The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17 and 18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors14 March 1979 Hill test 3 158 metres (518 ft) by Janez Loštrek N/A 15 March 1979 Official Training 2 169 metres (554 ft) by František Novák 10,00016 March 1979 Competition, Day 1 — canceled; after 8 test jumpers due to rain 15,00017 March 1979 Competition, Day 2 3 179 metres (587 ft) by Axel Zitzmann (fall)171 metres (561 ft) by Ivo Zupan 40,000 18 March 1979 Competition, Day 3 3 176 metres (577 ft) by Klaus Ostwald 50,000
Rules Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just two days before official competition. Originally total 3 of 9 jumps, the best one of each three days was supposed to go into final score. But technical delegate of competition, Norwegian Torbjørn Yggeseth who is known as the founder of the World Cup, proposed the change of rules: total 6 of 9 jumps, the best two of each three days were incorporated. Although only 4 of 6 rounds counted at the end as first day of competition was canceled.
To perform on Saturday and Sunday competition, competitor had to reach 75% average of top 10 jumps in at least one round on official training on Thursday or at first day of competition on Friday.
Competition On 14 March 1979 hill test in three rounds was on schedule. Križaj opened the hill with 142 metres, Bizjak's binds got off in the inrun and he managed to stop. Loštrek set the longest distance of the day at 158 metres.
On 15 March 1979 official training in front of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain. František Novák set the distance of the day at 169 metres.
On 16 March 1979 first day of competition with three rounds was on schedule. Everything was over only after 8 testjumpers on a disappointment of 15,000 people due to heavy rain. Test jumper Ivo Zupan set the distance of the day at 159 metres.
On 17 March 1979 second day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 40,000 people. Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres. In the second round East German Axel Zitzmann crashed at world record distance at 179 metres, second round was canceled and repeated right after. Zitzmann was leading after first 2 best of 3 jumps of second day of competition.
On 18 March 1979 the last day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 50,000 people. A lot of inrun speed/gate testing were made before the first round. Kogler set the best distance of the second round at 156 metres. Just before the third round, East German test jumper Klaus Ostwald set the world record at 176 metres. Armin Kogler became the world champion after 4 of 6 best flights in two days of competition.
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Official training 15 March 1979 — 2 rounds — test — chronological order incomplete BibName 1RD 2RDTest jumpers P1 Marjan Križaj 139.0 m N/A P2 Ivo Zupan 145.0 m 152.0 m P3 Andrej Kajzer 138.0 m N/A P4 Stanko Velikonja 132.0 m N/A P5 Komel 146.0 m N/A P6 Anžel 140.0 m N/A P7 Janez Loštrek 141.0 m N/A N/A Vili Tepeš N/A 157.0 m N/A Thierry Sauvanet 109.0 m N/A N/A Klaus Ostwald N/A 140.0 m
