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
Matti Nykänen    Finland   Jens Weißflog    East Germany   Pavel Ploc    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	Mike Holland	186.0	official training - 1st round; lasted only 27 min
		26	Matti Nykänen	187.0	official training - 1st round; lasted about 1 hour
		26	Matti Nykänen	191.0	official training - 2nd round; lasted for 2 years

Schedule

Individual

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
2	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

References

• FIS Ski flying World Championships 1985 results. - accessed 25 November 2009.