Planica 1969

Planica 1969 was a first competition on a new ski flying hill at Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 21–23 March 1969 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With 95,000 people in three days.

Smuški poleti Flying Week 1969
Host cityPlanica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Sport(s)Ski flying
EventsSmuški poleti Ski Flying Week
Main venueVelikanka bratov Gorišek K153

Schedule
Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
6 March 1969  Hill test, premiere1135 metres (443 ft) by Miro OmanN/A
21 March 1969  Competition, Day 13156 metres (512 ft) by Bjørn Wirkola15,000
22 March 1969  Competition, Day 23164 metres (538 ft) by Jiří Raška35,000
23 March 1969  Competition, Day 33165 metres (541 ft) by Manfred Wolf45,000

Competition

On 6 March 1969, two weeks before competition a hill test with trial jumper was made. Yugoslavian Miro Oman baptized Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 hill around 14:00 PM local time with 135 metres (443 ft).[1]

On 21 March 1969 hill was officially opened with first day of competition called Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week with three rounds, but only the best one counted into official result. The first day brought world record distance at 156 metres by Bjørn Wirkola.[2][3]

On 22 March 1969 second day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result. World record was tied and improved three times: Jiří Raška (156 m, 164 m) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 m).[4]

On 23 March 1969 third and final day of competition was on schedule with three rounds and two best rounds counted into official result infront of 45,000 people. Manfred Wolf set already the fifth and the last world record this weekend at 165 metres in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three day competition with total five valid rounds: one best from the first day, two best rounds from the second day and two best rounds from the third day.[5]

Hill test
Miro Oman, 3rd from left, right after premiere test jump at 135 metres (6 March 1969)
Manfred Wolf in the middle right after WR.

14:00 PM — 6 March 1969 — premiere

Bib Name Test
1 Miro Oman135.0 m

Ski Flying Week: Day 1

10:30 AM — 21 March 1969 — Three rounds: one best round into official results

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
156 Bjørn Wirkola135.0 m156.0 m134.0 m181.0
251 Jiří Raška148.0 m120.0 m146.0 m180.5
330 Lars Grini146.0 m114.0 m117.0 m174.0
433 Horst Queck137.0 m149.0 m144.0 m171.0
549 Zbyněk Hubač136.0 m132.0 m118.0 m165.9
617 Jürgen Dommerich137.0 m134.0 m133.0 m162.5
726 Ryszard Witke133.0 m130.0 m121.0 m157.0
842 Gariy Napalkov123.0 m122.0 m154.0 m155.0
937 Ladislav Divila130.0 m127.0 m—152.5
1041 Christian Kiehl123.0 m128.0 m130.0 m152.0
1143 Peter Štefančič126.0 m114.0 m118.0 m151.5
127 Rainer Schmidt118.0 m114.0 m132.0 m151.0
1345 Manfred Wolf123.0 m132.0 m127.0 m150.0
1457 Reinhold Bachler123.0 m132.0 m121.0 m148.5
1538 František Rydval124.0 m111.0 m122.0 m147.0
1627 Ernst Kröll116.0 m125.0 m126.0 m146.0
1724 Koba Zakadze115.0 m121.0 m124.0 m144.5
1847 Rudolf Hohnl119.0 m115.0 m123.0 m143.0
54 Adrian Watt124.0 m128.0 m111.0 m143.0
2014 Rudolf Doubek121.0 m119.0 m118.0 m142.5
2136 Walter Schwabl111.0 m128.0 m117.0 m141.5
2250 Josef Zehnder117.0 m120.0 m113.0 m141.5
2339 Josef Matouš92.0 m151.0 m130.0 m140.5
3 Josef Kraus111.0 m113.0 m125.0 m140.5
2515 Stanislaw Kubica121.0 m126.0 m114.0 m139.5
2631 Heini Ihle96.0 m112.0 m122.0 m139.0
2713 Branko Dolhar112.0 m121.0 m121.0 m138.0
40 Józef Przybyła106.0 m107.0 m121.0 m138.0
2910 Marjan Pečar115.0 m115.0 m117.0 m137.5
3025 Janez Jurman111.0 m106.0 m118.0 m134.5
3629 Marjan Mesec103.0 m118.0 m102.0 m128.0
3918 Danilo Pudgar111.0 m110.0 m111.0 m124.0
431 Stanko Smolej107.0 m106.0 m96.0 m120.0
4652 Peter Eržen110.0 m106.0 m102.0 m116.5
516 Andrej Nahtigal97.0 m93.0 m98.0 m106.5
5355 Ludvik Zajc96.0 m100.0 m103.0 m104.0
545 Oto Giacomelli86.0 m96.0 m96.0 m100.5
5623 Marjan Prelovšek111.0 mN/AN/A90.5
N/A22 Mihály Gellér120.0 mN/AN/AN/A
N/A2 Jozef Metelka101.0 mN/AN/AN/A
N/A4 Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A8 Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A9 Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A11 Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A12 Bohumil DoležalN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A19 František NovákN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A20 Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A21 Konstantin ShcherbakovN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A28 Greg SworN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A32 Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A34 Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A35 Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A44 Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A46 Henrik OhlmeyerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A48 László GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A53 Max GolserN/AN/AN/AN/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 2

