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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979

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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K165
Date17–18 March 1979
Competitors47 from 14 nations
Winning score741.5
Medalists
gold medal    Austria
silver medal    East Germany
bronze medal    Poland
← 1977
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The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17–18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.

Schedule

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Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
14 March 1979   Hill test 3 158 metres (518 ft) by Janez Loštrek N/A
15 March 1979   Official Training 2 169 metres (554 ft) by František Novák 10,000
16 March 1979   Competition, Day 1 canceled; after 8 test jumpers due to rain 15,000
17 March 1979   Competition, Day 2 3 179 metres (587 ft) by Axel Zitzmann (fall)
171 metres (561 ft) by Ivo Zupan
40,000
18 March 1979   Competition, Day 3 3 176 metres (577 ft) by Klaus Ostwald 50,000

Rules

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Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just two days before official competition. Originally total 3 of 9 jumps, the best one of each three days was supposed to go into final score. But technical delegate of competition, Norwegian Torbjørn Yggeseth who is known as the founder of the World Cup, proposed the change of rules: total 6 of 9 jumps, the best two of each three days were incorporated. Although only 4 of 6 rounds counted at the end as first day of competition was canceled.

To perform on Saturday and Sunday competition, competitor had to reach 75% average of top 10 jumps in at least one round on official training on Thursday or at first day of competition on Friday.

Competition

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On 14 March 1979 hill test in three rounds was on schedule. Križaj opened the hill with 142 metres, Bizjak's binds got off in the inrun and he managed to stop. Loštrek set the longest distance of the day at 158 metres.[1]

On 15 March 1979 official training in front of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain. František Novák set the distance of the day at 169 metres.[2]

On 16 March 1979 first day of competition with three rounds was on schedule. Everything was over only after 8 testjumpers on a disappointment of 15,000 people due to heavy rain. Test jumper Ivo Zupan set the distance of the day at 159 metres.[3]

On 17 March 1979 second day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 40,000 people. Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres.[4] In the second round East German Axel Zitzmann crashed at world record distance at 179 metres, second round was canceled and repeated right after.[5] Zitzmann was leading after first 2 best of 3 jumps of second day of competition.[6]

On 18 March 1979 the last day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 50,000 people. A lot of inrun speed/gate testing were made before the first round. Kogler set the best distance of the second round at 156 metres. Just before the third round, East German test jumper Klaus Ostwald set the world record at 176 metres.[7] Armin Kogler became the world champion after 4 of 6 best flights in two days of competition.[8]

Hill test

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10:00 AM — 14 March 1979 — Three rounds — test jumpers — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
P1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Križaj 142.0 m 125.0 m 108.0 m
P2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Zupan 142.0 m 139.0 m 135.0 m
P3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Loštrek 158.0 m N/A N/A
P4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Kajzer 136.0 m 135.0 m 140.0 m
P5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dolhar 127.0 m 137.0 m 129.0 m
P6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bantan 112.0 m 114.0 m 95.0 m
P7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Lotrič 124.0 m 119.0 m 114.0 m
P8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Velikonja 123.0 m 130.0 m 125.0 m
P9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anžel 140.0 m 138.0 m 133.0 m
P10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Komel 124.0 m 117.0 m 139.0 m
P11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Globočnik 114.0 m 109.0 m 131.0 m
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bizjak binds off; stopped in middle of inrun
P12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandi Čimžar 110.0 m 109.0 m 111.0 m
P13 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Brane Benedikt 150.0 m 116.0 m 116.0 m

Official training

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15 March 1979 — 2 rounds — test — chronological order incomplete

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
Test jumpers
P1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Križaj 139.0 m N/A
P2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Zupan 145.0 m 152.0 m
P3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Kajzer 138.0 m N/A
P4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Velikonja 132.0 m N/A
P5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Komel 146.0 m N/A
P6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anžel 140.0 m N/A
P7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Loštrek 141.0 m N/A
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vili Tepeš N/A 157.0 m
N/A France Thierry Sauvanet 109.0 m N/A
N/A East Germany Klaus Ostwald N/A 140.0 m

