FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024 – Individual

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Individual
at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024
Venue Kulm HS235
Location Bad Mitterndorf/Tauplitz, Austria
Dates26 January (Round 1–2)
27 January (Round 3)
Competitors47 from 15 nations
Winning points647.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Stefan Kraft  Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg   Andreas Wellinger  Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Timi Zajc  Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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The 28th edition of the individual competition at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024 was held between 26 and 27 January 2024 in Bad Mitterndorf/Tauplitz, Austria. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Stefan Kraft from Austria won the title of ski flying world champion ahead of Andreas Wellinger and Timi Zajc in three rounds only. [4]

Qualification

The qualifiers, scheduled for 25 January, were cancelled due to strong winds. Nevertheless, they managed to complete two official training sessions the next day, after which 47 jumpers selected by the national teams took part in the first round of the competition. The top 30 contestants advanced to the second round. [5]

Results

The first two rounds were held on 26 January. [6] [7] The third round was held on 27 January, while the fourth round was cancelled due to pre-competition delays due to wind. [8]

Stefan Kraft, the 2024 world champion Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2019.jpg
Stefan Kraft, the 2024 world champion
RankBibNameCountryDistance (meters)Points
1st round2nd round3rd round
Gold medal icon.svg47 Stefan Kraft Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 225.5219.0228.0647.4
Silver medal icon.svg46 Andreas Wellinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 222.0218.5229.0645.2
Bronze medal icon.svg32 Timi Zajc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 228.5227.0209.5642.7
433 Johann André Forfang Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 219.5220.0217.0629.3
537 Lovro Kos Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 222.0210.0221.0628.6
630 Piotr Żyła Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 218.0220.5225.0626.4
716 Niko Kytösaho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 232.5218.5215.0613.9
841 Michael Hayböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 217.0210.5215.5610.1
945 Ryōyū Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 214.0196.5231.5603.5
1035 Stephan Leyhe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 207.5216.5218.5588.8
112 Robin Pedersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 219.5205.5217.5588.7
1226 Aleksander Zniszczoł Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 223.0215.5198.0588.2
1340 Marius Lindvik Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 201.5206.0210.5585.2
1428 Domen Prevc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 208.0213.5203.5580.8
1524 Giovanni Bresadola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213.5204.5197.5569.6
1644 Jan Hörl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 201.5214.5183.5566.0
1736 Gregor Deschwanden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 192.5200.5235.5 PB560.4
1821 Alex Insam Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 209.0193.0224.0557.1
1942 Karl Geiger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 213.0180.0211.5555.6
2015 Tate Frantz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 218.5 PB184.0209.5549.6
2122 Junshirō Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 217.0187.0200.0544.4
2227 Daniel-André Tande Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 203.0190.0205.5541.8
2343 Pius Paschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 198.5195.0182.0539.7
2429 Dawid Kubacki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 205.5203.0183.5529.7
2518 Artti Aigro Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 216.5193.5179.5527.8
2638 Peter Prevc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 200.5209.5132.0481.0
271 Yevhen Marusiak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 195.0176.5185.0474.5
2819 Simon Ammann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 197.0175.0144.0430.9
2920 Paweł Wąsek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 204.0174.5161.0404.6
3031 Ren Nikaidō Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 194.0NPS178.5342.1
3117 Remo Inhof Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 195.5Did not advance165.2
328 Sandro Hauswirth Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 190.0155.5
3314 Kasperi Valto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 185.5147.1
345 Naoki Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 179.0145.5
3539 Manuel Fettner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 158.0129.5
3612 Erik Belshaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 191.5127.0
377 Kevin Bickner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 165.0124.7
3813 Eetu Nousiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 168.0124.0
396 Fatih Arda İpcioğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 162.0120.1
4023 Vladimir Zografski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 159.0117.4
4125 Antti Aalto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 150.0112.4
4211 Andrew Urlaub Flag of the United States.svg  United States 154.5102.1
439 Nikita Devyatkin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 137.5 PB91.2
443 Vitaliy Kalinichenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 127.578.7
DSQ34 Halvor Egner Granerud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NPS0.0
DSQ10 Andrea Campregher Flag of Italy.svg  Italy NPS0.0
DSQ4 Sabirzhan Muminov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan NPS0.0

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