The 1987–88 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 9th World Cup season in ski jumping.
Season began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 5 December 1987 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 27 March 1988. The individual World Cup overall winner was Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen (for the 4th and last time in his career) dominating the season with 10 WC wins, double olympic gold and bronze at Ski Flying World Champ.; Nations Cup was taken by Team of Finland.
20 men's individual events on 15 different venues in 10 countries were held on three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America). Two competition were cancelled this season.
Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics, FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Four Hills Tournament, Bohemia Tournament (cancelled) and Swiss Tournament.
Two events (Harrachov and Liberec), counting for Bohemia Tournament were cancelled.
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Calendar
Men's Individual + N – normal hill / L – large hillDatePlace (Hill)SizeWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader 18915 December 1987 Thunder Bay(Big Thunder K89, K120) Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Ernst Vettori Matti Nykänen 19026 December 1987 Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Vegard Opaas 191312 December 1987 Lake Placid(MacKenzie Int. K114, K86)L 107 Pavel Ploc Dieter Thoma Andreas Bauer Pavel Ploc 192413 December 1987N 069 Pavel Ploc Jiří Parma Vegard Opaas 193519 December 1987 Sapporo(Miyanomori K90)(Ōkurayama K115)N 070 Matti Nykänen Werner Schuster Martin Švagerko 194620 December 1987 L 108 Matti Nykänen Jiří Parma Staffan Tällberg Matti Nykänen 195730 December 1987 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze K115)L 109 Pavel Ploc Matti Nykänen Staffan Tällberg Pavel Ploc19681 January 1988 Garmisch-Pa(Große Olympiaschanze K107)L 110 Matti Nykänen Staffan Tällberg Jens Weißflog Matti Nykänen19794 January 1988 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze K109)L 111 Matti Nykänen Andreas Bauer Jens Weißflog198106 January 1988 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner K111)L 112 Matti Nykänen Primož Ulaga Ole C. Eidhammer36th Four Hills Tournament Overall(30 December 1987 – 6 January 1988) Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Jiří Parma4H Tournament9 January 1988 Liberec(Ještěd A K120)L cnxcancelled due to high temperatures and lack of snow — 10 January 1988 Harrachov(Čerťák K120)L cnxBohemia Tournament Overall(9 – 10 January 1988)cancelled due to high temperatures and lack of snow Bohemia Tournament1991117 January 1988 Gallio(Trampolino di Pakstall K95)N 071 Ernst Vettori Primož Ulaga Jiří Parma Matti Nykänen 2001220 January 1988 St. Moritz(Olympiaschanze K94)N 072 Matti Nykänen Erik Johnsen Remo Lederer Matti Nykänen2011322 January 1988 Gstaad(Mattenschanze K88)N 073 Pavel Ploc Miran Tepeš Jens Weißflog2021424 January 1988 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120)L 113 Jens Weißflog Matti Nykänen Andreas Felder23rd Swiss Tournament Overall(20 – 24 February 1988) Matti Nykänen Miran Tepeš Ernst VettoriSwiss Tournament 1988 Winter Olympics(14 – 23 February • Calgary) 203154 March 1988 Lahti(Salpausselkä K90, K114)N 074 Matti Nykänen Jan Boklöv Erik Johnsen Matti Nykänen 204166 March 1988 L 114 Matti Nykänen Jan Boklöv Erik Johnsen FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1988(13 March • Oberstdorf) 2051718 March 1988 Meldal(Kløvsteinbakken K105)L 115 Erik Johnsen Oliver Strohmaier Jiří Malec Matti Nykänen 2061820 March 1988 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken K105)L 116 Erik Johnsen Ole G. Fidjestøl Günther Stranner 2071926 March 1988 Planica(Srednja Bloudkova K90)(Bloudkova velikanka K120)N 075 Primož Ulaga Pavel Ploc Ernst Vettori 2082027 March 1988L 117 Primož Ulaga Rajko Lotrič Didier Mollard 9th FIS World Cup Overall(5 December 1987 – 27 March 1988) Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Primož UlagaWorld Cup Overall
Standings
Overall Rankafter 20 eventsPoints1 Matti Nykänen 2822 Pavel Ploc 1873 Primož Ulaga 1274 Jiří Parma 1255 Ernst Vettori 1146 Jens Weißflog 1117 Erik Johnsen 1068 Miran Tepeš 979 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 8210 Jan Boklöv 64
Nations Cup Rankafter 20 eventsPoints1 5412 4303 4124 3335 3106 1807 1658 1539 7710 68
Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Matti Nykänen 887.72 Jens Weißflog 788.73 Jiří Parma 767.74 Christian Hauswirth 763.55 Franz Wiegele 752.7 6 Staffan Tällberg 751.57 Miran Tepeš 748.28 Andreas Bauer 741.09 Tuomo Ylipulli 731.510 Jari Puikkonen 726.3
Swiss Tournament Rankafter 3 eventsPoints1 Matti Nykänen 641.52 Miran Tepeš 635.53 Ernst Vettori 621.34 Jens Weißflog 621.25 Pavel Ploc 619.16 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 616.17 Andreas Felder 600.88 Franz Wiegele 587.59 Josef Heumann 583.310 Ole C. Eidhammer 579.3
See also 1987–88 FIS Europa Cup (2nd level competition)
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