Ski flying world championship 1986

The 9th Ski Flying World Championship was held from March 5th to 9th, 1986 on the ski flying hill at Kulm in Tauplitz , Austria . After 1975, the World Cup took place in Styria for the second time . The world championships were held for the first time in an even year after the ski jumping competition calendar had been reorganized, so as not to clash with the Nordic World Ski Championships, which have been taking place in odd years since the previous year. Due to this change, the World Championships were the only highlight of the 1985/86 season alongside the Four Hills Tournament .

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Compared to the last World Cup , which was barely a year ago, the omens had changed considerably. Young, easy jumpers pushed to the top, with Franz Neuländtner and Pekka Suorsa , two of these protagonists had demonstrated their skills on the Four Hills Tournament . Neuländtner finished second overall, Suorsa was able to book a victory for the day. In addition, the stable tour winner Ernst Vettori and his teammate Andreas Felder from Austria joined them. For the Finns, who came without the third-party Jari Puikkonen , the long-running favorite and superstar Matti Nykänen was to be expected again. The triumphant world champion of the previous year was not considered by the Finnish team management for the Four Hills Tournament due to lack of discipline. This measure apparently had the hoped-for effect, Nykänen won six of the eleven World Cup competitions up to the World Cup and was on the podium at the only ski flying competitions in Vikersund to date . In Norway, by the way, Andreas Felder won both competitions. Nykänens long-term rival Jens Weißflog, however, crossed a valley of tears. Before the tour he only managed one podium in the World Cup. Few training jumps due to lack of snow and a generally falling level within the GDR ski jumpers did the rest. The previous year's winner of the tour finished the current tour in 23rd place, ex-ski flying world champion Klaus Ostwald even landed in 55th place. In addition, Weißflog became a father at the end of January 1986 and lost his way in indoor football the day before the first competition. Only with Ulf Findeisen was there an upward trend after the likewise weak tour with a World Cup victory in Oberwiesenthal. A total of 50 participants from 15 countries, including Hungary and Spain, were included in the rating.

The renovation of the ski jumping hill, during which, among other things, 18,000 m³ of earth was moved and the hill profile changed, caused discussions in advance. The controversial goal of the organizing committee around the former world class jumper Hubert Neuper was to enable jumps over the then still magical mark of 200 m. After Matti Nykänen jumped 191 m in Planica last year, this distance seemed to be within reach. However, this request was viewed rather critically by both the FIS and the jumpers at the time.

mode

On both days of the competition, each participant completed three jumps, of which the two best rated jumps were included in the rating.

Results

training

In the three training rounds, the Austrian Franz Neuländtner achieved the greatest distance with 188 m. This was followed by Nykänen (186 m), Suorsa (185 m) Felder (182 m) and Fijas with 180 m.

1 day

The opening round was rather restrained, with each 158 m Neuländtner and Suorsa achieved the largest distance. In the second round, after a weak 123 m, Nykänen achieved the day's best distance of 183 m in the first round and thus initially reported back impressively. Neuländtner and now Andreas Felder jumped close to the 170 m. In the last round, the continuously increasing field achieved the second best distance of the day with 176 m, which brought him the lead in front of his teammate Franz Neuländtner. In fourth place behind Ladislav Dluhoš was Pole Jan Kowal, somewhat surprisingly. Jens Weißflog took a decent fifth place despite an injury. Matti Nykänen was initially only ninth, a good jump was not enough. Those who were disappointed included Ernst Vettori (19th), Klaus Ostwald (27th) and Pavel Ploc (28th), none of whom could cope with the giant bakery.

space	Surname	country	Widths (in m)	Points
01.	Andreas fields	Austria	117/168/176	369.5
02.	Franz Neuländtner	Austria	158/167/167	362.5
03.	Ladislav Dluhoš	Czechoslovakia	151/164/162	347.5
04th	Jan Kowal	Poland	137/160/161	339.5
05.	Jens Weißflog	GDR	136/165/152	338.5
	Tuomo Ylipulli	Finland	145/154/159	338.5
07th	Thomas Klauser	BR Germany	137/156/160	335.5
	Franz Wiegele	Austria	138/158/158	335.5
09.	Steve Collins	Canada	136/157/155	332.0
	Matti Nykänen	Finland	123/183/131	332.0

2 day

The second day of the jump was characterized by high-class competition, but also by heavy falls. The Japanese Akimoto fell in the first round and suffered an open lower leg fracture. In the same round, Ulf Findeisen also fell, Rolf Åge Berg followed in the second round. In both jumpers the injuries were less severe, although the falls looked just as bad. Somewhat surprisingly, Thomas Klauser, the best German jumper for a number of years, was the longest with 176 m in the first round. Neuländtner (174 m) and Nykänen (173 m) followed closely, while Felder with 161 m fell slightly in the first round. Instead, the Austrian exploded in the second round and, amid the cheers of the 30,000 spectators, equaled the world record of Nykänen from the previous year with 191 m. However, the Finn also jumped an excellent 185 m and pushed himself forward space by space. Four Hills Tournament winner Vettori had already packed his skis on the advice of his selection trainer Paul Ganzenhuber at this point, because after 149 m in the first round he had no chance of a top placement. Pekka Suorsa also showed his increased performance with 175 m in the second round. In the last round, Franz Neuländtner managed another huge set with 180 m, but Felder countered with 175 m. Nykänen moved up to third place in the daily standings with 176 m.

