 Official logo for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012. | |
| Host city | Vikersund, Norway |
|---|---|
| Nations | 16 |
| Athletes | 50 |
| Events | 2 |
| Opening | 23 February |
| Closing | 26 February |
| Main venue | Vikersundbakken |
| Website | Vikersund.no |
The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 was a World championship in ski flying, held in Vikersund, Norway, from 23 to 26 February 2012. Vikersund hosted the event previously in 1977, 1990, and 2000.
In 2010, the hill was being rebuilt. This process which was started after the 2008-09 Ski Jumping World Cup, extended the length of the hill to HS225, making it the world's largest ski jumping hill. Cost to renovate the hill was planned at 80 million kr (€10 million). Included in the cost was a new judges tower, a ski lift, a spectator area, and wind nets.
Hill construction took place where the old hill that was demolished in 2009. Adjustments was the hill turned several degrees and built 6 m (20 ft) into the ground to avoid wind problems. Outrun was elevated 6 m (20 ft) in order for it to be the same levels as the rest of the jumping hills at Vikersund.
The first ski flying competition in the hill took place in 1966 and the hill has been rebuilt on several occasions, most recently for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in 2000 where it was at a K185 position. It should be ready in time for the World Cup competition in February 2011. [1]
| Day | Date | Event | Longest jump of the day (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Feb 22 | Hill Test Jumps | |
| Thursday | Feb 23 | Qualification | 237.0 - Martin Koch |
| Friday | Feb 24 | Individual, Day 1 (cancelled) | 230.5 - Jurij Tepeš |
| Saturday | Feb 25 | Individual, Day 2 | 244.5 - Anders Fannemel |
| Sunday | Feb 26 | Team event | 243.0 - Rune Velta |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Distance (meters) | Points | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Training | 2nd Training | Qualifying | |||||||
| 1 | 43 |  Andreas Kofler | 222.0 | 211.5 | 221.0 | 220.3 | Q | ||
| 2 | 46 |  Rune Velta | 208.5 | 210.0 | 221.5 | 216.2 | Q | ||
| 3 | 35 | Anders Fannemel | 183.0 | 223.5 | 211.0 | 202.8 | Q | ||
| 4 | 40 |  Lukas Hlava | 200.5 | 208.5 | 198.5 | 196.2 | Q | ||
| 5 | 36 |  Janne Happonen | 130.0 | 184.5 | 202.5 | 192.5 | Q | ||
| 6 | 27 |  Vincent Descombes Sevoie | 147.5 | 184.0 | 222.5 | 190.4 | Q | ||
| 7 | 45 |  Taku Takeuchi | 205.5 | 196.5 | 193.5 | 188.7 | Q | ||
| 8 | 28 | Jakub Janda | 156.0 | 199.5 | 199.0 | 185.7 | Q | ||
| 9 | 31 | Bjørn Einar Romøren | 202.0 | 213.0 | 191.0 | 177.2 | Q | ||
| 10 | 34 |  Maximilian Mechler | 193.0 | 213.0 | 186.0 | 174.8 | Q | ||
| 11 | 44 | Richard Freitag | 209.0 | 211.0 | 178.5 | 169.4 | Q | ||
| 12 | 30 |  Jurij Tepeš | 209.5 | 192.0 | 177.5 | 167.2 | Q | ||
| 13 | 24 |  Andrea Morassi | 202.5 | 210.0 | 182.0 | 166.6 | Q | ||
| 14 | 32 | Olli Muotka | 193.0 | 207.5 | 179.0 | 165.0 | Q | ||
| 15 | 26 |  Krzysztof Miętus | 179.0 | 210.0 | 194.5 | 159.2 | Q | ||
| 16 | 21 | Shohei Tochimoto | 197.0 | 202.5 | 179.5 | 156.2 | Q | ||
