FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1985 was held between 16 and 17 March in Planica, Yugoslavia. This was the third record time hosting world championships after 1972 and 1979.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185
Date16–17 March 1985
Competitors44 from 13 nations
Winning score580.5
Medalists
gold medal Matti Nykänen   Finland
silver medal Jens Weißflog   East Germany
bronze medal Pavel Ploc   Czechoslovakia

The attendance at Planica was an all-time record, with a total of 150,000 people in three days: 20,000 people in training, 80,000 on the first day and 50,000 on the second day of the competition.

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
13 March 1985  Hill test2173 metres (568 ft) by Matjaž DebelakN/A
14 March 1985  Hill test 22158 metres (518 ft) by Matjaž DebelakN/A
15 March 1985  Official training3191 metres (627 ft) by Matti Nykänen20,000
16 March 1985  Individual, Day 13190 metres (623 ft) by Matti Nykänen80,000
17 March 1985  Individual, Day 22187 metres (614 ft) by Matti Nykänen50,000

All jumps over 190 metres

Chronological order:

Competition

On 13 March 1985 premiere hill test was on schedule. Yugoslavian ski jumper Branko Dolhar had honour to be the first. Distance of the day was set by Matjaž Debelak at 173 metres.[1]

On 14 March 1985 second hill test or unofficial training was on schedule with ten Yugoslavian trial jumpers who made 20 jumps in total. Matjaž Debelak set the longest distance at 158 metres.[2]

On 15 March 1985 official training in three rounds was on schedule with no qualifying. Three world records were set: Mike Holland in 1st round with 186 metres. Matti Nykänen broke the record short after with 187 in first and 191 metres in 2nd round.[3]

On 16 March 1985 first day of championships with three rounds in competition on schedule in front of 80,000 people, a record Planica daily crowd and still one of the most visited ski jumping events ever. They saw Nykänen's 190 metres jump in the first round.

On 17 March 1985 second and final day of world championships with only two rounds in competition, because the last round was canceled. Nykänen totally dominated with two world records and became world champion.

Hill test

Morning — 13 March 1985 — Two rounds — chronological order not available

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar165.0 m135.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Lotrič112.0 m130.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleš Peljhan164.0 m160.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Kešar109.0 m112.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Globočnik155.0 mN/A
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krištof Gašpirc130.0 m133.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Iztok Melin127.0 m120.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vili Tepeš120.0 m126.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Štirn158.0 mN/A
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matjaž Debelak173.0 mN/A
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Slatnar112.0 mN/A
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borut Dolenc135.0 mN/A
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jože Verdev130.0 mN/A

Official training

Trial jumpers — 15 March 1985 — chronological order not available

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matjaž Debelak145.0 m185.0 m—
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasja Bajc139.0 m——
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleš Peljhan139.0 m——
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jože Verdev128.0 m128.0 m142.0 m
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Globočnik122.0 m117.0 m—
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Kešar118.0 m——
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krištof Gašpirc117.0 m116.0 m—
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Iztok Melin106.0 m——
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vili Tepeš94.0 m——
N/ASocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Štirn122.0 m—154.0 m