space	Surname	country	Expanses	Points
01.	Andreas fields	Austria	161/191/175	375.5
02.	Franz Neuländtner	Austria	174/179/180	368.0
03.	Matti Nykänen	Finland	173/185/176	366.5
04th	Pyotr Fijas	Poland	171/167/172	348.0
05.	Pekka Suorsa	Finland	169/175/169	344.0
06th	Tuomo Ylipulli	Finland	158/168/171	342.0
07th	Thomas Klauser	BR Germany	176/158/91	339.0
08th.	Franz Wiegele	Austria	158/174/156	337.5
09.	Ladislav Dluhoš	Czechoslovakia	157/165/168	333.5
10.	Jens Weißflog	GDR	149/165/165	332.5

Overall result

After a high-class competition, the world championship title stayed in the host's country for the first time. When the world record was set, Andreas Felder won his first world title. Teammate Franz Neuländtner confirmed his good shape in the Four Hills Tournament with the vice world championship. After a weak start, Matti Nykänen won the bronze medal on a strong second day and thus the third medal in ski flying in a row. Last year's runner-up world champion Jens Weißflog achieved a good ninth place in view of the circumstances of his injury. Tour winner Ernst Vettori (40th), last year third Pavel Ploc (22nd), but also the remaining jumpers from the GDR were among those who were beaten in the field . The Norwegians also fell short of their expectations, with their best, Trond Jøran Pedersen , finishing eleventh.

space	Surname	country	Points
01.	Andreas fields	Austria	745.0
02.	Franz Neuländtner	Austria	730.5
03.	Matti Nykänen	Finland	698.5
04th	Ladislav Dluhoš	Czechoslovakia	681.0
05.	Tuomo Ylipulli	Finland	680.5
06th	Thomas Klauser	BR Germany	674.5
07th	Pekka Suorsa	Finland	673.0
	Franz Wiegele	Austria	673.0
09.	Jens Weißflog	GDR	671.0
10.	Piotr Fijas	Poland	656.5
11.	Trond Jøran Pedersen	Norway	644.0
12.	Jan Kowal	Poland	641.5
13.	Steve Collins	Canada	636.0
14th	Didier Mollard	France	635.0
15th	Primož Ulaga	Yugoslavia	632.5
16.	Mika Kojonkoski	Finland	630.0
17th	Andreas Bauer	BR Germany	626.5
18th	Vegard grandpas	Norway	616.5
19th	Miran Tepeš	Yugoslavia	613.5
20th	Holger Friday	GDR	610.5
21st	Patric Dubiez	France	587.0
22nd	Pavel Ploc	Czechoslovakia	586.5
23.	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	Norway	581.0
24.	Klaus Ostwald	GDR	580.5
25th	Rick Mewborn	United States	567.0
26th	Frédéric Berger	France	534.0
27.	Antonio Lacedelli	Italy	532.0
28.	Janez Debelak	Yugoslavia	530.0
29	Virginio Lunardi	Italy	529.5
	Sandro Sambugaro	Italy	529.5
31.	Matjaž Debelak	Yugoslavia	527.5
32.	Martin Švagerko	Czechoslovakia	522.0
33.	Bernat Sola	Spain	515.0
34.	Mike Holland	United States	509.5
35.	Zane Palmer	United States	498.0
36.	Robert Witke	Poland	487.0
37.	Mark Konopacke	United States	485.0
38.	Massimo Rigoni	Italy	481.0
39.	Rolf Schilli	BR Germany	460.0.0
40.	Ernst Vettori	Austria	458.5
41.	László fisherman	Hungary	453.0
42.	Chiharu Nishikata	Japan	418.5
43.	Jose Rivera	Spain	410.5
44.	Rolf Åge Berg	Norway	410.0
45.	Akira Sato	Japan	396.5
46.	Yasuhide Miyazaki	Japan	377.0
47.	Ulf Findeisen	GDR	350.0
48.	Masahiro Akimoto	Japan	286.5
49.	Wolfgang Steiert	BR Germany	189.0
50.	Jiří Parma	Czechoslovakia	141.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neue Zeit of March 5, 1986 p. 6
2. ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 8, 1986, p. 12
3. ↑ Results of the first day
4. ↑ Results of the second day
5. ↑ The two flew away on the Kulm Nykänen . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1986, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ complete result