Planica 1947

Planica 1947 was a ski flying week, allowed only in study purposes, competition held on 24 March 1947 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. This was the first post WWII competition with total over 25,000 people.

Planica 1947
Host cityPlanica, FPR Yugoslavia
SportSki flying
EventsSki Flying Study Week
Main venueBloudkova velikanka K120

Schedule

Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
17 March 1947  Training 1394 metres (308 ft) by Rudi FinžgarN/A
18 March 1947  Training 24
4
91 metres (299 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (morning)
109 metres (358 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (afternoon)
N/A
19 March 1947  Training 3canceled due to heavy rain in the morning
20 March 1947  
1
canceled; wet snow problems (morning)
90 metres (295 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon)
N/A
21 March 1947  Training 4295 metres (312 ft) by Janko MežikN/A
22 March 1947  Training 52102 metres (335 ft) by Rudi FinžgarN/A
23 March 1947  Competitioncanceled;heavy rain, rescheduled on 24 March15,000
24 March 1947  289 metres (292 ft) by Rudi FinžgarN/A

Competition

On 17 March 1947, the first training of ski flying study week was on schedule at 11 AM with three rounds. The longest distance was set by Rudi Finžgar at 94 metres.[1][2]

On 18 March 1947, the second training of ski flying study week was on schedule with four rounds at the 10 AM morning event and four rounds at the 15:15 PM afternoon event. Both times Rudi Finžgar was the longest with 91 and 109 metres.[3]

On 19 March 1947, training of ski flying study week was on schedule. But it was canceled, no jumps at large hill that day due to heavy rain in the morning. Hill was useless. They all moved to near Hotel Ilirija where Finžgar was telling stories.[4]

On 20 March 1947, the third training day of ski flying study week was on schedule. Morning event was canceled due to wet snow, late afternoon event was ready at 16 PM with thirteen jumps. The longest was Fritz Tschannen at 90 metres.[5]

On 21 March 1947, the fourth training of ski flying study week was on schedule in three rounds. It started at 10 AM with the longest jump of Janko Mežik at 95 metres. Today were totally different weather conditions than yesterday, sunny and frozen snow.[6]

On 22 March 1947, the last training of ski flying study week was on schedule in two rounds. With more visitors each Rudi Finžgar was the longest again with 102 metres. Today was the day with full preparations for tomorrow's main competition.[7]

On 23 March 1947, the main competition was on scheduled, but canceled due to heavy rain. 15,000 disappointed and angry people that gathered around the hill had to go home. Competition was rescheduled on Monday, at the next day.[8]

On 24 March 1947, rescheduled competition from Sunday, this time a lot smaller crowd was held. Hill was ready at 9 AM and Rudi Finžgar who the competition in a battle for the best jump of the day.

Training 1

11:00 AM — 17 March 1947 — Three rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
1Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland65 m70 m86 m
2Charles Blum  Switzerland65 m80 m
3Georg Keller  Switzerland61 m69 m70 m
4Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia78 m91 m94 m
5Janko Mežik Yugoslavia75 m81 m82 m
6Karel Klančnik Yugoslavia58 m73 m72 m
7Ivo Javornik Yugoslavia65 m72 m76 m
8Lojze Razinger Yugoslavia68 m78 m77 m
9Stane Kordež Yugoslavia61 m71 m79 m
10Slavko Šušteršič Yugoslavia67 m
11Janez Rožič Yugoslavia64 m77 m82 m
12Janez Polda Yugoslavia70 m77 m

