Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 was held from 23 February to 4 March 2017 in Lahti, Finland, as part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017. All competitions took place at the Salpausselkä ski jumping complex, featuring three individual events (men's and women's on the HS 100 hill, and men's on the HS 130 hill) and two team events (men's team on the HS 130 hill and a mixed team event on the HS 100 hill).
Defending champions from the 2015 championships in Falun included Carina Vogt (women's individual on the normal hill), the Norwayn men's team (men's team on the large hill), and the German mixed team (mixed team on the normal hill). The men's individual defending champions, Rune Velta (normal hill) and Severin Freund (large hill), did not compete. Velta retired in the summer of 2016, and Freund was sidelined by an injury during the 2016/2017 season.
A total of 128 athletes (51 women and 77 men) from 23 national teams were registered, though 2 women and 11 men did not compete in any events. Notable returns included a Georgian athlete after a 24-year absence, and the Romanian team after a four-year break. Women's events saw debuts from Kazakhstan and Latvia, while a Turkish athlete debuted in the men's events. Absent from the previous championships were athletes from Greece, South Korea, Sweden, and Hungary.
In the women's individual event on the normal hill, Carina Vogt successfully defended her title, with Yuki Ito earning silver (as in 2015) and Sara Takanashi taking bronze.
In the men's individual event on the normal hill, Stefan Kraft won gold, followed by Andreas Wellinger (silver) and Markus Eisenbichler (bronze).
The mixed team event was won by the German team (Carina Vogt, Markus Eisenbichler, Svenja Würth, Andreas Wellinger), with Austria (Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Michael Hayböck, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Stefan Kraft) taking silver, and Japan (Sara Takanashi, Taku Takeuchi, Yuki Ito, Daiki Ito) securing bronze.
The men's individual event on the large hill was also won by Stefan Kraft, with Andreas Wellinger again taking silver and Piotr Żyła earning bronze. Kraft's dual victories made him the fifth athlete in history to win both individual events at a single championship, joining Bjørn Wirkola, Gariy Napalkov, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, and Adam Małysz.
The men's team event on the large hill saw the Polish team (Piotr Żyła, Dawid Kubacki, Maciej Kot, Kamil Stoch) claim their first-ever world championship title. Norway (Anders Fannemel, Johann André Forfang, Daniel-André Tande, Andreas Stjernen) took silver, and Austria (Michael Hayböck, Manuel Fettner, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Stefan Kraft) earned bronze.
Before the championships
Historical context
The first championships in Lahti occurred in 1926, with Norwayn athletes Jacob Tullin Thams, Otto Aasen, and Georg Østerholt sweeping the podium. In 1938, Asbjørn Ruud (Norway) won gold, followed by Stanisław Marusarz (Poland) and Hilmar Myhra (Norway). The 1958 event saw Finnish athletes Juhani Kärkinen and Ensio Hyytiä take gold and silver, with Helmut Recknagel (East Germany) earning bronze.
Later championships in Lahti expanded the number of ski jumping events. In 1978, the normal hill event was won by Matthias Buse, followed by Henry Glaß (both East Germany) and Aleksey Borovitin (Soviet Union). On the large hill, Tapio Räisänen (Finland) won, ahead of Alois Lipburger (Austria) and Falko Weißpflog (East Germany). In a demonstration team event East Germany was first, followed by Finland and Norway.
In 1989, the normal hill event (one round due to weather) was won by Jens Weißflog (East Germany), followed by Ari-Pekka Nikkola (Finland) and Heinz Kuttin (Austria). On the large hill, Jari Puikkonen (Finland) took gold, followed by Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen (Finland). The official team event saw Finland, Norway, and Czechoslovakia on the podium.
In 2001, Adam Małysz (Poland) won the normal hill event, followed by Martin Schmitt (Germany) and Martin Höllwarth (Austria). On the large hill, Martin Schmitt took gold, with Adam Małysz and Janne Ahonen (Finland) earning silver and bronze. Two team events were held for the first time: Austria, Finland, and Germany won on the normal hill, while Germany, Austria, and Finland won on the large hill.
Defending champions
In the women's normal hill event, Carina Vogt (Germany) won gold, followed by Yuki Ito (silver) and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (bronze).
