1997–98 FIS Ski Flying World Cup

Ski Flying World Cup 1997/98

Winners
Overall	Sven Hannawald
Nations Cup unofficial	Japan
Competitions
Venues	2
Individual	4
Cancelled	1
←  1996/97 1998/99  →

The 1997/98 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 8th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. ^[1]

Map of World Cup hosts

Oberstdorf	Vikersund
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	Vikersundbakken
Europe Vikersund Oberstdorf

Calendar

Men's Individual

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	Ski flying leader	R.
FIS World Cup 1997/98 = FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1998 (24 – 25 January • Oberstdorf)
421	1	24 January 1998	Oberstdorf (Heini-Klopfer K185)	F 038	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Kristian Brenden	Sven Hannawald	[2]
422	2	25 January 1998		F 039	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Dieter Thoma	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	[3]
		28 February 1998	Vikersund (Vikersundbakken K175)	F cnx	cancelled due to strong wind; postponed on next day			—
424	3	1 March 1998		F 040	Andreas Widhölzl	Sven Hannawald	Akira Higashi	Sven Hannawald	[4]
425	4	1 March 1998		F 041	Takanobu Okabe	Hiroya Saito	Noriaki Kasai		[5]
8th FIS Ski Flying Men's Overall (24 January – 1 March 1998)					Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Primož Peterka	Ski Flying Overall

   FIS Ski Jumping World Cup / FIS Ski Flying World Cup / FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Standings

Ski Flying

Rank	after 4 events	24/02/1998 Oberstdorf	25/02/1998 Oberstdorf	01/03/1998 Vikersund	01/03/1998 Vikersund	Total
	Sven Hannawald	100	60	80	18	258
2	Kazuyoshi Funaki	80	100	15	22	217
3	Primož Peterka	36	40	45	50	171
3	Andreas Widhölzl	29	22	100	20	171
5	Lasse Ottesen	45	50	22	40	157
6	Dieter Thoma	40	80	29	1	150
	Takanobu Okabe	—	—	50	100	150
8	Kristian Brenden	60	18	16	29	123
	Akira Higashi	12	15	60	36	123
10	Hiroya Saito	—	—	32	80	112
11	Henning Stensrud	50	45	—	—	95
	Janne Ahonen	32	26	13	24	95
13	Noriaki Kasai	—	—	18	60	78
14	Hansjörg Jäkle	16	32	10	16	74
15	Andreas Goldberger	5	36	26	2	69
16	Bruno Reuteler	14	13	20	13	60
17	Christof Duffner	26	20	11	—	57
18	Jakub Jiroutek	—	—	6	45	51
19	Stian Kvarstad	—	—	36	14	50
20	Jani Soininen	15	—	29	3	47
21	Masahiko Harada	—	—	40	4	44
22	Hideharu Miyahira	13	7	12	11	43
23	Roar Ljøkelsøy	—	—	14	26	40
24	Martin Höllwarth	—	—	24	12	36
25	Kimmo Savolainen	18	16	—	—	34
26	Espen Bredesen	—	24	—	8	32
	Robert Mateja	—	—	—	32	32
28	Stefan Horngacher	20	4	1	6	31
29	Jakub Sucháček	24	5	—	—	29
30	Mika Laitinen	7	14	5	—	26
31	Jon Petter Sandaker	22	—	—	—	22
32	Kazuya Yoshioka	12	9	—	—	21
33	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	8	12	—	—	20
	Roberto Cecon	9	11	—	—	20
35	Frode Håre	—	—	3	15	18
36	Urban Franc	10	3	—	—	13
37	Martin Schmitt	—	—	2	9	11
38	Jakub Janda	—	10	—	—	10
	Kjell Erik Sagbakken	—	—	—	10	10
40	Vladimír Roško	1	8	—	—	9
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	—	—	9	—	9
42	Falko Krismayr	—	—	8	—	8
43	Martin Mesík	6	1	—	—	7
	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	—	—	7	—	7
	Nicolas Dessum	—	—	—	7	7
46	Jaroslav Sakala	—	6	—	—	6
47	Martin Zimmermann	—	—	—	5	5
48	Jure Radelj	4	—	—	—	4
	Sylvain Freiholz	2	2	—	—	4
	Gerd Siegmund	—	—	4	—	4

Nations Cup (unofficial)

Rank	after 4 events	Points
1	Japan	797
2	Germany	554
	Norway	554
4	Austria	340
5	Finland	202
6	Slovenia	191
7	Czech Republic	96
8	Switzerland	64
9	Poland	32
10	Italy	20
11	Slovakia	16
12	France	7

References

1. "1997/98 FIS Ski Flying World Cup final standings". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. "Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 24 January 1998.
3. "Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 25 January 1998.
4. "Vikersund". International Ski Federation. 1 March 1998.
5. "Vikersund". International Ski Federation. 1 March 1998.