15 March 1979 — 2 rounds (the first repeated) — competitors — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD (ca) 1RD (re) 2RD
Competitors
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasja Bajc 146.0 m 139.0 m 144.0 m
2 East Germany Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 158.0 m 161.0 m
3 Finland Esko Rautionaho 153.0 m 146.0 m 137.0 m
4 Soviet Union Piroskov 126.0 m 126.0 m 103.0 m
5 United States Terry Kern 123.0 m 116.0 m 111.0 m
6 Japan Yūji Kawamura 148.0 m 135.0 m 136.0 m
7 Austria Alfred Goyer 130.0 m 114.0 m 127.0 m
8 Norway Ole Erik Tvedt 131.0 m 118.0 m
9 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Jirásko 130.0 m 129.0 m 121.0 m
10 Italy Ivano Wegher 112.0 m 116.0 m
11 Finland Jari Puikkonen 119.0 m 144.0 m 135.0 m
12 Czechoslovakia František Novák 169.0 m 158.0 m 154.0 m
13 Norway Bjarne Næs 109.0 m 131.0 m
14 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 141.0 m 138.0 m
15 Japan Takafumi Kawabata 128.0 m 134.0 m
16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga 121.0 m 137.0 m
17 United States Kip Sundgaard 118.0 m 126.0 m
18 Austria Hans Wallner 148.0 m 132.0 m
19 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 124.0 m 113.0 m
20 East Germany Thomas Meisinger 140.0 m 144.0 m
21 Switzerland Olivier Favre 112.0 m 115.0 m
22 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 141.0 m 150.0 m
23 Finland Kari Ylianttila 140.0 m 141.0 m
24 Czechoslovakia Ján Tánczos 148.0 m 156.0 m
25 Austria Hubert Neuper 136.0 m 150.0 m
26 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Bogataj 128.0 m 131.0 m
27 United States Chris McNeill 105.0 m 109.0 m
28 Soviet Union Valery Savin 136.0 m 133.0 m
29 Japan Sakaye Tsuruga 111.0 m 118.0 m
30 Switzerland Roland Glas 109.0 m 129.0 m
31 Italy Lido Tomasi 125.0 m 104.0 m
32 Norway Finn Halvorsen 117.0 m 121.0 m
33 West Germany Thomas Prosser 129.0 m 123.0 m
34 Poland Piotr Fijas 151.0 m 149.0 m
35 United States John Broman 121.0 m 119.0 m
36 Soviet Union Aleksey Borovitin 122.0 m 132.0 m
37 West Germany Peter Leitner 132.0 m 133.0 m
38 Switzerland Hansjörg Sumi 120.0 m 110.0 m
39 East Germany Andreas Hille 144.0 m 139.0 m
40 Norway Per Steinar Nordlien 127.0 m 118.0 m
41 Poland Stanisław Bobak 140.0 m 130.0 m
42 East Germany Harald Duschek 131.0 m 144.0 m
43 Norway Per Bergerud 118.0 m 136.0 m
44 Japan Hirokazu Yagi 132.0 m 162.0 m
45 Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda 149.0 m 119.0 m
46 Austria Armin Kogler 157.0 m 158.0 m
47 Czechoslovakia Josef Samek 134.0 m 149.0 m
48 Soviet Union Yuri Ivanov 153.0 m 145.0 m
49 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 137.0 m 122.0 m
50 Austria Alois Lipburger 122.0 m 130.0 m
51 Finland Pentti Kokkonen 147.0 m 120.0 m

Competition: Day 1

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9:30 AM — 16 March 1979 — 3 rounds — test — chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
P1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Zupan 159.0 m N/A N/A
P2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrej Kajzer 156.0 m N/A N/A
P3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Loštrek 140.0 m N/A N/A
P4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Mlakar 148.0 m N/A N/A
P5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vili Tepeš 140.0 m N/A N/A
P6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Komel 144.0 m N/A N/A
P7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Velikonja 126.0 m N/A N/A
P8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anžel 141.0 m N/A N/A
Competitors
no jumps; canceled after 8 test jumpers; heavy rain

Competition: Day 2

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17 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — second round was canceled and repeated — chronological order

