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Planica 1948

Planica 1948 was an International ski flying week competition held from 14—17 March 1948 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people has gathered in total. The best jump counted as final result.

Planica 1948
Host cityPlanica, FPR Yugoslavia
SportSki flying
EventsInternational Ski Flying Week
Main venueBloudkova velikanka K120
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Schedule edit

Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
11 March 1948   Training — canceled; high temperatures, melted snow —
12 March 1948   — canceled; snow was still not prepared —
13 March 1948   2
2		 88 metres (289 ft) by Charles Blum (morning)
111 metres (364 ft) by Charles Blum (afternoon)		 N/A
14 March 1948   Competition: Day 1 2
—————
1		 120 metres (394 ft) by Janez Polda (morning, crash)
113 metres (371 ft) by Charles Blum (morning)
—————————————————————————
121 metres (397 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon, crash)
103 metres (338 ft) by Charles (afternoon)		 10,000
15 March 1948   Competition: Day 2 3
2		 109 metres (358 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (morning)
120 metres (394 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon)		 N/A
16 March 1948   Competition: Day 3 3
—		 104 metres (341 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (morning)
canceled; temperatures, melting snow (afternoon)		 3,000
17 March 1948   Competition: Day 4 2 100 metres (328 ft) by Franc Pribošek N/A

Competition edit

On 11 March 1948, the first day of training jumps at the international ski flying week was on schedule. But it was canceled due to high temperatures and sun which was melting the snow.[1]

On 12 March 1948, the second day the international ski flying week on schedule also did not allow any jumps. Again due to weather conditions, temperatures got little cooler but snow under was still not hard enough.[2]

On 13 March 1948, the first and only training was held at last after weather problems two days in a row. A couple of thousands people has gathered, who have seen morning and afternoon event with two rounds. Fritz Tschannen was the longest at 104 metres.[3]

On 14 March 1948, opening with the first day of competition was on schedule, in the morning event with two rounds and afternoon event only with one jump due to icy inrun track. Janez Polda touched the ground at 120 metres world record distance in the morning event and another world record distance was beat at the afternoon event when Swiss jumper Charles Blum crashed at 121 metres. Total of 10,000 people has gathered that day.[4]

On 15 March 1948, the second day of competition was on schedule with the morning and afternoon event, both times with three rounds. Fritz Tschannen set the world record at 120 metres in his last attempt of day at afternoon event.[4]

On 16 March 1948, the third day of competition was on schedule in the morning event with three rounds, afternoon was canceled due to high temperatures and melting snow. Rudi Finžgar was the longest with 104 metres in front of 3,000 people.[5]

On 17 March 1948, the last day of international ski flying week competition was on schedule, but with two rounds only as due to weather conditions event was ended right after. Fritz Tschannen won the four-day competition with 120 m in the battle for the best jump.[6]

Training edit

13 March 1948 — 9:30 AM — Four rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2
1 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 62 m 67 m
2 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 59 m 62 m
3 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 72 m 73 m
4 Janez Rožič   Yugoslavia 64 m 62 m
5 Jože Zalokar   Yugoslavia 66 m 67 m
6 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 68 m 57 m
7 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 65 m 69 m
8 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 59 m 52 m
9 Janez Polda   Yugoslavia 80 m 92 m
10 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 73 m 84 m
11 Arsène Lucchini   France 74 m 72 m
12 Régis Charlet   France 69 m 67 m
13 Jean Mounier   France 66 m 71 m
14 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 59 m 80 m
15 Charles Blum    Switzerland 69 m 88 m
16 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 70 m 84 m
17 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 69 m 80 m
18 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 71 m 85 m
Afternoon jumps
1 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 92 m —
2 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 78 m 84 m
3 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 75 m 72 m
4 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 74 m 77 m
5 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 70 m 70 m
6 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 92 m —
7 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 90 m 97 m
9 Janez Polda   Yugoslavia 103 m —
10 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 85 m 83 m
11 Jože Zalokar   Yugoslavia 77 m 82 m
12 Charles Blum    Switzerland 88 m 111 m
13 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 79 m 94 m
14 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 89 m 100 m
15 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 98 m 104 m
16 Arsène Lucchini   France 84 m 86 m
17 Jean Mounier   France 90 m 85 m
18 Régis Charlet   France 91 m 88 m

Competition: Day 1 edit

14 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Three rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2
1 Charles Blum    Switzerland 102 m 113 m
2 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 106 m 100 m
3 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 99 m 109 m
4 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 100 m 100 m
5 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 97 m 97 m
6 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 93 m 94 m
7 Arsène Lucchini   France 105 m 107 m
8 Jean Mounier   France 97 m 102 m
9 Régis Charlet   France 107 m 105 m
10 Janez Polda   Yugoslavia 120 m 109 m
11 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 100 m 106 m
12 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 82 m 82 m
13 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 79 m 84 m
14 Janez Rožič   Yugoslavia 82 m 86 m
15 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 83 m 80 m
16 Jože Zalokar   Yugoslavia 102 m 100 m
17 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 84 m 85 m
18 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 96 m 100 m
Afternoon jumps, 16:00 PM
1 Charles Blum    Switzerland 121 m —
2 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 97 m —
3 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 97 m —
4 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 102 m —
5 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 95 m —
6 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 94 m —
8 Jean Mounier   France 104 m —
9 Régis Charlet   France 103 m —
10 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 95 m —
11 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 92 m —
12 Janez Rožič   Yugoslavia 89 m —
13 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 92 m —
14 Jože Zalokar   Yugoslavia N/A —
15 Antoni Wieczorek   Poland 97 m —

