.0 m 247.5
45 Thierry Sauvanet 119.0 m 112.0 m 238.5

     Not recognized. Crash at WR! Didn't count into final results!
     Didn't count into final result!
     World record!
     Crash, touch!

Official results

17 to 18 March 1979 — 4 best of 6 rounds — first day canceled — originally 6 best of 9 rounds scheduled

Rank Name D2 (17 March 1979) D3 (18 March 1979) Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD
Armin Kogler 160.0 m 160.0 m 168.0 m 169.0 m 741.5
Axel Zitzmann 170.0 m 168.0 m 159.0 m 157.0 m 736.0
Piotr Fijas 149.0 m 166.0 m 152.0 m 162.0 m 704.5
4 Andreas Hille 161.0 m 155.0 m 151.0 m 151.0 m 690.5
5 Josef Samek 154.0 m 155.0 m 153.0 m 163.0 m 688.0
6 Yury Kalinin 151.0 m 156.0 m 157.0 m 151.0 m 687.5
7 Leoš Škoda 151.0 m 154.0 m 151.0 m 156.0 m 682.0
8 Pentti Kokkonen 156.0 m 146.0 m 155.0 m 149.0 m 681.5
9 Harald Duschek 151.0 m 156.0 m 150.0 m 149.0 m 677.0
10 Kari Ylianttila 149.0 m 155.0 m 148.0 m 140.0 m 660.5
11 Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 145.0 m 147.0 m 147.0 m 655.0
12 Peter Leitner 140.0 m 139.0 m 137.0 m 152.0 m 648.0
13 Per Steinar Nordlien 146.0 m 142.0 m 146.0 m 146.0 m 646.0
14 Aleksey Borovitin 149.0 m 151.0 m 133.0 m 139.0 m 641.5
Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m 143.0 m 147.0 m 155.0 m 641.5
16 Hans Wallner 150.0 m 147.0 m 137.0 m 144.0 m 639.5
17 Alois Lipburger 150.0 m 139.0 m 140.0 m 143.0 m 632.5
18 Esko Rautionaho 141.0 m 147.0 m 146.0 m 140.0 m 630.5
19 Ján Tánczos 155.0 m 139.0 m 131.0 m 139.0 m 629.0
20 Yuri Ivanov 138.0 m 147.0 m 136.0 m 139.0 m 623.5
21 František Novák 154.0 m 144.0 m 133.0 m 100.0 m 621.5
Stanisław Bobak 144.0 m 149.0 m 130.0 m 136.0 m 621.5
23 Sakaye Tsuruga 144.0 m 136.0 m 145.0 m 136.0 m 619.5
24 Valery Savin 132.0 m 105.0 m 136.0 m 149.0 m 610.5
25 Jari Puikkonen 146.0 m 141.0 m 132.0 m 137.0 m 609.5
26 Primož Ulaga 138.0 m 139.0 m 133.0 m 140.0 m 600.5
27 Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m 137.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 598.0
28 Takafumi Kawabata 124.0 m 149.0 m 126.0 m 145.0 m 593.5
29 Kip Sundgaard 133.0 m 129.0 m 134.0 m 133.0 m 580.5
30 Hansjörg Sumi 135.0 m 133.0 m 128.0 m 130.0 m 576.0
31 Vasja Bajc 134.0 m 131.0 m 127.0 m 133.0 m 572.0
32 Per Bergerud 127.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 136.0 m 571.0
33 Yūji Kawamura 132.0 m 133.0 m 120.0 m 124.0 m 560.0
34 Terry Kern 132.0 m 127.0 m 124.0 m 126.0 m 550.0
Finn Halvorsen 130.0 m 131.0 m 123.0 m 129.0 m 550.0
36 Bjarne Næs 129.0 m 119.0 m 135.0 m 130.0 m 547.0
37 Thomas Prosser 124.0 m 114.0 m 129.0 m 131.0 m 537.0
John Broman 132.0 m 125.0 m 120.0 m 120.0 m 537.0
39 Roland Glas 136.0 m 129.0 m 117.0 m 114.0 m 534.0
40 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 130.0 m 126.0 m 119.0 m 118.0 m 533.5
41 Zdravko Bogataj 117.0 m 119.0 m 129.0 m 120.0 m 525.5
42 Olivier Favre 127.0 m 127.0 m 115.0 m 116.0 m 525.0
43 Chris McNeill 119.0 m 116.0 m 120.0 m 120.0 m 503.0
44 Ivano Wegher 116.0 m 115.0 m 114.0 m 118.0 m 497.0
45 Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m 96.0 m 119.0 m 112.0 m 440.5
46 Hubert Neuper 140.0 m 152.0 m — — 321.5
47 Lido Tomasi 111.0 m 118.0 m — — 234.5

Ski flying world records
Date Name Country Metres Feet
17 March 1979   Axel Zitzmann  East Germany 179 587
18 March 1979   Klaus Ostwald  East Germany 176 577

     Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)1001
2 East Germany (GDR)0101
3 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (3 nations)1113
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References
  1. "Preizkus velikanke z obetavnimi daljavami, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 15 March 1979.
  2. "Zelo dobri poleti navzlic dežju, p.13" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1979.
  3. "Gledalci so razumeli, p.9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 17 March 1979.
  4. "Ivo Zupan - Planica 1979 - 171 m (Old NB)". YouTube. 17 March 1979.
  5. "Svetovno prvenstvo v poletih 1979 (at 1:25)" (in Slovenian). RTV 4D (video archive). 1 February 2020.
  6. "Koglerju naslov, Ostwaldu rekord; Sobotni zmagovalec Zitzmann je padel pri 179 metrih, p.9,10" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1979.
  7. "Klaus Ostwald - Planica 1979 - 176 m (WR)". YouTube. 18 March 1979.
  8. "FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979 results". International Ski Federation. 1 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
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