1998–99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup

Ski Flying World Cup 1998/99

Winners
Overall	Martin Schmitt
Nations Cup (unofficial)	Japan
Competitions
Venues	1
Individual	3
Cancelled	2
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The 1998/99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 9th 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

Harrachov	Planica
Čerťák	Velikanka bratov Gorišek
Europe Harrachov Planica

World records

List of world record distances (both official and invalid) achieved within this World Cup season.

Date	Athlete	Hill	Round	Place	Metres	Feet
19 March 1999	Martin Schmitt	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Round 1	Planica, Slovenia	219	719
19 March 1999	Martin Schmitt	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Final	Planica, Slovenia	214.5	704
20 March 1999	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Trial	Planica, Slovenia	219.5	720

   Longest jump in history at that time, but invalid due to Schmitt crashed upon landing.

Calendar

Men's Individual

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	Ski flying leader	R.
		6 February 1999	Harrachov (Čerťák K185)	F cnx	Thursday/Fridary storm demolished wind curtain protection construction (that's why competition was rescheduled to Planica on 19 March) [2]			—
		7 February 1999		F cnx	Thursday/Fridary storm demolished wind curtain protection construction (that's why competition was moved to large hill in Harrachov) [3]
460	1	[a] 19 March 1999	Planica (Velikanka b. Gorišek K185)	F 042	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Christof Duffner	Martin Schmitt	[4]
461	2	20 March 1999		F 043	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt	Noriaki Kasai		[5]
462	3	21 March 1999		F 044	Noriaki Kasai	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt		[6]
9th FIS Ski Flying Men's Overall (6 February – 21 March 1999)					Martin Schmitt	Noriaki Kasai	Hideharu Miyahira	Ski Flying Overall

Standings

Ski Flying

Rank	after 3 events	19/03/1999 Planica	20/03/1999 Planica	21/03/1999 Planica	Total
	Martin Schmitt	100	80	60	240
2	Noriaki Kasai	50	60	100	210
3	Hideharu Miyahira	—	100	80	180
4	Kazuyoshi Funaki	80	36	50	166
5	Christof Duffner	60	40	16	116
6	Janne Ahonen	45	32	29	106
7	Kristian Brenden	29	50	20	99
8	Masahiko Harada	12	45	36	93
9	Sven Hannawald	26	24	40	90
10	Olav Magne Dønnem	40	—	32	72
11	Nicolas Dessum	24	22	13	59
	Kazuya Yoshioka	14	—	45	59
13	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	22	29	6	57
14	Wolfgang Loitzl	13	15	22	50
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	10	14	26	50
	Stefan Horngacher	8	18	24	50
17	Roland Audenrieth	16	11	14	41
18	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	36	2	—	38
19	Hansjörg Jäkle	11	26	—	37
20	Primož Peterka	2	16	18	36
21	Andreas Widhölzl	32	—	—	32
22	Bruno Reuteler	—	20	8	28
23	Henning Stensrud	—	9	15	24
24	Miha Rihtar	5	5	12	22
25	Ville Kantee	7	14	—	21
	Risto Jussilainen	6	8	7	21
27	Martin Höllwarth	20	—	—	20
28	Dieter Thoma	18	—	—	18
29	Urban Franc	—	12	4	16
30	Jakub Sucháček	15	—	—	15
31	Sylvain Freiholz	—	—	11	11
32	Ivan Lunardi	—	10	—	10
	Mika Laitinen	—	—	10	10
34	Andreas Goldberger	9	—	—	9
	Wilfried Eberharter	—	7	2	9
	Matej Uram	—	—	9	9
37	Jani Soininen	—	6	—	6
38	Robert Mateja	4	1	—	5
	Jon Petter Sandaker	—	—	5	5
40	Alan Alborn	—	4	—	4
	Adam Małysz	—	3	1	4
42	Lasse Ottesen	3	—	—	3
	Masayuki Satō	—	—	3	3
44	Roar Ljøkelsøy	1	—	—	1

Nations Cup (unofficial)

Rank	after 3 events	Points
1	Japan	761
2	Germany	542
3	Norway	237
4	Austria	227
5	Finland	164
6	Slovenia	74
7	France	59
8	Switzerland	39
9	Czech Republic	15
10	Italy	10
11	Slovakia	9
	Poland	9
13	United States	4

Notes

1. Cancelled ski flying event from Harrachov (6 February) was rescheduled to Planica on Friday (19 March).

References

1. "1998/99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup final standings". skijumping.pl. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. "Planiška lepotica" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1999. p. 12.
3. "Janne Ahonen še tretjič" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1999. p. 18.
4. "Planica". International Ski Federation. 19 March 1999.
5. "Planica". International Ski Federation. 20 March 1999.
6. "Planica". International Ski Federation. 21 March 1999.