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD (ca) 2RD (re) 3RD Points
1 10 East Germany Axel Zitzmann 156.0 m 179.0 m 170.0 m 168.0 m 380.0
2 41 Austria Armin Kogler 160.0 m 156.0 m 160.0 m 361.0
3 34 Poland Piotr Fijas 149.0 m 131.0 m 166.0 m 350.0
38 East Germany Andreas Hille 161.0 m 155.0 m 141.0 m 350.0
5 15 Czechoslovakia Josef Samek 152.0 m 154.0 m 155.0 m 346.0
6 21 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 151.0 m 156.0 m 144.0 m 344.0
7 22 East Germany Harald Duschek 151.0 m 156.0 m 145.0 m 342.5
8 7 Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda 144.0 m 163.0 m 151.0 m 154.0 m 339.0
42 Finland Pentti Kokkonen 156.0 m 141.0 m 146.0 m 339.0
10 28 Finland Kari Ylianttila 149.0 m 155.0 m 136.0 m 337.0
11 23 Soviet Union Aleksey Borovitin 146.0 m 149.0 m 151.0 m 336.5
12 47 Czechoslovakia František Novák 154.0 m 144.0 m 141.0 m 329.0
13 33 Czechoslovakia Ján Tánczos 155.0 m 138.0 m 139.0 m 327.5
14 46 Poland Stanisław Bobak 144.0 m 137.0 m 149.0 m 326.5
15 14 Austria Hans Wallner 150.0 m 144.0 m 147.0 m 324.0
16 27 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 130.0 m 145.0 m 323.5
17 44 West Germany Peter Leitner 130.0 m 140.0 m 149.0 m 323.0
18 32 Austria Hubert Neuper 140.0 m 152.0 m 321.5
19 9 Austria Alois Lipburger 150.0 m 116.0 m 120.0 m 139.0 m 319.5
20 24 Norway Per Steinar Nordlien 140.0 m 146.0 m 142.0 m 318.5
21 43 Soviet Union Yuri Ivanov 134.0 m 138.0 m 147.0 m 316.5
22 11 Finland Jari Puikkonen 139.0 m 146.0 m 141.0 m 312.5
23 30 Japan Sakaye Tsuruga 144.0 m 136.0 m 118.0 m 310.5
24 39 Japan Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m 136.0 m 143.0 m 309.0
25 3 Finland Esko Rautionaho 130.0 m 148.0 m 141.0 m 137.0 m 307.5
26 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m 148.0 m 137.0 m 134.0 m 301.5
27 29 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga 138.0 m 139.0 m 133.0 m 300.0
28 19 Japan Takafumi Kawabata 124.0 m 149.0 m 123.0 m 297.5
29 5 Soviet Union Valery Savin 147.0 m 148.0 m 132.0 m 135.0 m 295.5
30 36 Switzerland Hansjörg Sumi 126.0 m 135.0 m 133.0 m 293.5
31 8 Japan Yūji Kawamura 132.0 m 144.0 m 123.0 m 133.0 m 292.5
32 45 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasja Bajc 132.0 m 134.0 m 131.0 m 291.5
33 31 United States Kip Sundgaard 118.0 m 133.0 m 129.0 m 289.5
34 25 Switzerland Roland Glas 136.0 m 123.0 m 129.0 m 286.5
35 18 Norway Finn Halvorsen 130.0 m 125.0 m 131.0 m 283.5
36 20 United States Terry Kern 122.0 m 132.0 m 127.0 m 280.5
37 40 Norway Per Bergerud 127.0 m 122.0 m 132.0 m 278.5
38 37 United States John Broman 132.0 m 127.0 m 125.0 m 278.0
39 13 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 130.0 m 127.0 m 126.0 m 277.0
16 Switzerland Olivier Favre 120.0 m 127.0 m 127.0 m 277.0
41 1 Norway Bjarne Næs 129.0 m 147.0 m 106.0 m 119.0 m 263.5
42 35 West Germany Thomas Prosser 124.0 m 101.0 m 114.0 m 258.5
43 12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Bogataj 109.0 m 117.0 m 119.0 m 255.0
44 17 Italy Ivano Wegher 114.0 m 116.0 m 115.0 m 249.0
45 4 United States Chris McNeill 119.0 m 132.0 m 116.0 m 112.0 m 248.0
46 26 Italy Lido Tomasi 111.0 m 118.0 m 96.0 m 234.5
47 2 France Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m 117.0 m 94.0 m 96.0 m 202.0

Competition: Day 3

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18 March 1979 — incomplete — test

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vili Tepeš 165.0 m N/A 156.0 m
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Križaj 154.0 m N/A N/A
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Komel 157.0 m N/A N/A
N/A Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Loštrek N/A N/A 144.0 m
N/A Czechoslovakia Ladislav Jirásko N/A N/A 150.0 m
N/A Austria Alfred Groyer N/A N/A 155.0 m
N/A East Germany Thomas Meisinger N/A N/A 162.0 m
P54 East Germany Klaus Ostwald 175.0 m N/A 176.0 m

