Ski flying world championship 1983
The 7th Ski Flying World Championship was held from March 18 to 20, 1983 on the Čerťák ski flying hill in Harrachov , Czechoslovakia . It took place for the first time on the ski flying hill, which was only built in 1979. The world championships were awarded to Harrachov on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Ski Sports Association.
Favorites
Everything that had rank and name in the 1982/83 World Cup season traveled to the Ski Flying World Championships . Out of the Finnish team stood out four hills tournament winner Matti Nykänen and the last ski flying world champion Jari Puikkonen . From Austria , one could expect the ski flying world champion from 1979 , Armin Kogler, who had two podium places on the tour. In addition, there was teammate Richard Schallert, who had finished sixth on the tour in his second World Cup season. The Norwegians had their best representatives in Olav Hansson and Steinar Bråten , but as a team they were generally to be considered as a team, because they had four jumpers in the top ten on the tour. On the local side, the hopes were above all on local hero Pavel Ploc, who had worked with the building of the ski jumping hill himself. His World Cup victory on the Harrachover large hill on January 9, 1983 raised expectations not inconsiderably. The GDR team arrived with their new star Jens Weißflog , who came second behind Nykänen on the tour. There were also Klaus Ostwald , Ulf Findeisen , Holger Freitag and Manfred Deckert . Expectations were somewhat subdued, however, as there were no more podium places in the Ski Jumping World Cup, especially in February and March 1983. The Canadian Horst Bulau , who won the New Year's event in Garmisch in 1981 and finished the Four Hills Tournament 1982/83 with a third place that was not exactly expected, was also not to be written off.
Favorite falls
The jump training took place on Thursday, March 17, 1983 in front of around 25,000 spectators. Three training rounds were completed in which it was decided who was allowed to participate in the competition. The stipulation was that only those jumpers qualified who remained no more than 25% below the average distance of the ten best jumpers. Something spectacular happened in the first round. On the one hand, Ulf Findeisen was only two meters below the world's best distance of 180 m at 178 m, held by Armin Kogler. On the other hand, the Canadian Bulau, who is one of the favorites, fell hard. At 99 m he fell head-on with his face on the porch and slipped unconscious down the slope. He was immediately taken to a hospital, but the injuries did not turn out to be that serious. At the end of March, Bulau was already on a podium again at the last World Cup competition in Planica. After the inrun was shortened for the second run, Jiří Parma still jumped 179 m. In the third round it happened to the GDR team. Shooting star Jens Weißflog took off very high from the take-off table. When he tried to push away the skis that hit him, one of his skis was torn down and he fell after 88 m from a height of 12 meters onto the front of the ski jumping hill. Since he had turned a little in flight, his back hit the snow. He was thrown uncontrollably through the air several times and then slid down the slope. In view of the severe fall, Weissflog got off lightly, a bruised kidney pelvis was the most serious injury.
mode
The world championship was held on three days, on which each participant completed three jumps. Of these three jumps, only the two best were included in the rating. To determine the so-called width points, the ten largest widths of each pass were added and divided by ten. The average width thus obtained was given a reference value of 120 points. For each meter of difference to the average width, points were deducted for a shorter width, and points were added for a larger width. In addition to the width value, there were the usual posture points, which could reach a maximum of 60. The sum of the three daily results then resulted in the overall ranking according to which the world champion was honored.
Results
1 day
There was no way around Four Hills Tournament winner Matti Nykänen in the opening competition. He was able to bring the daily best distance of 176m into the ranking twice. Behind the Finn, three jumpers from the GDR lined up unexpectedly. This was followed by Primož Ulaga , one of the other favorites , who improved with every jump and brought in the second longest jump with 173m. Ex-ski flying world champion Armin Kogler came in ninth with 336.0 points.
