FIS Ski-Flying World Championships

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a competition that is held every two years, with the occasional exception. The Championship takes place in big ski jumping hills, with K-spots over 185 meters. Unlike ordinary ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after four jumps. 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, FIS introduced a team event between National teams of four jumpers, with two jumps each.

Contents

Host cities

Individual

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Planica  Walter Steiner (SUI)  Heinz Wossipiwo (GDR)  Jiří Raška (TCH)
1973 Oberstdorf  Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)  Walter Steiner (SUI)  Karel Kodejška (TCH)
1975 Bad Mitterndorf  Karel Kodejška (TCH)  Rainer Schmidt (GDR)  Karl Schnabl (AUT)
1977 Vikersund  Walter Steiner (SUI)  Anton Innauer (AUT)  Henry Glaß (GDR)
1979 Planica  Armin Kogler (AUT)  Axel Zitzman (GDR)  Piotr Fijas (POL)
1981 Oberstdorf  Jari Puikkonen (FIN)  Armin Kogler (AUT)  Tom Levorstad (NOR)
1983 Harrachov  Klaus Ostwald (GDR)  Pavel Ploc (TCH)  Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1985 Planica  Matti Nykänen (FIN)  Jens Weißflog (GDR)  Pavel Ploc (TCH)
1986 Bad Mitterndorf  Andreas Felder (AUT)  Franz Neuländtner (AUT)  Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1988 Oberstdorf  Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (NOR)  Primož Ulaga (YUG)  Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1990 Vikersund  Dieter Thoma (FRG)  Matti Nykänen (FIN)  Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1992 Harrachov  Noriaki Kasai (JPN)  Andreas Goldberger (AUT)  Roberto Cecon (ITA)
1994 Planica  Jaroslav Sakala (CZE)  Espen Bredesen (NOR)  Roberto Cecon (ITA)
1996 Bad Mitterndorf  Andreas Goldberger (AUT)  Janne Ahonen (FIN)  Urban Franc (SLO)
1998 Oberstdorf  Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)  Sven Hannawald (GER)  Dieter Thoma (GER)
2000 Vikersund  Sven Hannawald (GER)  Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)  Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2002 Harrachov  Sven Hannawald (GER)  Martin Schmitt (GER)  Matti Hautamäki (FIN)
2004 Planica  Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR)  Janne Ahonen (FIN)  Tami Kiuru (FIN)
2006 Bad Mitterndorf  Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR)  Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)  Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
2008 Oberstdorf  Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)  Martin Koch (AUT)  Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2010 Planica  Simon Ammann (SUI)  Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)  Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
2012 Vikersund

Team event

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2004 Planica Roar Ljøkelsøy
Sigurd Pettersen
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Tommy Ingebrigtsen
 Norway
Janne Ahonen
Tami Kiuru
Matti Hautamäki
Veli-Matti Lindström
 Finland
Thomas Morgenstern
Andreas Widhölzl
Andreas Goldberger
Wolfgang Loitzl
 Austria
2006 Bad Mitterndorf Roar Ljøkelsøy
Lars Bystøl
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Tommy Ingebrigtsen
 Norway
Janne Ahonen
Tami Kiuru
Matti Hautamäki
Janne Happonen
 Finland
Michael Neumayer
Georg Späth
Alexander Herr
Michael Uhrmann
 Germany
2008 Oberstdorf Gregor Schlierenzauer
Andreas Kofler
Thomas Morgenstern
Martin Koch
 Austria
Janne Ahonen
Matti Hautamäki
Harri Olli
Janne Happonen
 Finland
Anders Jacobsen
Tom Hilde
Anders Bardal
Bjørn Einar Romøren
 Norway
2010 Planica Gregor Schlierenzauer
Martin Koch
Thomas Morgenstern
Wolfgang Loitzl
 Austria
Anders Jacobsen
Johan Remen Evensen
Anders Bardal
Bjørn Einar Romøren
 Norway
Olli Muotka
Matti Hautamäki
Harri Olli
Janne Happonen
 Finland
2012 Vikersund

Medals table

As of the 2010 championships

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 6 8 3 17
2  Norway 5 2 3 10
3  Switzerland 3 1 0 4
4  Finland 2 6 8 16
5  East Germany (1972-90) 2 4 2 8
6  Germany (Since 1992) 2 2 2 6
7  Japan 2 0 0 2
8  Czechoslovakia (1972-92) 1 1 3 5
9  West Germany (1972-90) 1 0 0 1
10  Czech Republic (Since 1994) 1 0 0 1
11  Yugoslavia (1972-1990) 0 1 0 1
12  Italy 0 0 2 2
13  Poland 0 0 1 1
14  Slovenia (Since 1992) 0 0 1 1
Total 25 25 25 75

See also

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