The 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 19th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 8th official World Cup season in ski flying with the eighth small crystal globe awarded.

The season began in Lillehammer, Norway on 29 November 1997 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 22 March 1998. The individual World Cup overall winner was Primož Peterka for the second year in a row, Sven Hannawald took the Ski Flying small crystal globe, Kazuyoshi Funaki won Four Hills Tournament and the Nations Cup was taken by Team of Japan.

27 men's individual events on 19 different venues in 11 countries were held on two different continents (Europe and Asia). There were a lot of problems with weather at the beginning of the season in Harrachov due to a lack of snow moved from large to normal hill; and in Oberhof due to warm weather and rain; it was rescheduled two times in total, finally to Lahti in March. Also one scheduled team event was cancelled as only 6 teams applied instead of at least 8 required.

Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics, FIS Ski Flying World Championships (also counted for World Cup for fourth Championship in a row), 4H Tournament and Nordic Tournament.

Map of world cup hosts EuropeGermanyAustriaAsia

Calendar

Men's Individual + N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hillDatePlace (Hill)WinnerSecondThirdOverall leader 407129 November 1997 Lillehammer(Lysgårdsbakken K120) Dieter Thoma Jani Soininen Noriaki Kasai Dieter Thoma 408230 November 1997 L 241 Jani Soininen Masahiko Harada Dieter Thoma Jani Soininen 40936 December 1997 Predazzo(Trampolino dal Ben K90) Jani Soininen Primož Peterka Andreas Widhölzl 41048 December 1997 Villach(Villacher Alpenarena K90)N 132 Masahiko Harada Dieter Thoma Primož Peterka Mika Laitinen 12 December 1997 Harrachov(Čerťák K90, K120) L cnxmoved to normal hill due to lack of snow on large hill — 411512 December 1997 N 133 Masahiko Harada Primož Peterka Dieter Thoma Masahiko Harada 13 December 1997 N cnxreplacement for cancelled event in Oberhof on 14 December(on surprise of organisers and coaches cancelled due to good head wind) — 14 December 1997 Oberhof(Kanzlersgrund K120)L cnxcancelled due to warm weather and rain(unsuccessfully moved to Harrachov and finally to Lahti) 412620 December 1997 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis K120)L 242 Andreas Widhölzl Stefan Horngacher Janne Ahonen Dieter Thoma 413721 December 1997 L 243 Masahiko Harada Primož Peterka Stefan Horngacher Masahiko Harada 414829 December 1997 Oberstdorf(Schattenberg K115)L 244 Kazuyoshi Funaki Hiroya Saito Ari-Pekka Nikkola41591 January 1998 Garmisch-Pa(Gr. Olympiaschanze K115)L 245 Kazuyoshi Funaki Masahiko Harada Hiroya Saito416104 January 1998 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze K110)L 246 Kazuyoshi Funaki Sven Hannawald Janne Ahonen417116 January 1998 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner K120)L 247 Sven Hannawald Hansjörg Jäkle Janne Ahonen46th Four Hills Tournament Overall(29 December 1997 – 6 January 1998) Kazuyoshi Funaki Sven Hannawald Janne Ahonen4H Tournament4181211 January 1998 Ramsau(W90-Mattensprunga. K90) N 134 Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki Hiroya Saito Masahiko Harada 4191317 January 1998 Zakopane(Wielka Krokiew K116)L 248 Kristian Brenden Janne Ahonen Sven Hannawald 4201418 January 1998 L 249 Primož Peterka Kazuyoshi Funaki Sven Hannawald FIS World Cup 1997/98 = FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1998(24 – 25 January • Oberstdorf)4211524 January 1998 Oberstdorf(Heini-Klopfer K185) Sven Hannawald Kazuyoshi Funaki Kristian Brenden Masahiko Harada 4221625 January 1998 F 039 Kazuyoshi Funaki Dieter Thoma Sven Hannawald Kazuyoshi Funaki 423 175 February 1998 Sapporo(Ōkurayama K120)L 250 Andreas Widhölzl Jani Soininen Janne Ahonen 1998 Winter Olympics(11 – 15 February • Nagano)28 February 1998 Vikersund(Vikersundbakken K175)F cnxcancelled due to strong wind; postponed on next day — 424181 March 1998 F 040 Andreas Widhölzl Sven Hannawald Akira Higashi Kazuyoshi Funaki 425191 March 1998 F 041 Takanobu Okabe Hiroya Saito Noriaki Kasai 426204 March 1998 Kuopio(Puijo K120)L 251 Andreas Widhölzl Primož Peterka Hiroya Saito 427217 March 1998 Lahti(Salpausselkä K114)L 252 Janne Ahonen Andreas Widhölzl Kristian Brenden 428228 March 1998 Lahti(Salpausselkä K114)L 253 Primož Peterka Jani Soininen Kristian Brenden4292311 March 1998 Falun(Lugnet K115) L 254 Primož Peterka Andreas Widhölzl Hiroya Saito Andreas Widhölzl 4302413 March 1998 Trondheim(Granåsen K120)L 255 Masahiko Harada Noriaki Kasai Roberto Cecon4312515 March 1998 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken K112)L 256 Primož Peterka Bruno Reuteler Masahiko Harada2nd Nordic Tournament Overall(8–15 March 1998) Andreas Widhölzl Sven Hannawald Hiroya SaitoNordic Tournament4322621 March 1998 Planica(Bloudkova velikanka K120)L 257 Kazuyoshi Funaki Primož Peterka Hiroya Saito Primož Peterka 4332722 March 1998 L 258 Noriaki Kasai Hiroya Saito Martin Höllwarth 19th FIS World Cup Overall(29 November 1997 – 22 March 1998) Primož Peterka Kazuyoshi Funaki Andreas WidhölzlWorld Cup Overall