Competition: Day 2 edit

15 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Five rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
1 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 102 m 109 m 109 m
2 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 93 m 98 m 93 m*
3 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 100 m 101 m 105 m
4 Antoni Wieczorek   Poland 79 m 85 m 98 m
5 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 88 m 105 m —
6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel   Poland 69 m 71 m 76 m
7 Tadeusz Kozak   Poland 79 m 80 m —
Afternoon jumps
1 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 114 m 120 m —
2 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 108 m 109 m —
3 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 106 m 114 m —
4 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 118 m 118 m —
5 Jean Mounier   France 86 m 102 m —
6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel   Poland 81 m 80 m —
7 Antoni Wieczorek   Poland 99 m 100 m —

Competition: Day 3 edit

16 March 1948 — 9:50 AM — Three rounds — chronological order

Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
1 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 91 m 85 m —
2 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 88 m 90 m 86 m
3 Janez Rožič   Yugoslavia 86 m 86 m 85 m
4 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 81 m 84 m 81 m
5 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 90 m 89 m —
6 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 73 m 78 m 77 m
7 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 102 m 100 m —
8 Arsène Lucchini   France 98 m 103 m 97 m
9 Antoni Wieczorek   Poland 86 m 91 m 82 m
10 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel   Poland 69 m 80 m 79 m
11 Régis Charlet   France 101 m 99 m 93 m
12 Jean Mounier   France 97 m — —
13 Tadeusz Kozak   Poland 74 m 88 m —
14 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 103 m 96 m —
15 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 104 m 98 m —
16 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 102 m 98 m —
17 Niklaus Stump    Switzerland 100 m — —
18 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 99 m 96 m —

Competition: Day 4 edit

17 March 1948 — Two rounds — ranking incomplete — points N/A

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2
1 14 Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 97 m 97 m
2 15 Hans Zurbriggen    Switzerland 96 m 91 m
N/A 1 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 99 m 95 m
N/A 2 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 100 m 95 m
N/A 3 Ivo Razboršek   Yugoslavia 90 m 87 m
N/A 4 Jože Langus   Yugoslavia 92 m 88 m
N/A 5 Lojze Razinger   Yugoslavia 90 m 90 m
N/A 6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel   Poland 83 m 82 m
N/A 7 Antoni Wieczorek   Poland 92 m 91 m
N/A 8 Tadeusz Kozak   Poland 93 m 85 m
N/A 9 Rudi Finžgar   Yugoslavia 99 m 100 m
N/A 10 Jaroslav Lukeš   Czechoslovakia 78 m 81 m
N/A 11 Miloslav Bělonožník   Czechoslovakia 88 m 92 m
N/A 12 Zdeněk Remsa   Czechoslovakia 92 m 91 m
N/A 13 Lenemayer   Czechoslovakia 87 m 94 m
N/A 16 Ivo Javornik   Yugoslavia 85 m 84 m
N/A 17 Arsène Lucchini   France 99 m 100 m
N/A 18 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 80 m 80 m

  Not recognized. Crash at WR!
  Yugoslavian national record!
  World record!
  Fall or touch!

Official results edit

International Ski Flying Week edit

14–17 March 1948 – the best jump[7]

Rank Name Dist.
1   Fritz Tschannen 120 m
2   Hans Zurbriggen 114 m
3   Charles Blum 113 m

Ski flying world records edit

Date Name Country Metres Feet
14 March 1948   Janez Polda   Yugoslavia 120 394
14 March 1948   Charles Blum    Switzerland 121 397
15 March 1948   Fritz Tschannen    Switzerland 120 394

  Not recognized! Touch at world record distance.
  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References edit

  1. ^ "V Planici se zbirajo tekmovalci, p.4" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 12 March 1948.
  2. ^ "Vreme ovira pričetek poletov na veliki skakalnici v Planici, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 13 March 1948.
  3. ^ "Prvi letošnji poleti na veliki skakalnici v Planici, p.9" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 14 March 1948.
  4. ^ a b "Izredni uspehi slovenskih in inozemskih skakalcev v Planici, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 16 March 1948.
  5. ^ "Izredni uspehi naših skakalcev v Planici, p.3" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 17 March 1948.
  6. ^ "Planica naj ostane edina mamutska skakalnica na svetu, p.7" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 18 March 1948.
  7. ^ "Planica 1934 – 2011: Podiums and top distances for each international competition" (PDF). Jože Šlibar. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.

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