Planica 1947 was a ski flying week, allowed only in study purposes, competition held on 24 March 1947 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. This was the first post WWII competition with total over 25,000 people.

Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors17 March 1947   Training 1 3 94 metres (308 ft) by Rudi Finžgar N/A18 March 1947   Training 2 44 91 metres (299 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (morning)109 metres (358 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (afternoon) N/A19 March 1947   Training 3 — canceled due to heavy rain in the morning — 20 March 1947   —1 canceled; wet snow problems (morning)90 metres (295 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon) N/A21 March 1947   Training 4 2 95 metres (312 ft) by Janko Mežik N/A22 March 1947   Training 5 2 102 metres (335 ft) by Rudi Finžgar N/A23 March 1947   Competition — canceled;heavy rain, rescheduled on 24 March 15,00024 March 1947   2 89 metres (292 ft) by Rudi Finžgar N/A

Competition On 17 March 1947, the first training of ski flying study week was on schedule at 11 AM with three rounds. The longest distance was set by Rudi Finžgar at 94 metres.

On 18 March 1947, the second training of ski flying study week was on schedule with four rounds at the 10 AM morning event and four rounds at the 15:15 PM afternoon event. Both times Rudi Finžgar was the longest with 91 and 109 metres.

On 19 March 1947, training of ski flying study week was on schedule. But it was canceled, no jumps at large hill that day due to heavy rain in the morning. Hill was useless. They all moved to near Hotel Ilirija where Finžgar was telling stories.

On 20 March 1947, the third training day of ski flying study week was on schedule. Morning event was canceled due to wet snow, late afternoon event was ready at 16 PM with thirteen jumps. The longest was Fritz Tschannen at 90 metres.

On 21 March 1947, the fourth training of ski flying study week was on schedule in three rounds. It started at 10 AM with the longest jump of Janko Mežik at 95 metres. Today were totally different weather conditions than yesterday, sunny and frozen snow.

On 22 March 1947, the last training of ski flying study week was on schedule in two rounds. With more visitors each Rudi Finžgar was the longest again with 102 metres. Today was the day with full preparations for tomorrow's main competition.

On 23 March 1947, the main competition was on scheduled, but canceled due to heavy rain. 15,000 disappointed and angry people that gathered around the hill had to go home. Competition was rescheduled on Monday, at the next day.

On 24 March 1947, rescheduled competition from Sunday, this time a lot smaller crowd was held. Hill was ready at 9 AM and Rudi Finžgar who the competition in a battle for the best jump of the day.

Training 1 11:00 AM — 17 March 1947 — Three rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 31 Fritz Tschannen 65 m 70 m 86 m2 Charles Blum 65 m 80 m —3 Georg Keller 61 m 69 m 70 m4 Rudi Finžgar 78 m 91 m 94 m5 Janko Mežik 75 m 81 m 82 m6 Karel Klančnik 58 m 73 m 72 m7 Ivo Javornik 65 m 72 m 76 m8 Lojze Razinger 68 m 78 m 77 m9 Stane Kordež 61 m 71 m 79 m10 Slavko Šušteršič 67 m — —11 Janez Rožič 64 m 77 m 82 m12 Janez Polda 70 m 77 m —

Training 2 10:00 AM — 18 March 1947 — Four rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 41 Charles Blum 70 m 86 m 83 m 87 m2 Georg Keller 61 m 80 m 75 m 76 m3 Fritz Tschannen 65 m 85 m 87 m 89 m4 Ivo Javornik 62 m 72 m 74 m 77 m5 Karel Klančnik 64 m 82 m 81 m —6 Rudi Finžgar 73 m 88 m 91 m —7 Lojze Razinger 68 m 83 m 78 m —8 Stane Kordež 63 m 71 m 74 m —9 Janez Rožič 69 m 75 m 77 m —10 Janez Polda 74 m 78 m — —11 Janko Mežik 73 m 75 m — —12 Franc Pribošek 63 m 70 m — —13 Franta Dvoržak 53 m 58 m — —Afternoon jumps, 15:15 PM1 Charles Blum 77 m 95 m 98 m —2 Fritz Tschannen 76 m 93 m 100 m —3 Ivo Javornik 80 m — — —4 Rudi Finžgar 80 m 96 m 109 m —

Training 3 16:00 AM — 20 March 1947 — One round — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 11 Rudi Finžgar 84 m 2 Albin Novšak 63 m 3 Janez Rožič 72 m 4 Janko Mežik 85 m 5 Slavko Šušteršič 69 m6 Franc Pribošek 73 m7 Karel Klančnik 84 m8 Charles Blum 88 m 9 Georg Keller 76 m10 Fritz Tschannen 90 m 11 Ivo Javornik 77 m 12 Janez Polda 89 m13 Stane Kordež 76 m

Training 4 10:00 AM — 21 March 1947 — Three rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 31 Rudi Finžgar 82 m 90 m 91 m2 Charles Blum 81 m 81 m 85 m3 Georg Keller 68 m 78 m 76 m4 Fritz Tschannen 85 m 80 m 93 m5 Franc Pribošek 76 m 84 m —6 Karel Klančnik 88 m 85 m 84 m7 Lojze Razinger 76 m 75 m 76 m8 Janez Rožič 77 m 73 m —9 Janko Mežik 78 m 95 m —10 Albin Novšak 75 m — —11 Slavko Šušteršič 77 m — —12 Janez Polda 75 m 86 m —13 Bine Rogelj 53 m — —

Training 5 8:30 AM — 22 March 1947 — Two rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 21 Janko Mežik 93 m 99 m 2 Charles Blum 96 m 101 m3 Fritz Tschannen 100 m 101 m 4 Georg Keller 85 m 90 m5 Rudi Finžgar 94 m 102 m 6 Lojze Razinger 84 m 86 m7 Franc Pribošek 88 m — 8 Janez Polda 100 m — Yugoslavian national record! Fall or touch!

Official results

Ski Flying Study competition 24 March 1947 — 9:00 AM — Two rounds — ranking incomplete — points N/A Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 21 1 Rudi Finžgar 86 m 89 m2 3 Charles Blum 81 m N/A3 4 Fritz Tschannen 92 m N/A N/A 2 Stane Kordež 72 m N/AN/A 5 Georg Keller 63 m N/A N/A 6 Lojze Razinger 69 m N/AN/A 7 Franc Pribošek 87 m N/A N/A 8 Janko Mežik 87 m 95 mN/A 9 Karel Klančnik 84 m N/AN/A 10 Ivo Javornik 68 m N/A

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