Planica 1934

Planica 1934 was an opening ski jumping event with national championships held on 4 Februar 1934 and first international event on 25 March 1934 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Nationals + International 1934

Host city	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Sport(s)	Ski jumping
Events	Nationals (4 February 1934) International (25 March 1934)
Main venue	Bloudkova velikanka K90

Schedule

Date	Event	Rounds	Longest jump of the day	Visitors
4 March 1934	Nationals	2	62.5 metres (205 ft) by Tone Dečman (fall) 60 metres (197 ft) by Franc Palme	2,500
23 March 1934	Official training 1	1	83 metres (273 ft) by Gregor Höll (fall) 79 metres (259 ft) by Birger Ruud	N/A
24 March 1934	Official training 2	1	87 metres (285 ft) by Birger Ruud (WR crash) 85.5 metres (281 ft) by Sigmund Ruud	N/A
25 March 1934	International event	2	86.5 metres (284 ft) by Sigmund Ruud	4,000
	Afternoon record battle	2	95 metres (312 ft) by Sigmund Ruud (WR fall) 92 metres (302 ft) by Birger Ruud (WR)

1934: Snow cement invention

At the 1934 nationals championships opening event, "snow cement" which hardens the snow, was used for the first time in the world by Ivan Rožman, the original hill constructor. He invented it by combining salammoniac and salt.[1]

National Championships

On 4 February 1934 Bloudkova velikanka hill was officially opened with national championships of Kingdom of Yugoslavia infront of 2,500 people. Norwegian Jahr had honour of opening jump and he landed at 55 metres. And Franc Palme (not to be confused with German ski jumper Heinz Palme) became the national champion of King. of Yugoslavia, with national record at 60 metres.[2][3]

Opening competition

14:30 PM — 4 February 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib	Name	Country	Distance
Opening jump
1	Jahr	Norway	55 m
First round
2	Bogo Šramel	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	50 m
3	Rado Istenič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	55 m
4	Zupan	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	50 m
5	Tone Dečman	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	56 m
6	Milan Šubic	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	48 m
7	Edo Bevc	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	55 m
8	Gregor Klančnik	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	40 m
9	Albin Jakopič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	50.5 m
10	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	55 m
11	Rudolf Hunger	Nazi Germany	54 m
Trial jump 2
12	Jahr	Norway	62 m
Second round
13	Bogo Šramel	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	54 m
14	Rado Istenič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	56 m
15	Zupan	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	50 m
16	Tone Dečman	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	62.5 m
17	Edo Bevc	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	58 m
18	Gregor Klančnik	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	48 m
19	Albin Jakopič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	50.5 m
20	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	60 m
21	Rudolf Hunger	Nazi Germany	60 m

International event

On 23 March 1934 first training was held before international event in excellent weather conditions. A few hill records were set that day with Gregor Höll hill record at 83 metres.[4][5]

On 24 March 1934 second training before international event was held. Sigmund Ruud improved hill record at 85.5 metres and Birger Ruud crashed at 87 metres world record distance.[6]

On 25 March 1934 two different events were held with 14 total of competitors from Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Austria and Norway infront of over 4,000 people. First international competition started noon, later as scheduled due to special train delay with two rounds. At 1:00 PM second part, jumps outside of competition started, when Birger Ruud set the world record distance at 92 metres in the last round.[7][8][9][10]

First official training

Afternoon — 23 March 1934 — order of jumps not available

Bib	Name	Country	Distance
N/A	Oyvind Alstad	Norway	63 m
	Per G. Jonson	Norway	67 m
	Reidar Hoff	Norway	69 m
	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	69 m
	Olav Ulland	Norway	70 m
	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	70 m
	Randmod Sørensen	Norway	72 m
	Birger Ruud	Norway	79 m
	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	82 m
	Gregor Höll	Austria	83 m
	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	49 m
	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	58 m
	Bogo Šramel	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	60 m
	Rado Istenič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	63 m

Second official training

Afternoon — 24 March 1934 — order of jumps not available

Bib	Name	Country	Distance
N/A	Oyvind Alstad	Norway	+70 m
	Per G. Jonson	Norway	+70 m
	Reidar Hoff	Norway	+70 m
	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	+70 m
	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	+70 m
	Randmod Sørensen	Norway	+70 m
	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	+70 m
	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	+70 m
	Bogo Šramel	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	+70 m
	Rado Istenič	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	+70 m
	Olav Ulland	Norway	83 m
	Gregor Höll	Austria	85 m
	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	85.5 m
	Birger Ruud	Norway	87 m

