The 1982–83 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the fourth World Cup season in ski jumping.
Season began in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 18 December 1982 and was finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 27 March 1983. The individual World Cup overall winner was Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen who also won Four Hills Tournament, Per Bergerud won Swiss Tournament and Klaus Ostwald won Bohemia Tournament. Nations Cup was given to Team of Norway.
25 men's individual events on 17 different venues in 12 countries on two different continents (Europe and North America) were held. No competition was cancelled this season, but one was rescheduled from Liberec to Harrachov due to lack of snow.
Peaks of the season were Four Hills Tournament, Swiss Tournament, Bohemia Tournament and K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week and FIS Ski Flying World Championships.
Competitions were held on two different continents; Europe and North America.
On 19 March 1983, in Harrachov, Czechoslovak ski jumper Pavel Ploc set and improved the world record on 181 metres (594 ft. This competition was full of hard crashes.
Map of world cup hosts EuropeWest GermanyNorth AmericaAustria
Calendar
Men's Individual + N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hillDatePlace (Hill)WinnerSecondThirdOverall leader72118 December 1982 Cortina d’Ampezzo(Trampolino Olimpico K92) Matti Nykänen Olav Hansson Per Bergerud Matti Nykänen 73230 December 1982 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze K110) Horst Bulau Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Matti Nykänen7431 January 1983 Garmisch-Pa(Große Olympiaschanze K107)L 042 Armin Kogler Steinar Bråten Jens Weißflog7544 January 1983 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze K104)L 043 Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Horst Bulau7656 January 1983 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner K109)L 044 Jens Weißflog Olav Hansson Richard Schallert31st Four Hills Tournament Overall(30 December 1982 – 6 January 1983) Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Horst Bulau4H Tournament7768 January 1983 Harrachov(Čerťák K120)L 045 Holger Freitag Markku Pusenius Klaus Ostwald Matti Nykänen9 January 1983 Liberec(Ještěd A K120)L cnxrescheduled to Harrachov due to lack of snow —7879 January 1983 Harrachov(Čerťák K120)L 046 Pavel Ploc Klaus Ostwald Markku Pusenius Matti Nykänen20th Bohemia Tournament Overall(8 – 9 January 1983) Klaus Ostwald Markku Pusenius Pavel PlocBohemia Tournament79815 January 1983 Lake Placid(MacKenzie Intervale K114)L 047 Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Jeff Hastings Matti Nykänen 80916 January 1983 L 048 Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Steinar Bråten 811022 January 1983 Thunder Bay(Big Thunder K89, K120)N 027 Horst Bulau Olav Hansson Pentti Kokkonen 821123 January 1983 L 049 Matti Nykänen Horst Bulau Olav Hansson 831226 January 1983 St. Moritz(Olympiaschanze K94)N 028 Horst Bulau Per Bergerud Pentti Kokkonen Matti Nykänen841328 January 1983 Gstaad(Mattenschanze K88)N 029 Horst Bulau Roger Ruud Ernst Vettori 851430 January 1983 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K116)L 050 Per Bergerud Jeff Hastings Stefan Stannarius20th Swiss Tournament Overall(26 – 30 January 1983) Per Bergerud Pentti Kokkonen Jari PuikkonenSwiss Tournament86 1518 February 1983 Vikersund(Vikersundbakken K155) Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Hans Wallner Matti Nykänen87 1619 February 1983 F 008 Matti Nykänen Horst Bulau Tuomo Ylipulli88 1720 February 1983 F 009 Matti Nykänen Olav Hansson Pavel Ploc30th K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week Overall(18 – 20 February 1983) Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Horst BulauK.O.P.89 1825 February 1983 Falun(Lugnet K89, K112)N 030 Horst Bulau Matti Nykänen Olav Hansson Matti Nykänen 90 1927 February 1983 L 051 Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Ole Bremseth 91 204 March 1983 Lahti(Salpausselkä K88, K113)N 031 Horst Bulau Armin Kogler Pentti Kokkonen 92216 March 1983 L 052 Horst Bulau Armin Kogler Matti Nykänen 932211 March 1983 Bærum(Skuibakken K110)L 053 Armin Kogler Olav Hansson Horst Bulau 942313 March 1983 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken K105)L 054 Steinar Bråten Horst Bulau Armin Kogler Horst Bulau FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1983(18 – 20 March • Čerťák)952426 March 1983 Planica(Srednja Bloudkova K90)(Bloudkova velikanka K120)N 032 Matti Nykänen Primož Ulaga Olav Hansson Matti Nykänen 962527 March 1983 L 055 Primož Ulaga Horst Bulau Richard Schallert 4th FIS World Cup Overall(18 December 1982 – 27 March 1983) Matti Nykänen Horst Bulau Armin KoglerWorld Cup Overall
Standings
Overall Rankafter 25 eventsPoints1 Matti Nykänen 270 2 Horst Bulau 2603 Armin Kogler 2114 Olav Hansson 1865 Per Bergerud 1376 Steinar Bråten 1267 Pentti Kokkonen 1158 Ole Bremseth 999 Jari Puikkonen 9710 Jeff Hastings 93
Nations Cup Rankafter 25 eventsPoints1 8592 6963 5814 3875 2676 2247 1448 1019 7210 50
Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Matti Nykänen 989.8 2 Jens Weißflog 972.2 3 Horst Bulau 960.9 4 Per Bergerud 959.5 5 Steinar Bråten 955.1 6 Richard Schallert 954.6 7 Pentti Kokkonen 952.1 8 Olav Hansson 945.9 9 Ole Bremseth 936.8 10 Klaus Ostwald 929.1
Bohemia Tournament Rankafter 2 eventsPoints1 Klaus Ostwald 512.72 Markku Pusenius 511.63 Pavel Ploc 510.9↓ . . . . . . uncompleted order . . . . . . ↓N/A Armin Kogler 495.4N/A Matti Nykänen 492.7N/A Ulf Findeisen 484.7N/A Jiří Parma 468.8N/A Piotr Fijas 461.9
Swiss Tournament Rankafter 3 eventsPoints1 Per Bergerud 611.92 Pentti Kokkonen 600.13 Jari Puikkonen 591.9↓ . . . . . . uncompleted order . . . . . . ↓N/A Olav Hansson 587.4N/A Richard Schallert 574.7
See also 1982–83 FIS Europa Cup (2nd level competition)
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