FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2006

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 2006 took place on 12-15 January 2006 in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria (The International Ski Federation has location listed as Kulm, the ski jumping venue located in Bad Mitterndorf.) for the fourth time. Bad Mitterndorf hosted the championships previously in 1975, 1986, and 1996. Norway repeated as team champion while Roar Ljøkelsøy repeated as individual champion. A record four nations won medals.

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2006
Official logo for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2006.
Host cityBad Mitterndorf, Austria
Nations participating17
Athletes participating52
Events2
Opening ceremony12 January
Closing ceremony15 January
Main venueKulm
WebsiteSkifliegen.at

Individual

13-14 January 2006.[1]

Medal Athlete Points
Gold  Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) 788.0
Silver  Andreas Widhölzl (AUT) 762.4
Bronze  Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 752.2

Morgenstern had the longest jump of the competition with a 210.5 m final round jump.[1] Widhölzl led after the first round,[2] but Ljøkelsøy took the lead after the second round and ensured his victory.[3][4]

Team

15 January 2006.[5]

Medal Team Points
Gold  Norway
Roar Ljøkelsøy
Lars Bystøl
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Tommy Ingebrigtsen		 1497.9
Silver  Finland
Janne Ahonen
Tami Kiuru
Matti Hautamäki
Janne Happonen		 1477.2
Bronze  Germany
Michael Neumayer
Georg Späth
Alexander Herr
Michael Uhrmann		 1374.0

Slovenia's Robert Kranjec had the longest jumps in both rounds of competition at 207.0 m. Slovenia would unfortunately finish fifth because none of his other teammate could go further than 180.5 m.

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)2002
2 Austria (AUT)0112
3 Finland (FIN)0101
4 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

References
  1. FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual final round results. Archived 2006-09-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
  2. FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual first round results. Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
  3. FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual second round results. Archived 2006-03-12 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
  4. FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual third round results. Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
  5. FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 team final results. Archived 2006-03-21 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
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