FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1985 was held between 16–17 March in Planica, Yugoslavia. This was the third record time hosting world championships after 1972 and 1979.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985
VenueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185
Date16–17 March 1985
Competitors44 from 13 nations
Winning score580.5
Medalists
 Matti Nykänen   Finland
 Jens Weißflog   East Germany
 Pavel Ploc   Czechoslovakia

The attendance at Planica was an all-time record, with a total of 150,000 people in three days: 20,000 people in training, 80,000 on the first day and 50,000 on the second day of the competition.

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
13 March 1985  Hill test2173 metres (568 ft) by Matjaž DebelakN/A
14 March 1985  Hill test 22158 metres (518 ft) by Matjaž DebelakN/A
15 March 1985  Official training3191 metres (627 ft) by Matti Nykänen20,000
16 March 1985  Individual, Day 13190 metres (623 ft) by Matti Nykänen80,000
17 March 1985  Individual, Day 22187 metres (614 ft) by Matti Nykänen50,000

All jumps over 190 metres

Chronological order:

Competition

On 13 March 1985 premiere hill test was on schedule. Yugoslavian ski jumper Branko Dolhar had honour to be the first. Distance of the day was set by Matjaž Debelak at 173 metres.[1]

On 14 March 1985 second hill test or unofficial training was on schedule with ten Yugoslavian trial jumpers who made 20 jumps in total. Matjaž Debelak set the longest distance at 158 metres.[2]

On 15 March 1985 official training in three rounds was on schedule with no qualifying. Three world records were set: Mike Holland in 1st round with 186 metres. Matti Nykänen broke the record short after with 187 in first and 191 metres in 2nd round.[3]

On 16 March 1985 first day of championships with three rounds in competition on schedule infront of 80,000 people, a record Planica daily crowd and still one of the most visited ski jumping events ever. They saw Nykänen's 190 metres jump in the first round.

On 17 March 1985 second and final day of world championships with only two rounds in competition, because the last round was canceled. Nykänen totally dominated with two world records and became world champion.

Hill test

Morning — 13 March 1985 — Two rounds — chronological order not available

Bib Name 1RD 2RD
N/A Branko Dolhar165.0 m135.0 m
N/A Rajko Lotrič112.0 m130.0 m
N/A Aleš Peljhan164.0 m160.0 m
N/A Zoran Kešar109.0 m112.0 m
N/A Bojan Globočnik155.0 mN/A
N/A Krištof Gašpirc130.0 m133.0 m
N/A Iztok Melin127.0 m120.0 m
N/A Vili Tepeš120.0 m126.0 m
N/A Janez Štirn158.0 mN/A
N/A Matjaž Debelak173.0 mN/A
N/A Peter Slatnar112.0 mN/A
N/A Borut Dolenc135.0 mN/A
N/A Jože Verdev130.0 mN/A

Official training

Trial jumpers — 15 March 1985 — chronological order not available

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Test jumpers
N/A Matjaž Debelak145.0 m185.0 m—
N/A Vasja Bajc139.0 m——
N/A Aleš Peljhan139.0 m——
N/A Jože Verdev128.0 m128.0 m142.0 m
N/A Bojan Globočnik122.0 m117.0 m—
N/A Zoran Kešar118.0 m——
N/A Krištof Gašpirc117.0 m116.0 m—
N/A Iztok Melin106.0 m——
N/A Vili Tepeš94.0 m——
N/A Janez Štirn122.0 m—154.0 m

