Planica 1941 Explained

Planica 1941
Size:	200px
Host City:	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Events:	Ski Flying Study Week
Sports:	Ski flying
Stadium:	Bloudkova velikanka K120
Previous:	1940
Next:	1947

Planica 1941 was a ski flying study week, allowed only in study purposes, with main competition held on 2 March 1941 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Around 15,000 people gathered for the competition, which was used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime. Two world records were set, including a 118m (387feet) jump which stood until 1948.

Schedule

width=115px	Date	width=115px	Event	width=50px	Rounds	width=230px	Longest jump of the day	width=50px	Visitors
26 February 1941	Official training 1	4		N/A
27 February 1941	Official training 2	5		N/A
28 February 1941	Official training 3	5		N/A
align=right rowspan=2	2 March 1941	Morning interns	1	94 metres (308 ft) by Rudi Gering 98 metres (321 ft) by Gregor Höll (fall)	align=center rowspan=2	15,000
International event	3	118 metres (387 ft) by Rudi Gering (WR)

Background

An enormous ski jump was built in 1933 in Planica in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, at which a dozen world records were set in the mid-1930s. While occupying Yugoslavia during World War II, the Nazi regime enlarged the course to make it possible to set new records for propaganda purposes. A competition was held in 1941, which notably excluded the top Norwegian skiers.^[1]

All jumps over 105 metres

Chronological order:

106 metres (348 ft) – 28 February – Paul Krauß (4RD, Training 3)
106 metres (348 ft) – 28 February – Rudi Gering (4RD, Training 3)
108 metres (354 ft) – 2 March – Rudi Gering (WR, 2RD, Competition)
105 metres (344 ft) – 2 March – Paul Krauß (fall, 2Rd, Competition)
109 metres (358 ft) – 2 March – Heinz Palme (WR fall, 3RD, Competition)
118 metres (387 ft) – 2 March – Rudi Gering (WR, 3RD, Competition)
111 metres (364 ft) – 2 March – Hans Lahr (3RD, Competition)
112 metres (367 ft) – 2 March – Paul Krauß (3RD, Competition)
109 metres (358 ft) – 2 March – Franz Mair (fall, 3RD, Competition)

Competition

On 26 February 1941, the first official training day was held. Rudi Finžgar set the Yugoslavian record at and the longest jump of the day was set by German Heinz Palme at .^[2] ^[3]

On 27 February 1841, at the second official training, Heini Klopfer crashed at, the distance of the day, and Paul Krauß set the longest standing jump at .^[4] ^[5]

On 28 February 1941, at the third official training, there were a total of 18 jumps which exceeded one hundred metres. Krauß and Gering both landed at, just under the world record.^[6] ^[7]

There were no jumps on 1 March, during which the hill was repaired and prepared for the next day's competition.

On 2 March, a large crowd had arrived for the competition. The International Ski Federation (FIS) was very reserved toward ski flying and the dangers involved in establishing world records, and endorsed the competition for study purposes only. People have seen total of 49 jumps and two world records.

Competition was scheduled in two parts: morning interns and an afternoon round for records hunting. The run experienced melting from strong sunlight and only 17 competitors were able to complete morning runs (8 Germans and 9 Yugoslavians).

By 2 pm conditions had changed, the inrun froze and the course speed increased. After two scheduled rounds and Gering's world record distance at, organizers wished to end the event for safety concerns, but it continued on Germany's request. The fourth and final round had a series of great jumps: Heinz Palme reached but a ground touch invalidated this for a world record distance. Then Rudi Gering set the world record at, winning the official afternoon competition in the best jump battle. Other jumps were Hans Lahr (111 m), Paul Krauß (112 m) and Franz Mair (109 m with fall).^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

First official training

26 February 1941 – chronological order not available

Bib	Name	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
Morning jumps
align=center rowspan=7	N/A	Rudi Finžgar		68 m	—	—
Gregor Klančnik	72 m	—		—	—
Nedog	68.5 m	—		—	—
	65 m	—		—	—
	70 m	—		—	—
	58 m	—		—	—
Jože Zalokar		—		—	—
Afternon jumps, 14:00 pm
align=center rowspan=11	N/A	Rudi Finžgar			align=center bgcolor=#FAE6FA	93 m	—	—
	69 m	—		—	—
	72 m	77 m		—	—
Nedog	73 m	—		—	—
Jože Zalokar	71 m	—		—	—
Franz Mair			88 m	90 m	—
		92 m	90 m	98 m	97 m
		84 m		95 m	95 m
		73 m	83 m	92 m	92 m
		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	82 m	95 m		—
		87 m	93 m	97 m	94 m

