Čerťák

Čerťák is a ski jumping stadium with two hills located in the city of Harrachov in the Czech Republic.

Čerťák
LocationHarrachov
Czech Republic
Opened5 Jan 1980 (LH)
27 Mar 1980 (FH)
Renovated1992
Size
K–point125, 185 m
Hill size142, 210 m
Longest jump
(unofficial / fall)		225.0 m (738 ft)*, hand measure
220.0 m (722 ft)*, video measure
Jurij Tepeš
(3 February 2013)
Hill recordFlying Hill:
214.5 m (704 ft)
Matti Hautamäki
Thomas Morgenstern

Large Hill:
145.5 m (477 ft)
Janne Ahonen
Top events
Ski Flying World Championships1983, 1992, 2002, 2014
World Cup1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013

It was built in 1979 and both hill officially opened in 1980. The venue is most notable for being one of five ski flying hills in the world, though it also has three smaller hills close by. It is owned by the sports club TJ Jiskra Harrachov. Audience capacity is about 50,000. Despite being a flying hill, only two world records have ever set at Čerťák, both in the 1980s. It was also during this time, and into the early 1990s, that many horrific accidents occurred.

The hills

The hills are located on the north side of the mountain Čertová Hora, not far from the border to Poland. The first hill in Harrachov was built in 1922, but at a different location in town. Later in the 1920s the first hill in Čerťák was built. It was eventually expanded and supplemented with more hills. The ski flying hill was built in 1979 and opened in March 1980.

The large hill in Harrachov was built at the same time as the ski flying hill, and renovated in 1992. This hill has a K-point of 125 m and a hill size of 142 m. The official record is 145.5 m, set by Janne Ahonen on 12 December 2004 during the 2004–05 World Cup season. The unofficial record is 151 m set by Martin Koch (Austria) on 17 December 2004 in a Continental Cup event.

The normal hill has K-point of 90 m, a hill size of 100 m and a hill record of 102.5 m. The two smaller hills have K-points of 70 m (hill record 77 m) and K-point 40 meters (hill record 43.5 m). The standard hill has plastic mats, allowing summer use.

The ski flying hill in Harrachov garnered an early reputation of being quite dangerous from which to jump. In its early years, jumpers achieved a significant height over the knoll, up to 12 m. The result of this height was that a gust of wind or error from the jumper could end catastrophically, and there were indeed many injuries from bad falls. During the World Championship in 1983, injuries were suffered by Steinar Bråten, Horst Bulau and Jens Weißflog. In 1985, Pavel Ploc suffered a violent crash. The venue was eventually closed by the FIS and rebuilt between 1989 and 1992, and has since kept the requirements from FIS. Accidents have still occurred, however: in 1992, Andreas Goldberger fell out of the air at the highest point of his jump and crashed very hard.

Events

Normal hill
Date Hillsize Competition Winner Second Third align=right|  
12 December 1997   K90 WC Masahiko Harada Primož Peterka
Dieter Thoma

Large hill
Date Hillsize Competition Winner Second Third
10 January 1981   K120 WC Roger Ruud Armin Kogler Per Bergerud
Hubert Neuper
8 January 1983   K120 WC Holger Freitag Markku Pusenius Klaus Ostwald
9 January 1983   K120 WC Pavel Ploc Klaus Ostwald Markku Pusenius
14 January 1984   K120 WC Jiří Parma Jens Weißflog Pavel Ploc
11 January 1986   K120 WC Matti Nykänen Ernst Vettori Jiří Parma
10 January 1988   K120 WC cancelled
15 January 1989   K120 WC Jan Boklöv Risto Laakonen Ladislav Dluhoš
12 January 1990   K120 WC Dieter Thoma Ladislav Dluhoš Jiří Parma
16 January 1993   K120 WC lack of snow
17 January 1993   K120 WC
14 December 1996   K120 WC Kazuyoshi Funaki Primož Peterka Takanobu Okabe
15 December 1996   K120 WC Primož Peterka Andreas Goldberger Kristian Brenden
19 December 1998   K120 WC Janne Ahonen Ronny Hornschuh Kazuyoshi Funaki
20 December 1998   K120 WC Janne Ahonen Noriaki Kasai Andreas Widhölzl
7 February 1999   K120 WC (rep FH) Janne Ahonen Lasse Ottesen Jakub Sucháček
11 December 2004   HS142 WC Adam Małysz Janne Ahonen Georg Späth
12 December 2004   HS142 WC Janne Ahonen Roar Ljøkelsøy Jakub Janda
10 December 2005   HS142 WC Andreas Küttel Michael Uhrmann Janne Ahonen
11 December 2005   HS142 WC Jakub Janda Janne Ahonen Andreas Küttel
9 December 2006   HS142 WC lack of snow
10 December 2006   HS142 WC
12 December 2009   HS142 WC
13 December 2009   HS142 WC
11 December 2010   HS142 WC strong wind; rescheduled to Engelberg
12 December 2010   HS142 WC strong wind; rescheduled to Zakopane
9 December 2011   HS142 WC Gregor Schlierenzauer Daiki Ito Anders Bardal
10 December 2011   HS142 WC-T Norway
Tom Hilde
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Vegard Sklett
Anders Bardal
 Austria
Thomas Morgenstern
David Zauner
Andreas Kofler
Gregor Schlierenzauer
 Slovenia
Jernej Damjan
Jure Šinkovec
Peter Prevc
Robert Kranjec
11 December 2011   HS142 WC Richard Freitag Thomas Morgenstern Severin Freund