Training 2

10:00 AM — 18 March 1947 — Four rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1Charles Blum  Switzerland70 m86 m83 m87 m
2Georg Keller  Switzerland61 m80 m75 m76 m
3Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland65 m85 m87 m89 m
4Ivo Javornik Yugoslavia62 m72 m74 m77 m
5Karel Klančnik Yugoslavia64 m82 m81 m
6Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia73 m88 m91 m
7Lojze Razinger Yugoslavia68 m83 m78 m
8Stane Kordež Yugoslavia63 m71 m74 m
9Janez Rožič Yugoslavia69 m75 m77 m
10Janez Polda Yugoslavia74 m78 m
11Janko Mežik Yugoslavia73 m75 m
12Franc Pribošek Yugoslavia63 m70 m
13Franta Dvoržak Yugoslavia53 m58 m
Afternoon jumps, 15:15 PM
1Charles Blum  Switzerland77 m95 m98 m
2Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland76 m93 m100 m
3Ivo Javornik Yugoslavia80 m
4Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia80 m96 m109 m

Training 3

16:00 AM — 20 March 1947 — One round — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1
1Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia84 m
2Albin Novšak Yugoslavia63 m
3Janez Rožič Yugoslavia72 m
4Janko Mežik Yugoslavia85 m
5Slavko Šušteršič Yugoslavia69 m
6Franc Pribošek Yugoslavia73 m
7Karel Klančnik Yugoslavia84 m
8Charles Blum  Switzerland88 m
9Georg Keller  Switzerland76 m
10Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland90 m
11Ivo Javornik Yugoslavia77 m
12Janez Polda Yugoslavia89 m
13Stane Kordež Yugoslavia76 m

Training 4

10:00 AM — 21 March 1947 — Three rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
1Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia82 m90 m91 m
2Charles Blum  Switzerland81 m81 m85 m
3Georg Keller  Switzerland68 m78 m76 m
4Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland85 m80 m93 m
5Franc Pribošek Yugoslavia76 m84 m
6Karel Klančnik Yugoslavia88 m85 m84 m
7Lojze Razinger Yugoslavia76 m75 m76 m
8Janez Rožič Yugoslavia77 m73 m
9Janko Mežik Yugoslavia78 m95 m
10Albin Novšak Yugoslavia75 m
11Slavko Šušteršič Yugoslavia77 m
12Janez Polda Yugoslavia75 m86 m
13Bine Rogelj Yugoslavia53 m

Training 5

8:30 AM — 22 March 1947 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2
1Janko Mežik Yugoslavia93 m99 m
2Charles Blum  Switzerland96 m101 m
3Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland100 m101 m
4Georg Keller  Switzerland85 m90 m
5Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia94 m102 m
6Lojze Razinger Yugoslavia84 m86 m
7Franc Pribošek Yugoslavia88 m
8Janez Polda Yugoslavia100 m

  Yugoslavian national record!
  Fall or touch!

Official results

Ski Flying Study competition

24 March 1947 — 9:00 AM — Two rounds — ranking incomplete — points N/A[9]

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2
11Rudi Finžgar Yugoslavia86 m89 m
23Charles Blum  Switzerland81 mN/A
34Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland92 mN/A
N/A2Stane Kordež Yugoslavia72 mN/A
N/A5Georg Keller  Switzerland63 mN/A
N/A6Lojze Razinger Yugoslavia69 mN/A
N/A7Franc Pribošek Yugoslavia87 mN/A
N/A8Janko Mežik Yugoslavia87 m95 m
N/A9Karel Klančnik Yugoslavia84 mN/A
N/A10Ivo Javornik Yugoslavia68 mN/A

References

  1. "Jutri se prične teden smuških poletov, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 16 March 1947.
  2. "Finžgar Rudi skočil 94 metrov!, p.5" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 18 March 1947.
  3. "Finžgar Rudi skočil 109 metrov, p.2" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 19 March 1947.
  4. "Med našimi in švicarskimni tekmovalci v Planici, p.5" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 20 March 1947.
  5. "Tretji dan smuških poletov v Planici, p.3" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 21 March 1947.
  6. "Danes je najdlje skočil Mežik 95 metrov, p.3" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 22 March 1947.
  7. "V Planici pet poletov nad 100 metrov, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 23 March 1947.
  8. "Teden smuških poletov je zaključen, p.5" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 25 March 1947.
  9. "Planica 1934 – 2011: Podiums and top distances for each international competition" (PDF). Jože Šlibar. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.

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