11:00 AM — Competitors — 15 March 1985 — incomplete chronological order

Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD
Competitors
3 Mark Konopacke118.0 m117.0 m133.0 m
4 Mike Holland186.0 m175.0 m159.0 m
10 Matjaž Žagar 168.0 m167.0 m—
16 Ernst Vettori 144.0 m162.0 m154.0 m
18 Tomaž Dolar 120.0 m136.0 m137.0 m
26 Matti Nykänen187.0 m191.0 m172.0 m
28 Franz Wiegele 158.0 m173.0 m159.0 m
34 Borut Mur 95.0 m119.0 m124.0 m
36 Klaus Ostwald124.0 m139.0 m129.0 m
41 Piotr Fijas 128.0 m171.0 m143.0 m
42 Miran Tepeš129.0 m175.0 m164.0 m
43 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl174.0 m176.0 m154.0 m
44 Pavel Ploc129.0 m121.0 m151.0 m
46 Jens Weißflog138.0 m175.0 m152.0 m
49 Per Bergerud121.0 m159.0 m151.0 m
N/A Ladislav Dluhoš—143.0 m141.0 m
N/A Tuomo Ylipulli169.0 m168.0 m161.0 m
N/A Vladimír Podzimek143.0 m150.0 m149.0 m
N/A Richard Schallert158.0 m153.0 m—
N/A Thomas Klauser131.0 m167.0 m—
N/A Jukka Kalso119.0 m149.0 m135.0 m
N/A Steinar Bråten109.0 m144.0 m146.0 m
N/A Andreas Felder 159.0 m134.0 m156.0 m
N/A Franz Neuländtner 125.0 m173.0 m140.0 m
N/A Ulf Findeisen 149.0 m159.0 m132.0 m
N/A Jiří Parma 119.0 m157.0 m151.0 m
N/A Hroar Stjernen 128.0 m133.0 m151.0 m
N/A Gérard Balanche 129.0 m143.0 m147.0 m
N/A Mika Kojonkoski —147.0 m156.0 m
N/A Trond Jøran Pedersen 150.0 m164.0 m151.0 m
N/A Lorenz Wegscheider 132.0 m126.0 m118.0 m
N/A Zane Palmer 131.0 m144.0 m134.0 m
N/A Chris Hastings 116.0 m153.0 m139.0 m
N/A Tadeusz Fijas 124.0 m146.0 m144.0 m
N/A Raimund Litschko 102.0 m151.0 m128.0 m
N/A Gérard Colin 132.0 m150.0 m141.0 m
N/A Kimmo Kylmäaho 126.0 m148.0 m118.0 m
N/A Uli Boll 98.0 m131.0 m123.0 m
N/A Frédéric Berger 118.0 m141.0 m131.0 m
N/A Miroslav Polák 157.0 m167.0 m150.0 m
N/A Primož Ulaga 134.0 m128.0 m123.0 m
N/A Pascal Reymond 104.0 m131.0 m134.0 m
N/A Thomas Haßlberger 92.0 m102.0 m—
N/A Patrick Dubiez 112.0 m148.0 m125.0 m
N/A Rick Mewborn 123.0 m131.0 m147.0 m
N/A Bernat Solà 106.0 m105.0 m124.0 m
N/A Sandro Sambugaro 125.0 m122.0 m111.0 m
N/A Massimo Rigoni 117.0 m—104.0 m
N/A Roberto Varutti 111.0 m122.0 m114.0 m
N/A Eric Brèche 109.0 m109.0 m106.0 m

Official results

3 of 5 best jumps counted. Two best from first day and the best one from second day. The last 6th round was canceled.[4]

