The 1979–80 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the first World Cup season in ski jumping.

It began in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 27 December 1979 and has finished in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia on 25 March 1980. The individual World Cup overall winner was Hubert Neuper, who also won the Four Hills Tournament. The Nations Cup winner was Team of Austria.

The event in Vikersund, Norway took place over three days from 29 February to 2 March 1980, with the second day of competition being cancelled due to strong winds. The total points from the first and last competitions counted as a single WC win: this remains the only time in World Cup history when the results from more than one event counted as a single combined event.

25 men's individual events on 18 different venues in 14 countries were held. Peaks of the season were Olympics, 4H Tournament, Swiss Tournament and K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week.

Competitions were held on three different continents; Europe, Asia and North America.

Map of all world cup hosts EuropeWest GermanyAustria

CanadaAsia

Calendar

Men's Individual + N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hillDatePlace (Hill)WinnerSecondThirdOverall leader11 Cortina d'Ampezzo(Trampolino Olimpico K92) Toni Innauer Hubert Neuper Alfred Groyer Toni Innauer 2230 December 1979 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze K115) Jochen Danneberg Hubert Neuper Alfred Groyer Hubert Neuper 331 January 1980 Garmisch-Pa(Große Olympiaschanze K107)L 002 Hubert Neuper Jari Puikkonen Johan Sætre444 January 1980 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze K106)L 003 Hubert Neuper Hansjörg Sumi Henry Glaß556 January 1980 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner K106)L 004 Martin Weber Henry Glaß Piotr Fijas28th Four Hills Tournament Overall(30 December 1979 – 6 January 1980) Hubert Neuper Henry Glaß Martin Weber4H Tournament 6612 January 1980 Sapporo(Ōkurayama K110)L 005 Hirokazu Yagi Bogdan Norčič Armin Kogler Hubert Neuper 7713 January 1980L 006 Masahiro Akimoto Hirokazu Yagi Bogdan Norčič8819 January 1980 Thunder Bay(Big Thunder K89/K120)N 002 Armin Kogler Bernard Moullier Alfred Groyer9920 January 1980L 007 Armin Kogler Hubert Neuper Toni Innauer101026 January 1980 Zakopane(Średnia Krokiew K89)(Wielka Krokiew K115)N 003 Stanisław Bobak Ivar Mobekk Olaf Schmidt111127 January 1980L 008 Piotr Fijas Stanisław Bobak Ivar Mobekk12129 February 1980 Saint Nizier(Dauphiné K112)L 009 Piotr Fijas Hans Wallner Stanisław Bobak131310 February 1980L 010 Tom Christiansen Alois Lipburger Tom Levorstad1980 Winter Olympics(17 – 23 February • Lake Placid)141427 February 1980 St. Moritz(Olympiaschanze K94)N 004 Roger Ruud Johan Sætre Robert Mösching Hubert Neuper151529 February 1980 Gstaad(Mattenschanze K88)N 005 Hansjörg Sumi Roger Ruud Hubert Neuper16162 March 1980 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K116) L 011 Toni Innauer Johan Sætre Hansjörg Sumi17th Swiss Tournament Overall(27 February – 2 March 1980) Roger Ruud Johan Sætre Hansjörg SumiSwiss Tournament 171729 February 1980 Vikersund(Vikersundbakken K155) Per Bergerud Stanisław Bobak Ján Tánczoš Hubert Neuper1 March 19802 March 198026th K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week Overall(29 February – 2 March 1980) Per Bergerud Stanisław Bobak Ján TánczošK.O.P.18188 March 1980 Lahti(Salpausselkä K88, K113)N 006 Armin Kogler Hubert Neuper Jouko Törmänen Hubert Neuper19199 March 1980L 012 Steve Collins Jouko Törmänen Hubert Neuper202011 March 1980 Falun(Lugnet K89)N 007 Jouko Törmänen Jari Puikkonen Armin Kogler212116 March 1980 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken K105)L 013 Armin Kogler Jari Puikkonen Hubert Neuper222221 March 1980 Planica(Srednja Bloudkova K92)(Bloudkova velikanka K117)N 008 Hans Millonig Armin Kogler Primož Ulaga232322 March 1980L 014 Hubert Neuper Armin Kogler Hans Millonig242424 March 1980 Štrbské Pleso(MS 1970 A K110)L 015 Masahiro Akimoto Peter Leitner Hirokazu Yagi252525 March 1980L 016 Armin Kogler Hans Millonig Hubert Neuper1st FIS World Cup Overall(27 December 1979 – 25 March 1980) Hubert Neuper Armin Kogler Stanisław BobakWorld Cup Overall

Standings

Overall Rankafter 25 eventsPoints1 Hubert Neuper 2382 Armin Kogler 2203 Stanisław Bobak 1304 Hirokazu Yagi 1165 Masahiro Akimoto 1096 Hans Millonig Johan Sætre 1088 Hansjörg Sumi 1029 Toni Innauer 9510 Hans Wallner 87

Nations Cup Rankafter 25 eventsPoints1 10352 5243 3144 2965 2496 Poland 2297 1588 1359 10610 84

Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Hubert Neuper 940.1 2 Henry Glaß 912.9 3 Martin Weber 912.7 4 Klaus Ostwald 912.35 Alfred Groyer 904.0 6 Harald Duschek 897.0 7 Jochen Danneberg 893.4 8 Piotr Fijas 888.3 9 Johan Sætre 885.2 10 Vladimir Vlassov 880.9

Swiss Tournament Rankafter 3 eventsPoints1 Roger Ruud 737.62 Johan Sætre 727.03 Hansjörg Sumi 725.74 Sergey Saychik 684.75 Reed Zuehlke 673.96 Willi Pürstl 671.57 Pjotr Sunin 668.78 Robert Mösching 659.49 Ulf Jørgensen 655.910 Lido Tomasi 55.1

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