Planica 1969 was a first competition on a new ski flying hill at Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 21 to 23 March 1969 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With 95,000 people in three days.

Planica 1969
Host cityPlanica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
SportSki flying
EventsSmuški poleti Ski Flying Week
Main venueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K153
1972 →

Schedule edit

Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
6 March 1969   Hill test, premiere 1 135 metres (443 ft) by Miro Oman N/A
21 March 1969   Competition, Day 1 3 156 metres (512 ft) by Bjørn Wirkola 15,000
22 March 1969   Competition, Day 2 3 164 metres (538 ft) by Jiří Raška 35,000
23 March 1969   Competition, Day 3 3 165 metres (541 ft) by Manfred Wolf 45,000

Competition edit

On 6 March 1969, two weeks before competition a hill test with trial jumper was made. Yugoslavian Miro Oman baptized Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 hill around 14:00 PM local time with 135 metres (443 ft).[1]

On 21 March 1969 hill was officially opened with first day of competition called Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week with three rounds, but only the best one counted into official result. The first day brought world record distance at 156 metres by Bjørn Wirkola.[2][3]

On 22 March 1969 second day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result. World record was tied and improved three times: Jiří Raška (156 m, 164 m) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 m).[4]

On 23 March 1969 third and final day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result in front of 45,000 people. Manfred Wolf set already the fifth and the last world record this weekend at 165 metres in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three day competition with total five valid rounds: one best from the first day, two best rounds from the second day and two best rounds from the third day.[5]

Hill test edit

 
Miro Oman, 3rd from left, right after premiere test jump at 135 metres (6 March 1969)
 
Manfred Wolf in the middle right after WR.

14:00 PM — 6 March 1969 — premiere

Bib Name Test
1   Miro Oman 135.0 m

Ski Flying Week: Day 1 edit

10:30 AM — 21 March 1969 — Three rounds: one best round into official results

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
1 56   Bjørn Wirkola 135.0 m 156.0 m 134.0 m 181.0
2 51   Jiří Raška 148.0 m 120.0 m 146.0 m 180.5
3 30   Lars Grini 146.0 m 114.0 m 117.0 m 174.0
4 33   Horst Queck 137.0 m 149.0 m 144.0 m 171.0
5 49   Zbyněk Hubač 136.0 m 132.0 m 118.0 m 165.9
6 17   Jürgen Dommerich 137.0 m 134.0 m 133.0 m 162.5
7 26   Ryszard Witke 133.0 m 130.0 m 121.0 m 157.0
8 42   Gariy Napalkov 123.0 m 122.0 m 154.0 m 155.0
9 37   Ladislav Divila 130.0 m 127.0 m 152.5
10 41   Christian Kiehl 123.0 m 128.0 m 130.0 m 152.0
11 43   Peter Štefančič 126.0 m 114.0 m 118.0 m 151.5
12 7   Rainer Schmidt 118.0 m 114.0 m 132.0 m 151.0
13 45   Manfred Wolf 123.0 m 132.0 m 127.0 m 150.0
14 57   Reinhold Bachler 123.0 m 132.0 m 121.0 m 148.5
15 38   František Rydval 124.0 m 111.0 m 122.0 m 147.0
16 27   Ernst Kröll 116.0 m 125.0 m 126.0 m 146.0
17 24   Koba Zakadze 115.0 m 121.0 m 124.0 m 144.5
18 47   Rudolf Hohnl 119.0 m 115.0 m 123.0 m 143.0
54   Adrian Watt 124.0 m 128.0 m 111.0 m 143.0
20 14   Rudolf Doubek 121.0 m 119.0 m 118.0 m 142.5
21 36   Walter Schwabl 111.0 m 128.0 m 117.0 m 141.5
22 50   Josef Zehnder 117.0 m 120.0 m 113.0 m 141.5
23 39   Josef Matouš 92.0 m 151.0 m 130.0 m 140.5
3   Josef Kraus 111.0 m 113.0 m 125.0 m 140.5
25 15   Stanislaw Kubica 121.0 m 126.0 m 114.0 m 139.5
26 31   Heini Ihle 96.0 m 112.0 m 122.0 m 139.0
27 13   Branko Dolhar 112.0 m 121.0 m 121.0 m 138.0
40   Józef Przybyła 106.0 m 107.0 m 121.0 m 138.0
29 10   Marjan Pečar 115.0 m 115.0 m 117.0 m 137.5
30 25   Janez Jurman 111.0 m 106.0 m 118.0 m 134.5
36 29   Marjan Mesec 103.0 m 118.0 m 102.0 m 128.0
39 18   Danilo Pudgar 111.0 m 110.0 m 111.0 m 124.0
43 1   Stanko Smolej 107.0 m 106.0 m 96.0 m 120.0
46 52   Peter Eržen 110.0 m 106.0 m 102.0 m 116.5
51 6   Andrej Nahtigal 97.0 m 93.0 m 98.0 m 106.5
53 55   Ludvik Zajc 96.0 m 100.0 m 103.0 m 104.0
54 5   Oto Giacomelli 86.0 m 96.0 m 96.0 m 100.5
56 23   Marjan Prelovšek 111.0 m N/A N/A 90.5
N/A 22   Mihály Gellér 120.0 m N/A N/A N/A
N/A 2   Jozef Metelka 101.0 m N/A N/A N/A
N/A 4   Dalibor Motejlek N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 8   Erich Schwabl N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 9   Bent Tomtum N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 11   Richard Pfiffner N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 12   Bohumil Doležal N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 19   František Novák N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 20   Willy Schuster N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 21   Konstantin Shcherbakov N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 28   Greg Swor N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 32   Karel Kodejška N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 34   Giacomo Aimoni N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 35   Hans Schmid N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 44   Albino Bazzana N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 46   Henrik Ohlmeyer N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 48   László Gellér N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 53   Max Golser N/A N/A N/A N/A
16 Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 2 edit