| 17 | 25 | Anssi Koivuranta | 171.0 | 212.0 | 184.5 | 155.3 | Q | ||
| 18 | 29 |  Denis Kornilov | 213.5 | 173.5 | 171.0 | 154.9 | Q | ||
| 19 | 41 | Andreas Wank | 194.5 | 203.0 | 164.0 | 150.9 | Q | ||
| 20 | 38 | Piotr Żyła | 138.0 | 180.5 | 164.5 | 150.8 | Q | ||
| 21 | 10 | Sebastian Colloredo | 165.5 | 191.5 | 174.5 | 150.2 | Q | ||
| 22 | 22 | Dimitry Vassiliev | 203.5 | 213.5 | 168.0 | 145.2 | Q | ||
| 23 | 5 | Yuta Watase | 143.0 | 146.5 | 156.5 | 141.3 | Q | ||
| 24 | 13 | Anton Kalinitschenko | 140.0 | 144.0 | 172.5 | 140.2 | Q | ||
| 25 | 16 |  Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes | 194.0 | 171.0 | 170.0 | 137.8 | Q | ||
| 26 | 33 | Jure Šinkovec | 151.5 | 211.0 | 156.5 | 137.7 | Q | ||
| 27 | 17 |  Kaarel Nurmsalu | 158.0 | 166.0 | 168.5 | 136.5 | Q | ||
| 28 | 23 | Maciej Kot | 142.0 | 182.0 | 158.0 | 135.4 | Q | ||
| 29 | 14 | Jan Matura | 156.5 | 198.0 | 167.0 | 133.2 | Q | ||
| 30 | 12 | Matti Hautamäki | 162.5 | 148.0 | 164.5 | 132.9 | Q | ||
| not qualified | |||||||||
| 31 | 2 | Jernej Damjan | 159.0 | 190.5 | 152.0 | 132.2 | |||
| 32 | 9 | Emmanuel Chedal | 153.5 | 147.5 | 157.5 | 131.9 | |||
| 33 | 6 | Davide Bresadola | 134.0 | 175.0 | 148.0 | 127.2 | |||
| 34 | 15 | Dimitry Ipatov | 139.5 | 140.0 | 154.5 | 118.8 | |||
| 35 | 18 |  Alexey Pchelintsev | 137.0 | 153.0 | 152.5 | 110.2 | |||
| 36 | 1 | Alexey Korolev | 145.5 | 122.0 | 128.0 | 95.2 | |||
| 37 | 4 | Nikolay Karpenko | 138.0 | 137.0 | 124.0 | 88.0 | |||
| 38 | 7 |  Carl Nordin | 132.0 | 120.0 | 117.0 | 87.3 | |||
| 39 | 11 | Radik Zhaparov | 120.0 | 128.0 | 127.5 | 77.9 | |||
| prequalified | |||||||||
| * | 47 | Gregor Schlierenzauer | 216.5 | 200.0 | 165.5 | q | |||
| * | 48 | Severin Freund | 216.5 | 190.5 | 184.0 | q | |||
| * | 49 | Roman Koudelka | 204.0 | 204.0 | 169.5 | q | |||
| * | 50 |  Simon Ammann | 210.5 | 204.5 | 204.0 | q | |||
| * | 51 | Kamil Stoch | 204.0 | 205.0 | 153.0 | q | |||
| * | 52 | Martin Koch | 237.0 | 219.0 | DNS | q | |||
| * | 53 | Thomas Morgenstern | 201.5 | 185.0 | DNS | q | |||
| * | 54 | Anders Bardal | 193.5 | 185.5 | 166.0 | q | |||
| * | 55 | Robert Kranjec | 211.5 | 213.0 | 200.0 | q | |||
| * | 56 | Daiki Ito | 201.0 | 209.0 | 196.5 | q | |||
| internal team qualification: did not enter in qualifying round | |||||||||
| 3 | Stefan Hula | 151.5 | 170.5 | DNS | |||||
| 8 | Antonin Hajek | 169.0 | 180.5 | DNS | |||||
| 19 | Dejan Judež | 159.0 | 170.5 | DNS | |||||
| 20 | Alexander Sardyko | 122.0 | 138.0 | DNS | |||||
| 37 | Tom Hilde | 156.5 | 187.0 | DNS | |||||
| 39 | David Zauner | 197.5 | 207.0 | DNS | |||||
| 42 | Michael Neumayer | 190.5 | 193.5 | DNS | |||||
| Men's Ski Flying individual at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Vikersundbakken | |||||||||
| Date | 24–25 February 2012 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 408.7 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Day 1 of individual competition, at Feb 24 event was cancelled due to strong wind. At first trial round was cancelled, then after 35 jumpers 1st round was cancelled and second round also.