Rank Bib
(D1)		 Bib
(D2)		 Name D1 (16 March 1985) D2 (17 March 1985) Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD 5RD
1144 Matti Nykänen190.0 m174.0 m180.0 m187.0 m186.0 m 580.5
1543 Jens Weißflog164.0 m174.0 m170.0 m168.0 m166.0 m 531.5
1742 Pavel Ploc169.0 m169.0 m158.0 m142.0 m173.0 m 524.0
43136 Klaus Ostwald98.0 m166.0 m159.0 m180.0 m155.0 m 517.0
5741 Ladislav Dluhoš170.0 m165.0 m133.0 m168.0 m153.0 m 515.0
63540 Miran Tepeš167.0 m161.0 m164.0 m143.0 m164.0 m 511.5
7135 Tuomo Ylipulli168.0 m161.0 m145.0 m144.0 m173.0 m 510.5
83338 Thomas Klauser166.0 m158.0 m162.0 m157.0 m165.0 m 509.0
2037 Mike Holland164.0 m164.0 m164.0 m170.0 m169.0 m 509.0
101231 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl165.0 m157.0 m145.0 m170.0 m153.0 m 508.5
111939 Primož Ulaga144.0 m169.0 m163.0 m124.0 m151.0 m 490.5
122730* Per Bergerud164.0 m158.0 m139.0 m157.0 m159.0 m 481.5
13 3228 Matjaž Žagar 151.0 m 163.0 m 153.0 m 158.0 m 141.0 m 480.5
14 2134 Piotr Fijas 159.0 m 165.0 m 152.0 m 133.0 m 151.0 m 477.0
15 4426 Andreas Felder 162.0 m 151.0 m 105.0 m 163.0 m 134.0 m 476.0
1029* Franz Neuländtner 159.0 m 145.0 m 162.0 m 154.0 m 139.0 m 476.0
17 3627 Ulf Findeisen 110.0 m 166.0 m 152.0 m 117.0 m 153.0 m 473.5
18 2232 Jiří Parma 143.0 m 159.0 m 153.0 m 140.0 m 146.0 m 472.5
19 923 Hroar Stjernen 102.0 m 145.0 m 153.0 m 142.0 m 159.0 m 461.0
20 1625* Ernst Vettori 165.0 m 140.0 m 136.0 m 142.0 m 153.0 m 460.5
21 3433 Franz Wiegele 164.0 m 162.0 m 153.0 m 160.0 m — 453.5
22 4224* Gérard Balanche 157.0 m 141.0 m 147.0 m 138.0 m 142.0 m 445.0
23 2521* Mika Kojonkoski 145.0 m 141.0 m 138.0 m 163.0 m 158.0 m 443.5
24 2422 Trond Jøran Pedersen 139.0 m 145.0 m 142.0 m 150.0 m 152.0 m 437.0
25 1818 Lorenz Wegscheider 141.0 m 138.0 m 123.0 m 136.0 m 156.0 m 428.0
26 620* Tomaž Dolar 135.0 m 151.0 m 124.0 m 142.0 m 135.0 m 422.0
27 213 Zane Palmer 135.0 m 135.0 m 136.0 m 130.0 m 156.0 m 420.0
28 4017 Chris Hastings 141.0 m 140.0 m 131.0 m 128.0 m 143.0 m 410.0
29 2619 Tadeusz Fijas 140.0 m 145.0 m 122.0 m 136.0 m 113.0 m 408.0
30 515 Raimund Litschko 126.0 m 143.0 m 124.0 m 142.0 m 140.0 m 407.5
31 312* Gérard Colin 134.0 m 132.0 m 132.0 m 118.0 m 148.0 m 403.5
32 3816 Kimmo Kylmäaho 129.0 m 122.0 m 142.0 m 136.0 m 122.0 m 398.5
33 3710 Uli Boll 136.0 m 132.0 m 125.0 m 139.0 m 134.0 m 390.5
34 2711* Frédéric Berger 133.0 m 134.0 m 132.0 m 132.0 m 136.0 m 390.0
35 435* Miroslav Polák 113.0 m 128.0 m 122.0 m 118.0 m 151.0 m 389.5
2914 Pascal Reymond 122.0 m 136.0 m 135.0 m 124.0 m 129.0 m 389.5
37 44 Thomas Haßlberger 117.0 m 132.0 m 107.0 m 142.0 m 153.0 m 385.0
38 149 Patrick Dubiez 132.0 m 131.0 m 122.0 m 122.0 m 136.0 m 381.0
39 308 Rick Mewborn 122.0 m 119.0 m 133.0 m 120.0 m 139.0 m 378.0
40 236* Bernat Solà 125.0 m 123.0 m 125.0 m 128.0 m 140.0 m 375.5
41 87 Sandro Sambugaro 128.0 m 128.0 m 111.0 m 129.0 m 131.0 m 368.5
42 133 Massimo Rigoni 121.0 m 109.0 m 117.0 m 124.0 m 117.0 m 345.0
43 282 Roberto Varutti 106.0 m 115.0 m 120.0 m 102.0 m 108.0 m 317.5
44 391 Eric Brèche 107.0 m 110.0 m 110.0 m 110.0 m 123.0 m 314.5

  World record!
  Didn't count into official results. The lowest scored jump of the day.

Ski flying world records
Date Name Country Metres Feet
15 March 1985   Mike Holland  United States 186 610
15 March 1985   Matti Nykänen  Finland 187 614
15 March 1985   Matti Nykänen  Finland 191 627

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)1001
2 East Germany (GDR)0101
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (3 nations)1113

References
  1. "Prezkus je povsem uspel, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1985.
  2. "Že na treningu danes bo hud boj, p.9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 15 March 1985.
  3. "V manj kot dveh urah trije svetovni rekordi in kup državnih: Štartne številke za soboto, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1985.
  4. "Olimpijski vrstni red v Planici: Rezultati prvega dne / Rezultati drugega dne, p.1,9" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1985.
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