15 March 1979 — 2 rounds (the first repeated) — competitors — chronological order BibName 1RD 1RD 2RDCompetitors 1 Vasja Bajc 146.0 m 139.0 m 144.0 m 2 Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 158.0 m 161.0 m 3 Esko Rautionaho 153.0 m 146.0 m 137.0 m 4 Piroskov 126.0 m 126.0 m 103.0 m 5 Terry Kern 123.0 m 116.0 m 111.0 m 6 Yūji Kawamura 148.0 m 135.0 m 136.0 m 7 Alfred Goyer 130.0 m 114.0 m 127.0 m 8 Ole Erik Tvedt 131.0 m118.0 m — 9 Ladislav Jirásko 130.0 m 129.0 m 121.0 m 10 Ivano Wegher 112.0 m 116.0 m — 11 Jari Puikkonen 119.0 m 144.0 m135.0 m 12 František Novák 169.0 m 158.0 m 154.0 m 13 Bjarne Næs — 109.0 m 131.0 m 14 Yury Kalinin — 141.0 m 138.0 m 15 Takafumi Kawabata — 128.0 m 134.0 m 16 Primož Ulaga — 121.0 m 137.0 m 17 Kip Sundgaard — 118.0 m 126.0 m 18 Hans Wallner — 148.0 m 132.0 m 19 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch — 124.0 m 113.0 m 20 Thomas Meisinger — 140.0 m 144.0 m 21 Olivier Favre — 112.0 m 115.0 m 22 Jochen Danneberg — 141.0 m 150.0 m 23 Kari Ylianttila — 140.0 m 141.0 m 24 Ján Tánczos — 148.0 m 156.0 m 25 Hubert Neuper — 136.0 m 150.0 m 26 Zdravko Bogataj — 128.0 m 131.0 m 27 Chris McNeill — 105.0 m 109.0 m 28 Valery Savin — 136.0 m 133.0 m 29 Sakaye Tsuruga — 111.0 m 118.0 m 30 Roland Glas — 109.0 m 129.0 m 31 Lido Tomasi — 125.0 m 104.0 m 32 Finn Halvorsen — 117.0 m 121.0 m 33 Thomas Prosser — 129.0 m 34 Piotr Fijas — 151.0 m149.0 m 35 John Broman — 121.0 m 119.0 m 36 Aleksey Borovitin — 122.0 m 132.0 m 37 Peter Leitner — 132.0 m 133.0 m 38 Hansjörg Sumi — 120.0 m 110.0 m 39 Andreas Hille — 144.0 m 139.0 m 40 Per Steinar Nordlien — 127.0 m 118.0 m 41 Stanisław Bobak — 140.0 m 130.0 m 42 Harald Duschek — 131.0 m 144.0 m 43 Per Bergerud — 118.0 m 136.0 m 44 Hirokazu Yagi — 132.0 m 162.0 m 45 Leoš Škoda — 149.0 m 119.0 m 46 Armin Kogler — 157.0 m 158.0 m 47 Josef Samek — 134.0 m 149.0 m 48 Yuri Ivanov — 153.0 m 145.0 m 49 Bogdan Norčič — 137.0 m 122.0 m 50 Alois Lipburger — 122.0 m 130.0 m 51 Pentti Kokkonen —147.0 m120.0 m
Competition: Day 1 9:30 AM — 16 March 1979 — 3 rounds — test — chronological order BibName 1RD 2RD 3RDTest jumpers P1 Ivo Zupan 159.0 m N/A N/A P2 Andrej Kajzer 156.0 m N/A N/A P3 Janez Loštrek 140.0 m N/A N/A P4 Marko Mlakar 148.0 m N/A N/A P5 Vili Tepeš 140.0 m N/A N/A P6 Komel 144.0 m N/A N/A P7 Stanko Velikonja 126.0 m N/A N/A P8 Anžel 141.0 m N/A N/ACompetitorsno jumps; canceled after 8 test jumpers; heavy rain
Competition: Day 2 17 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — second round was canceled and repeated — chronological order RankBibName 1RD 2RD 2RD 3RDPoints 1 10 Axel Zitzmann 156.0 m179.0 m 170.0 m 168.0 m 380.0 2 41 Armin Kogler 160.0 m —156.0 m 160.0 m 361.0 3 34 Piotr Fijas 149.0 m —131.0 m 166.0 m 350.0 38 Andreas Hille 161.0 m — 155.0 m141.0 m 350.0 5 15 Josef Samek 152.0 m — 154.0 m 155.0 m 346.0 6 21 Yury Kalinin 151.0 m — 156.0 m 144.0 m 344.0 7 22 Harald Duschek 151.0 m — 156.0 m 145.0 m 342.5 8 7 Leoš Škoda 144.0 m163.0 m 151.0 m 154.0 m 339.0 42 Pentti Kokkonen 156.0 m —141.0 m 146.0 m 339.0 10 28 Kari Ylianttila 149.0 m — 155.0 m136.0 m 337.0 11 23 Aleksey Borovitin146.0 m — 149.0 m 151.0 m 336.5 12 47 František Novák 154.0 m — 144.0 m141.0 m 329.0 13 33 Ján Tánczos 155.0 m —138.0 m 139.0 m 327.5 14 46 Stanisław Bobak 144.0 m —137.0 m 149.0 m 326.5 15 14 Hans Wallner 150.0 m —144.0 m 147.0 m 324.0 16 27 Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m —130.0 m 145.0 m 323.5 17 44 Peter Leitner130.0 m — 140.0 m 149.0 m 323.0 18 32 Hubert Neuper 140.0 m — 152.0 m — 321.5 19 9 Alois Lipburger 150.0 m116.0 m120.0 m 139.0 m 319.5 20 24 Per Steinar Nordlien140.0 m — 146.0 m 142.0 m 318.5 21 43 Yuri Ivanov134.0 m — 138.0 m 147.0 m 316.5 22 11 Jari Puikkonen 139.0 m — 146.0 m 141.0 m 312.5 23 30 Sakaye Tsuruga 144.0 m — 136.0 m118.0 m 310.5 24 39 Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m — 136.0 m 143.0 m 309.0 25 3 Esko Rautionaho 130.0 m148.0 m 141.0 m 307.5 26 6 Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m148.0 m 137.0 m134.0 m 301.5 27 29 Primož Ulaga 138.0 m — 139.0 m133.0 m 300.0 28 19 Takafumi