Day 2, at Feb 25 trial round was also cancelled, but manage to finish the 3rd and final round. That was the official result with two series in competition only instead of four series. 24–25 February 2012 [4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Distance (meters) | Total Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day One (Feb 24) | Day Two (Feb 25) | ||||||
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Final Round | ||||
 | 39 | Robert Kranjec | 217.5 | 244.0 | 408.7 | ||
 | 30 | Rune Velta | 217.5 | 234.5 | 405.7 | ||
 | 36 | Martin Koch | 218.0 | 243.0 | 386.2 | ||
| 4 | 32 | Severin Freund | 210.5 | 208.5 | 372.6 | ||
| 5 | 40 | Daiki Ito | 206.0 | 219.0 | 365.2 | ||
| 6 | 27 | Andreas Kofler | 228.0 | 216.0 | 364.2 | ||
| 7 | 38 | Anders Bardal | 212.0 | 203.5 | 360.3 | ||
| 8 | 37 | Thomas Morgenstern | 199.5 | 212.5 | 360.2 | ||
| 9 | 28 | Richard Freitag | 210.0 | 212.0 | 356.3 | ||
| 10 | 35 | Kamil Stoch | 191.0 | 211.5 | 353.9 | ||
| 11 | 33 | Roman Koudelka | 189.5 | 210.0 | 342.4 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Jurij Tepeš | 235.5 | 198.0 | 342.0 | ||
| 13 | 22 | Anders Fannemel | 244.5 | 179.5 | 329.5 | ||
| 14 | 34 | Simon Ammann | 203.0 | 180.0 | 328.8 | ||
| 15 | 23 | Janne Happonen | 215.0 | 194.5 | 328.2 | ||
| 16 | 25 | Lukas Hlava | 204.0 | 194.5 | 325.0 | ||
| 17 | 26 | Andreas Wank | 189.5 | 197.5 | 320.0 | ||
| 18 | 31 | Gregor Schlierenzauer | 206.5 | 174.5 | 317.5 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Andrea Morassi | 205.5 | 200.5 | 307.2 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Vincent Descombes Sevoie | 212.5 | 184.5 | 305.3 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Jakub Janda | 218.0 | 173.5 | 303.7 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Denis Kornilov | 212.5 | 190.5 | 301.6 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Maximilian Mechler | 204.5 | 191.5 | 301.4 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Anssi Koivuranta | 209.0 | 194.5 | 300.7 | ||
| 25 | 1 | Yuta Watase | 216.5 | 177.5 | 299.8 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Jure Šinkovec | 215.0 | 169.5 | 280.5 | ||
| 26 | 3 | Matti Hautamäki | 212.5 | 166.0 | 280.5 | ||
| 28 | 5 | Jan Matura | 208.0 | 157.0 | 276.2 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Bjørn Einar Romøren | 199.5 | 158.5 | 271.2 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Olli Muotka | 200.0 | 136.5 | 227.1 | ||
| 31 | 29 | Taku Takeuchi | 171.5 | DNQ | 148.2 | ||
| 32 | 2 | Sebastian Colloredo | 191.5 | DNQ | 147.3 | ||
| 33 | 24 | Piotr Żyła | 168.0 | DNQ | 133.8 | ||
| 34 | 9 | Dimitry Vassiliev | 186.0 | DNQ | 130.4 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Krzysztof Miętus | 174.5 | DNQ | 110.9 | ||
