Planica 1987 was a two-day ski flying competition part of 1986/87 World Cup season, held from 14 to 15 March 1987 in Planica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Circa 100,000 people in total has gathered in three days.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors13 March 1987 Official training 3 192 metres (630 ft) by Andreas Felder (touch)189 metres (620 ft) by Piotr Fijas 10,00014 March 1987 Competition 1 4 194 metres (636 ft) by Piotr Fijas 40,00015 March 1987 Competition 2 3 193 metres (613 ft) by Vegard Opaas 50,000
All jumps over 190 metres Chronological order: 192 metres (630 ft) – 13 March – Andreas Felder (WR touch, 2RD, Official training) 194 metres (636 ft) – 14 March – Piotr Fijas (WR, 3RD, canceled and repeated after) 191 metres (627 ft) – 14 March – Andreas Felder (repeated 3RD) 190 metres (623 ft) – 15 March – Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (2RD) 193 metres (633 ft) – 15 March – Vegard Opaas (3RD, canceled after)
191 rule 191 rule, proposed by founder of World Cup Torbjørn Yggeseth, which didn't score flights exceeding 191 metres (627 ft), was first time implemented. Piotr Fijas' 194 metres world record was officially recognized seven years later at the FIS meeting in Rio 1994.
World Cup There were two individual ski flying events on Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185. By ski flying rules of that time there were three round of jumps, but only two best counted in a final result.
On 11 and 12 March 1987, trial jumpers were already testing the flying hill, while competition was training on the neighbour Bloudkova velikanka K130 hill.
On 13 March 1987, official training was scheduled at 10:00 AM with 18 Yugoslavian ski jumpers at the start. Felder touched the ground at 192 metres WR distance in the second training round in front of 10,000 people. Fijas landed at 189 metres.
Official training Incomplete list and order — 10,000 people — 13 March 1987 Bib Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 33 Vili Tepeš 150.0 m N/A N/AN/A Miran Tepeš 159.0 m 166.0 m 172.0 mN/A Matjaž Zupan N/A 165.0 m 158.0 mN/A Janez Debelak N/A N/A 154.0 mN/A Bojan Globočnik N/A N/A N/AN/A Borut Mur N/A N/A 147.0 mN/A Matjaž Žagar N/A 161.0 m N/AN/A Rajko Lotrič N/A 164.0 m 147.0 mN/A Tomaž Dolar N/A N/A N/AN/A Vasja Bajc N/A N/A 154.0 mN/A Janez Štirn N/A N/A N/AN/A Iztok Melin N/A N/A N/AN/A Robert Kopač N/A N/A N/AN/A Iztok Golob N/A N/A N/AN/A Dušan Šilar N/A N/A N/AN/A Primož Ulaga N/A 155.0 m N/AN/A Grega Peljhan N/A N/A N/AN/A Krištof Gašpirc N/A N/A N/AN/A Andreas Felder 163.0 m 192.0 m 184.0 mN/A Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl N/A N/A N/AN/A Vegard Opaas N/A N/A N/AN/A Hroar Stjernen 181.0 m N/A N/AN/A Robert Selbekk-Hansen N/A N/A N/AN/A Frédéric Berger N/A N/A N/AN/A Jan Boklöv 171.0 m N/A N/AN/A Piotr Fijas 170.0 m N/A 189.0 mN/A Jiří Parma 170.0 m N/A N/AN/A Rolf Schilli N/A N/A N/A Invalid WR! Touch. Crash!
On 14 March 1987, first competition went quiet normal until the last round. It all started complicating in the third round after Piotr Fijas 194 metres world record distance in front of 40,000 people. After this jump jury canceled the third round and repeated it all over from the beginning from a lower gate. Then in the repeated round Andreas Felder, although with lower speed managed to land at 191 metres and won the competition.
On 15 March 1987, first two rounds of second competition went well until Vegard Opaas' jump at 193 metres. Jury canceled the competition right after this jump. Opaas was furious at technical delegate Torbjørn Yggeseth who robbed him of an almost certain victory, which would help him in a very tied World Cup overall battle with Ernst Vettori. Only one best jump of first two rounds counted as official result and Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl won the second competition.
