Planica 1969

Planica 1969 was a first competition on a new ski flying hill at Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 21–23 March 1969 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With 95,000 people in three days.

Smuški poleti Flying Week 1969

Host city	Planica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Sport(s)	Ski flying
Events	Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week
Main venue	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153

Schedule

Date	Event	Rounds	Longest jump of the day	Visitors
6 March 1969	Hill test, premiere	1	135 metres (443 ft) by Miro Oman	N/A
21 March 1969	Competition, Day 1	3	156 metres (512 ft) by Bjørn Wirkola	15,000
22 March 1969	Competition, Day 2	3	164 metres (538 ft) by Jiří Raška	35,000
23 March 1969	Competition, Day 3	3	165 metres (541 ft) by Manfred Wolf	45,000

Competition

On 6 March 1969, two weeks before competition a hill test with trial jumper was made. Yugoslavian Miro Oman baptized Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 hill around 14:00 PM local time with 135 metres (443 ft).[1]

On 21 March 1969 hill was officially opened with first day of competition called Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week with three rounds, but only the best one counted into official result. The first day brought world record distance at 156 metres by Bjørn Wirkola.[2][3]

On 22 March 1969 second day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result. World record was tied and improved three times: Jiří Raška (156 m, 164 m) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 m).[4]

On 23 March 1969 third and final day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result infront of 45,000 people. Manfred Wolf set already the fifth and the last world record this weekend at 165 metres in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three day competition with total five valid rounds: one best from the first day, two best rounds from the second day and two best rounds from the third day.[5]

Hill test

Miro Oman, 3rd from left, right after premiere test jump at 135 metres (6 March 1969)

Manfred Wolf in the middle right after WR.

14:00 PM — 6 March 1969 — premiere

Bib	Name	Test
1	Miro Oman	135.0 m

Ski Flying Week: Day 1

10:30 AM — 21 March 1969 — Three rounds: one best round into official results

Rank	Bib	Name	1RD	2RD	3RD	Points
1	56	Bjørn Wirkola	135.0 m	156.0 m	134.0 m	181.0
2	51	Jiří Raška	148.0 m	120.0 m	146.0 m	180.5
3	30	Lars Grini	146.0 m	114.0 m	117.0 m	174.0
4	33	Horst Queck	137.0 m	149.0 m	144.0 m	171.0
5	49	Zbyněk Hubač	136.0 m	132.0 m	118.0 m	165.9
6	17	Jürgen Dommerich	137.0 m	134.0 m	133.0 m	162.5
7	26	Ryszard Witke	133.0 m	130.0 m	121.0 m	157.0
8	42	Gariy Napalkov	123.0 m	122.0 m	154.0 m	155.0
9	37	Ladislav Divila	130.0 m	127.0 m	—	152.5
10	41	Christian Kiehl	123.0 m	128.0 m	130.0 m	152.0
11	43	Peter Štefančič	126.0 m	114.0 m	118.0 m	151.5
12	7	Rainer Schmidt	118.0 m	114.0 m	132.0 m	151.0
13	45	Manfred Wolf	123.0 m	132.0 m	127.0 m	150.0
14	57	Reinhold Bachler	123.0 m	132.0 m	121.0 m	148.5
15	38	František Rydval	124.0 m	111.0 m	122.0 m	147.0
16	27	Ernst Kröll	116.0 m	125.0 m	126.0 m	146.0
17	24	Koba Zakadze	115.0 m	121.0 m	124.0 m	144.5
18	47	Rudolf Hohnl	119.0 m	115.0 m	123.0 m	143.0
	54	Adrian Watt	124.0 m	128.0 m	111.0 m	143.0
20	14	Rudolf Doubek	121.0 m	119.0 m	118.0 m	142.5
21	36	Walter Schwabl	111.0 m	128.0 m	117.0 m	141.5
22	50	Josef Zehnder	117.0 m	120.0 m	113.0 m	141.5
23	39	Josef Matouš	92.0 m	151.0 m	130.0 m	140.5
	3	Josef Kraus	111.0 m	113.0 m	125.0 m	140.5
25	15	Stanislaw Kubica	121.0 m	126.0 m	114.0 m	139.5
26	31	Heini Ihle	96.0 m	112.0 m	122.0 m	139.0
27	13	Branko Dolhar	112.0 m	121.0 m	121.0 m	138.0
	40	Józef Przybyła	106.0 m	107.0 m	121.0 m	138.0
29	10	Marjan Pečar	115.0 m	115.0 m	117.0 m	137.5
30	25	Janez Jurman	111.0 m	106.0 m	118.0 m	134.5
36	29	Marjan Mesec	103.0 m	118.0 m	102.0 m	128.0
39	18	Danilo Pudgar	111.0 m	110.0 m	111.0 m	124.0
43	1	Stanko Smolej	107.0 m	106.0 m	96.0 m	120.0
46	52	Peter Eržen	110.0 m	106.0 m	102.0 m	116.5
51	6	Andrej Nahtigal	97.0 m	93.0 m	98.0 m	106.5
53	55	Ludvik Zajc	96.0 m	100.0 m	103.0 m	104.0
54	5	Oto Giacomelli	86.0 m	96.0 m	96.0 m	100.5
56	23	Marjan Prelovšek	111.0 m	N/A	N/A	90.5
N/A	22	Mihály Gellér	120.0 m	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	2	Jozef Metelka	101.0 m	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	4	Dalibor Motejlek	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	8	Erich Schwabl	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	9	Bent Tomtum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	11	Richard Pfiffner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	12	Bohumil Doležal	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	19	František Novák	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	20	Willy Schuster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	21	Konstantin Shcherbakov	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	28	Greg Swor	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	32	Karel Kodejška	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	34	Giacomo Aimoni	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	35	Hans Schmid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	44	Albino Bazzana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	46	Henrik Ohlmeyer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	48	László Gellér	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	53	Max Golser	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
—	16	Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 2

