FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1972
Introduction The '''FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1972''', the first ever ski flying world championships took place on 25 March 1972 in Planica, Yugoslavia. A total of 110,000 people has gathered in three days.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors22 March 1972   Hill test 2 ''canceled due to warm weather '' —24 March 1972   Official training 3 162 metres (531 ft) by Juhani Ruotsalainen 20,00025 March 1972   Competition, Day 1 3 158 metres (518 ft) by Walter Steiner 40,00026 March 1972   Competition, Day 2 1 153 metres (502 ft) by Jochen Danneberg (V) 50,000
Competition On 22 March 1972 hill test was originally scheduled, but hill wasn't ready yet to be used due to warm weather and was canceled. A few training jumps were performed at neighbour Bloudkova velikanka.On 24 March 1972 first ever ski flying world championships was officially opened with official training in front of 20,000 visitors. Three rounds were on schedule; trial round and two rounds for official training which would be valid as official championships final results if jumping would be impossible due to unpredicted weather conditions over the weekend competition day.On 25 March 1972 first day of competition was in progress in front of 40,000 people. Walter Steiner was leading after first day and two rounds (155 and 158 metres).On 26 March 1972 second day of competition was on schedule with crowd over 50,000 people. Competition was canceled after trial round, due to unstable wind. Results from previous day counted as official.===Official training===10:00 AM — 24 March 1972 — Two rounds — chronological order incompleteRank BibName 1RD 2RD Points 1  43  Heinz Wossipiwo 153.0 m 148.0 m 408.0 2  56  Walter Steiner 148.0 m 163.0 m 399.0  3  57 Juhani Ruotsalainen   162.0 m 129.0 m 395.0 4 23 Bohumil Doležal  132.0 m 154.0 m 394.0 5 24 Henry Glaß  130.0 m 153.0 m 394.0 6 14 Jaromír Liďák  138.0 m 145.0 m 390.57  53  Jiří Raška 143.0 m 138.0 m 390.5  8 36 Karel Kodejška  153.0 m 128.0 m 390.0 9 38 Danilo Pudgar  145.0 m 129.0 m 379.0 10 5 Dietmar Aschenbach  129.0 m 137.0 m 367.5 11 48 Manfred Wolf 155.0 m 128.0 m 362.0 12 40 Josef Zehnder  126.0 m 129.0 m 357.0 13 42 Reinhold Bachler  126.0 m 129.0 m 356.5 14 58 Max Golser  122.0 m 133.0 m 352.5 15 4 Aleksandr Ivannikov   133.0 m 115.0 m 352.5 16 45 Marjan Mesec   129.0 m 120.0 m 350.0 17 55 Peter Štefančič  120.0 m 127.0 m 345.5 18 16 Jochen Danneberg  113.0 m 140.0 m 345.5 19 46 Yury Kalinin   129.0 m 119.0 m 342.5 20 11 Anatoliy Zheglanov   131.0 m 120.0 m 342.0 21 54 Adam Krzysztofiak  116.0 m 124.0 m 342.0 22 51 Gariy Napalkov  119.0 m 119.0 m 340.0 23 26 Rudi Wanner  120.0 m 123.0 m 338.5 24 34 Odd Grette  122.0 m 109.0 m 329.5 25 49 Peter Wilson  116.0 m 114.0 m 329.0 26 2 Seppo Hyvönen  111.0 m 116.0 m 328.5 27 31 Bogdan Norčič  110.0 m 123.0 m 327.5 28 28 Seiji Aochi  108.0 m 116.0 m 322.0 29 3 Jan Stenbeck  111.0 m 112.0 m 321.5 30 50 Frithjof Prydz   104.0 m 110.0 m 318.5 31 30 Koba Zakadze   N/A N/A N/A 32 37 Wojciech Fortuna  N/A N/A 311.0 33 20 Ernst Kröll  N/A N/A N/A 34 39 Keijo Laiho  N/A N/A 305.5 35 12 Knut Kongsgård  N/A N/A 303.0 36 33 Josef Matouš  N/A N/A 302.0 37 17 Seppo Reijonen  N/A N/A 298.5 38 47 Ernst Wursthorn   N/A