In the men's normal hill event, Rune Velta (Norway) won gold, followed by Severin Freund (Germany) and Stefan Kraft (Austria). On the large hill, Severin Freund took gold, with Gregor Schlierenzauer (Austria) and Rune Velta earning silver and bronze. The men's team event on the large hill was won by Norway (Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen, Anders Fannemel, Rune Velta), followed by Austria (Stefan Kraft, Michael Hayböck, Manuel Poppinger, Gregor Schlierenzauer) and Poland (Piotr Żyła, Klemens Murańka, Jan Ziobro, Kamil Stoch).
The mixed team event was won by Germany (Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, Katharina Schmid, Severin Freund), with Norway (Line Jahr, Anders Bardal, Maren Lundby, Rune Velta) taking silver and Japan (Sara Takanashi, Noriaki Kasai, Yuki Ito, Taku Takeuchi) earning bronze.
World Cup standings
In the Women's World Cup, Sara Takanashi secured the overall title before the championships, winning nine of the 18 competitions. Yuki Ito and Maren Lundby each won four contests, while Katharina Schmid won one. Takanashi led the overall standings with 1375 points, followed by Ito (1108 points) and Lundby (1049 points). The final pre-championship events in Pyeongchang saw victories by Ito and Takanashi.
Women's ski jumping World Cup standings before the start of the World Championships Source: PlaceAthleteAppearancesPoints1. Sara Takanashi1613752. Yuki Ito1611083. Maren Lundby1810494. Katharina Schmid167265. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz167176. Carina Vogt166877. Ema Klinec145908. Irina Avvakumova145319. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger1649910. Svenja Würth1646811. Maja Vtič1845312. Yūka Setō1638013.] Chiara Kreuzer1635514. Sarah Hendrickson1430115. Manuela Malsiner1229816. Nita Englund1726817. Špela Rogelj1625518. Kaori Iwabuchi1724619. Ramona Straub1723920. Julia Kykkänen1821121. Lucile Morat1515522. Urša Bogataj1715123. Léa Lemare1615024. Elena Runggaldier1514925. Anastasiya Barannikova1813926. Anna Hollandt412727. Sofia Tikhonova1411628. Abby Ringquist1410029. Juliane Seyfarth158830. Evelyn Insam138431. Gianina Ernst88032. Coline Mattel137833. Taylor Henrich1174 Nika Vodan97435. Aleksandra Kustova116136. Ksenia Kablukova115837. Daniela Haralambie1357 Eva Logar1257 Agnes Reisch65740. Tara Geraghty-Moats135241. Luisa Görlich45042. Océane Avocat Gros114743. Pauline Heßler32844. 421 Atsuko Tanaka112146. Anniken Mork131747. Lara Malsiner51648. 21249. 41150. 4951. Barbora Blažková78 Li Xueyao68 Nina Lussi6854. Romane Dieu4655. 25 Abigail Strate3557. Marita Kramer4258. Park Guy-lim21 Eva Pinkelnig41 In the Women's Nations Cup, Japan led with 3,129 points, followed by Germany (2,550 points) and Slovenia (1,580 points).
Nations Cup standings in women's ski jumping before the start of the World Championships Source: PlaceNationAppearancesPoints1. Japan1831292. Germany1825503. Slovenia1815804. Austria1615745. Norway1810666. Russia189057. United States187298. Italy165479. France1843610. Finland1821111. Canada1613812. Romania135713. China68 Czech Republic7815. South Korea21 In the Men's World Cup, 21 individual and three team competitions were held before the championships. Kamil Stoch led with six individual victories, followed by Stefan Kraft and Domen Prevc (four each), Maciej Kot and Daniel-André Tande (two each), and Severin Freund, Michael Hayböck, Peter Prevc, and Andreas Wellinger (one each). Stoch led the overall standings with 1,280 points, followed by Kraft (1,220 points) and Tande (1,119 points). The final pre-championship events in Pyeongchang saw victories by Kraft (large hill) and Kot (normal hill).
