FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994
Introduction The '''FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1994''' took place on 20 March 1994 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fourth time. It also counted for World Cup. They previously hosted the championships as being part of Yugoslavia in 1972, 1979 and 1985.This was the first large international sporting event in Slovenia after they declared its independence in 1991 following the Ten-Day War.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors17 March 1994   Hill test 2 203 metres (666 ft) by Toni Nieminen N/A 18 March 1994   Official Training 2 209 metres (686 ft) by Espen Bredesen 20,00019 March 1994   Competition, Day 1  — ''canceled; strong wind, no jumps at all'' 40,00020 March 1994   Competition, Day 2 3 199 metres (653 ft) by Roberto Cecon 30,000
All jumps over 200 metres '''Chronological order:'''*202 metres (663 ft) – 17 March – Andreas Goldberger, WR crash (1RD, Practise)*203 metres (666 ft) – 17 March – Toni Nieminen WR (1RD, Practice)*202 metres (663 ft) – 17 March – Andreas Goldberger (2RD, Practise)*207 metres (679 ft) – 18 March – Christof Duffner WR crash (1RD, Official training)*209 metres (686 ft) – 18 March – Espen Bredesen WR (1RD, Official training)*201 metres (659 ft) – 18 March – Andreas Goldberger (2RD, Official training)*200 metres (656 ft) – 18 March – Jaroslav Sakala (2RD, Official training)
Fair play Espen Bredesen (172 and 182 m) switched his silver medal with Roberto Cecon (160 and 199 m) bronze at the press conference after medal ceremony, as he deserved it more due to the rule which didn't allow to score jumps exceeding 191 metres.
Historic 200 metres barrier broken On 17 March 1994 sports history was made. Austrian ski jumper Andreas Goldberger became the first person in history to jump over  barrier, but it didn't count, as he touched the snow with his hands at  during practice. On the same day and also in the first round, just a few minutes later after Goldi, Finnish ski jumper Toni Nieminen made a history and officially became the first person to land on his feet over  when he stood at .
Competition On 17 March 1994 practise session with 36 on start in two rounds was on schedule with historic 200 metres barrier broken and started with WR by test jumper Martin Höllwarth at 196 metres. But Miran Tepeš was honoured to be the first, landing at 163 metres.On 18 March 1994 official training in front of 20,000 people with two rounds were on schedule and third round was canceled due to strong wind. Before that 15 trial V-jumpers made practise test jumps. In the first round Christof Duffner crashed from a huge height at 207 metres (679 ft) metres world record distance. About 15 minutes later Espen Bredesen set the third and last world record that year at 209 metres (686 ft).On 19 March 1994 first day of competition was on schedule but canceled due to strong. Unfortunate to 40,000 people visiting the event, crowd was very disappointed as they didn't manage to see a single jump that day.On 20 March 1994 second day of competition was on schedule in front of 30,000 people and without any weather problems. The event marked the last time the 191 meters rule—jumps that exceeded the distance points didn't register further—was in use. At the time the single day event also counted for World Cup points and statistics. Only 2 of 4 jumps counted into final results. Czech Jaroslav Sakala became the world champion.