The 1993–94 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 15th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 4th official World Cup season in ski flying with fourth small crystal globe awarded.
Season began in Planica, Slovenia on 11 December 1993 and finished in Thunder Bay, Canada on 27 March 1994. The individual World Cup overall winner was Espen Bredesen who became olympic champion and also set WR this season; Nations Cup was taken by Team of Norway.
19 men's individual events on 14 different venues in 11 countries were held on the three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America); and four individual events were cancelled due to strong wind in Lahti, Falun, Oslo and Planica. Also 2 men's team events were held.
History was made at Planica with the first ever jump over 200 metres. First ever was Andreas Goldberger, but he touched the snow at 202 metres. Toni Nieminen made first ever official (standing) jump at 203 m. Höllwarth (196 m) and Bredesen (209 m) also set WRs.
Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (which also counted for World Cup), Four Hills Tournament and Bohemia Tournament.
World records List of world record distances (both official and invalid) achieved within this World Cup season. DateAthlete HillRoundPlaceMetresFeet 17 March 1994 Martin Höllwarth Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 V – jumper Planica, Slovenia 196 643 17 March 1994 Andreas Goldberger Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training – R1 Planica, Slovenia 202 663 17 March 1994 Toni Nieminen Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training – R1 Planica, Slovenia 203 666 18 March 1994 Christof Duffner Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training2 – R1 Planica, Slovenia 207 679 18 March 1994 Espen Bredesen Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training2 – R1 Planica, Slovenia 209 686
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Calendar
Men's Individual + N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hillDatePlace (Hill)WinnerSecondThirdOverall leader314111 December 1993 Planica(Srednja Bloudkova K90)(Bloudkova velikanka K120) Espen Bredesen Takanobu Okabe Andreas Goldberger Espen Bredesen 315212 December 1993 Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger Espen Bredesen 316314 December 1993 Predazzo(Trampolino dal Ben K90)N 107 Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog 317417 December 1993 Courchevel(Tremplin du Praz K120)L 184 Andreas Goldberger Jinya Nishikata Jaroslav Sakala Andreas Goldberger 318519 December 1993 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120)L 185 Janne Ahonen Sylvain Freiholz Bjørn Myrbakken 319630 December 1993 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze K115)L 186 Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog32071 January 1994 Garmisch-Pa(Große Olympiaschanze K107)L 187 Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Takanobu Okabe32184 January 1994 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze K109)L 188 Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog Noriaki Kasai32296 January 1994 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner K120)L 189 Espen Bredesen Noriaki Kasai Jens Weißflog42nd Four Hills Tournament Overall(30 December 1993 – 6 January 1994) Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger4H Tournament 323109 January 1994 Murau(Hans-Walland Großschanze K120)L 190 Noriaki Kasai Espen Bredesen Dieter Thoma Espen Bredesen 3241115 January 1994 Liberec(Ještěd A K120)L 191 Espen Bredesen Jaroslav Sakala Roberto Cecon 3251216 January 1994 L 192 Jaroslav Sakala Espen Bredesen Lasse Ottesen 29th Bohemia Tournament Overall(15 – 16 January 1994) Espen Bredesen Jaroslav Sakala Lasse OttesenBohemia Tournament 3261322 January 1994 Sapporo(Miyanomori K90)(Ōkurayama K115)N 108 Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger Jiří Parma Espen Bredesen 3271423 January 1994 L 193 Jens Weißflog Jinya Nishikata Espen Bredesen 1994 Winter Olympics (20 – 25 February • Lillehammer)328155 March 1994 Lahti(Salpausselkä K90, K114)N 109 Jens Weißflog Christian Moser Noriaki Kasai Espen Bredesen 6 March 1994 L cnxcancelled due to strong wind —329169 March 1994 Örnsköldsvik(Paradiskullen K90)N 110 Roberto Cecon Kenji Suda Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen 11 March 1994 Falun(Lugnet K115) L cnxcancelled due to strong wind —13 March 1994 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken K110)L cnxFIS World Cup 1993/94 = FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994(19 – 20 March • Planica)19 March 1994 Planica(Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185)F cnxfirst day of FIS SFWC = FIS WC cancelled de to strong wind —33017 20 March 1994 Jaroslav Sakala Espen Bredesen Roberto Cecon Espen Bredesen3311826 March 1994 Thunder Bay(Big Thunder K90)N 111 Gerd Siegmund Andreas Goldberger Roberto Cecon 3321927 March 1994 N 112 Jens Weißflog Takanobu Okabe Espen Bredesen 15th FIS World Cup Overall(11 December 1993 – 27 March 1994) Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Andreas GoldbergerWorld Cup Overall
Men's Team DatePlace (Hill)SizeWinnerSecondThird515 March 1994 Lahti(Salpausselkä K114) 6225 March 1994 Thunder Bay(Big Thunder K120)L 006
Standings
Overall Rankafter 19 eventsPoints1 Espen Bredesen 1203 2 Jens Weißflog 1110 3 Andreas Goldberger 927 4 Jaroslav Sakala 751 5 Roberto Cecon 710 6 Noriaki Kasai 562 7 Takanobu Okabe 529 8 Jinya Nishikata 482 9 Lasse Ottesen 421 10 Janne Ahonen 388
Ski Flying Rankafter 1 eventPoints1 Jaroslav Sakala 100 2 Espen Bredesen 80 3 Roberto Cecon 60 4 Christof Duffner 50 5 Lasse Ottesen 45 6 Stephan Zünd 40 7 Toni Nieminen 36 8 Kurt Børset 32 9 Jani Soininen 29 10 Hansjörg Jäkle 26
Nations Cup Rankafter 21 eventsPoints1 2537 2 2444 3 2355 4 2298 5 1626 6 1536 7 789 8 650 9 317 10 272
Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Espen Bredesen 931.3 2 Jens Weissflog 923.3 3 Andreas Goldberger 891.8 4 Noriaki Kasai 848.2 5 Jaroslav Sakala 845.5 6 Roberto Cecon 841.8 7 Heinz Kuttin 815.1 8 Dieter Thoma 781.6 9 Janne Väätäinen 771.2 10 Roar Ljøkelsøy 754.9
Bohemia Tournament Rankafter 2 eventsPoints1 Espen Bredesen 459.3 2 Jaroslav Sakala 451.33 Lasse Ottesen 410.44 Roberto Cecon 409.1 5 Janne Ahonen 390.56 Robert Meglič 378.77 Andreas Goldberger 370.9 8 Ladislav Dluhoš 363.3 9 Jiří Parma 362.9 10 Heinz Kuttin 349.8
See also 1993–94 FIS Continental Cup (2nd level competition)
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