N/A 294.5 39 15 Slawomir Kardas  N/A N/A 395.5 40 9 Hans Wallner  N/A N/A 284.5 44 1 Janez Jurman  N/A N/A 277.0 45 13 Drago Pudgar  N/A N/A 274.5 N/A 6 Scott Mc Neill N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 Tadeusz Pawlusiak N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 Ladislav Divila N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 Mineyuki Mashiko N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 Heinrich Müller N/A N/A N/A N/A 19 Akitsugu Konno  N/A N/A N/A N/A 21 Greg Windsperger  N/A N/A N/A N/A 22 Daniel Gasienica  N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 Zdenek Mezl  N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 Hans Millonig  N/A N/A N/A N/A 29 Ezio Damolin  N/A N/A N/A N/A 32 Alfred Grosche  N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 Ron Steele  N/A N/A N/A N/A 41 Yukio Kasaya  N/A N/A N/A N/A 44 Greg Swor  N/A N/A N/A N/A 52 Albino Bazzana  N/A N/A N/A
Official results 10:00 AM — 25 March 1972 — Two rounds — chronological order incompleteRank BibName 1st round 2nd round Points   44  Walter Steiner 155.0 m 158.0 m 427.5    47  Heinz Wossipiwo 146.0 m 142.0 m 395.0   37  Jiří Raška 144.0 m 130.0 m 379.0  4  36 Juhani Ruotsalainen   131.0 m 140.0 m 376.5 5 5 Jaromír Liďák  134.0 m 133.0 m 372.0 6  23 Manfred Wolf  124.0 m 137.0 m 361.5 7  22 Yury Kalinin   131.0 m 124.0 m 361.0 8  10 Jan Stenbeck  123.0 m 132.0 m 359.0 9  6 Dietmar Aschenbach  130.0 m 130.0 m 357.0 10  35 Peter Štefančič  122.0 m 125.0 m 347.0 11 28 Odd Grette  120.0 m 123.0 m 345.0 12 9 Henry Glaß  123.0 m 122.0 m 344.0 13 27 Seiji Aochi  132.0 m131.0 m 340.5 14 16 Anatoliy Zheglanov   126.0 m142.0 m 340.0 15 12 Rudi Wanner  113.0 m 129.0 m 339.5 16 33 Bohumil Doležal 142.0 m 129.0 m 338.5 17 40 Frithjof Prydz   114.0 m 120.0 m 337.5 18 17 Akitsugu Konno   115.0 m 120.0 m 334.0 19 11 Marjan Mesec   110.0 m 121.0 m 328.5 20 26 Wojciech Fortuna  114.0 m 117.0 m 328.0 21 43 Yukio Kasaya 133.0 m   119.0 m   327.5 22 39 Peter Wilson  123.0 m   111.0 m   326.0 23 1 Bogdan Norčič  104.0 m   131.0 m   325.5 24 7 Mineyuki Mashiko  106.0 m   118.0 m   315.5 25 18 Heinrich Müller  104.0 m   120.0 m   315.0 26 42 Adam Krzysztofiak  125.0 m  117.0 m  314.0 27 34 Danilo Pudgar 122.0 m   119.0 m   309.5 28 30 Seppo Hyvönen  109.0 m   103.0 m   308.5 29 2 Knut Kongsgård  98.0 m   115.0 m   307.5 30 24 Max Golser  100.0 m   115.0 m   306.5 31 3 Aleksandr Ivannikov   106.0 m   109.0 m   306.5 32 13 Seppo Reijonen  100.0 m  110.0 m   306.0 33 29 Josef Zehnder  115.0 m   103.0 m   299.5 34 8 Ernst Kröll  103.0 m   113.0 m   299.0 35 21 Ron Steele  104.0 m   102.0 m   297.0 36 4 Keijo Laiho  96.0 m  106.0 m  296.5 37 20 Karel Kodejška  109.0 m  122.0 m   295.5 38 15 Slawomir Kardas  95.0 m   105.0 m   289.0 39 48 Gariy Napalkov  117.0 m   100.0 m   287.0 40 25 Ernst Wursthorn   102.0 m   100.0 m   284.0 41 45 Reinhold Bachler 111.0 m  114.0 m   263.0 42 41 Alfred Grosche 116.0 m 112.0 m   260.0 43 32 Ezio Damolin  90.0 m  — 101.0 N/A 14 Greg Windsperger  N/A N/A N/A N/A 19 Daniel Gasienica  N/A N/A N/A N/A 31 Zdenek Mezl  N/A N/A N/A N/A 38 Greg Swor  N/A   N/A N/A N/A 46 Albino Bazzana  N/A N/A N/A
Medal table
References
External links *  FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1972 results. - accessed 25 November 2009.