18 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — competitors

Rank Name 1RD 2RD Points
Competitors
1 Austria Armin Kogler 168.0 m 169.0 m 380.5
2 East Germany Axel Zitzmann 159.0 m 157.0 m 356.0
3 Poland Piotr Fijas 152.0 m 162.0 m 354.5
4 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 157.0 m 151.0 m 354.0
5 Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda 151.0 m 156.0 m 343.0
6 Finland Pentti Kokkonen 155.0 m 149.0 m 342.5
7 Czechoslovakia Josef Samek 153.0 m 163.0 m 342.0
8 East Germany Andreas Hille 151.0 m 151.0 m 340.5
9 East Germany Harald Duschek 150.0 m 149.0 m 333.0
10 Japan Hirokazu Yagi 147.0 m 155.0 m 332.5
11 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 147.0 m 331.5
12 Norway Per Steinar Nordlien 146.0 m 146.0 m 327.5
13 West Germany Peter Leitner 137.0 m 152.0 m 325.0
14 Finland Kari Ylianttila 148.0 m 140.0 m 323.5
15 Finland Esko Rautionaho 146.0 m 140.0 m 323.0
16 Austria Hans Wallner 137.0 m 144.0 m 315.5
17 Soviet Union Valery Savin 136.0 m 149.0 m 315.0
18 Austria Alois Lipburger 140.0 m 143.0 m 313.0
19 Japan Sakaye Tsuruga 145.0 m 136.0 m 309.0
20 Soviet Union Yuri Ivanov 136.0 m 139.0 m 306.5
21 Soviet Union Aleksey Borovitin 133.0 m 139.0 m 305.5
22 Czechoslovakia Ján Tánczos 131.0 m 139.0 m 301.5
23 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga 133.0 m 140.0 m 300.5
24 Finland Jari Puikkonen 132.0 m 137.0 m 297.0
25 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 132.0 m 136.0 m 296.5
26 Japan Takafumi Kawabata 126.0 m 145.0 m 296.0
27 Poland Stanisław Bobak 130.0 m 136.0 m 295.0
28 Norway Per Bergerud 136.0 m 136.0 m 292.5
Czechoslovakia František Novák 133.0 m 100.0 m 292.5
30 United States Kip Sundgaard 134.0 m 133.0 m 291.0
31 Norway Bjarne Næs 135.0 m 130.0 m 283.5
32 Switzerland Hansjörg Sumi 128.0 m 130.0 m 282.5
33 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasja Bajc 127.0 m 133.0 m 280.5
34 West Germany Thomas Prosser 129.0 m 131.0 m 287.5
35 Norway Finn Halvorsen 123.0 m 129.0 m 275.0
36 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Bogataj 129.0 m 120.0 m 270.5
37 United States Terry Kern 124.0 m 126.0 m 269.5
38 Japan Yūji Kawamura 120.0 m 124.0 m 267.5
39 United States John Broman 120.0 m 120.0 m 259.0
40 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 119.0 m 118.0 m 256.5
41 United States Chris McNeill 120.0 m 120.0 m 255.0
42 Italy Ivano Wegher 114.0 m 118.0 m 248.0
Switzerland Olivier Favre 115.0 m 116.0 m 248.0
44 Switzerland Roland Glas 117.0 m 114.0 m 247.5
45 France Thierry Sauvanet 119.0 m 112.0 m 238.5

  Not recognized. Crash at WR! Didn't count into final results!
  Didn't count into final result!
  World record!
  Crash, touch!

Official results

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17 to 18 March 1979 — 4 best of 6 rounds — first day canceled — originally 6 best of 9 rounds scheduled