Flying hill
Date Hillsize Competition Winner Second Third
28-29 March 1980  K165KOP Steve Collins Armin Kogler Tom Levorstad
19-20 March 1983  K185SFWC Klaus Ostwald Pavel Ploc Matti Nykänen
23 February 1985  K185WC Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Miran Tepeš Jiří Parma
24 February 1985  K185WCstrong wind
18 March 1989  K185WC Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Mike Holland Jan Boklöv
19 March 1989  K185WCstrong wind
21 March 1992  K185SFWC(d1) / WC Noriaki Kasai Andreas Goldberger Roberto Cecon
22 March 1992  K185SFWC(d2) / WCstopped and cancelled; strong wind
World Championships Overall (21-22 March) Noriaki Kasai Andreas Goldberger Roberto Cecon
9 March 1996  K185WC Andreas Goldberger Christof Duffner Jaroslav Sakala
9 March 1996  K185WCcancelled
6 February 1999  K185WCnext day on large hill
13 January 2001  K185WC Adam Małysz Martin Schmitt Risto Jussilainen
14 January 2001  K185WC Adam Małysz Janne Ahonen Martin Schmitt
10 March 2002  K185SFWC Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Matti Hautamäki
19 January 2008  HS205WCstrong wind
20 January 2008  HS205WC Janne Ahonen Tom Hilde Anders Jacobsen
(night) 8 January 2011  HS205WC Martin Koch Thomas Morgenstern Adam Małysz
9 January 2011  HS205WC Thomas Morgenstern Simon Ammann Roman Koudelka
(night) 2 February 2013  HS205WCfirst event next day
3 February 2013  HS205WC Gregor Schlierenzauer Robert Kranjec Jan Matura
3 February 2013  HS205WC Gregor Schlierenzauer Jan Matura Jurij Tepeš
(night) 15 March 2014  HS205SFWC-I Severin Freund Anders Bardal Peter Prevc
17 March 2014  HS205SFWC-Tstrong wind

Hill record

Large hill
Date Length
5 January 1980   Ladislav Jirásko 59.0 m (194 ft)  
6 January 1980   František Novotný 75.0 m (246 ft)  
6 January 1980   Jaroslav Balcar 88.0 m (289 ft)  
6 January 1980   Ivo Peterka 91.0 m (299 ft)  
6 January 1980   Břetislav Počík 97.0 m (318 ft)  
6 January 1980   Ladislav Jirásko 101.0 m (331 ft)  
6 January 1980   Ivo Felix 103.0 m (338 ft)  
6 January 1980   Ivo Felix 109.0 m (358 ft)  
10 January 1981   Armin Kogler 122.0 m (400 ft)  
6 February 1983   Pavel Ploc 122.0 m (400 ft)  
Date Length
13 January 1985   Pavel Ploc 123.0 m (404 ft)  
13 January 1996   Andreas Goldberger 129.0 m (423 ft)  
14 January 1996   Jakub Sucháček 137.0 m (449 ft)  
14 January 1996   Kazuyoshi Funaki 140.0 m (459 ft)  
14 January 1996   Kazuyoshi Funaki 141.5 m (464 ft)  
10 December 2004   Andreas Widhölzl 142.0 m (466 ft)  
11 December 2004   Adam Małysz 143.0 m (469 ft)  
12 December 2004   Janne Ahonen 145.5 m (477 ft)  
17 December 2004   Martin Koch 151.0 m (495 ft)  

Flying hill

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