10:30 AM — 22 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1 best round also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
1 46   Bjørn Wirkola 160.0 m 162.0 m 145.0 m 541.5
2 37   Jiří Raška 156.0 m 164.0 m 144.0 m 538.5
3 38   Manfred Wolf 135.0 m 156.0 m 159.0 m 499.5
4 24   Horst Queck 145.0 m 150.0 m 146.0 m 497.0
5 53   Zbyněk Hubač 133.0 m 147.0 m 150.0 m 494.0
6 21   Lars Grini 147.0 m 137.0 m 134.0 m 490.0
7 51   Christian Kiehl 145.0 m 154.0 m 142.0 m 475.0
8 18   Rainer Schmidt 146.0 m 145.0 m 129.0 m 462.0
9 36   Gari Napalkov 120.0 m 135.0 m 133.0 m 452.5
10 5   Jürgen Dommerich 128.0 m 143.0 m 132.0 m 449.5
11 19   Walter Schwabl 133.0 m 147.0 m 111.0 m 442.5
12 47   Rudolf Hohnl 124.0 m 135.0 m 134.0 m 437.0
13 34   Ernst Kröll 129.0 m 129.0 m 132.0 m 432.0
14 17   Bohumil Doležal 138.0 m 137.0 m 123.0 m 429.5
15 42   Branko Dolhar 132.0 m 136.0 m 135.0 m 428.5
16 50   Reinhold Bachler 124.0 m 127.0 m 126.0 m 426.0
17 32   Józef Przybyła 132.0 m 121.0 m 127.0 m 424.5
18 44   Josef Matouš 124.0 m 143.0 m 148.0 m 419.5
19 29   Koba Zakadze 119.0 m 118.0 m 133.0 m 415.0
20 52   Josef Zehnder 116.0 m 132.0 m 112.0 m 411.0
21 49   Max Golser 121.0 m 132.0 m 126.0 m 409.5
22 7   Josef Kraus 124.0 m 120.0 m 123.0 m 409.0
23 39   Peter Štefančič 113.0 m 118.0 m 122.0 m 406.0
24 25   Rudolf Doubek 115.0 m 112.0 m 124.0 m 405.0
25 43   Ryszard Witke 112.0 m 125.0 m 104.0 m 403.0
26 40   Heini Ihle 113.0 m 147.0 m 118.0 m 392.5
27 23   Adrian Watt 106.0 m 117.0 m 119.0 m 387.0
28 26   Henrik Ohlmeyer 109.0 m 124.0 m 119.0 m 386.0
29 14   Stanislaw Kubica 113.0 m 124.0 m 133.0 m 385.5
30 45   Marjan Mesec 113.0 m 122.0 m 120.0 m 382.5
34 8   Peter Eržen 119.0 m 117.0 m 111.0 m 367.5
36 13   Danilo Pudgar 124.0 m 92.0 m 101.0 m 364.5
39 15   Marjan Pečar 98.0 m 109.0 m 101.0 m 349.5
41 48   Ludvik Zajc 102.0 m 118.0 m 110.0 m 345.0
41 28   Stanko Smolej 93.0 m 104.0 m 109.0 m 344.5
46 1   Oto Giacomelli 103.0 m 104.0 m 105.0 m 320.5
47 3   Andrej Nahtigal 102.0 m 93.0 m 94.0 m 313.0
49 33   Janez Jurman 106.0 m 106.0 m 110.0 m 306.0
N/A 2   Jozef Metelka N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 4   Dalibor Motejlek N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 6   Willy Schuster N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 9   Bent Tomtum N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 10   Richard Pfiffner N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 11   Konstantin Shcherbakov N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 12   Erich Schwabl N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 20   Giacomo Aimoni N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 22   Mihály Gellér N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 27   Karel Kodejška N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 30   František Rydval N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 31   Hans Schmid N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 35   Albino Bazzana N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A 41   László Gellér N/A N/A N/A N/A
16 Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 3 edit