Rank Name D2 (17 March 1979) D3 (18 March 1979) Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Austria Armin Kogler 160.0 m 160.0 m 168.0 m 169.0 m 741.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) East Germany Axel Zitzmann 170.0 m 168.0 m 159.0 m 157.0 m 736.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Poland Piotr Fijas 149.0 m 166.0 m 152.0 m 162.0 m 704.5
4 East Germany Andreas Hille 161.0 m 155.0 m 151.0 m 151.0 m 690.5
5 Czechoslovakia Josef Samek 154.0 m 155.0 m 153.0 m 163.0 m 688.0
6 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 151.0 m 156.0 m 157.0 m 151.0 m 687.5
7 Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda 151.0 m 154.0 m 151.0 m 156.0 m 682.0
8 Finland Pentti Kokkonen 156.0 m 146.0 m 155.0 m 149.0 m 681.5
9 East Germany Harald Duschek 151.0 m 156.0 m 150.0 m 149.0 m 677.0
10 Finland Kari Ylianttila 149.0 m 155.0 m 148.0 m 140.0 m 660.5
11 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 147.0 m 145.0 m 147.0 m 147.0 m 655.0
12 West Germany Peter Leitner 140.0 m 139.0 m 137.0 m 152.0 m 648.0
13 Norway Per Steinar Nordlien 146.0 m 142.0 m 146.0 m 146.0 m 646.0
14 Soviet Union Aleksey Borovitin 149.0 m 151.0 m 133.0 m 139.0 m 641.5
Japan Hirokazu Yagi 136.0 m 143.0 m 147.0 m 155.0 m 641.5
16 Austria Hans Wallner 150.0 m 147.0 m 137.0 m 144.0 m 639.5
17 Austria Alois Lipburger 150.0 m 139.0 m 140.0 m 143.0 m 632.5
18 Finland Esko Rautionaho 141.0 m 147.0 m 146.0 m 140.0 m 630.5
19 Czechoslovakia Ján Tánczos 155.0 m 139.0 m 131.0 m 139.0 m 629.0
20 Soviet Union Yuri Ivanov 138.0 m 147.0 m 136.0 m 139.0 m 623.5
21 Czechoslovakia František Novák 154.0 m 144.0 m 133.0 m 100.0 m 621.5
Poland Stanisław Bobak 144.0 m 149.0 m 130.0 m 136.0 m 621.5
23 Japan Sakaye Tsuruga 144.0 m 136.0 m 145.0 m 136.0 m 619.5
24 Soviet Union Valery Savin 132.0 m 105.0 m 136.0 m 149.0 m 610.5
25 Finland Jari Puikkonen 146.0 m 141.0 m 132.0 m 137.0 m 609.5
26 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga 138.0 m 139.0 m 133.0 m 140.0 m 600.5
27 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Norčič 138.0 m 137.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 598.0
28 Japan Takafumi Kawabata 124.0 m 149.0 m 126.0 m 145.0 m 593.5
29 United States Kip Sundgaard 133.0 m 129.0 m 134.0 m 133.0 m 580.5
30 Switzerland Hansjörg Sumi 135.0 m 133.0 m 128.0 m 130.0 m 576.0
31 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasja Bajc 134.0 m 131.0 m 127.0 m 133.0 m 572.0
32 Norway Per Bergerud 127.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 136.0 m 571.0
33 Japan Yūji Kawamura 132.0 m 133.0 m 120.0 m 124.0 m 560.0
34 United States Terry Kern 132.0 m 127.0 m 124.0 m 126.0 m 550.0
Norway Finn Halvorsen 130.0 m 131.0 m 123.0 m 129.0 m 550.0
36 Norway Bjarne Næs 129.0 m 119.0 m 135.0 m 130.0 m 547.0
37 West Germany Thomas Prosser 124.0 m 114.0 m 129.0 m 131.0 m 537.0
United States John Broman 132.0 m 125.0 m 120.0 m 120.0 m 537.0
39 Switzerland Roland Glas 136.0 m 129.0 m 117.0 m 114.0 m 534.0
40 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch 130.0 m 126.0 m 119.0 m 118.0 m 533.5
41 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Bogataj 117.0 m 119.0 m 129.0 m 120.0 m 525.5
42 Switzerland Olivier Favre 127.0 m 127.0 m 115.0 m 116.0 m 525.0
43 United States Chris McNeill 119.0 m 116.0 m 120.0 m 120.0 m 503.0
44 Italy Ivano Wegher 116.0 m 115.0 m 114.0 m 118.0 m 497.0
45 France Thierry Sauvanet 105.0 m 96.0 m 119.0 m 112.0 m 440.5
46 Austria Hubert Neuper 140.0 m 152.0 m 321.5
47 Italy Lido Tomasi 111.0 m 118.0 m 234.5

Ski flying world records

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Date Name Country Metres Feet
17 March 1979   Axel Zitzmann  East Germany 179 587
18 March 1979   Klaus Ostwald  East Germany 176 577

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)1001
2 East Germany (GDR)0101
3 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

References

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  1. ^ "Preizkus velikanke z obetavnimi daljavami, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 15 March 1979.
  2. ^ "Zelo dobri poleti navzlic dežju, p.13" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1979.
  3. ^ "Gledalci so razumeli, p.9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 17 March 1979.
  4. ^ "Ivo Zupan - Planica 1979 - 171 m (Old NB)". YouTube. 17 March 1979. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  5. ^ "Svetovno prvenstvo v poletih 1979 (at 1:25)" (in Slovenian). RTV 4D (video archive). 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Koglerju naslov, Ostwaldu rekord; Sobotni zmagovalec Zitzmann je padel pri 179 metrih, p.9,10" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1979.
  7. ^ "Klaus Ostwald - Planica 1979 - 176 m (WR)". YouTube. 18 March 1979. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  8. ^ "FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979 results". International Ski Federation. 1 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.