First competition WC #185 — Official results — 40,000 people — 14 March 1987 Rank Name2 best of 3 rounds Points1 Andreas Felder 188.0 m 191.0 m 398.02 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 182.0 m 167.0 m 350.53 Thomas Klauser 180.0 m 167.0 m 349.54 Miran Tepeš 171.0 m 163.0 m 344.05 Hroar Stjernen 173.0 m 166.0 m 343.06 Günther Stranner 170.0 m 167.0 m 342.57 Piotr Fijas 175.0 m 166.0 m 341.58 Vegard Opaas 173.0 m 166.0 m 340.59 Heikki Ylipulli 167.0 m 169.0 m 335.510 Tuomo Ylipulli 155.0 m 168.0 m 328.5 Matjaž Zupan 168.0 m 157.0 m 328.512 Andreas Bauer 168.0 m 157.0 m 325.013 Jiří Parma 166.0 m 150.0 m 323.014 Jan Boklöv 166.0 m 165.0 m 322.515 Mika Kojonskoski 164.0 m 157.0 m 320.516 Magnus Åström 161.0 m 151.0 m 317.517 Anders Daun 165.0 m 151.0 m 317.018 Trond Jøran Pedersen 161.0 m 157.0 m 313.5 Pekka Suorsa 168.0 m 151.0 m 313.520 Ernst Vettori 168.0 m 151.0 m 313.021 Rolf Schilli 160.0 m 153.0 m 309.522 Janez Debelak 151.0 m 158.0 m 305.523 Pavel Ploc 156.0 m 146.0 m 303.0 Didier Mollard 148.0 m 158.0 m 303.025 Jon Inge Kjørum 152.0 m 150.0 m 302.0 Fabrice Piazzini 152.0 m 149.0 m 302.027 Josef Heumann 157.0 m 150.0 m 301.028 Franz Wiegele 151.0 m 149.0 m 298.029 Borut Mur 154.0 m 142.0 m 297.030 Matjaž Žagar 150.0 m 145.0 m 296.031 Mike Holland N/A N/A 294.032 Jiří Malec N/A N/A 293.033 Antonio Lacedelli N/A N/A 291.534 Gérard Colin N/A N/A 290.035 Raimund Litschko N/A N/A 289.536 Franz Neuländtner N/A N/A 281.537 M. Arnold N/A N/A 280.538 Rajko Lotrič 139.0 m 141.0 m 280.039 Ladislav Dluhoš N/A N/A 278.540 Martin Švagerko N/A N/A 275.041 Tomaž Dolar 141.0 m 136.0 m 274.042 Wolfgang Margreiter N/A N/A 270.543 Gérard Balanche N/A N/A 270.044 Vasja Bajc 139.0 m 138.0 m 265.545 Mark Konopacke N/A N/A 261.546 Janez Štirn 150.0 m 117.0 m 260.547 Ivan Lunardi N/A N/A 259.048 Sandro Sambugaro N/A N/A 257.049 Paul Erat N/A N/A 255.550 Harald Rodlauer N/A N/A 255.0 Udo Okraffka N/A N/A 255.052 Heini Ihle N/A N/A 249.553 Newborn N/A N/A 243.054 Smith N/A N/A 241.055 Iztok Melin 124.0 m 125.0 m 237.556 László Fischer N/A N/A 237.057 Robert Kopač 129.0 m 122.0 m 235.058 Bruno Romang N/A N/A 233.559 Breche N/A N/A 225.060 Iztok Golob 123.0 m 112.0 m 217.561 Vili Tepeš 109.0 m 116.0 m 207.062 Primož Ulaga N/A 83.0 m 53.0 After Fijas' 194 m jump, 3rd round was canceled and repeated all over again.
Second competition WC #186 — Official results — 50,000 people — 15 March 1987 Rank Name 1 best of 2 Points1 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 190.0 m 186.02 Matjaž Zupan 184.0 m 182.03 Piotr Fijas 185.0 m 180.54 Miran Tepeš 166.0 m 180.05 Vegard Opaas 168.0 m 178.06 Andreas Bauer 180.0 m 172.57 Heikki Ylipulli 165.0 m 174.08 Günther Stranner 164.0 m 173.59 Hroar Stjernen 162.0 m 170.510 Raimund Litschko 161.0 m 169.511 Thomas Klauser 174.0 m 169.012 Pekka Suorsa 175.0 m 167.5 Trond Jøran Pedersen 174.0 m 167.514 Andreas Felder 159.0 m 165.515 Fabrice Piazzini 157.0 m 164.016 Tuomo Ylipulli 156.0 m 162.017 Didier Mollard 153.0 m 159.518 Wolfgang Margreiter 164.0 m 157.019 Matjaž Žagar 150.0 m 156.520 Jiří Malec 150.0 m 155.0 Jon Inge Kjørum 151.0 m 155.022 Tomaž Dolar 160.0 m 154.5 Jiří Parma 149.0 m 154.524 Josef Heumann 149.0 m 152.525 Antonio Lacedelli 148.0 m 152.0 Anders Daun 149.0 m 152.027 Pavel Ploc 146.0 m 151.528 Vasja Bajc 158.0 m 149.529 Sandro Sambugaro 145.0 m 149.0 Mark Konopacke 157.0 m 149.031 Rolf Schilli N/A 147.532 M. Arnold N/A 147.033 Borut Mur 141.0 m 146.034 Martin Švagerko N/A 145.0 Mike Holland N/A 145.036 Rajko Lotrič 140.0 m 144.0 Janez Debelak 153.0 m 144.0 Mika Kojonkoski N/A 144.039 Ladislav Dluhoš N/A 143.040 Franz Wiegele N/A 142.541 Paul Erat N/A 141.042 Janez Štirn 150.0 m 140.043 Ivan Lunardi N/A 139.544 Udo Okraffka N/A 138.545 Heini Ihle N/A 134.046 Magnus Åström N/A 133.547 Robert Kopač 131.0 m 132.048 Breche N/A 127.5 Bruno Romang N/A 127.5 Harald Rodlauer N/A 127.5 Gérard Balanche N/A 127.552 László Fischer N/A 125.053 Smith N/A 121.054 Fabrice Piazzini N/A 118.055 Iztok Melin 116.0 m 112.556 Iztok Golob 115.0 m 110.0 Newborn N/A 110.058 Vili Tepeš 116.0 m 108.5 After Opaas' 193 m, 3rd round canceled, 1 best of two rounds valid.
Ski flying world records The all-time longest standing ski jump in parallel style ever. DateNameCountryMetresFeet13 March 1987 Andreas Felder 19263014 March 1987 Piotr Fijas 194636 Not recognized! Touched the ground at world record distance.
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