FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979
Introduction 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.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors14 March 1979   Hill test 3 158 metres (518 ft) by Janez Loštrek N/A 15 March 1979   Official Training 2 169 metres (554 ft) by František Novák 10,00016 March 1979   Competition, Day 1  — ''canceled; after 8 test jumpers due to rain'' 15,00017 March 1979   Competition, Day 2 3 179 metres (587 ft) by Axel Zitzmann (fall)171 metres (561 ft) by Ivo Zupan 40,000 18 March 1979   Competition, Day 3 3 176 metres (577 ft) by Klaus Ostwald 50,000
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.On 15 March 1979 official training in front of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain. František Novák set the distance of the day at 169 metres.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.On 17 March 1979 second day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 40,000 people. Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres. In the second round East German Axel Zitzmann crashed at world record distance at 179 metres, second round was canceled and repeated right after. Zitzmann was leading after first 2 best of 3 jumps of second day of competition.On 18 March 1979 the last day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front 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. Armin Kogler became the world champion after 4 of 6 best flights in two days of competition.===Hill test===10:00 AM — 14 March 1979 — Three rounds — test jumpers — chronological orderBibName 1RD2RD3RD P1  Križaj 142.0 m 125.0 m 108.0 m P2  Ivo Zupan 142.0 m 139.0 m 135.0 m P3  Janez Loštrek 158.0 m N/A N/A P4  Andrej Kajzer 136.0 m 135.0 m 140.0 m P5  Branko Dolhar 127.0 m 137.0 m 129.0 m P6  Bantan 112.0 m 114.0 m 95.0 m P7  Rajko Lotrič 124.0 m 119.0 m 114.0 m P8  Stanko Velikonja 123.0 m 130.0 m 125.0 m P9  Anžel 140.0 m 138.0 m 133.0 m P10  Komel 124.0 m 117.0 m 139.0 m P11  Bojan Globočnik 114.0 m 109.0 m 131.0 m   Bizjak ''binds off; stopped in middle of inrun'' P12  Sandi Čimžar 110.0 m 109.0 m 111.0 m P13  Brane Benedikt 150.0 m 116.0 m 116.0 m===Official training===15 March 1979 — 2 rounds — test — chronological order incompleteBibName 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 m15 March 1979 — 2 rounds (the first repeated) — competitors — chronological orderBibName 1RD  1RD 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 m118.0 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 m135.0 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  34 Piotr Fijas  — 151.0 m149.0 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 m120.0 m===Competition: Day 1===9:30 AM — 16 March 1979 — 3 rounds — test — chronological orderBibName 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 orderRankBibName 1RD 2RD  2RD  3RDPoints 1 10 Axel Zitzmann 156.0 m179.0 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 m141.0 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 m163.0 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 m136.0 m 337.0 11 23 Aleksey Borovitin146.0 m — 149.0 m 151.0 m 336.5 12 47 František Novák  154.0 m — 144.0 m141.0 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 Leitner130.0 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 m116.0 m120.0 m 139.0 m 319.5 20 24 Per Steinar Nordlien140.0 m — 146.0 m 142.0 m 318.5 21 43 Yuri Ivanov134.0 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 m118.0 m 310.5 24 39 Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m — 136.0 m 143.0 m 309.0 25 3 Esko Rautionaho 130.0 m148.0 m 141.0 m   307.5 26  6 Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m148.0 m 137.0 m134.0 m 301.5 27 29 Primož Ulaga 138.0 m — 139.0 m133.0 m 300.0 28 19 Takafumi Kawabata  124.0 m — 149.0 m123.0 m 297.5 29 5 Valery Savin 147.0 m148.0 m 132.0 m 135.0 m 295.5 30 36 Hansjörg Sumi126.0 m — 135.0 m 133.0 m 293.5 31 8 Yūji Kawamura  132.0 m144.0 m123.0 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   278.0 39 13 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch  130.0 m —127.0 m 126.0 m 277.0  16 Olivier Favre120.0 m — 127.0 m 127.0 m 277.0 41 1 Bjarne Næs  129.0 m147.0 m106.0 m 119.0 m 263.5 42 35 Thomas Prosser  124.0 m —101.0 m 114.0 m 258.5 43 12 Zdravko Bogataj109.0 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 m132.0 m 116.0 m112.0 m 248.0 46 26 Lido Tomasi   111.0 m — 118.0 m96.0 m 234.5 47  2 Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m117.0 m94.0 m 96.0 m 202.0===Competition: Day 3===18 March 1979 — incomplete — testBibName 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/A176.0 m18 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — competitorsRankName 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   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 scheduledRankName D2 (17 March 1979)D3 (18 March 1979)Points1RD 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   537.0 39 Roland Glas  136.0 m  129.0 m  117.0 m  114.0 m 534.0 40 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch    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 DateNameCountryMetresFeet17 March 1979   Axel Zitzmann 17958718 March 1979   Klaus Ostwald 176577 Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.
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