Men's Team DatePlace (Hill)SizeWinnerSecondThird7 March 1998 LahtiSalpausselkä K114)L cnxcancelled as only 6 teams applied; minimum 8 needed(they used this to replace cancelled individual event from Oberhof)

Standings

Overall Rankafter 27 eventsPoints1 Primož Peterka 1253 2 Kazuyoshi Funaki 12343 Andreas Widhölzl 12084 Masahiko Harada 11205 Hiroya Saito 9626 Sven Hannawald 953 7 Jani Soininen 9508 Dieter Thoma 921 9 Janne Ahonen 83610 Noriaki Kasai 720

Ski Jumping (JP) Cup Rankafter 23 eventsPoints1 Primož Peterka 1082 2 Masahiko Harada 10763 Andreas Widhölzl 10374 Kazuyoshi Funaki 10175 Jani Soininen 9036 Hiroya Saito 8507 Dieter Thoma 7718 Janne Ahonen 7419 Sven Hannawald 695 10 Noriaki Kasai 642

Ski Flying Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Sven Hannawald 258 2 Kazuyoshi Funaki 2173 Andreas Widhölzl 171 Primož Peterka 1715 Lasse Ottesen 1576 Dieter Thoma 150 Takanobu Okabe 1508 Akira Higashi 123 9 Kristian Brenden 123 10 Hiroya Saito 112

Nations Cup Rankafter 27 eventsPoints1 5224 2 32003 31764 27585 1987 6 14287 5118 500 9 23410 199

Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Kazuyoshi Funaki 944.0 2 Sven Hannawald 912.8 3 Janne Ahonen 907.0 4 Andreas Goldberger 884.4 5 Jani Soininen 863.7 6 Dieter Thoma 859.1 7 Andreas Widhölzl 831.8 8 Stefan Horngacher 808.8 9 Kazuya Yoshioka 804.3 10 Masahiko Harada 777.9

Nordic Tournament Rankafter 5 eventsPoints1 Andreas Widhölzl 974.6 2 Sven Hannawald 927.0 3 Hiroya Saito 910.5 4 Noriaki Kasai 904.5 5 Sylvain Freiholz 895.9 6 Roberto Cecon 894.9 7 Hansjörg Jäkle 889.2 8 Kazuyoshi Funaki 879.5 9 Janne Ahonen 856.3 10 Primož Peterka 844.2

See also 1997 Grand Prix (top level summer series) 1997–98 FIS Continental Cup (2nd level competition) 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup – Zakopane

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