10:30 AM — 22 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1 best round also calculated into points.

Rank	Bib	Name	1RD	2RD	3RD	Points
1	46	Bjørn Wirkola	160.0 m	162.0 m	145.0 m	541.5
2	37	Jiří Raška	156.0 m	164.0 m	144.0 m	538.5
3	38	Manfred Wolf	135.0 m	156.0 m	159.0 m	499.5
4	24	Horst Queck	145.0 m	150.0 m	146.0 m	497.0
5	53	Zbyněk Hubač	133.0 m	147.0 m	150.0 m	494.0
6	21	Lars Grini	147.0 m	137.0 m	134.0 m	490.0
7	51	Christian Kiehl	145.0 m	154.0 m	142.0 m	475.0
8	18	Rainer Schmidt	146.0 m	145.0 m	129.0 m	462.0
9	36	Gari Napalkov	120.0 m	135.0 m	133.0 m	452.5
10	5	Jürgen Dommerich	128.0 m	143.0 m	132.0 m	449.5
11	19	Walter Schwabl	133.0 m	147.0 m	111.0 m	442.5
12	47	Rudolf Hohnl	124.0 m	135.0 m	134.0 m	437.0
13	34	Ernst Kröll	129.0 m	129.0 m	132.0 m	432.0
14	17	Bohumil Doležal	138.0 m	137.0 m	123.0 m	429.5
15	42	Branko Dolhar	132.0 m	136.0 m	135.0 m	428.5
16	50	Reinhold Bachler	124.0 m	127.0 m	126.0 m	426.0
17	32	Józef Przybyła	132.0 m	121.0 m	127.0 m	424.5
18	44	Josef Matouš	124.0 m	143.0 m	148.0 m	419.5
19	29	Koba Zakadze	119.0 m	118.0 m	133.0 m	415.0
20	52	Josef Zehnder	116.0 m	132.0 m	112.0 m	411.0
21	49	Max Golser	121.0 m	132.0 m	126.0 m	409.5
22	7	Josef Kraus	124.0 m	120.0 m	123.0 m	409.0
23	39	Peter Štefančič	113.0 m	118.0 m	122.0 m	406.0
24	25	Rudolf Doubek	115.0 m	112.0 m	124.0 m	405.0
25	43	Ryszard Witke	112.0 m	125.0 m	104.0 m	403.0
26	40	Heini Ihle	113.0 m	147.0 m	118.0 m	392.5
27	23	Adrian Watt	106.0 m	117.0 m	119.0 m	387.0
28	26	Henrik Ohlmeyer	109.0 m	124.0 m	119.0 m	386.0
29	14	Stanislaw Kubica	113.0 m	124.0 m	133.0 m	385.5
30	45	Marjan Mesec	113.0 m	122.0 m	120.0 m	382.5
34	8	Peter Eržen	119.0 m	117.0 m	111.0 m	367.5
36	13	Danilo Pudgar	124.0 m	92.0 m	101.0 m	364.5
39	15	Marjan Pečar	98.0 m	109.0 m	101.0 m	349.5
41	48	Ludvik Zajc	102.0 m	118.0 m	110.0 m	345.0
41	28	Stanko Smolej	93.0 m	104.0 m	109.0 m	344.5
46	1	Oto Giacomelli	103.0 m	104.0 m	105.0 m	320.5
47	3	Andrej Nahtigal	102.0 m	93.0 m	94.0 m	313.0
49	33	Janez Jurman	106.0 m	106.0 m	110.0 m	306.0
N/A	2	Jozef Metelka	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	4	Dalibor Motejlek	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	6	Willy Schuster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	9	Bent Tomtum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	10	Richard Pfiffner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	11	Konstantin Shcherbakov	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	12	Erich Schwabl	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	20	Giacomo Aimoni	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	22	Mihály Gellér	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	27	Karel Kodejška	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	30	František Rydval	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	31	Hans Schmid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	35	Albino Bazzana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	41	László Gellér	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
—	16	Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 3