| space | Surname | country | Widths (in m) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Matti Nykänen |
 Finland
|
176/168/176 | 367.5 |
| 2. | Holger Friday |
 GDR
|
171/169/165 | 358.0 |
| 3. | Ulf Findeisen |
GDR
|
164/171/159 | 352.0 |
| 4th | Klaus Ostwald |
GDR
|
165/163/172 | 349.5 |
| 5. | Primož Ulaga |
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|
140/165/173 | 347.0 |
| 6th | Miran Tepeš |
Yugoslavia
|
166/167/172 | 330.0 |
2 day
The second day of jumping turned the overall ranking completely upside down. The Austrian Armin Kogler, who was chosen as a favorite by not a few experts, won the day's ranking with two jumps over the 170m mark and thus took the lead in the overall ranking. However, the local Czechoslovak jumpers ensured even greater enthusiasm among the 51,000 spectators. Jiří Parma took second place with the surprisingly strong American Mike Holland. Local hero Pavel Ploc managed the real bang: in the first jump he achieved a new world best of 181m. However, since his further jumps dropped a lot, it was ultimately only enough for fifth place in the daily standings. The result was enough for Ploc to take second place in the overall standings, just 0.5 points behind Armin Kogler. Third place went to Klaus Ostwald, who finished eighth in the daily standings with 340.5 points and was now only 5.5 points behind Kogler. The previous day's second Holger Freitag fell on the last jump and only finished 35th. Matti Nykänen also experienced a symbolic crash. He only came in 17th.
| The result after the 2nd day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item | Jumper | Points |
| 1. | Kogler | 695.5 |
| 2. | Ploc | 695.0 |
| 3. | Ostwald | 690.0 |
| space | Surname | country | Expanses | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Armin Kogler |
 Austria
|
175/171/165 | 359.2 |
| 2. | Mike Holland |
 United States
|
148/177/163 | 352.0 |
| Jiří Parma |
 ČSSR
|
143/163/172 | 352.0 | |
| 4th | Richard Schallert |
Austria
|
160/160/165 | 351.0 |
| 5. | Pavel Ploc |
ČSSR
|
181/154/152 | 349.0 |
| 6th | Manfred Deckert |
GDR
|
159/173/133 | 346.0 |
| Olav Hansson |
 Norway
|
161/167/164 | 346.0 |
3rd day
The last day of the competition awaited 30,000 spectators with only light rain, which was immediately reflected in better jumping performance. The enthusiasm of the audience was increased after Pavel Ploc took the lead with the daily maximum distance of 176m. Klaus Ostwald found himself in fifth place in the daily ranking after 170m. In contrast to Ploc and Kogler, who jumped 172m in the first round, the Klingenthaler was able to increase to 174m in the second round, while Ostwald's rivals for the overall victory no longer came close to the 170m. Instead, Matti Nykänen showed his class and finished second after 171m in the last round. The young Richard Schallert moved up to third after a 172m set.
| space | Surname | country | Expanses | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Klaus Ostwald |
GDR
|
170/174/167 | 361.0 |
| 2. | Matti Nykänen |
Finland
|
174/163/171 | 355.0 |
| 3. | Richard Schallert |
Austria
|
171/156/172 | 354.0 |
| 4th | Pavel Ploc |
ČSSR
|
176/162/158 | 350.5 |
| 5. | Olav Hansson |
Norway
|
169/169/163 | 349.5 |
| 6th | Jiří Parma |
ČSSR
|
168/164/153 | 348.5 |
Overall result
After the point differences were quite large at the last Ski Flying World Championship, the total of 125,000 spectators experienced an exciting World Championship. In the end, the most consistent jumper prevailed in the overall ranking. It should remain Ostwald's only world championship title. For local hero Pavel Ploc it was the first international medal after the then 19-year-old had only one World Cup season behind him. Co-favorite Matti Nykänen was able to iron out his bad second day and won bronze with a wafer-thin lead of 0.5 points over Armin Kogler. The ex-world champion missed his second world title after taking the lead through his poor third day.
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from March 16, 1983 p. 7
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 18, 1983, p. 7
- ^ "Stories of my life" by Jens Weißflog and Egon Theiner, published September 2014 by egoth-Verlag GmbH, hardcover: 304 pages, ISBN 978-3-902480-94-1 , p. 108f with pictures of the fall
- ↑ a b Neues Deutschland from March 19, 1983 p. 7
- ↑ a b Neues Deutschland from March 21, 1983 p. 7
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