11:00 AM — Competitors — 15 March 1985 — incomplete chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Competitors
3United States Mark Konopacke118.0 m117.0 m133.0 m
4United States Mike Holland186.0 m175.0 m159.0 m
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matjaž Žagar 168.0 m167.0 m—
16 Austria Ernst Vettori 144.0 m162.0 m154.0 m
18 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomaž Dolar 120.0 m136.0 m137.0 m
26Finland Matti Nykänen187.0 m191.0 m172.0 m
28 Austria Franz Wiegele 158.0 m173.0 m159.0 m
34 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borut Mur 95.0 m119.0 m124.0 m
36East Germany Klaus Ostwald124.0 m139.0 m129.0 m
41 Poland Piotr Fijas 128.0 m171.0 m143.0 m
42Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miran Tepeš129.0 m175.0 m164.0 m
43Norway Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl174.0 m176.0 m154.0 m
44Czechoslovakia Pavel Ploc129.0 m121.0 m151.0 m
46East Germany Jens Weißflog138.0 m175.0 m152.0 m
49Norway Per Bergerud121.0 m159.0 m151.0 m
N/ACzechoslovakia Ladislav Dluhoš—143.0 m141.0 m
N/AFinland Tuomo Ylipulli169.0 m168.0 m161.0 m
N/ACzechoslovakia Vladimír Podzimek143.0 m150.0 m149.0 m
N/AAustria Richard Schallert158.0 m153.0 m—
N/AWest Germany Thomas Klauser131.0 m167.0 m—
N/AFinland Jukka Kalso119.0 m149.0 m135.0 m
N/ANorway Steinar Bråten109.0 m144.0 m146.0 m
N/A Austria Andreas Felder 159.0 m134.0 m156.0 m
N/A Austria Franz Neuländtner 125.0 m173.0 m140.0 m
N/A East Germany Ulf Findeisen 149.0 m159.0 m132.0 m
N/A Czechoslovakia Jiří Parma 119.0 m157.0 m151.0 m
N/A Norway Hroar Stjernen 128.0 m133.0 m151.0 m
N/A Switzerland Gérard Balanche 129.0 m143.0 m147.0 m
N/A Finland Mika Kojonkoski —147.0 m156.0 m
N/A Norway Trond Jøran Pedersen 150.0 m164.0 m151.0 m
N/A West Germany Lorenz Wegscheider 132.0 m126.0 m118.0 m
N/A United States Zane Palmer 131.0 m144.0 m134.0 m
N/A United States Chris Hastings 116.0 m153.0 m139.0 m
N/A Poland Tadeusz Fijas 124.0 m146.0 m144.0 m
N/A East Germany Raimund Litschko 102.0 m151.0 m128.0 m
N/A France Gérard Colin 132.0 m150.0 m141.0 m
N/A Finland Kimmo Kylmäaho 126.0 m148.0 m118.0 m
N/A West Germany Uli Boll 98.0 m131.0 m123.0 m
N/A France Frédéric Berger 118.0 m141.0 m131.0 m
N/A Czechoslovakia Miroslav Polák 157.0 m167.0 m150.0 m
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga 134.0 m128.0 m123.0 m
N/A Switzerland Pascal Reymond 104.0 m131.0 m134.0 m
N/A West Germany Thomas Haßlberger 92.0 m102.0 m—
N/A France Patrick Dubiez 112.0 m148.0 m125.0 m
N/A United States Rick Mewborn 123.0 m131.0 m147.0 m
N/A Spain Bernat Solà 106.0 m105.0 m124.0 m
N/A Italy Sandro Sambugaro 125.0 m122.0 m111.0 m
N/A Italy Massimo Rigoni 117.0 m—104.0 m
N/A Italy Roberto Varutti 111.0 m122.0 m114.0 m
N/A France Eric Brèche 109.0 m109.0 m106.0 m

Official results

3 of 5 best jumps counted. Two best from first day and the best one from second day. The last 6th round was canceled.[4]