10:30 AM — 23 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1&2 best rounds also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
1 38   Jiří Raška 152.0 m 154.0 m 156.0 m 895.0
2 50   Bjørn Wirkola 139.0 m 147.0 m 162.0 m 889.0
3 47   Manfred Wolf 142.0 m 149.0 m 165.0 m 8?1.5
4 46   Horst Queck 127.0 m 148.0 m 161.0 m 845.5
5 36   Zbyněk Hubač 133.0 m 137.0 m 154.0 m 818.0
6 19   Lars Grini 125.0 m 139.0 m 139.0 m 796.0
7 22   Rainer Schmidt 139.0 m 143.0 m 148.0 m 784.0
8 40   Gariy Napalkov 138.0 m 132.0 m 148.0 m 773.5
9 21   Bohumil Doležal 149.0 m 150.0 m 160.0 m 773.0
10 11   Christian Kiehl 125.0 m 136.0 m 142.0 m 771.0
11 25   Ernst Kröll 123.0 m 149.0 m 143.0 m 754.0
12 42   Josef Matouš 157.0 m 153.0 m 163.0 m 743.0
13 39   Peter Štefančič 147.0 m 125.0 m 150.0 m 738.0
14 34   Rudolf Hohnl 134.0 m 127.0 m 157.0 m 734.5
15 48   Reinhold Bachler 124.0 m 117.0 m 147.0 m 725.0
16 23   Walter Schwabl 115.0 m 120.0 m 124.0 m 721.5
17 29   Koba Zakadze 133.0 m 127.0 m 136.0 m 715.5
18 32   Józef Przybyła 143.0 m 121.0 m 143.0 m 713.5
19 41   Branko Dolhar 116.0 m 120.0 m 125.0 m 694.5
20 15   Josef Kraus 115.0 m 136.0 m 140.0 m 692.0
21 24   Josef Zehnder 111.0 m 119.0 m 118.0 m 676.0
22 44   László Gellér 126.0 m 124.0 m 125.0 m 673.0
23 17   Rudolf Doubek 114.0 m 117.0 m 135.0 m 672.0
24 35   Marjan Mesec 116.0 m 122.0 m 143.0 m 671.0
25 N/A   Adrian Watt 115.0 m 124.0 m 136.0 m 670.5
26 37   Max Golser 117.0 m 112.0 m 124.0 m 668.0
27 18   Henrik Ohlmeyer 114.0 m 116.0 m 138.0 m 665.5
28 49   Ryszard Witke 112.0 m 117.0 m 123.0 m 664.5
29 43   Heini Ihle 116.0 m 117.0 m 129.0 m 660.5
30 28   Mihály Gellér 124.0 m 119.0 m 115.0 m 640.0
31 13   Bent Tomtum 109.0 m 111.0 m 128.0 m 636.5
32 31   Danilo Pudgar 107.0 m 116.0 m 127.0 m 631.5
33 27   Ludvik Zajc 110.0 m 118.0 m 138.0 m 628.5
34 33   Peter Eržen 115.0 m 110.0 m 106.0 m 623.0
35 12   Konstantin Scherbakov 103.0 m 107.0 m 116.0 m 609.5
36 14   Stanislaw Kubica 123.0 m 122.0 m 128.0 m 606.5
37 9   Marjan Pečar 107.0 m 113.0 m 123.0 m 605.5
38 10   Dalibor Motejlek 101.0 m 111.0 m 120.0 m 601.5
39 7   Stanko Smolej 102.0 m 101.0 m 127.0 m 589.5
40 6   Erich Schwabl 106.0 m 100.0 m 110.0 m 580.5
41 1   Jozef Metelka 104.0 m 113.0 m 116.0 m 577.0
42 5   Willy Schuster 111.0 m 107.0 m 127.0 m 562.5
8   Janez Jurman 112.0 m 113.0 m 126.0 m 562.5
44 45   Albino Bazzana 97.0 m 104.0 m 118.0 m 552.0
45 4   Oto Giacomelli 103.0 m 97.0 m 103.0 m 535.0
46 2   Andrej Nahtigal 92.0 m 94.0 m 103.0 m 514.0
47 26   Giacomo Aimoni 101.0 m 97.0 m 494.0
48 3   Jürgen Dommerich 449.0
49   František Rydval 224.0
50   Richard Pfiffner 198.0
51   Ladislav Divila 152.5
52 30   Hans Schmid 138.0
53   František Novák 111.5
54   Marjan Prelovšek 92.5
N/A   Greg Swor N/A
N/A 20   Karel Kodejška N/A
16 Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

