Planica 1969

Planica 1969 was a first competition on a new ski flying hill at Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 21 to 23 March 1969 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With 95,000 people in three days.

Planica 1969
Host cityPlanica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
SportSki flying
EventsSmuški poleti Ski Flying Week
Main venueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K153

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
6 March 1969  Hill test, premiere1135 metres (443 ft) by Miro OmanN/A
21 March 1969  Competition, Day 13156 metres (512 ft) by Bjørn Wirkola15,000
22 March 1969  Competition, Day 23164 metres (538 ft) by Jiří Raška35,000
23 March 1969  Competition, Day 33165 metres (541 ft) by Manfred Wolf45,000

Competition

On 6 March 1969, two weeks before competition a hill test with trial jumper was made. Yugoslavian Miro Oman baptized Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 hill around 14:00 PM local time with 135 metres (443 ft).[1]

On 21 March 1969 hill was officially opened with first day of competition called Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week with three rounds, but only the best one counted into official result. The first day brought world record distance at 156 metres by Bjørn Wirkola.[2][3]

On 22 March 1969 second day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result. World record was tied and improved three times: Jiří Raška (156 m, 164 m) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 m).[4]

On 23 March 1969 third and final day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result in front of 45,000 people. Manfred Wolf set already the fifth and the last world record this weekend at 165 metres in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three day competition with total five valid rounds: one best from the first day, two best rounds from the second day and two best rounds from the third day.[5]

Hill test
Miro Oman, 3rd from left, right after premiere test jump at 135 metres (6 March 1969)
Manfred Wolf in the middle right after WR.

14:00 PM — 6 March 1969 — premiere

Bib Name Test
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miro Oman135.0 m

Ski Flying Week: Day 1

10:30 AM — 21 March 1969 — Three rounds: one best round into official results

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
156Norway Bjørn Wirkola135.0 m156.0 m134.0 m181.0
251Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška148.0 m120.0 m146.0 m180.5
330Norway Lars Grini146.0 m114.0 m117.0 m174.0
433East Germany Horst Queck137.0 m149.0 m144.0 m171.0
549Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač136.0 m132.0 m118.0 m165.9
617East Germany Jürgen Dommerich137.0 m134.0 m133.0 m162.5
726Poland Ryszard Witke133.0 m130.0 m121.0 m157.0
842Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov123.0 m122.0 m154.0 m155.0
937Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila130.0 m127.0 m—152.5
1041East Germany Christian Kiehl123.0 m128.0 m130.0 m152.0
1143Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič126.0 m114.0 m118.0 m151.5
127East Germany Rainer Schmidt118.0 m114.0 m132.0 m151.0
1345East Germany Manfred Wolf123.0 m132.0 m127.0 m150.0
1457Austria Reinhold Bachler123.0 m132.0 m121.0 m148.5
1538Czechoslovakia František Rydval124.0 m111.0 m122.0 m147.0
1627Austria Ernst Kröll116.0 m125.0 m126.0 m146.0
1724Soviet Union Koba Zakadze115.0 m121.0 m124.0 m144.5
1847Czechoslovakia Rudolf Hohnl119.0 m115.0 m123.0 m143.0
54United States Adrian Watt124.0 m128.0 m111.0 m143.0
2014Czechoslovakia Rudolf Doubek121.0 m119.0 m118.0 m142.5
2136Austria Walter Schwabl111.0 m128.0 m117.0 m141.5
2250Switzerland Josef Zehnder117.0 m120.0 m113.0 m141.5
2339Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš92.0 m151.0 m130.0 m140.5
3Czechoslovakia Josef Kraus111.0 m113.0 m125.0 m140.5
2515Poland Stanislaw Kubica121.0 m126.0 m114.0 m139.5
2631West Germany Heini Ihle96.0 m112.0 m122.0 m139.0
2713Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar112.0 m121.0 m121.0 m138.0
40Poland Józef Przybyła106.0 m107.0 m121.0 m138.0
2910Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Pečar115.0 m115.0 m117.0 m137.5
3025Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Jurman111.0 m106.0 m118.0 m134.5
3629Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec103.0 m118.0 m102.0 m128.0
3918Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar111.0 m110.0 m111.0 m124.0
431Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Smolej107.0 m106.0 m96.0 m120.0
4652Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen110.0 m106.0 m102.0 m116.5
516Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Nahtigal97.0 m93.0 m98.0 m106.5
5355Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ludvik Zajc96.0 m100.0 m103.0 m104.0
545Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Oto Giacomelli86.0 m96.0 m96.0 m100.5
5623Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Prelovšek111.0 mN/AN/A90.5
N/A22Hungary Mihály Gellér120.0 mN/AN/AN/A
N/A2Czechoslovakia Jozef Metelka101.0 mN/AN/AN/A
N/A4Czechoslovakia Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A8Austria Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A9Norway Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A11Switzerland Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A12Czechoslovakia Bohumil DoležalN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A19Czechoslovakia František NovákN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A20Austria Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A21Soviet Union Konstantin ShcherbakovN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A28United States Greg SworN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A32Czechoslovakia Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A34Italy Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A35Switzerland Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A44Italy Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A46West Germany Henrik OhlmeyerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A48Hungary László GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A53Austria Max GolserN/AN/AN/AN/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 2

