Planica 1936 Explained

Planica 1936
Size:	200px
Host City:	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Events:	International
Sports:	Ski jumping, ski flying
Stadium:	Bloudkova velikanka K106
Previous:	1935
Next:	1938

Planica 1936 was a ski jumping event, considered as the birth of ski flying, held on 15 March 1936 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Yugoslavia. Total of 16,000 people gathered to watch the competition.

Schedule

width=100px	Date	width=130px	Event	width=50px	Rounds	width=230px	Longest jump of the day	width=50px	Visitors
13 March 1936	Training	—	weather conditions; high temperatures	—
14 March 1936	Official training	1		N/A
align=right rowspan=2	15 March 1936	International event	2		align=center rowspan=2	16,000
Afternoon record battle	2	101.5 metres (333 ft) by Josef Bradl (WR)

Competition

Training was scheduled, on 13 March, however warm weather with warm wind caused it to be cancelled. A few jumpers did few training jumps on a smaller hill in Rateče, but encountered problems with the wind.^[1] ^[2]

On 14 March, the only training was scheduled for the afternoon, after the weather finally cleared up. Birger Ruud made the longest jump at 93 metres.^[3]

The novel discipline of ski flying is considered to have been started by Josef Bradl on 15 March. The trial round began at 10:30 AM and continued with two rounds of international competition. After that, the second round was a non-competitive event with a goal of setting new world records. In the last round of the day, Sepp Bradl became the first man in history to jump over one hundred metres while standing, landing at 101.5 metres.^[4] ^[5]

Results

Official training

15:00 PM — 14 March 1936 — chronological order

Bib	Name	Dist.
1		75 m
2		65 m
3	Jean Lesseur	69 m
4		68 m
5		70 m
6	Fritz Kainersdorfer	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	60 m
7	Henry Ødegård	75 m
8		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	93 m
9		74 m

Trial round

10:30 AM — 15 March 1936 — Trial jump — chronological order

Bib	Name	Dist.
1		72 m
2		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	67 m
3		73 m
4	Renné Léuba	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7
5		60 m
6		68.5 m
7	Jean Lesseur	61 m
8		71 m
9		58 m
10		61 m
11		72 m
12	Gustl Maier	64 m

International competition

11:00 AM — 15 March 1936 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib	Name	Dist.
First round
1		67.5 m
2		78 m
3	Renné Léuba	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	58 m
4		63 m
5		63 m
6		69.5 m
7		70.5 m
8	Jean Lesseur	64 m
9		72 m
10		71 m
11		63 m
12		77 m
13	Gustl Maier	61 m
Second round
14		84 m
15		86 m
16	Renné Léuba	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	65.5 m
17		N/A
18		63 m
19		77 m
20		77 m
21	Jean Lesseur	71 m
22		85 m
23		80 m
24		63.5 m
25		78 m
26	Gustl Maier	65.5 m

Non-competition record hunting event

13:45 PM — 15 March 1936 — Two rounds — chronological order

Bib	Name	Dist.
First round, 13:45 PM
1	Jean Lesseur	72 m
2	Renné Léuba	70 m
3		88 m
4		90 m
5	Gustl Maier	70 m
6		74 m
7		82 m
8		87 m
9		71 m
10		80 m
Second round, 14:10 PM
11	Jean Lesseur	77 m
12	Renné Léuba	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	72 m
13		align=center bgcolor=#B0E0E6	101.5 m
14		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	95 m
15		96 m
16		88 m
17		98 m
18		77 m
19		89.5 m

World record and first recorded standing jump over 100 m
Fall or touch

Official results

International competition

Rank	Name	Points
1		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	213.6
2		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	208.6
3		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	203.1
4		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	198.5
5		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	195.9
6	Jean Lesseur	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	188.9
7		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	188.8
8		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	179.2
9	Gustl Maier	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	178.2
10		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	175.7
11		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	174.9
12		align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	151.5
13	Renné Léuba	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	0.0

Also applied this year

But non of them haven't jumped at all these days:

Norway — Sigmund Ruud, Gunnar. K. Hagen, Björn Karlson, Kaarby (four chosen boycott)
Austria — Walter Delle Karth Sr., Walter Weissenbacher, Erwin Ludescher
Switzerland — Marcel Raymond, Walter Kuster

Boycott by Norway

Four competitors from Norway who were chosen to compete boycotted the event. They objected because the hill was bigger than allowed at the time. They demanded a hill rearrangement to the K80 standard. When negotiation with the organizers failed, they left the event the middle of the trial round and under the leadership of Sigmund Ruud.

References

46.4786°N 13.7211°W

Notes and References

Web site: Pred veliko prireditvijo v Planici, p.7. 14 March 1936. Slovenski narod. Slovenian.
Web site: Pravilnik tekmovanja za kraljev pokal v Planici, p.2. 13 March 1936. Jutro. Slovenian.
Web site: Sport: Tretji planiški praznik, p.11. 15 March 1936. Jutro. Slovenian.
Web site: Planica -- 101 m!, p.1,2. 16 March 1936. Jutro (Monday edition). Slovenian.
Web site: Smuške tekme na Planici brez Norvežanov, p.1. 16 March 1936. Ponedeljski Slovenec. Slovenian.