FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1972

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.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1972
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K165
Date25 March 1972
Competitors48 from 14 nations
Winning score427.5
Medalists
gold medal Walter Steiner    Switzerland
silver medal Heinz Wossipiwo   East Germany
bronze medal Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
22 March 1972  Hill test2canceled due to warm weather —
24 March 1972  Official training3162 metres (531 ft) by Juhani Ruotsalainen20,000
25 March 1972  Competition, Day 13158 metres (518 ft) by Walter Steiner40,000
26 March 1972  Competition, Day 21153 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

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).[4]

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.[5]

Official training

10:00 AM — 24 March 1972 — Two rounds — chronological order incomplete

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD Points
143East Germany Heinz Wossipiwo153.0 m148.0 m 408.0
256Switzerland Walter Steiner148.0 m163.0 m 399.0
3 57 Finland Juhani Ruotsalainen 162.0 m 129.0 m 395.0
4 23 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Doležal 132.0 m 154.0 m 394.0
5 24 East Germany Henry Glaß 130.0 m 153.0 m 394.0
6 14 Czechoslovakia Jaromír Liďák 138.0 m 145.0 m 390.5
753Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška143.0 m138.0 m 390.5
8 36 Czechoslovakia Karel Kodejška 153.0 m 128.0 m 390.0
9 38 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar 145.0 m 129.0 m 379.0
10 5 East Germany Dietmar Aschenbach 129.0 m 137.0 m 367.5
11 48 East Germany Manfred Wolf 155.0 m 128.0 m 362.0
12 40 Switzerland Josef Zehnder 126.0 m 129.0 m 357.0
13 42 Austria Reinhold Bachler 126.0 m 129.0 m 356.5
14 58 Austria Max Golser 122.0 m 133.0 m 352.5
15 4 Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivannikov 133.0 m 115.0 m 352.5
16 45 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec 129.0 m 120.0 m 350.0
17 55 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič 120.0 m 127.0 m 345.5
18 16 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 113.0 m 140.0 m 345.5
19 46 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 129.0 m 119.0 m 342.5
20 11 Soviet Union Anatoliy Zheglanov 131.0 m 120.0 m 342.0
21 54 Poland Adam Krzysztofiak 116.0 m 124.0 m 342.0
22 51 Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov 119.0 m 119.0 m 340.0
23 26 Austria Rudi Wanner 120.0 m 123.0 m 338.5
24 34 Norway Odd Grette 122.0 m 109.0 m 329.5
25 49 Canada Peter Wilson 116.0 m 114.0 m 329.0
26 2 Finland Seppo Hyvönen 111.0 m 116.0 m 328.5
27 31 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 110.0 m 123.0 m 327.5
28 28 Japan Seiji Aochi 108.0 m 116.0 m 322.0
29 3 Norway Jan Stenbeck 111.0 m 112.0 m 321.5
30 50 Norway Frithjof Prydz 104.0 m 110.0 m 318.5
31 30 Soviet Union Koba Zakadze N/A N/A N/A
32 37 Poland Wojciech Fortuna N/A N/A 311.0
33 20 Austria Ernst Kröll N/A N/A N/A
34 39 Finland Keijo Laiho N/A N/A 305.5
35 12 Norway Knut Kongsgård N/A N/A 303.0
36 33 Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš N/A N/A 302.0
37 17 Finland Seppo Reijonen N/A N/A 298.5
38 47 West Germany Ernst Wursthorn N/A N/A 294.5
39 15 Canada Slawomir Kardas N/A N/A 395.5
40 9 Austria Hans Wallner N/A N/A 284.5
44 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Jurman N/A N/A 277.0
45 13 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Drago Pudgar N/A N/A 274.5
N/A 6 United States Scott Mc Neill N/A N/A N/A
N/A 7 Poland Tadeusz Pawlusiak N/A N/A N/A
N/A 8 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila N/A N/A N/A
N/A 10 Japan Mineyuki Mashiko N/A N/A N/A
N/A 18 Switzerland Heinrich Müller N/A N/A N/A
N/A 19 Japan Akitsugu Konno N/A N/A N/A
N/A 21 United States Greg Windsperger N/A N/A N/A
N/A 22 Poland Daniel Gasienica N/A N/A N/A
N/A 25 Canada Zdenek Mezl N/A N/A N/A
N/A 27 Austria Hans Millonig N/A N/A N/A
N/A 29 Italy Ezio Damolin N/A N/A N/A
N/A 32 West Germany Alfred Grosche N/A N/A N/A
N/A 35 United States Ron Steele N/A N/A N/A
N/A 41 Japan Yukio Kasaya N/A N/A N/A
N/A 44 United States Greg Swor N/A N/A N/A
N/A 52 Italy Albino Bazzana N/A N/A N/A