10:30 AM — 22 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1 best round also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
146Norway Bjørn Wirkola160.0 m162.0 m145.0 m541.5
237Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška156.0 m164.0 m144.0 m538.5
338East Germany Manfred Wolf135.0 m156.0 m159.0 m499.5
424East Germany Horst Queck145.0 m150.0 m146.0 m497.0
553Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač133.0 m147.0 m150.0 m494.0
621Norway Lars Grini147.0 m137.0 m134.0 m490.0
751East Germany Christian Kiehl145.0 m154.0 m142.0 m475.0
818East Germany Rainer Schmidt146.0 m145.0 m129.0 m462.0
936Soviet Union Gari Napalkov120.0 m135.0 m133.0 m452.5
105East Germany Jürgen Dommerich128.0 m143.0 m132.0 m449.5
1119Austria Walter Schwabl133.0 m147.0 m111.0 m442.5
1247Czechoslovakia Rudolf Hohnl124.0 m135.0 m134.0 m437.0
1334Austria Ernst Kröll129.0 m129.0 m132.0 m432.0
1417Czechoslovakia Bohumil Doležal138.0 m137.0 m123.0 m429.5
1542Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar132.0 m136.0 m135.0 m428.5
1650Austria Reinhold Bachler124.0 m127.0 m126.0 m426.0
1732Poland Józef Przybyła132.0 m121.0 m127.0 m424.5
1844Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš124.0 m143.0 m148.0 m419.5
1929Soviet Union Koba Zakadze119.0 m118.0 m133.0 m415.0
2052Switzerland Josef Zehnder116.0 m132.0 m112.0 m411.0
2149Austria Max Golser121.0 m132.0 m126.0 m409.5
227Czechoslovakia Josef Kraus124.0 m120.0 m123.0 m409.0
2339Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič113.0 m118.0 m122.0 m406.0
2425Czechoslovakia Rudolf Doubek115.0 m112.0 m124.0 m405.0
2543Poland Ryszard Witke112.0 m125.0 m104.0 m403.0
2640West Germany Heini Ihle113.0 m147.0 m118.0 m392.5
2723United States Adrian Watt106.0 m117.0 m119.0 m387.0
2826West Germany Henrik Ohlmeyer109.0 m124.0 m119.0 m386.0
2914Poland Stanislaw Kubica113.0 m124.0 m133.0 m385.5
3045Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec113.0 m122.0 m120.0 m382.5
348Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen119.0 m117.0 m111.0 m367.5
3613Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar124.0 m92.0 m101.0 m364.5
3915Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Pečar98.0 m109.0 m101.0 m349.5
4148Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ludvik Zajc102.0 m118.0 m110.0 m345.0
4128Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Smolej93.0 m104.0 m109.0 m344.5
461Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Oto Giacomelli103.0 m104.0 m105.0 m320.5
473Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Nahtigal102.0 m93.0 m94.0 m313.0
4933Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Jurman106.0 m106.0 m110.0 m306.0
N/A2Czechoslovakia Jozef MetelkaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A4Czechoslovakia Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A6Austria Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A9Norway Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A10Switzerland Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A11Soviet Union Konstantin ShcherbakovN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A12Austria Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A20Italy Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A22Hungary Mihály GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A27Czechoslovakia Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A30Czechoslovakia František RydvalN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A31Switzerland Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A35Italy Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A41Hungary László GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 3