Men's ski jumping World Cup standings before the start of the World Championships Source: PlaceAthleteAppearancesPoints1. Kamil Stoch2112802. Stefan Kraft2012203. Daniel-André Tande2111194. Domen Prevc218995. Maciej Kot218836. Andreas Wellinger218487. Michael Hayböck206718. Manuel Fettner216229. Markus Eisenbichler1958710. Peter Prevc1955911. Piotr Żyła2152912. Richard Freitag2043513. Andreas Stjernen2139914. Vincent Descombes Sevoie2134815. Evgenii Klimov2134616. Karl Geiger2131617. Severin Freund930918. Andreas Kofler1530619. Dawid Kubacki2129920. Stephan Leyhe1929021. Robert Johansson1828822. Jurij Tepeš2124923. Daiki Ito16175 Noriaki Kasai2117525. Roman Koudelka1814626. Anders Fannemel1412027. Jan Ziobro1411928. Taku Takeuchi1711529. Jernej Damjan1411230. Stefan Hula2011031. Vojtěch Štursa128832. Anže Lanišek118533. Andreas Wank138434. Simon Ammann1581 Markus Schiffner168136. Gregor Schlierenzauer58037. Jakub Janda177838. Denis Kornilov197739. Cene Prevc156740. Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes1752 Johann André Forfang85242. Clemens Aigner85043. Kevin Bickner193444. Halvor Egner Granerud123145. Sebastian Colloredo52946. Lukáš Hlava152647. Janne Ahonen724 Jarkko Määttä112449. Junshirō Kobayashi62050. Viktor Polášek218 Tomáš Vančura111852. Alexey Romashov41753. Tom Hilde816 Ville Larinto1016 Anže Semenič91656. Dmitriy Vassiliev91557. 512 David Siegel21259. Kento Sakuyama139 Aleksander Zniszczoł8961. Gregor Deschwanden8862. 44 Davide Bresadola34 Klemens Murańka9465. Michael Glasder93 Bor Pavlovčič3367. Kaarel Nurmsalu62 3268. Daniel Huber41 21 Gabriel Karlen41 In the men's team events, Poland won two competitions, and Germany won one. In the Men's Nations Cup, Poland led with 4,383 points, followed by Austria (3,949 points) and Germany (3,931 points).
Nations Cup standings in men's ski jumping before the start of the World Championships Source: PlaceNationAppearancesIndividualTeamTotal1. Poland243233115043832. Austria24304990039493. Germany242881105039314. Slovenia24199075027405. Norway24202565026756. Russia244552507057. Japan244952006958. Czech Republic243743006749. France21348–34810. Finland216410016411. Switzerland16905014012. Canada1752–5213. United States203703714. Italy733–3315. Estonia62–2 The mixed team event start list was based on combined women's and men's Nations Cup points. Germany led with 6,481 points, followed by Austria (5,523 points) and Poland (4,383 points), though Poland did not enter the mixed event due to a lack of female competitors.
Combined Nations Cup standings for women and men before the start of the World Championships Sources: PlaceNationWomenMenTotal1. Germany2550393164812. Austria1574394955233. Poland0438343834. Slovenia1580274043205. Japan312969538246. Norway1066267537417. Russia90570516108. France4363487849. United States7293776610. Czech Republic867468211. Italy5473358012. Finland21116437513. Canada1385219014. Switzerland014014015. Romania5705716. China8–817. Estonia–2218. South Korea101
Competition schedule Training sessions on the normal hill scheduled for 22 February were cancelled due to strong winds. EventDate21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25 Feb26 Feb27 Feb28 Feb1 Mar2 Mar3 Mar4 MarHS 100 Men's IndividualTB 10:00 AMT 1:30 PMT 4:30 PMTB 7:00 PMTR 1:00 PMQ 2:30 PMTB 4:00 PMTR 4:30 PMC 5:30 PMHS 130 Men's IndividualT 9:00 AMT 5:00 PMTB 7:00 PMTR 4:00 PMQ 6:00 PMTB 7:00 PMTR 5:30 PMC 6:30 PMHS 130 Men's TeamT 5:30 PMTB 7:00 PMTR 4:15 PMC 5:15 PMHS 100 Women's IndividualTB 10:00 AMTB 2:00 PMT 10:00 AMTB 12:30 PMTR 2:30 PMQ 4:00 PMTB 5:30 PMTR 10:00 AMC 11:00 AMHS 100 Mixed TeamT 4:00 PMTB 5:30 PMTR 4:00 PMC 5:00 PM TB: Technical briefing, T: Training, TR: Trial round, Q: Qualification, C: Competition
Ski jumps Name of the hillCityK-pointHill sizeHill recordGate compensationWind compensationSalpausselkä LahtiK-90HS 10099.5 m Sara Takanashi19 February 2016±7.00 pts / mheadwind: –8.00 pts / m/s