Kawabata 124.0 m — 149.0 m123.0 m 297.5 29 5 Valery Savin 147.0 m148.0 m 132.0 m 135.0 m 295.5 30 36 Hansjörg Sumi126.0 m — 135.0 m 133.0 m 293.5 31 8 Yūji Kawamura 132.0 m144.0 m123.0 m 133.0 m 292.5 32 45 Vasja Bajc 132.0 m — 134.0 m 131.0 m 291.5 33 31 Kip Sundgaard 118.0 m — 133.0 m 129.0 m 289.5 34 25 Roland Glas 136.0 m —123.0 m 129.0 m 286.5 35 18 Finn Halvorsen 130.0 m —125.0 m 131.0 m 283.5 36 20 Terry Kern 122.0 m — 132.0 m 127.0 m 280.5 37 40 Per Bergerud 127.0 m —122.0 m 132.0 m 278.5 38 37 John Broman 132.0 m —127.0 m 278.0 39 13 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 130.0 m —127.0 m 126.0 m 277.0 16 Olivier Favre120.0 m — 127.0 m 127.0 m 277.0 41 1 Bjarne Næs 129.0 m147.0 m106.0 m 119.0 m 263.5 42 35 Thomas Prosser 124.0 m —101.0 m 114.0 m 258.5 43 12 Zdravko Bogataj109.0 m — 117.0 m 119.0 m 255.0 44 17 Ivano Wegher 114.0 m — 116.0 m 115.0 m 249.0 45 4 Chris McNeill 119.0 m132.0 m 116.0 m112.0 m 248.0 46 26 Lido Tomasi 111.0 m — 118.0 m96.0 m 234.5 47 2 Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m117.0 m94.0 m 96.0 m 202.0
Competition: Day 3 18 March 1979 — incomplete — test BibName 1RD 2RD 3RD Test jumpers N/A Vili Tepeš 165.0 m N/A 156.0 m N/A Križaj 154.0 m N/A N/A N/A Komel 157.0 m N/A N/A N/A Janez Loštrek N/A N/A 144.0 m N/A Ladislav Jirásko N/A N/A 150.0 m N/A Alfred Groyer N/A N/A 155.0 m N/A Thomas Meisinger N/A N/A 162.0 m P54 Klaus Ostwald 175.0 m N/A176.0 m
18 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — competitors RankName 1RD 2RD PointsCompetitors 1 Armin Kogler 168.0 m 169.0 m 380.5 2 Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 157.0 m 356.0 3 Piotr Fijas 152.0 m 162.0 m 354.5 4 Yury Kalinin 157.0 m 151.0 m 354.0 5 Leoš Škoda 151.0 m 156.0 m 343.0 6 Pentti Kokkonen 155.0 m 149.0 m 342.5 7 Josef Samek 153.0 m 163.0 m 342.0 8 Andreas Hille 151.0 m 151.0 m 340.5 9 Harald Duschek 150.0 m 149.0 m 333.0 10 Hirokazu Yagi 147.0 m 155.0 m 332.5 11 Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 147.0 m 331.5 12 Per Steinar Nordlien 146.0 m 146.0 m 327.5 13 Peter Leitner 137.0 m 152.0 m 325.0 14 Kari Ylianttila 148.0 m 140.0 m 323.5 15 Esko Rautionaho 146.0 m 140.0 m 323.0 16 Hans Wallner 137.0 m 144.0 m 315.5 17 Valery Savin 136.0 m 149.0 m 315.0 18 Alois Lipburger 140.0 m 143.0 m 313.0 19 Sakaye Tsuruga 145.0 m 136.0 m 309.0 20 Yuri Ivanov 136.0 m 139.0 m 306.5 21 Aleksey Borovitin 133.0 m 139.0 m 305.5 22 Ján Tánczos 131.0 m 139.0 m 301.5 23 Primož Ulaga 133.0 m 140.0 m 300.5 24 Jari Puikkonen 132.0 m 137.0 m 297.0 25 Bogdan Norčič 132.0 m 136.0 m 296.5 26 Takafumi Kawabata 126.0 m 145.0 m 296.0 27 Stanisław Bobak 130.0 m 136.0 m 295.0 28 Per Bergerud 136.0 m 136.0 m 292.5 František Novák 133.0 m 100.0 m 292.5 30 Kip Sundgaard 134.0 m 133.0 m 291.0 31 Bjarne Næs 135.0 m 130.0 m 283.5 32 Hansjörg Sumi 128.0 m 130.0 m 282.5 33 Vasja Bajc 127.0 m 133.0 m 280.5 34 Thomas Prosser 129.0 m 131.0 m 287.5 35 Finn Halvorsen 123.0 m 129.0 m 275.0 36 Zdravko Bogataj 129.0 m 120.0 m 270.5 37 Terry Kern 124.0 m 126.0 m 269.5 38 Yūji Kawamura 120.0 m 124.0 m 267.5 39 John Broman 120.0 m 259.0 40 Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 119.0 m 118.0 m 256.5 41 Chris McNeill 120.0 m 120.0 m 255.0 42 Ivano Wegher 114.0 m 118.0 m 248.0 Olivier Favre 115.0 m 116.0 m 248.0 44 Roland Glas 117.0 m 114.0 m 247.5 45 Thierry Sauvanet 119.0 m 112.0 m 238.5 Not recognized. Crash at WR! Didn't count into final results! Didn't count into final result! World record! Crash, touch!
Official results 17 to 18 March 1979 — 4 best of 6 rounds — first day canceled — originally 6 best of 9 rounds scheduled