10:30 AM — 23 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1&2 best rounds also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
138Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška152.0 m154.0 m156.0 m895.0
250Norway Bjørn Wirkola139.0 m147.0 m162.0 m889.0
347East Germany Manfred Wolf142.0 m149.0 m165.0 m8?1.5
446East Germany Horst Queck127.0 m148.0 m161.0 m845.5
536Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač133.0 m137.0 m154.0 m818.0
619Norway Lars Grini125.0 m139.0 m139.0 m796.0
722East Germany Rainer Schmidt139.0 m143.0 m148.0 m784.0
840Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov138.0 m132.0 m148.0 m773.5
921Czechoslovakia Bohumil Doležal149.0 m150.0 m160.0 m773.0
1011East Germany Christian Kiehl125.0 m136.0 m142.0 m771.0
1125Austria Ernst Kröll123.0 m149.0 m143.0 m754.0
1242Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš157.0 m153.0 m163.0 m743.0
1339Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič147.0 m125.0 m150.0 m738.0
1434Czechoslovakia Rudolf Hohnl134.0 m127.0 m157.0 m734.5
1548Austria Reinhold Bachler124.0 m117.0 m147.0 m725.0
1623Austria Walter Schwabl115.0 m120.0 m124.0 m721.5
1729Soviet Union Koba Zakadze133.0 m127.0 m136.0 m715.5
1832Poland Józef Przybyła143.0 m121.0 m143.0 m713.5
1941Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar116.0 m120.0 m125.0 m694.5
2015Czechoslovakia Josef Kraus115.0 m136.0 m140.0 m692.0
2124Switzerland Josef Zehnder111.0 m119.0 m118.0 m676.0
2244Hungary László Gellér126.0 m124.0 m125.0 m673.0
2317Czechoslovakia Rudolf Doubek114.0 m117.0 m135.0 m672.0
2435Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec116.0 m122.0 m143.0 m671.0
25N/AUnited States Adrian Watt115.0 m124.0 m136.0 m670.5
2637Austria Max Golser117.0 m112.0 m124.0 m668.0
2718West Germany Henrik Ohlmeyer114.0 m116.0 m138.0 m665.5
2849Poland Ryszard Witke112.0 m117.0 m123.0 m664.5
2943West Germany Heini Ihle116.0 m117.0 m129.0 m660.5
3028Hungary Mihály Gellér124.0 m119.0 m115.0 m640.0
3113Norway Bent Tomtum109.0 m111.0 m128.0 m636.5
3231Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar107.0 m116.0 m127.0 m631.5
3327Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ludvik Zajc110.0 m118.0 m138.0 m628.5
3433Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen115.0 m110.0 m106.0 m623.0
3512Soviet Union Konstantin Scherbakov103.0 m107.0 m116.0 m609.5
3614Poland Stanislaw Kubica123.0 m122.0 m128.0 m606.5
379Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Pečar107.0 m113.0 m123.0 m605.5
3810Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek101.0 m111.0 m120.0 m601.5
397Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Smolej102.0 m101.0 m127.0 m589.5
406Austria Erich Schwabl106.0 m100.0 m110.0 m580.5
411Czechoslovakia Jozef Metelka104.0 m113.0 m116.0 m577.0
425Austria Willy Schuster111.0 m107.0 m127.0 m562.5
8Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Jurman112.0 m113.0 m126.0 m562.5
4445Italy Albino Bazzana97.0 m104.0 m118.0 m552.0
454Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Oto Giacomelli103.0 m97.0 m103.0 m535.0
462Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Nahtigal92.0 m94.0 m103.0 m514.0
4726Italy Giacomo Aimoni101.0 m97.0 m—494.0
483East Germany Jürgen Dommerich———449.0
49—Czechoslovakia František Rydval———224.0
50—Switzerland Richard Pfiffner———198.0
51—Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila———152.5
5230Switzerland Hans Schmid———138.0
53—Czechoslovakia František Novák———111.5
54—Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Prelovšek———92.5
N/A—United States Greg Swor———N/A
N/A20Czechoslovakia Karel Kodejška———N/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

  Best round for final result!
  Best round for final result & fall!
  World record!
  Fall or touch!

Official results
RTV broadcasting crew and equipment.
Beno Hvala, Slovenian legendary Planica TV director and inventor of sports slowmotion.
Hill preparations.
President Tito and Jovanka Broz at one of their many occasions visiting Planica in 1969.

Five rounds counted into official results — one best round (D1) + two best rounds (D2) + two best rounds (D3).