Official results

10:00 AM — 25 March 1972 — Two rounds — chronological order incomplete

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)44Switzerland Walter Steiner155.0 m158.0 m 427.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)47East Germany Heinz Wossipiwo146.0 m142.0 m 395.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)37Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška144.0 m130.0 m 379.0
4 36 Finland Juhani Ruotsalainen 131.0 m 140.0 m 376.5
5 5 Czechoslovakia Jaromír Liďák 134.0 m 133.0 m 372.0
6 23 East Germany Manfred Wolf 124.0 m 137.0 m 361.5
7 22 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 131.0 m 124.0 m 361.0
8 10 Norway Jan Stenbeck 123.0 m 132.0 m 359.0
9 6 East Germany Dietmar Aschenbach 130.0 m 130.0 m 357.0
10 35 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič 122.0 m 125.0 m 347.0
11 28 Norway Odd Grette 120.0 m 123.0 m 345.0
12 9 East Germany Henry Glaß 123.0 m 122.0 m 344.0
13 27 Japan Seiji Aochi 132.0 m 131.0 m 340.5
14 16 Soviet Union Anatoliy Zheglanov 126.0 m 142.0 m 340.0
15 12 Austria Rudi Wanner 113.0 m 129.0 m 339.5
16 33 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Doležal 142.0 m 129.0 m 338.5
17 40 Norway Frithjof Prydz 114.0 m 120.0 m 337.5
18 17 Japan Akitsugu Konno 115.0 m 120.0 m 334.0
19 11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec 110.0 m 121.0 m 328.5
20 26 Poland Wojciech Fortuna 114.0 m 117.0 m 328.0
21 43 Japan Yukio Kasaya 133.0 m 119.0 m 327.5
22 39 Canada Peter Wilson 123.0 m 111.0 m 326.0
23 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 104.0 m 131.0 m 325.5
24 7 Japan Mineyuki Mashiko 106.0 m 118.0 m 315.5
25 18 Switzerland Heinrich Müller 104.0 m 120.0 m 315.0
26 42 Poland Adam Krzysztofiak 125.0 m 117.0 m 314.0
27 34 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar 122.0 m 119.0 m 309.5
28 30 Finland Seppo Hyvönen 109.0 m 103.0 m 308.5
29 2 Norway Knut Kongsgård 98.0 m 115.0 m 307.5
30 24 Austria Max Golser 100.0 m 115.0 m 306.5
31 3 Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivannikov 106.0 m 109.0 m 306.5
32 13 Finland Seppo Reijonen 100.0 m 110.0 m 306.0
33 29 Switzerland Josef Zehnder 115.0 m 103.0 m 299.5
34 8 Austria Ernst Kröll 103.0 m 113.0 m 299.0
35 21 United States Ron Steele 104.0 m 102.0 m 297.0
36 4 Finland Keijo Laiho 96.0 m 106.0 m 296.5
37 20 Czechoslovakia Karel Kodejška 109.0 m 122.0 m 295.5
38 15 Canada Slawomir Kardas 95.0 m 105.0 m 289.0
39 48 Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov 117.0 m 100.0 m 287.0
40 25 West Germany Ernst Wursthorn 102.0 m 100.0 m 284.0
41 45 Austria Reinhold Bachler 111.0 m 114.0 m 263.0
42 41 West Germany Alfred Grosche 116.0 m 112.0 m 260.0
43 32 Italy Ezio Damolin 90.0 m — 101.0
N/A 14 United States Greg Windsperger N/A N/A N/A
N/A 19 Poland Daniel Gasienica N/A N/A N/A
N/A 31 Canada Zdenek Mezl N/A N/A N/A
N/A 38 United States Greg Swor N/A N/A N/A
N/A 46 Italy Albino Bazzana N/A N/A N/A

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Switzerland (SUI)1001
2 East Germany (GDR)0101
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

References
  1. "Bitka na skakalnici, p.10" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1972.
  2. "Prvi dan - Wosipivo, p.7" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1972.
  3. "Vsi razpoloženi, p.10" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1972.
  4. "Steiner sega po zlatu, p.1,14" (in Slovenian). Delo (Sunday Edition). 26 March 1972.
  5. "Konec v vetru, p.1,3" (in Slovenian). Delo. 27 March 1972.
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