FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985

Men's Ski Flying
at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985
Venue Velikanka bratov Gorišek
Date 15–17 March 1985
Competitors 44 from 13 nations
Winning score 580.5
Medalists
   Finland
   East Germany
   Czechoslovakia

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1985 took place in Planica, Yugoslavia for the record third time. Planica hosted the championships previously in 1972 and 1979. Defending champion was Klaus Ostwald from East Germany. And new champion became Matti Nykänen.

There was no qualifying at the time, just official training on Friday March 15. On which three world records was set: one by Mike Holland in 1st round of official training, where jumped 186 meters and lasted only for 27 minutes. Short after that Matti Nykänen jumped 187 meters in 1st and 191 meters in 2nd round of official training. After that jump FIS introduced 191 meters rule to prevent hunting world record distances and which was in use from 1986-1994.

World Record

Date Day Bib Name Distance (m) Note
Mar 15 Friday 4 United States Mike Holland 186.0 official training - 1st round; lasted only 27 min
26 Finland Matti Nykänen 187.0 official training - 1st round; lasted about 1 hour
26 Finland Matti Nykänen 191.0 official training - 2nd round; lasted for 2 years

Schedule

Velikanka bratov Gorišek (K-185)
Day Date Event Longest jump of the day (m)
Friday Mar 15 Official Training 191.0 - Matti Nykänen
Saturday Mar 16 Individual, Day 1
Sunday Mar 17 Individual, Day 2

Individual

Rank Bib Name Distance (meters) Total Points
Day One (Mar 16) Day Two (Mar 17)
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Final Round
1st 44 Finland Matti Nykänen 580.5
2nd East Germany Jens Weißflog 531.5
3rd 42 Czechoslovakia Pavel Ploc 524.0
4 East Germany Klaus Ostwald 517.0
5 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Dluhoš 515.0
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miran Tepeš 511.5
7 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli 510.5
8 West Germany Thomas Klauser 509.0
United States Mike Holland 509.0
10 Norway Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 508.5

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland 1 0 0 1
2  East Germany 0 1 0 1
3  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1

References


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