10:30 AM — 23 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1&2 best rounds also calculated into points.

Rank	Bib	Name	1RD	2RD	3RD	Points
1	38	Jiří Raška	152.0 m	154.0 m	156.0 m	895.0
2	50	Bjørn Wirkola	139.0 m	147.0 m	162.0 m	889.0
3	47	Manfred Wolf	142.0 m	149.0 m	165.0 m	8?1.5
4	46	Horst Queck	127.0 m	148.0 m	161.0 m	845.5
5	36	Zbyněk Hubač	133.0 m	137.0 m	154.0 m	818.0
6	19	Lars Grini	125.0 m	139.0 m	139.0 m	796.0
7	22	Rainer Schmidt	139.0 m	143.0 m	148.0 m	784.0
8	40	Gariy Napalkov	138.0 m	132.0 m	148.0 m	773.5
9	21	Bohumil Doležal	149.0 m	150.0 m	160.0 m	773.0
10	11	Christian Kiehl	125.0 m	136.0 m	142.0 m	771.0
11	25	Ernst Kröll	123.0 m	149.0 m	143.0 m	754.0
12	42	Josef Matouš	157.0 m	153.0 m	163.0 m	743.0
13	39	Peter Štefančič	147.0 m	125.0 m	150.0 m	738.0
14	34	Rudolf Hohnl	134.0 m	127.0 m	157.0 m	734.5
15	48	Reinhold Bachler	124.0 m	117.0 m	147.0 m	725.0
16	23	Walter Schwabl	115.0 m	120.0 m	124.0 m	721.5
17	29	Koba Zakadze	133.0 m	127.0 m	136.0 m	715.5
18	32	Józef Przybyła	143.0 m	121.0 m	143.0 m	713.5
19	41	Branko Dolhar	116.0 m	120.0 m	125.0 m	694.5
20	15	Josef Kraus	115.0 m	136.0 m	140.0 m	692.0
21	24	Josef Zehnder	111.0 m	119.0 m	118.0 m	676.0
22	44	László Gellér	126.0 m	124.0 m	125.0 m	673.0
23	17	Rudolf Doubek	114.0 m	117.0 m	135.0 m	672.0
24	35	Marjan Mesec	116.0 m	122.0 m	143.0 m	671.0
25	N/A	Adrian Watt	115.0 m	124.0 m	136.0 m	670.5
26	37	Max Golser	117.0 m	112.0 m	124.0 m	668.0
27	18	Henrik Ohlmeyer	114.0 m	116.0 m	138.0 m	665.5
28	49	Ryszard Witke	112.0 m	117.0 m	123.0 m	664.5
29	43	Heini Ihle	116.0 m	117.0 m	129.0 m	660.5
30	28	Mihály Gellér	124.0 m	119.0 m	115.0 m	640.0
31	13	Bent Tomtum	109.0 m	111.0 m	128.0 m	636.5
32	31	Danilo Pudgar	107.0 m	116.0 m	127.0 m	631.5
33	27	Ludvik Zajc	110.0 m	118.0 m	138.0 m	628.5
34	33	Peter Eržen	115.0 m	110.0 m	106.0 m	623.0
35	12	Konstantin Scherbakov	103.0 m	107.0 m	116.0 m	609.5
36	14	Stanislaw Kubica	123.0 m	122.0 m	128.0 m	606.5
37	9	Marjan Pečar	107.0 m	113.0 m	123.0 m	605.5
38	10	Dalibor Motejlek	101.0 m	111.0 m	120.0 m	601.5
39	7	Stanko Smolej	102.0 m	101.0 m	127.0 m	589.5
40	6	Erich Schwabl	106.0 m	100.0 m	110.0 m	580.5
41	1	Jozef Metelka	104.0 m	113.0 m	116.0 m	577.0
42	5	Willy Schuster	111.0 m	107.0 m	127.0 m	562.5
	8	Janez Jurman	112.0 m	113.0 m	126.0 m	562.5
44	45	Albino Bazzana	97.0 m	104.0 m	118.0 m	552.0
45	4	Oto Giacomelli	103.0 m	97.0 m	103.0 m	535.0
46	2	Andrej Nahtigal	92.0 m	94.0 m	103.0 m	514.0
47	26	Giacomo Aimoni	101.0 m	97.0 m	—	494.0
48	3	Jürgen Dommerich	—	—	—	449.0
49	—	František Rydval	—	—	—	224.0
50	—	Richard Pfiffner	—	—	—	198.0
51	—	Ladislav Divila	—	—	—	152.5
52	30	Hans Schmid	—	—	—	138.0
53	—	František Novák	—	—	—	111.5
54	—	Marjan Prelovšek	—	—	—	92.5
N/A	—	Greg Swor	—	—	—	N/A
N/A	20	Karel Kodejška	—	—	—	N/A
—	16	Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