International competition

12:00 PM — 25 March 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib	Name	Country	Distance
First round
1	Walter Weissenbacher	Austria	57 m
2	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	69 m
3	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	55 m
4	Reidar Hoff	Norway	63 m
5	Randmod Sørensen	Norway	71 m
6	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	68.5 m
7	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	48 m
8	Birger Ruud	Norway	69 m
9	Oyvind Alstad	Norway	59 m
10	Per G. Jonson	Norway	71 m
11	Gustl Mayer	Austria	59 m
12	Gregor Höll	Austria	74 m
13	Olav Ulland	Norway	71 m
14	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	71 m
Second round
15	Walter Weissenbacher	Austria	63 m
16	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	82 m
17	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	66 m
18	Reidar Hoff	Norway	58 m
19	Randmod Sørensen	Norway	75 m
20	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	86.5 m
21	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	57.5 m
22	Birger Ruud	Norway	79 m
23	Oyvind Alstad	Norway	66 m
24	Per G. Jonson	Norway	80 m
25	Gustl Mayer	Austria	60 m
26	Gregor Höll	Austria	81 m
27	Olav Ulland	Norway	76 m
28	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	71 m

Non-competition event

brothers Sigmund and Birger Ruud (heroes of Planica 1934)

Afternoon battle for the record jump

13:00 PM — 25 March 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib	Name	Country	Distance
First round
1	Walter Weissenbacher	Austria	71 m
2	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	74 m
3	Gustl Mayer	Austria	66 m
4	Randmod Sörensen	Norway	78 m
5	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	67 m
6	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	64 m
7	Reidar Hoff	Norway	70 m
8	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	79 m
9	Olav Ulland	Norway	76 m
10	Oyvind Alstad	Norway	78 m
11	Per G. Jonson	Norway	84 m
12	Gregor Höll	Austria	89 m
13	Birger Ruud	Norway	86 m
14	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	95 m
Second round
15	Walter Weissenbacher	Austria	65 m
16	Sigmund Guttormsen	Norway	85.5 m
17	Birger Ruud	Norway	92 m
18	Gregor Höll	Austria	84.5 m
19	Per G. Jonson	Norway	88.5 m
20	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	87 m
21	Reidar Hoff	Norway	78 m
22	Albin Novšak	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	66 m
23	Franc Palme	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	65.5 m

     World record not recognized. Crash!
     Hill record!
     World record!
     Fall or touch!

Official results

International competition 25 March 1934 Rank Name Points 1 Birger Ruud 218.2 2 Sigmund Ruud 217.2 3 Gregor Höll 214.7 4 Olav Ulland 209.1 5 Randmod Sørensen 205.5 6 Per G. Jonson 203.0 7 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 201.3 8 Oyvind Alstad 179.7 9 Reidar Hoff 179.5 10 Walter Weissenbacher 171.2 11 Gustl Mayer 164.3 12 Sigmund Guttormsen 154.5 13 Albin Novšak 154.1 14 Franc Palme 130.3

National Championships 4 February 1934 Rank Name Points 1 Franc Palme 136.5 2 Rado Istenič 134.6 3 Gregor Klančnik 109.7 4 Rudolf Hunger 99.4 5 Bogo Šramel 95.4 6 Albin Jakopič 91.4 7 Tone Dečman 68.6 8 Edo Bevc 65.8

Ski jumping world records

Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
24 March 1934	Birger Ruud	Norway	87	285
25 March 1934	Gregor Höll	Austria	89	292
25 March 1934	Sigmund Ruud	Norway	95	312
25 March 1934	Birger Ruud	Norway	92	302

     Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References

1. Enciklopedija Slovenije. (1997). Knjiga 10. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.
2. "Športna nedelja: Dan sonca in zmag v Planici, p.5" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 5 February 1934.
3. "Paberki z velike tekme Planici, p.3" (in Slovenian). Slovenski narod. 5 February 1934.
4. "Sport: V Planici padajo rekordi, p.7" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 24 March 1934.
5. "Sport: V Planici padajo rekordi, p.7" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 24 March 1934.
6. "Sport: Višek smučarske sezone, p.14" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 25 March 1934.
7. "Svetovni rekordi na naših tleh, p.1" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 26 March 1934.
8. "Sport: Junaki zraka, p.5" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 27 March 1934.
9. "Leteča Norvešana sta zmagala, p.1" (in Slovenian). Slovenski narod. 26 March 1934.
10. "Birger Ruud je skočil 92 metrov: Rezultati, p.1" (in Slovenian). Ponedeljski Slovenec. 26 March 1934.