  Best round for final result!
  Best round for final result & fall!
  World record!
  Fall or touch!

Official results edit

RTV broadcasting crew and equipment.
 
Beno Hvala, Slovenian legendary Planica TV director and inventor of sports slowmotion.
 
Hill preparations.
 
President Tito and Jovanka Broz at one of their many occasions visiting Planica in 1969.

Five rounds counted into official results — one best round (D1) + two best rounds (D2) + two best rounds (D3).

Rank Name 21 March 22 March 23 March Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD 5RD
1   Jiří Raška 148.0 m 156.0 m 164.0 m 154.0 m 156.0 m 895.0
2   Bjørn Wirkola 156.0 m 160.0 m 162.0 m 147.0 m 162.0 m 889.0
3   Manfred Wolf 132.0 m 156.0 m 159.0 m 142.0 m 165.0 m 8?1.0
4   Horst Queck 149.0 m 145.0 m 146.0 m 148.0 m 161.0 m 845.5
5   Zbyněk Hubač 136.0 m 147.0 m 150.0 m 137.0 m 154.0 m 818.0
6   Lars Grini 146.0 m 147.0 m 134.0 m 139.0 m 139.0 m 796.0
7   Rainer Schmidt 132.0 m 146.0 m 145.0 m 139.0 m 143.0 m 784.0
8   Gari Napalkov 154.0 m 135.0 m 133.0 m 138.0 m 148.0 m 773.5
9   Bohumil Doležal N/A 138.0 m 137.0 m 150.0 m 160.0 m 773.0
10   Christian Kiehl 130.0 m 154.0 m 142.0 m 136.0 m 142.0 m 771.0
11   Ernst Kröll 126.0 m 129.0 m 132.0 m 149.0 m 143.0 m 754.0
12   Josef Matouš 151.0 m 143.0 m 148.0 m 157.0 m 153.0 m 743.0
13   Peter Štefančič 126.0 m 118.0 m 122.0 m 147.0 m 150.0 m 738.0
14   Rudolf Höhnl 123.0 m 135.0 m 134.0 m 134.0 m 157.0 m 734.5
15   Reinhold Bachler 132.0 m 124.0 m 126.0 m 124.0 m 147.0 m 725.0
16   Walter Schwabl 128.0 m 133.0 m 147.0 m 120.0 m 124.0 m 721.5
17   Koba Zakadze 124.0 m 119.0 m 133.0 m 133.0 m 127.0 m 715.5
18   Józef Przybyła 121.0 m 132.0 m 127.0 m 143.0 m 143.0 m 713.5
19   Branko Dolhar 121.0 m 136.0 m 135.0 m 120.0 m 125.0 m 694.5
20   Josef Kraus 125.0 m 124.0 m 123.0 m 115.0 m 136.0 m 692.0
21   Josef Zehnder 117.0 m 132.0 m 112.0 m 111.0 m 119.0 m 676.0
22   László Gellér N/A N/A N/A 126.0 m 124.0 m 673.0
23   Rudolf Doubek 121.0 m 115.0 m 124.0 m 117.0 m 135.0 m 672.0
24   Marjan Mesec 118.0 m 122.0 m 120.0 m 122.0 m 143.0 m 671.0
25   Adrian Watt 128.0 m 117.0 m 119.0 m 124.0 m 136.0 m 670.5
26   Max Golser N/A 132.0 m 126.0 m 117.0 m 124.0 m 668.0
27   Henrik Ohlmeyer N/A 124.0 m 119.0 m 116.0 m 138.0 m 665.5
28   Ryszard Witke 133.0 m 112.0 m 125.0 m 117.0 m 123.0 m 664.5
29   Heini Ihle 112.0 m 147.0 m 118.0 m 117.0 m 129.0 m 660.5