Rank Bib
(D1)		 Bib
(D2)		 Name D1 (16 March 1985) D2 (17 March 1985) Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD 5RD
1st place, gold medalist(s)1144Finland Matti Nykänen190.0 m174.0 m180.0 m187.0 m186.0 m 580.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1543East Germany Jens Weißflog164.0 m174.0 m170.0 m168.0 m166.0 m 531.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1742Czechoslovakia Pavel Ploc169.0 m169.0 m158.0 m142.0 m173.0 m 524.0
43136East Germany Klaus Ostwald98.0 m166.0 m159.0 m180.0 m155.0 m 517.0
5741Czechoslovakia Ladislav Dluhoš170.0 m165.0 m133.0 m168.0 m153.0 m 515.0
63540Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miran Tepeš167.0 m161.0 m164.0 m143.0 m164.0 m 511.5
7135Finland Tuomo Ylipulli168.0 m161.0 m145.0 m144.0 m173.0 m 510.5
83338West Germany Thomas Klauser166.0 m158.0 m162.0 m157.0 m165.0 m 509.0
2037United States Mike Holland164.0 m164.0 m164.0 m170.0 m169.0 m 509.0
101231Norway Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl165.0 m157.0 m145.0 m170.0 m153.0 m 508.5
111939Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga144.0 m169.0 m163.0 m124.0 m151.0 m 490.5
122730*Norway Per Bergerud164.0 m158.0 m139.0 m157.0 m159.0 m 481.5
13 3228 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matjaž Žagar 151.0 m 163.0 m 153.0 m 158.0 m 141.0 m 480.5
14 2134 Poland Piotr Fijas 159.0 m 165.0 m 152.0 m 133.0 m 151.0 m 477.0
15 4426 Austria Andreas Felder 162.0 m 151.0 m 105.0 m 163.0 m 134.0 m 476.0
1029* Austria Franz Neuländtner 159.0 m 145.0 m 162.0 m 154.0 m 139.0 m 476.0
17 3627 East Germany Ulf Findeisen 110.0 m 166.0 m 152.0 m 117.0 m 153.0 m 473.5
18 2232 Czechoslovakia Jiří Parma 143.0 m 159.0 m 153.0 m 140.0 m 146.0 m 472.5
19 923 Norway Hroar Stjernen 102.0 m 145.0 m 153.0 m 142.0 m 159.0 m 461.0
20 1625* Austria Ernst Vettori 165.0 m 140.0 m 136.0 m 142.0 m 153.0 m 460.5
21 3433 Austria Franz Wiegele 164.0 m 162.0 m 153.0 m 160.0 m — 453.5
22 4224* Switzerland Gérard Balanche 157.0 m 141.0 m 147.0 m 138.0 m 142.0 m 445.0
23 2521* Finland Mika Kojonkoski 145.0 m 141.0 m 138.0 m 163.0 m 158.0 m 443.5
24 2422 Norway Trond Jøran Pedersen 139.0 m 145.0 m 142.0 m 150.0 m 152.0 m 437.0
25 1818 West Germany Lorenz Wegscheider 141.0 m 138.0 m 123.0 m 136.0 m 156.0 m 428.0
26 620* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomaž Dolar 135.0 m 151.0 m 124.0 m 142.0 m 135.0 m 422.0
27 213 United States Zane Palmer 135.0 m 135.0 m 136.0 m 130.0 m 156.0 m 420.0
28 4017 United States Chris Hastings 141.0 m 140.0 m 131.0 m 128.0 m 143.0 m 410.0
29 2619 Poland Tadeusz Fijas 140.0 m 145.0 m 122.0 m 136.0 m 113.0 m 408.0
30 515 East Germany Raimund Litschko 126.0 m 143.0 m 124.0 m 142.0 m 140.0 m 407.5
31 312* France Gérard Colin 134.0 m 132.0 m 132.0 m 118.0 m 148.0 m 403.5
32 3816 Finland Kimmo Kylmäaho 129.0 m 122.0 m 142.0 m 136.0 m 122.0 m 398.5
33 3710 West Germany Uli Boll 136.0 m 132.0 m 125.0 m 139.0 m 134.0 m 390.5
34 2711* France Frédéric Berger 133.0 m 134.0 m 132.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 390.0
35 435* Czechoslovakia Miroslav Polák 113.0 m 128.0 m 122.0 m 118.0 m 151.0 m 389.5
2914 Switzerland Pascal Reymond 122.0 m 136.0 m 135.0 m 124.0 m 129.0 m 389.5
37 44 West Germany Thomas Haßlberger 117.0 m 132.0 m 107.0 m 142.0 m 153.0 m 385.0
38 149 France Patrick Dubiez 132.0 m 131.0 m 122.0 m 122.0 m 136.0 m 381.0
39 308 United States Rick Mewborn 122.0 m 119.0 m 133.0 m 120.0 m 139.0 m 378.0
40 236* Spain Bernat Solà 125.0 m 123.0 m 125.0 m 128.0 m 140.0 m 375.5
41 87 Italy Sandro Sambugaro 128.0 m 128.0 m 111.0 m 129.0 m 131.0 m 368.5
42 133 Italy Massimo Rigoni 121.0 m 109.0 m 117.0 m 124.0 m 117.0 m 345.0
43 282 Italy Roberto Varutti 106.0 m 115.0 m 120.0 m 102.0 m 108.0 m 317.5
44 391 France Eric Brèche 107.0 m 110.0 m 110.0 m 110.0 m 123.0 m 314.5

  World record!
  Didn't count into official results. The lowest scored jump of the day.

Ski flying world records
Date Name Country Metres Feet
15 March 1985   Mike Holland  United States 186 610
15 March 1985   Matti Nykänen  Finland 187 614
15 March 1985   Matti Nykänen  Finland 191 627

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

References
  1. "Prezkus je povsem uspel, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1985.
  2. "Že na treningu danes bo hud boj, p.9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 15 March 1985.
  3. "V manj kot dveh urah trije svetovni rekordi in kup državnih: Štartne številke za soboto, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1985.
  4. "Olimpijski vrstni red v Planici: Rezultati prvega dne / Rezultati drugega dne, p.1,9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1985.
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