FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994

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.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185
Date20 March 1994
Competitors43 from 15 nations
Winning score351.3
Medalists
gold medal Jaroslav Sakala   Czech Republic
silver medal Espen Bredesen   Norway
bronze medal Roberto Cecon   Italy

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
17 March 1994  Hill test2203 metres (666 ft) by Toni NieminenN/A
18 March 1994  Official Training2209 metres (686 ft) by Espen Bredesen20,000
19 March 1994  Competition, Day 1—canceled; strong wind, no jumps at all40,000
20 March 1994  Competition, Day 23199 metres (653 ft) by Roberto Cecon30,000

All jumps over 200 metres

Chronological order:

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 200 metres (660 ft) barrier, but it didn't count, as he touched the snow with his hands at 202 metres (663 ft) during practice.[1]

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 200 metres (660 ft) when he stood at 203 metres (666 ft).[2]

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.[3] But Miran Tepeš was honoured to be the first, landing at 163 metres.[4]

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).[5][6][7]

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.[8]

Practise

13:00 PM — 17 March 1994 — incomplete

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
Test jumpers
P1Slovenia Miran Tepeš163.0 mN/A
P2Slovenia Tomaž KnafeljN/AN/A
P3Slovenia Aljoša Dolhar180.0 mN/A
P12Austria Martin Höllwarth196.0 mN/A
Competitors
42Austria Andreas Goldberger202.0 m202.0 m
57Finland Toni Nieminen203.0 m173.0 m
N/AFinland Jani Soininen159.0 m178.0 m
N/AFinland Janne Ahonen190.0 m168.0 m
N/ASlovenia Jure Žagar156.0 m152.0 m
N/ASlovenia Matjaž Kladnik172.0 m165.0 m
N/ANorway Espen Bredesen174.0 m188.0 m
N/ANorway Kurt Børset166.0 m167.0 m
N/ACzech Republic Jaroslav Sakala170.0 mN/A
N/AAustria Werner HaimN/A181.0 m
N/ANorway Roar LjøkelsøyN/A179.0 m
N/ABackN/A180.0 m

Official training

9:00 AM trial round — 18 March 1994 — incomplete — 43 on start list

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
7Japan Noriaki Kasai174.0 mN/A
9Slovenia Jure Žagar149.0 m149.0 m
11Finland Toni Nieminen187.0 mN/A
14Italy Roberto CeconN/A193.0 m
17Germany Christof Duffner207.0 mN/A
18Slovenia Matjaž Zupan112.0 m124.0 m
20Norway Espen Bredesen209.0 mN/A
25Austria Werner RathmayrN/A181.0 m
32Slovenia Matjaž Kladnik167.0 m152.0 m
36Austria Andreas Goldberger—201.0 m
37Czech Republic Jaroslav Sakala183.0 m200.0 m
39Slovenia Samo Gostiša125.0 m135.0 m
N/AFrance Jérôme Gay146.0 mN/A
N/AFrance Nicolas Jean-Prost174.0 mN/A
N/ASlovenia Dejan Jekovec124.0 m94.0 m
N/AGermany Gerd Siegmund186.0 mN/A
N/AJapan Jinya Nishikata188.0 mN/A
N/ANorway Lasse OttesenN/A176.0 m

Official results

10:00 AM — 20 March 1994 — Two rounds — chronological order[9]

Rank Bib Name D2 (20 March 1994) Points
1RD 2RD
1st place, gold medalist(s)37Czech Republic Jaroslav Sakala189.0 m185.0 m351.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)20Norway Espen Bredesen172.0 m182.0 m329.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)14Italy Roberto Cecon160.0 m199.0 m324.7
417Germany Christof Duffner159.0 m148.0 m266.4
54Norway Lasse Ottesen177.0 m129.0 m263.2
638Switzerland Stephan Zünd150.0 m140.0 m252.5
711Finland Toni Nieminen139.0 m156.0 m248.0
842Norway Kurt Børset122.0 m167.0 m245.3
923Finland Jani Soininen138.0 m149.0 m239.4
10Germany Hansjörg Jäkle129.0 m153.0 m237.4
112Japan Takanobu Okabe198.0 m95.0 m235.2
125Finland Janne Ahonen120.0 m159.0 m228.8
1336Austria Andreas Goldberger141.0 m128.0 m221.3
1443Finland Janne Väätäinen126.0 m146.0 m216.9
15Switzerland Sylvain Freiholz123.0 m139.0 m213.4
1619Austria Werner Haim119.0 m132.0 m203.9
17Italy Ivo Pertile137.0 m124.0 m201.2
18United States Tad Langlois128.0 m125.0 m195.6
197Japan Noriaki Kasai153.0 m109.0 m177.9
2024Czech Republic Tomáš Goder120.0 m117.0 m177.4
33France Nicolas Jean-Prost131.0 m106.0 m177.4
2213Japan Jinya Nishikata168.0 m95.0 m170.6
23Switzerland Sepp Zehnder118.0 m110.0 m170.2
2425Austria Werner Rathmayr114.0 m115.0 m168.3
25Switzerland Bruno Reuteler108.0 m116.0 m162.8
2635Germany Gerd Siegmund115.0 m113.0 m161.1
2718Slovenia Matjaž Zupan108.0 m116.0 m156.3
22Czech Republic Jakub Sucháček109.0 m115.0 m156.3
29France Didier Mollard112.0 m106.0 m147.1
3032Slovenia Matjaž Kladnik114.0 m101.0 m144.0
31Japan Naoki Yasuzaki102.0 m110.0 m139.4
32Japan Hiroya Saito103.0 m108.0 m137.7
33Austria Andreas Beck95.0 m117.0 m136.4
34Slovenia Samo Gostiša112.0 m96.0 m131.1
35Canada John Lockyer103.0 m110.0 m128.6
36France Jérôme Gay101.0 m101.0 m122.4
37Slovakia Vladimír Roško98.0 m102.0 m120.5
38Norway Ken Lesja99.0 m99.0 m115.1
398Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tsakadze88.0 m94.0 m99.4
40Slovenia Jure Žagar83.0 m100.0 m95.6
4130Sweden Johan Rasmussen124.0 m80.0 m94.8
4234Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy94.0 m77.0 m76.7
43Canada Jeremy Blackburn85.0 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
Date Name Country Metres Feet
17 March 1994  Martin Höllwarth Austria196643
17 March 1994  Andreas Goldberger Austria202663
17 March 1994  Toni Nieminen Finland203666
18 March 1994  Christof Duffner Germany207679
18 March 1994  Espen Bredesen Austria209686

  Not recognized! Touch. First ever jump over 200 metres in history.
  First official (standing) jump over 200 metres in history.

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
2 Norway (NOR)0101
3 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

References
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  3. "Martin Hoellwarth - 196 m - Planica 1994 - Test Jumping - World Record!". YouTube. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  4. "V Planici tudi preko magičnih 200 metrov, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1994.
  5. "Planica ne pozna nobenih meja Espen Bredesen poletel 209 metrov, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1994.
  6. "Christof Duffner - Planica 1994 - 207 m - World Record (fall)". ORF/YouTube. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  7. "Espen Bredesen - 209 m - Planica 1994 - Word record (Polish Commentary)". YouTube. 30 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
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  9. World Championships 1994 - Official results Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
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