FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994

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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994
Planica HS225.JPG
Venue Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185
Date20 March 1994
Competitors43 from 15 nations
Winning score351.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1992
1996  

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateEventRoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors
17 March 1994  Hill test2203 metres (666 ft) by Toni Nieminen N/A
18 March 1994  Official Training2209 metres (686 ft) by Espen Bredesen 20,000
19 March 1994  Competition, Day 1canceled; strong wind, no jumps at all40,000
20 March 1994  Competition, Day 23199 metres (653 ft) by Roberto Cecon 30,000

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

BibName1RD2RD
Test jumpers
P1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Miran Tepeš 163.0 mN/A
P2 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaž Knafelj N/AN/A
P3 Flag of Slovenia.svg Aljoša Dolhar 180.0 mN/A
P12 Flag of Austria.svg Martin Höllwarth 196.0 mN/A
Competitors
42 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Goldberger 202.0 m202.0 m
57 Flag of Finland.svg Toni Nieminen 203.0 m173.0 m
N/A Flag of Finland.svg Jani Soininen 159.0 m178.0 m
N/A Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ahonen 190.0 m168.0 m
N/A Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Žagar 156.0 m152.0 m
N/A Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kladnik 172.0 m165.0 m
N/A Flag of Norway.svg Espen Bredesen 174.0 m188.0 m
N/A Flag of Norway.svg Kurt Børset 166.0 m167.0 m
N/A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Sakala 170.0 mN/A
N/A Flag of Austria.svg Werner Haim N/A181.0 m
N/A Flag of Norway.svg Roar Ljøkelsøy N/A179.0 m
N/ABackN/A180.0 m

Official training

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

BibName1RD2RD
7 Flag of Japan.svg Noriaki Kasai 174.0 mN/A
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Žagar 149.0 m149.0 m
11 Flag of Finland.svg Toni Nieminen 187.0 mN/A
14 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Cecon N/A193.0 m
17 Flag of Germany.svg Christof Duffner 207.0 mN/A
18 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Zupan 112.0 m124.0 m
20 Flag of Norway.svg Espen Bredesen 209.0 mN/A
25 Flag of Austria.svg Werner Rathmayr N/A181.0 m
32 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kladnik 167.0 m152.0 m
36 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Goldberger 201.0 m
37 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Sakala 183.0 m200.0 m
39 Flag of Slovenia.svg Samo Gostiša 125.0 m135.0 m
N/A Flag of France.svg Jérôme Gay 146.0 mN/A
N/A Flag of France.svg Nicolas Jean-Prost 174.0 mN/A
N/A Flag of Slovenia.svg Dejan Jekovec 124.0 m94.0 m
N/A Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Siegmund 186.0 mN/A
N/A Flag of Japan.svg Jinya Nishikata 188.0 mN/A
N/A Flag of Norway.svg Lasse Ottesen N/A176.0 m

Official results

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

RankBibNameD2 (20 March 1994)Points
1RD2RD
Gold medal icon.svg37 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Sakala 189.0 m185.0 m351.3
Silver medal icon.svg20 Flag of Norway.svg Espen Bredesen 172.0 m182.0 m329.8
Bronze medal icon.svg14 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Cecon 160.0 m199.0 m324.7
417 Flag of Germany.svg Christof Duffner 159.0 m148.0 m266.4
54 Flag of Norway.svg Lasse Ottesen 177.0 m129.0 m263.2
638 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stephan Zünd 150.0 m140.0 m252.5
711 Flag of Finland.svg Toni Nieminen 139.0 m156.0 m248.0
842 Flag of Norway.svg Kurt Børset 122.0 m167.0 m245.3
923 Flag of Finland.svg Jani Soininen 138.0 m149.0 m239.4
10 Flag of Germany.svg Hansjörg Jäkle 129.0 m153.0 m237.4
112 Flag of Japan.svg Takanobu Okabe 198.0 m95.0 m235.2
125 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ahonen 120.0 m159.0 m228.8
1336 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Goldberger 141.0 m128.0 m221.3
1443 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Väätäinen 126.0 m146.0 m216.9
15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sylvain Freiholz 123.0 m139.0 m213.4
1619 Flag of Austria.svg Werner Haim 119.0 m132.0 m203.9
17 Flag of Italy.svg Ivo Pertile 137.0 m124.0 m201.2
18 Flag of the United States.svg Tad Langlois 128.0 m125.0 m195.6
197 Flag of Japan.svg Noriaki Kasai 153.0 m109.0 m177.9
2024 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Goder 120.0 m117.0 m177.4
33 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Jean-Prost 131.0 m106.0 m177.4
2213 Flag of Japan.svg Jinya Nishikata 168.0 m95.0 m170.6
23 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sepp Zehnder 118.0 m110.0 m170.2
2425 Flag of Austria.svg Werner Rathmayr 114.0 m115.0 m168.3
25 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bruno Reuteler 108.0 m116.0 m162.8
2635 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Siegmund 115.0 m113.0 m161.1
2718 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Zupan 108.0 m116.0 m156.3
22 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Sucháček 109.0 m115.0 m156.3
29 Flag of France.svg Didier Mollard 112.0 m106.0 m147.1
3032 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kladnik 114.0 m101.0 m144.0
31 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yasuzaki 102.0 m110.0 m139.4
32 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroya Saito 103.0 m108.0 m137.7
33 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Beck 95.0 m117.0 m136.4
34 Flag of Slovenia.svg Samo Gostiša 112.0 m96.0 m131.1
35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Lockyer 103.0 m110.0 m128.6
36 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Gay 101.0 m101.0 m122.4
37 Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Roško 98.0 m102.0 m120.5
38 Flag of Norway.svg Ken Lesja 99.0 m99.0 m115.1
398 Flag of Georgia.svg Kakhaber Tsakadze 88.0 m94.0 m99.4
40 Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Žagar 83.0 m100.0 m95.6
4130 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Rasmussen 124.0 m80.0 m94.8
4234 Flag of Norway.svg Roar Ljøkelsøy 94.0 m77.0 m76.7
43 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeremy Blackburn 85.0 m39.0

  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

DateNameCountryMetresFeet
17 March 1994   Martin Höllwarth Flag of Austria.svg Austria 196643
17 March 1994   Andreas Goldberger Flag of Austria.svg Austria 202663
17 March 1994   Toni Nieminen Flag of Finland.svg Finland 203666
18 March 1994   Christof Duffner Flag of Germany.svg Germany 207679
18 March 1994   Espen Bredesen Flag of Austria.svg Austria 209686

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1001
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0101
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

References

  1. "Andreas Goldberger - Planica 1994 - 202 m! - World record crash". YouTube/ORF. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  2. "Toni Nieminen - 203 m - Planica 1994". YouTube. 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  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.
  8. "V Planici '94 je novi svetovni prvak postal Jaroslav Sakala, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1994.
  9. World Championships 1994 - Official results Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine