Planica 1934 refers to a ski jumping event with national championships held on 4 February 1934 and the first international event on 25 March 1934 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors4 March 1934 Nationals 2 62.5 metres (205 ft) by Tone Dečman (fall)60 metres (197 ft) by Franc Palme 2,50023 March 1934 Official training 1 1 83 metres (273 ft) by Gregor Höll (fall)79 metres (259 ft) by Birger Ruud N/A24 March 1934 Official training 2 1 87 metres (285 ft) by Birger Ruud (WR crash)85.5 metres (281 ft) by Sigmund Ruud N/A25 March 1934 International event 2 86.5 metres (284 ft) by Sigmund Ruud 4,000Afternoon record battle 2 95 metres (312 ft) by Sigmund Ruud (WR fall)92 metres (302 ft) by Birger Ruud (WR)
1934: Snow cement invention At the 1934 nationals championships opening event, "snow cement", a mixture of salammoniac and salt hardens snow, was used for the first time in the world by Ivan Rožman, the original hill constructor.Enciklopedija Slovenije. (1997). Knjiga 10. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.
National championships On 4 February 1934 Bloudkova velikanka hill was officially opened with national championships of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Norwegian Jahr made the opening jump and landed at 55 meters. Franc Palme became the national champion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with the national record of 60 meters.
Opening competition 14:30 PM — 4 February 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Dist.Opening jump1 Jahr 55 mFirst round2 Bogo Šramel 50 m3 Rado Istenič 55 m4 Zupan 50 m5 Tone Dečman 56 m6 Milan Šubic 48 m7 Edo Bevc 55 m8 Gregor Klančnik 40 m9 Albin Jakopič 50.5 m10 Franc Palme 55 m11 Rudolf Hunger 54 mTrial jump 212 Jahr 62 mSecond round13 Bogo Šramel 54 m14 Rado Istenič 56 m15 Zupan 50 m16 Tone Dečman 62.5 m17 Edo Bevc 58 m18 Gregor Klančnik 48 m19 Albin Jakopič 50.5 m20 Franc Palme 60 m21 Rudolf Hunger 60 m
International event On 23 March 1934 the first training session was held before the international event. A few hill records were set that day, with Gregor Höll setting the highest record at .
There was a second training event on 24 March 1934 before the international competition. Sigmund Ruud broke the hill record at and Birger Ruud crashed at the world record distance of .
On 25 March 1934 two different events were held with a total of fourteen competitors from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Austria and Norway. The first competition started at noon and comprised two rounds. The second competition began at 1:00 PM. Jumps outside of competition were taken when Ruud set the world record distance at in the last round.
First official training Afternoon — 23 March 1934 — order of jumps not available Name Country Dist. Oyvind Alstad 63 m Per G. Jonson 67 m Reidar Hoff 69 m Sigmund Guttormsen 69 m Olav Ulland 70 m Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 70 m Randmod Sørensen 72 m Birger Ruud 79 m Sigmund Ruud 82 m Gregor Höll 83 m Albin Novšak 49 m Franc Palme 58 m Bogo Šramel 60 m Rado Istenič 63 m
Second official training Afternoon — 24 March 1934 — order of jumps not available Name Country Dist. Oyvind Alstad 60–70 m Per G. Jonson 60–70 m Reidar Hoff 60–70 m Sigmund Guttormsen 60–70 m Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 60–70 m Randmod Sørensen 60–70 m Albin Novšak N/A Franc Palme N/A Bogo Šramel N/A Rado Istenič N/A Olav Ulland 83 m Gregor Höll 85 m Sigmund Ruud 85.5 m Birger Ruud 87 m
International competition 12:00 PM — 25 March 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Dist.First round1 Walter Weissenbacher 57 m2 Sigmund Guttormsen 69 m3 Franc Palme 55 m4 Reidar Hoff 63 m5 Randmod Sørensen 71 m6 Sigmund Ruud 68.5 m7 Albin Novšak 48 m8 Birger Ruud 69 m9 Oyvind Alstad 59 m10 Per G. Jonson 71 m11 Gustl Mayer 59 m12 Gregor Höll 74 m13 Olav Ulland 71 m14 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 71 mSecond round15 Walter Weissenbacher 63 m16 Sigmund Guttormsen 82 m17 Franc Palme 66 m 18 Reidar Hoff 58 m19 Randmod Sørensen 75 m20 Sigmund Ruud 86.5 m21 Albin Novšak 22 Birger Ruud 79 m23 Oyvind Alstad 66 m24 Per G. Jonson 80 m25 Gustl Mayer 60 m26 Gregor Höll 81 m27 Olav Ulland 76 m28 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 71 m
Non-competition event
Afternoon battle for the record jump 13:00 PM — 25 March 1934 — Two rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Dist.First round1 Walter Weissenbacher 71 m2 Sigmund Guttormsen 74 m3 Gustl Mayer 66 m4 Randmod Sörensen 78 m5 Franc Palme 67 m6 Albin Novšak 7 Reidar Hoff 70 m8 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 79 m9 Olav Ulland 76 m10 Oyvind Alstad 78 m11 Per G. Jonson 84 m12 Gregor Höll 89 m13 Birger Ruud 86 m14 Sigmund Ruud 95 mSecond round15 Walter Weissenbacher 65 m16 Sigmund Guttormsen 85.5 m17 Birger Ruud 92 m18 Gregor Höll 84.5 m19 Per G. Jonson 20 Sigmund Ruud 87 m21 Reidar Hoff 78 m22 Albin Novšak 66 m23 Franc Palme 65.5 m World record not recognized. Crash Hill record World record Fall or touch
Official results
International competition 25 March 1934 Rank Name Points1 Birger Ruud 218.22 Sigmund Ruud 217.23 Gregor Höll 214.74 Olav Ulland 209.15 Randmod Sørensen 205.56 Per G. Jonson 203.07 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 201.38 Oyvind Alstad 179.79 Reidar Hoff 179.510 Walter Weissenbacher 171.211 Gustl Mayer 164.312 Sigmund Guttormsen 154.513 Albin Novšak 154.114 Franc Palme 130.3
National Championships 4 February 1934 Rank Name Points1 Franc Palme 136.52 Rado Istenič 134.63 Gregor Klančnik 109.74 Rudolf Hunger 99.45 Bogo Šramel 95.46 Albin Jakopič 91.47 Tone Dečman 68.68 Edo Bevc 65.8
Ski jumping world records DateNameCountryMetresFeet25 March 1934 Gregor Höll 89 29225 March 1934 Sigmund Ruud 95 31225 March 1934 Birger Ruud 92 302 Not recognized. Crash at world record distance
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