Nordic Tournament 1997

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The 1997 Nordic Tournament was the first edition and took place in Lahti, Kuopio, Falun and Oslo between 9–16 March 1997.

The Nordic Tournament was an annual ski jumping tournament that was a part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The tournament started in 1997 as a counterpart to the widely successful Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria. It is held in March in Finland and Norway, earlier even in Sweden.

Lahti City in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.

Kuopio City in Northern Savonia, Finland

Kuopio is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo). It has a population of 118,667, which makes it the ninth-most populous city in Finland. Kuopio has a total area of 4,326.35 square kilometres (1,670.41 sq mi), of which 719.85 km2 (277.94 sq mi) is water and half is forest. Though the city’s population is a spread-out 74/km2 (190/sq mi), the city's urban areas are populated comparably densely, making Kuopio Finland’s second-most densely populated city.

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Results

Date Place Hill Size Winner Second Third Ref.
9 Mar 1997 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti Salpausselkä K-114LH Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Widhölzl Flag of Finland.svg Pasi Kytösaho Flag of Finland.svg Jani Soininen
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Funaki 		[1]
12 Mar 1997 Flag of Finland.svg Kuopio Puijo K-90NH Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Funaki Flag of France.svg Nicolas Dessum Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Peterka [2]
13 Mar 1997 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun Lugnet K-115 LH Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Peterka Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Thoma Flag of Japan.svg Hiroya Saito [3]
16 Mar 1997 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-112LH Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Funaki Flag of Japan.svg Hiroya Saito Flag of Switzerland.svg Bruno Reuteler [4]

Overall

PosSki JumperPoints
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Funaki 785.6
2 Flag of Norway.svg Kristian Brenden 757.6
3 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Widhölzl 738.9
4 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ahonen 737.0
5 Flag of Poland.svg Adam Małysz 701.8
6 Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Peterka 683.5
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg Bruno Reuteler 682.3
8 Flag of Norway.svg Håvard Lie 669.6
9 Flag of Norway.svg Simen Berntsen 656.3
10 Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Thoma 647.9

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The 1998 Nordic Tournament was the second edition and took place in Lahti, Falun, Trondheim and Oslo between 7–15 March 1998.

The 1999 Nordic Tournament was the third edition and took place in Lahti, Trondheim, Falun and Oslo between 6–14 March 1999.

The 2000 Nordic Tournament was the fourth edition and took place in Lahti, Falun and Oslo between 4–12 March 2000.

The 2001 Nordic Tournament was the fourth edition and took place in Falun, Trondheim and Oslo between 7–11 March 2000.

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Large Hill - Lahti, FIN". International Ski Federation. 9 Mar 1997.
  2. ↑ "Men's Large Hill - Kuopio, FIN". International Ski Federation. 12 Nov 1997.
  3. ↑ "Men's Normal Hill - Falun, SWE". International Ski Federation. 13 Mar 1997.
  4. ↑ "Men's Large Hill - Oslo, NOR". International Ski Federation. 16 Mar 1997.
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