Second official training

27 February 1941 – chronological order not available

Bib	Name	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
align=center rowspan=16	N/A			50 m	81 m	81 m	85 m	86 m
Gregor Klančnik	61 m	69 m		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	84 m	—	—
	60 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7		75 m	—	—	—
Rudi Finžgar	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	82 m		—	—	—	—
	72 m	80 m		—	—	—
Tone Razingar	52 m	50 m		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	51 m	70 m	—
Jože Zalokar	58 m	52 m		71 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	73 m	—
Zupan	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	62 m		63 m	79 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	82 m	—
Franz Mair		83 m	81 m		—	—
		90 m	100 m	101 m	—	—
		92 m	99 m	98 m	—	—
Paul Schneidenbach		75 m	85 m	93 m	91 m	—
		85 m	96 m	99 m	97 m	—
		93 m	100 m	94 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	103 m	—
		96 m	99 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	99.5 m	101 m	—
		72 m	82 m	—	—	—

Third official training

13:00 pm – 28 February 1941 – chronological order

Bib	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	102 m	94 m	—	—	—
2		90 m	100 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	104 m	—	—
3		92 m	90 m	100 m	102 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	101 m
4		98 m	103 m	101 m	—	—
5		98 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	104 m	102 m	106 m	101 m
6		97 m	102 m	104 m	106 m	—
7	Jože Javornik	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	68 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	72 m	—	—	—
8		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	73 m	—	—	—	—
9	Tone Razingar	63 m	69 m	—	—	—
10	Nedog	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	72 m	76 m	—	—	—
11	Franz Mair	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	91 m	95 m	100 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	101 m	—
12	Paul Schneidenbach	88 m	98 m	93 m	101 m	—
13	Jože Zalokar	69 m	71 m	—	—	—
14		83 m	90 m	85 m	92 m	—
15	Zupan	87 m	85 m	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	96 m	—	—

Ski Flying Study competition

11:45 am – 2 March 1941 – One round – chronological order

Bib	Name	Dist.
1		67 m
2		87 m
3		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	87 m
4	Zupan	75 m
5		94 m
6	Paul Schneidenbach	84 m
7	Rudi Finžgar	71 m
8		91 m
9		94 m
10	Tone Razinger	63 m
11		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	98 m
12	Franz Mair	87 m
13		71 m
14	Jože Zalokar	76 m
15	Nedog	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	66 m
16		81 m
17	Jože Javornik	N/A
Afternoon event; 2:00 PM, chronological
First round
1		86 m
2		91 m
3		90 m
4	Zupan	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	N/A
5		98 m
6	Paul Schneidenbach
7	Rudi Finžgar	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	81 m
8		95 m
9		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	101 m
10	Tone Razinger	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	72 m
11	Franz Mair	100 m
12		87 m
13	Jože Zalokar	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	N/A
14	Nedog	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	80 m
15		81 m
Second round
16		93 m
17		103 m
18		101 m
19		align=center bgcolor=#B0E0E6	108 m
20	Paul Schneidenbach	100 m
21	Rudi Finžgar	101 m
22		107 m
23		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	105 m
24	Franz Mair	99 m
Third round
25		align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	103 m
26		align=center bgcolor=#9ACD32	109 m
27		103 m
28		align=center bgcolor=#B0E0E6	118 m
29	Paul Schneidenbach	101 m
30		111 m
31		112 m
32	Franz Mair	align=center bgcolor=#FAEBD7	109 m

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

Official results

2 March 1941 – 2:00 pm – best jump^[11]

Rank	Dist.
1	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	118 m
2	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	112 m
3	align=center bgcolor=#DCDCDC	111 m

Ski flying world records

Date	Name	Metres	Feet
2 March 1941		108	354
2 March 1941	Heinz Palme	109	358
2 March 1941	Rudi Gering	118	387

Not recognized! Touch ground at world record distance.

References

46.4786°N 13.7211°W

Notes and References

MacArthur, Paul J. (March–April 2011). Skiing Heritage Journal, pp. 20–25, at Google Books. International Skiing History Association. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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Web site: Sport: V Planici so začeli..., p.7. Jutro. 27 February 1941. sl.
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Web site: Planica v znamenju smuških poletov, p.8. Jutro. 28 February 1941. sl.
Web site: Šport: Veliki dan smuških poletov v Planici, p.4. Slovenec. 2 March 1941. sl.
Web site: I3 skokov nad 100 metrov, od njih dva nad 100 metrov, p.8. Jutro. 1 March 1941. sl.
Web site: Novi svetovni rekordi v Planici, p.1. Jutro. 3 March 1941. sl.
Web site: Novi svetovni in nov jugoslovenski rekord v Planici, p.4 — Chapter: Rezultati. Slovenski narod. 3 March 1941. sl.
Web site: Šport: Veliki dan v Planici, p.8. Slovenec. 4 March 1941. sl.
Web site: Planica 1934 – 2011: Podiums and top distances for each international competition. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201141042/http://www.osc-planica.si/uploads/file/0EngPlanica11.pdf. dead. 1 February 2014. Jože Šlibar. 3 June 2020.