===Practise===13:00 PM — 17 March 1994 — incompleteBibName 1RD2RD'''Test jumpers''' P1  Miran Tepeš 163.0 m N/A P2  Tomaž Knafelj N/A N/A P3  Aljoša Dolhar 180.0 m N/A P12  Martin Höllwarth 196.0 m N/A'''Competitors''' 42  Andreas Goldberger 202.0 m 202.0 m 57  Toni Nieminen 203.0 m 173.0 m N/A  Jani Soininen 159.0 m 178.0 m N/A  Janne Ahonen 190.0 m 168.0 m N/A  Jure Žagar 156.0 m 152.0 m N/A  Matjaž Kladnik 172.0 m 165.0 m N/A  Espen Bredesen 174.0 m 188.0 m N/A  Kurt Børset 166.0 m 167.0 m N/A  Jaroslav Sakala 170.0 m N/A N/A  Werner Haim N/A 181.0 m N/A  Roar Ljøkelsøy N/A 179.0 m N/A Back N/A 180.0 m===Official training===9:00 AM trial round — 18 March 1994 — incomplete — 43 on start listBibName 1RD2RD 7  Noriaki Kasai 174.0 m N/A 9  Jure Žagar 149.0 m 149.0 m 11  Toni Nieminen 187.0 m N/A 14  Roberto Cecon N/A 193.0 m 17  Christof Duffner 207.0 m N/A 18  Matjaž Zupan 112.0 m 124.0 m 20  Espen Bredesen 209.0 m N/A 25  Werner Rathmayr N/A 181.0 m 32  Matjaž Kladnik 167.0 m 152.0 m 36  Andreas Goldberger  — 201.0 m 37  Jaroslav Sakala 183.0 m 200.0 m 39  Samo Gostiša 125.0 m 135.0 m N/A  Jérôme Gay 146.0 m N/A N/A  Nicolas Jean-Prost 174.0 m N/A N/A  Dejan Jekovec 124.0 m 94.0 m N/A  Gerd Siegmund 186.0 m N/A N/A  Jinya Nishikata 188.0 m N/A N/A  Lasse Ottesen N/A 176.0 m
Official results 10:00 AM — 20 March 1994 — Two rounds — chronological orderRank BibName D2 (20 March 1994)Points1RD 2RD    37  Jaroslav Sakala 189.0 m 185.0 m '''351.3'''   20  Espen Bredesen 172.0 m 182.0 m '''329.8'''   14  Roberto Cecon 160.0 m  '''324.7'''   17  Christof Duffner 159.0 m 148.0 m '''266.4'''   4  Lasse Ottesen 177.0 m 129.0 m '''263.2'''   38  Stephan Zünd 150.0 m 140.0 m '''252.5'''   11  Toni Nieminen 139.0 m 156.0 m '''248.0'''   42  Kurt Børset 122.0 m 167.0 m '''245.3'''   23  Jani Soininen 138.0 m 149.0 m '''239.4'''    Hansjörg Jäkle 129.0 m 153.0 m '''237.4'''   2  Takanobu Okabe  95.0 m '''235.2'''   5  Janne Ahonen 120.0 m 159.0 m '''228.8'''   36  Andreas Goldberger 141.0 m 128.0 m '''221.3'''   43  Janne Väätäinen 126.0 m 146.0 m '''216.9'''    Sylvain Freiholz 123.0 m 139.0 m '''213.4'''   19  Werner Haim 119.0 m 132.0 m '''203.9'''    Ivo Pertile 137.0 m 124.0 m '''201.2'''    Tad Langlois 128.0 m 125.0 m '''195.6'''   7  Noriaki Kasai 153.0 m 109.0 m '''177.9'''   24  Tomáš Goder 120.0 m 117.0 m '''177.4'''  33  Nicolas Jean-Prost 131.0 m 106.0 m '''177.4'''   13  Jinya Nishikata 168.0 m 95.0 m '''170.6'''    Sepp Zehnder 118.0 m 110.0 m '''170.2'''   25  Werner Rathmayr 114.0 m 115.0 m '''168.3'''    Bruno Reuteler 108.0 m 116.0 m '''162.8'''   35  Gerd Siegmund 115.0 m 113.0 m '''161.1'''   18  Matjaž Zupan 108.0 m 116.0 m '''156.3'''   22  Jakub Sucháček 109.0 m 115.0 m '''156.3'''    Didier Mollard 112.0 m 106.0 m '''147.1'''   32  Matjaž Kladnik 114.0 m 101.0 m '''144.0'''    Naoki Yasuzaki 102.0 m 110.0 m '''139.4'''    Hiroya Saito 103.0 m 108.0 m '''137.7'''    Andreas Beck 95.0 m 117.0 m '''136.4'''    Samo Gostiša 112.0 m 96.0 m '''131.1'''    John Lockyer 103.0 m 110.0 m '''128.6'''    Jérôme Gay 101.0 m 101.0 m '''122.4'''    Vladimír Roško 98.0 m 102.0 m '''120.5'''    Ken Lesja 99.0 m 99.0 m '''115.1'''   8  Kakhaber Tsakadze 88.0 m 94.0 m '''99.4'''    Jure Žagar 83.0 m 100.0 m '''95.6'''   30  Johan Rasmussen 124.0 m 80.0 m '''94.8'''   34  Roar Ljøkelsøy 94.0 m 77.0 m '''76.7'''    Jeremy Blackburn 85.0 m — '''39.0''' Points were officially scored maximum as 191 metres jump. World record. First official over 200 metres. Crash at world record distance. World record. Fall.
Ski flying world records DateNameCountryMetresFeet17 March 1994    Martin Höllwarth   196 64317 March 1994    Andreas Goldberger   202 66317 March 1994    Toni Nieminen   203 66618 March 1994    Christof Duffner   207 67918 March 1994    Espen Bredesen   209 686 Not recognized! Touch. First ever jump over 200 metres in history. First official (standing) jump over 200 metres in history.
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