FIS Ski Flying World Championships explained

FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Status:active
Genre:sports event
Date:December–March
Frequency:biannual
Location:various
Organised:FIS
Current:FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1972 and held every two years.

The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point set between 185m (607feet) and 200m (700feet). Unlike ordinary ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after four jumps which take place over two days. 40 jumpers qualify for the competition and jump the first round, 10 are eliminated, and the 30 remaining jumpers compete in the last three rounds. The person with most points combined after four jumps is declared the World Champion. In 2004, the FIS introduced a team event between national teams of four jumpers, with two jumps each.

The competitions are not included in the general classification of the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup. The exception to this rule were the seasons 1991/1992, 1993/1994, 1995/1996 and 1997/1998, in which the points scored during the Ski Flying World Championships in Harrachov (in 1992), in Planica (in 1994), in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf (in 1996) and in Oberstdorf (in 1998).

Championships

Individual

YearPlace Hill RoundsGoldSilver Bronze
1 PlanicaK165align=center rowspan=22 Walter Steiner Heinz Wossipiwo Jiří Raška
2 OberstdorfK175 Hans-Georg Aschenbach Walter Steiner Karel Kodejška
3 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfK1653 Karel Kodejška Rainer Schmidt Karl Schnabl
4 VikersundK150align=center rowspan=44 Walter Steiner Anton Innauer Henry Glaß
51979 PlanicaK165 Armin Kogler Axel Zitzmann Piotr Fijas
6 OberstdorfK175 Jari Puikkonen Armin Kogler Tom Levorstad
7 HarrachovK185 Klaus Ostwald Pavel Ploc Matti Nykänen
8 PlanicaK1853 Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Pavel Ploc
9 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfK1854 Andreas Felder Franz Neuländtner Matti Nykänen
10 OberstdorfK182align=center rowspan=22 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Primož Ulaga Matti Nykänen
11 VikersundK175 Dieter Thoma Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog
12 HarrachovK1853 Noriaki Kasai Andreas Goldberger Roberto Cecon
13 PlanicaK1852 Jaroslav Sakala Espen Bredesen Roberto Cecon
14 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfK185align=center rowspan=24 Andreas Goldberger Janne Ahonen Urban Franc
15 OberstdorfK185 Kazuyoshi Funaki Sven Hannawald Dieter Thoma
16 VikersundK185align=center rowspan=22 Sven Hannawald Andreas Widhölzl Janne Ahonen
17 HarrachovK185 Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Matti Hautamäki
18 PlanicaK185align=center rowspan=44 Roar Ljøkelsøy Janne Ahonen Tami Kiuru
19 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS200 Roar Ljøkelsøy Andreas Widhölzl Thomas Morgenstern
20 OberstdorfHS213 Gregor Schlierenzauer Martin Koch Janne Ahonen
21 PlanicaHS215 Simon Ammann Gregor Schlierenzauer Anders Jacobsen
22 VikersundHS225align=center rowspan=22 Robert Kranjec Rune Velta Martin Koch
23 HarrachovHS205 Severin Freund Anders Bardal Peter Prevc
24 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS225align=center rowspan=23 Peter Prevc Kenneth Gangnes Stefan Kraft
25 OberstdorfHS235 Richard Freitag
26 PlanicaHS240align=center rowspan=24 Markus Eisenbichler
27 VikersundHS240 Stefan Kraft
282024 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS2353 Stefan Kraft
29 OberstdorfHS235TBD

Team

YearPlace Hill GoldSilver Bronze
1 PlanicaK185
2 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS200
3 OberstdorfHS213
4 PlanicaHS215
5 VikersundHS225
2014 HarrachovHS205cancelled due to strong wind
6 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS225
72018 OberstdorfHS235
8 PlanicaHS240
9 VikersundHS240
10 Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfHS235
11 OberstdorfHS235TBD

Medal table

After the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024

See also

External links

See main article: world championships.