Rank Name 21 March 22 March 23 March Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD 5RD
1Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška148.0 m156.0 m164.0 m154.0 m156.0 m895.0
2Norway Bjørn Wirkola156.0 m160.0 m162.0 m147.0 m162.0 m889.0
3East Germany Manfred Wolf132.0 m156.0 m159.0 m142.0 m165.0 m8?1.0
4East Germany Horst Queck149.0 m145.0 m146.0 m148.0 m161.0 m845.5
5Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač136.0 m147.0 m150.0 m137.0 m154.0 m818.0
6Norway Lars Grini146.0 m147.0 m134.0 m139.0 m139.0 m796.0
7East Germany Rainer Schmidt132.0 m146.0 m145.0 m139.0 m143.0 m784.0
8Soviet Union Gari Napalkov154.0 m135.0 m133.0 m138.0 m148.0 m773.5
9Czechoslovakia Bohumil DoležalN/A138.0 m137.0 m150.0 m160.0 m773.0
10East Germany Christian Kiehl130.0 m154.0 m142.0 m136.0 m142.0 m771.0
11Austria Ernst Kröll126.0 m129.0 m132.0 m149.0 m143.0 m754.0
12Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš151.0 m143.0 m148.0 m157.0 m153.0 m743.0
13Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Štefančič126.0 m118.0 m122.0 m147.0 m150.0 m738.0
14Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl123.0 m135.0 m134.0 m134.0 m157.0 m734.5
15Austria Reinhold Bachler132.0 m124.0 m126.0 m124.0 m147.0 m725.0
16Austria Walter Schwabl128.0 m133.0 m147.0 m120.0 m124.0 m721.5
17Soviet Union Koba Zakadze124.0 m119.0 m133.0 m133.0 m127.0 m715.5
18Poland Józef Przybyła121.0 m132.0 m127.0 m143.0 m143.0 m713.5
19Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar121.0 m136.0 m135.0 m120.0 m125.0 m694.5
20Czechoslovakia Josef Kraus125.0 m124.0 m123.0 m115.0 m136.0 m692.0
21Switzerland Josef Zehnder117.0 m132.0 m112.0 m111.0 m119.0 m676.0
22Hungary László GellérN/AN/AN/A126.0 m124.0 m673.0
23Czechoslovakia Rudolf Doubek121.0 m115.0 m124.0 m117.0 m135.0 m672.0
24Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Mesec118.0 m122.0 m120.0 m122.0 m143.0 m671.0
25United States Adrian Watt128.0 m117.0 m119.0 m124.0 m136.0 m670.5
26Austria Max GolserN/A132.0 m126.0 m117.0 m124.0 m668.0
27West Germany Henrik OhlmeyerN/A124.0 m119.0 m116.0 m138.0 m665.5
28Poland Ryszard Witke133.0 m112.0 m125.0 m117.0 m123.0 m664.5
29West Germany Heini Ihle112.0 m147.0 m118.0 m117.0 m129.0 m660.5
30Hungary Mihály GellérN/AN/AN/A124.0 m119.0 m640.0
31Norway Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/A111.0 m128.0 m636.5
32Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danilo Pudgar111.0 m124.0 m101.0 m116.0 m127.0 m631.5
33Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ludvik Zajc96.0 m118.0 m110.0 m118.0 m138.0 m628.5
34Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen102.0 m119.0 m117.0 m115.0 m110.0 m623.0
35Soviet Union Konstantin ScherbakovN/AN/AN/A107.0 m116.0 m609.5
36Poland Stanislaw Kubica121.0 m124.0 m133.0 m123.0 m128.0 m606.5
37Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Pečar115.0 m109.0 m101.0 m113.0 m123.0 m605.5
38Czechoslovakia Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/A111.0 m120.0 m601.5
39Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Smolej107.0 m104.0 m109.0 m101.0 m127.0 m589.5
40Austria Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/A106.0 m110.0 m580.5
41Czechoslovakia Jozef MetelkaN/AN/AN/A113.0 m116.0 m577.0
42Austria Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/A111.0 m127.0 m562.5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Jurman118.0 m106.0 m110.0 m113.0 m126.0 m562.5
44Italy Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/A104.0 m118.0 m552.0
45Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Otto Giacomelli96.0 m103.0 m105.0 m103.0 m97.0 m535.0
46Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Nahtigal98.0 m102.0 m94.0 m94.0 m103.0 m514.0
47Italy Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/A101.0 m97.0 m494.0
48East Germany Jürgen Dommerich137.0 m128.0 m143.0 m——449.0
49Czechoslovakia František Rydval124.0 mN/AN/A——224.0
50Switzerland Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/A——198.0
51Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila130.0 mN/AN/A——152.5
52Switzerland Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/A——138.0
53Czechoslovakia František NovákN/AN/AN/A——111.5
54Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan PrelovšekN/AN/AN/A——92.5
N/ACzechoslovakia Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/AUnited States Greg SworN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Ski flying world records
Date Name Country Metres Feet
21 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola  Norway 156 512
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška  Czechoslovakia 156 512
22 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola  Norway 160 525
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška  Czechoslovakia 164 538
23 March 1969   Manfred Wolf  East Germany 165 541

References
  1. "Planica je nared, p.1,17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 7 March 1969.
  2. "Planica je - nared, p.17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1969.
  3. "Planica spet pred vsemi, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1969.
  4. "Dan brez primere v Planici, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1969.
  5. "Wolf (East Germany) -- 165 metres!, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1969.

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