30   Mihály Gellér N/A N/A N/A 124.0 m 119.0 m 640.0
31   Bent Tomtum N/A N/A N/A 111.0 m 128.0 m 636.5
32   Danilo Pudgar 111.0 m 124.0 m 101.0 m 116.0 m 127.0 m 631.5
33   Ludvik Zajc 96.0 m 118.0 m 110.0 m 118.0 m 138.0 m 628.5
34   Peter Eržen 102.0 m 119.0 m 117.0 m 115.0 m 110.0 m 623.0
35   Konstantin Scherbakov N/A N/A N/A 107.0 m 116.0 m 609.5
36   Stanislaw Kubica 121.0 m 124.0 m 133.0 m 123.0 m 128.0 m 606.5
37   Marjan Pečar 115.0 m 109.0 m 101.0 m 113.0 m 123.0 m 605.5
38   Dalibor Motejlek N/A N/A N/A 111.0 m 120.0 m 601.5
39   Stanko Smolej 107.0 m 104.0 m 109.0 m 101.0 m 127.0 m 589.5
40   Erich Schwabl N/A N/A N/A 106.0 m 110.0 m 580.5
41   Jozef Metelka N/A N/A N/A 113.0 m 116.0 m 577.0
42   Willy Schuster N/A N/A N/A 111.0 m 127.0 m 562.5
  Janez Jurman 118.0 m 106.0 m 110.0 m 113.0 m 126.0 m 562.5
44   Albino Bazzana N/A N/A N/A 104.0 m 118.0 m 552.0
45   Otto Giacomelli 96.0 m 103.0 m 105.0 m 103.0 m 97.0 m 535.0
46   Andrej Nahtigal 98.0 m 102.0 m 94.0 m 94.0 m 103.0 m 514.0
47   Giacomo Aimoni N/A N/A N/A 101.0 m 97.0 m 494.0
48   Jürgen Dommerich 137.0 m 128.0 m 143.0 m 449.0
49   František Rydval 124.0 m N/A N/A 224.0
50   Richard Pfiffner N/A N/A N/A 198.0
51   Ladislav Divila 130.0 m N/A N/A 152.5
52   Hans Schmid N/A N/A N/A 138.0
53   František Novák N/A N/A N/A 111.5
54   Marjan Prelovšek N/A N/A N/A 92.5
N/A   Karel Kodejška N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A   Greg Swor N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Ski flying world records edit

Date Name Country Metres Feet
21 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola   Norway 156 512
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia 156 512
22 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola   Norway 160 525
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia 164 538
23 March 1969   Manfred Wolf   East Germany 165 541

References edit

  1. ^ "Planica je nared, p.1,17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 7 March 1969.
  2. ^ "Planica je - nared, p.17" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1969.
  3. ^ "Planica spet pred vsemi, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1969.
  4. ^ "Dan brez primere v Planici, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1969.
  5. ^ "Wolf (East Germany) -- 165 metres!, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1969.

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