     Best round for final result!
     Best round for final result & fall!
     World record!
     Fall or touch!

Official results

RTV broadcasting crew and equipment.

Beno Hvala, Slovenian legendary Planica TV director and inventor of sports slowmotion.

Hill preparations.

President Tito and Jovanka Broz at one of their many occasions visiting Planica in 1969.

Five rounds counted into official results — one best round (D1) + two best rounds (D2) + two best rounds (D3).

Rank	Name	21 March	22 March		23 March		Points
		1RD	2RD	3RD	4RD	5RD
1	Jiří Raška	148.0 m	156.0 m	164.0 m	154.0 m	156.0 m	895.0
2	Bjørn Wirkola	156.0 m	160.0 m	162.0 m	147.0 m	162.0 m	889.0
3	Manfred Wolf	132.0 m	156.0 m	159.0 m	142.0 m	165.0 m	8?1.0
4	Horst Queck	149.0 m	145.0 m	146.0 m	148.0 m	161.0 m	845.5
5	Zbyněk Hubač	136.0 m	147.0 m	150.0 m	137.0 m	154.0 m	818.0
6	Lars Grini	146.0 m	147.0 m	134.0 m	139.0 m	139.0 m	796.0
7	Rainer Schmidt	132.0 m	146.0 m	145.0 m	139.0 m	143.0 m	784.0
8	Gari Napalkov	154.0 m	135.0 m	133.0 m	138.0 m	148.0 m	773.5
9	Bohumil Doležal	N/A	138.0 m	137.0 m	150.0 m	160.0 m	773.0
10	Christian Kiehl	130.0 m	154.0 m	142.0 m	136.0 m	142.0 m	771.0
11	Ernst Kröll	126.0 m	129.0 m	132.0 m	149.0 m	143.0 m	754.0
12	Josef Matouš	151.0 m	143.0 m	148.0 m	157.0 m	153.0 m	743.0
13	Peter Štefančič	126.0 m	118.0 m	122.0 m	147.0 m	150.0 m	738.0
14	Rudolf Höhnl	123.0 m	135.0 m	134.0 m	134.0 m	157.0 m	734.5
15	Reinhold Bachler	132.0 m	124.0 m	126.0 m	124.0 m	147.0 m	725.0
16	Walter Schwabl	128.0 m	133.0 m	147.0 m	120.0 m	124.0 m	721.5
17	Koba Zakadze	124.0 m	119.0 m	133.0 m	133.0 m	127.0 m	715.5
18	Józef Przybyła	121.0 m	132.0 m	127.0 m	143.0 m	143.0 m	713.5
19	Branko Dolhar	121.0 m	136.0 m	135.0 m	120.0 m	125.0 m	694.5
20	Josef Kraus	125.0 m	124.0 m	123.0 m	115.0 m	136.0 m	692.0
21	Josef Zehnder	117.0 m	132.0 m	112.0 m	111.0 m	119.0 m	676.0
22	László Gellér	N/A	N/A	N/A	126.0 m	124.0 m	673.0
23	Rudolf Doubek	121.0 m	115.0 m	124.0 m	117.0 m	135.0 m	672.0
24	Marjan Mesec	118.0 m	122.0 m	120.0 m	122.0 m	143.0 m	671.0
25	Adrian Watt	128.0 m	117.0 m	119.0 m	124.0 m	136.0 m	670.5
26	Max Golser	N/A	132.0 m	126.0 m	117.0 m	124.0 m	668.0
27	Henrik Ohlmeyer	N/A	124.0 m	119.0 m	116.0 m	138.0 m	665.5
28	Ryszard Witke	133.0 m	112.0 m	125.0 m	117.0 m	123.0 m	664.5
29	Heini Ihle	112.0 m	147.0 m	118.0 m	117.0 m	129.0 m	660.5