| 36 | 6 | Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes | 160.5 | DNQ | 107.7 | ||
| 37 | 7 | Kaarel Nurmsalu | 142.5 | DNQ | 92.6 | ||
| 38 | 10 | Maciej Kot | 159.5 | DNQ | 90.1 | ||
| 39 | 8 | Shohei Tochimoto | 126.0 | DNQ | 68.8 | ||
| 40 | 4 | Anton Kalinitschenko | 132.0 | DNQ | 68.5 | ||
| Men's Ski Flying Team event at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 | |||||||
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| Venue | Vikersundbakken | ||||||
| Date | 26 February 2012 | ||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 10 nations | ||||||
| Winning score | 1648.4 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Rank | Team | Distance (meters) | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Round | 1st Round | Final Round | |||
| Austria 10-1 Thomas Morgenstern 10-2 Andreas Kofler 10-3 Gregor Schlierenzauer 10-4 Martin Koch | 207.5 233.0 192.0 214.0 | 224.5 212.5 217.0 217.5 | 225.5 210.5 190.5 218.0 | 1648.4 |
| Germany 8-1 Andreas Wank 8-2 Richard Freitag 8-3 Maximilian Mechler 8-4 Severin Freund | 193.0 218.5 167.5 224.5 | 211.0 223.5 199.5 212.5 | 214.0 230.0 208.0 213.5 | 1625.2 |
| Slovenia 7-1 Jernej Damjan 7-2 Jurij Tepeš 7-3 Jure Šinkovec 7-4 Robert Kranjec | 194.5 222.0 201.0 233.5 | 202.0 202.0 199.5 235.5 | 211.0 217.5 208.0 205.0 | 1580.4 |
| 4 | Norway 9-1 Bjørn Einar Romøren 9-2 Anders Fannemel 9-3 Rune Velta 9-4 Anders Bardal | 187.5 204.0 199.0 202.0 | 196.0 206.5 229.0 194.5 | 172.5 199.0 243.0 211.0 | 1542.2 |
| 5 | Japan 6-1 Yuta Watase 6-2 Shōhei Tochimoto 6-3 Taku Takeuchi 6-4 Daiki Ito | 161.5 186.5 194.0 236.5 | 212.0 173.0 200.5 240.0 | 197.0 181.0 182.5 215.5 | 1472.9 |
| 6 | Czech Republic 5-1 Jakub Janda 5-2 Jan Matura 5-3 Roman Koudelka 5-4 Lukas Hlava | 198.0 170.5 165.5 197.0 | 208.0 168.0 224.5 201.0 | 202.0 192.5 226.5 164.5 | 1452.1 |
| 7 | Poland 4-1 Maciej Kot 4-2 Piotr Żyła 4-3 Krzysztof Miętus 4-4 Kamil Stoch | 162.5 213.5 122.0 179.5 | 174.0 223.0 190.5 208.0 | 178.5 232.5 202.0 196.5 | 1444.5 |
| 8 | Finland 2-1 Janne Happonen 2-2 Olli Muotka 2-3 Matti Hautamäki 2-4 Anssi Koivuranta | 221.5 213.0 202.5 200.0 | 208.0 220.5 207.5 185.0 | 202.5 219.5 176.5 168.5 | 1421.7 |
| 9 | Russia 3-1 Denis Kornilov 3-2 Dimitry Ipatov 3-3 Anton Kalinitschenko 3-4 Dimitry Vassiliev | 215.5 143.5 139.0 197.5 | 207.0 DSQ 151.5 179.5 | DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ | 459.0 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan 1-1 Alexey Korolev 1-2 Alexey Pchelintsev 1-3 Yevgeniy Levkin 1-4 Radik Zhaparov | 132.0 141.0 123.0 109.0 | 136.0 150.0 115.0 113.5 | DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ | 342.9 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia (SVN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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