30	Mihály Gellér	N/A	N/A	N/A	124.0 m	119.0 m	640.0
31	Bent Tomtum	N/A	N/A	N/A	111.0 m	128.0 m	636.5
32	Danilo Pudgar	111.0 m	124.0 m	101.0 m	116.0 m	127.0 m	631.5
33	Ludvik Zajc	96.0 m	118.0 m	110.0 m	118.0 m	138.0 m	628.5
34	Peter Eržen	102.0 m	119.0 m	117.0 m	115.0 m	110.0 m	623.0
35	Konstantin Scherbakov	N/A	N/A	N/A	107.0 m	116.0 m	609.5
36	Stanislaw Kubica	121.0 m	124.0 m	133.0 m	123.0 m	128.0 m	606.5
37	Marjan Pečar	115.0 m	109.0 m	101.0 m	113.0 m	123.0 m	605.5
38	Dalibor Motejlek	N/A	N/A	N/A	111.0 m	120.0 m	601.5
39	Stanko Smolej	107.0 m	104.0 m	109.0 m	101.0 m	127.0 m	589.5
40	Erich Schwabl	N/A	N/A	N/A	106.0 m	110.0 m	580.5
41	Jozef Metelka	N/A	N/A	N/A	113.0 m	116.0 m	577.0
42	Willy Schuster	N/A	N/A	N/A	111.0 m	127.0 m	562.5
	Janez Jurman	118.0 m	106.0 m	110.0 m	113.0 m	126.0 m	562.5
44	Albino Bazzana	N/A	N/A	N/A	104.0 m	118.0 m	552.0
45	Otto Giacomelli	96.0 m	103.0 m	105.0 m	103.0 m	97.0 m	535.0
46	Andrej Nahtigal	98.0 m	102.0 m	94.0 m	94.0 m	103.0 m	514.0
47	Giacomo Aimoni	N/A	N/A	N/A	101.0 m	97.0 m	494.0
48	Jürgen Dommerich	137.0 m	128.0 m	143.0 m	—	—	449.0
49	František Rydval	124.0 m	N/A	N/A	—	—	224.0
50	Richard Pfiffner	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—	198.0
51	Ladislav Divila	130.0 m	N/A	N/A	—	—	152.5
52	Hans Schmid	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—	138.0
53	František Novák	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—	111.5
54	Marjan Prelovšek	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—	92.5
N/A	Karel Kodejška	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	Greg Swor	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ski flying world records

Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
21 March 1969	Bjørn Wirkola	Norway	156	512
22 March 1969	Jiří Raška	Czechoslovakia	156	512
22 March 1969	Bjørn Wirkola	Norway	160	525
22 March 1969	Jiří Raška	Czechoslovakia	164	538
23 March 1969	Manfred Wolf	East Germany	165	541

References

1. "Planica je nared, p.1,17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 7 March 1969.
2. "Planica je - nared, p.17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1969.
3. "Planica spet pred vsemi, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1969.
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