10:30 AM — 22 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1 best round also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
146 Bjørn Wirkola160.0 m162.0 m145.0 m541.5
237 Jiří Raška156.0 m164.0 m144.0 m538.5
338 Manfred Wolf135.0 m156.0 m159.0 m499.5
424 Horst Queck145.0 m150.0 m146.0 m497.0
553 Zbyněk Hubač133.0 m147.0 m150.0 m494.0
621 Lars Grini147.0 m137.0 m134.0 m490.0
751 Christian Kiehl145.0 m154.0 m142.0 m475.0
818 Rainer Schmidt146.0 m145.0 m129.0 m462.0
936 Gari Napalkov120.0 m135.0 m133.0 m452.5
105 Jürgen Dommerich128.0 m143.0 m132.0 m449.5
1119 Walter Schwabl133.0 m147.0 m111.0 m442.5
1247 Rudolf Hohnl124.0 m135.0 m134.0 m437.0
1334 Ernst Kröll129.0 m129.0 m132.0 m432.0
1417 Bohumil Doležal138.0 m137.0 m123.0 m429.5
1542 Branko Dolhar132.0 m136.0 m135.0 m428.5
1650 Reinhold Bachler124.0 m127.0 m126.0 m426.0
1732 Józef Przybyła132.0 m121.0 m127.0 m424.5
1844 Josef Matouš124.0 m143.0 m148.0 m419.5
1929 Koba Zakadze119.0 m118.0 m133.0 m415.0
2052 Josef Zehnder116.0 m132.0 m112.0 m411.0
2149 Max Golser121.0 m132.0 m126.0 m409.5
227 Josef Kraus124.0 m120.0 m123.0 m409.0
2339 Peter Štefančič113.0 m118.0 m122.0 m406.0
2425 Rudolf Doubek115.0 m112.0 m124.0 m405.0
2543 Ryszard Witke112.0 m125.0 m104.0 m403.0
2640 Heini Ihle113.0 m147.0 m118.0 m392.5
2723 Adrian Watt106.0 m117.0 m119.0 m387.0
2826 Henrik Ohlmeyer109.0 m124.0 m119.0 m386.0
2914 Stanislaw Kubica113.0 m124.0 m133.0 m385.5
3045 Marjan Mesec113.0 m122.0 m120.0 m382.5
348 Peter Eržen119.0 m117.0 m111.0 m367.5
3613 Danilo Pudgar124.0 m92.0 m101.0 m364.5
3915 Marjan Pečar98.0 m109.0 m101.0 m349.5
4148 Ludvik Zajc102.0 m118.0 m110.0 m345.0
4128 Stanko Smolej93.0 m104.0 m109.0 m344.5
461 Oto Giacomelli103.0 m104.0 m105.0 m320.5
473 Andrej Nahtigal102.0 m93.0 m94.0 m313.0
4933 Janez Jurman106.0 m106.0 m110.0 m306.0
N/A2 Jozef MetelkaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A4 Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A6 Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A9 Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A10 Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A11 Konstantin ShcherbakovN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A12 Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A20 Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A22 Mihály GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A27 Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A30 František RydvalN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A31 Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A35 Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A41 László GellérN/AN/AN/AN/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

Ski Flying Week: Day 3

10:30 AM — 23 March 1969 — Three rounds; two best into official results — Day 1&2 best rounds also calculated into points.

Rank Bib Name 1RD 2RD 3RD Points
138 Jiří Raška152.0 m154.0 m156.0 m895.0
250 Bjørn Wirkola139.0 m147.0 m162.0 m889.0
347 Manfred Wolf142.0 m149.0 m165.0 m8?1.5
446 Horst Queck127.0 m148.0 m161.0 m845.5
536 Zbyněk Hubač133.0 m137.0 m154.0 m818.0
619 Lars Grini125.0 m139.0 m139.0 m796.0
722 Rainer Schmidt139.0 m143.0 m148.0 m784.0
840 Gariy Napalkov138.0 m132.0 m148.0 m773.5
921 Bohumil Doležal149.0 m150.0 m160.0 m773.0
1011 Christian Kiehl125.0 m136.0 m142.0 m771.0
1125 Ernst Kröll123.0 m149.0 m143.0 m754.0
1242 Josef Matouš157.0 m153.0 m163.0 m743.0
1339 Peter Štefančič147.0 m125.0 m150.0 m738.0
1434 Rudolf Hohnl134.0 m127.0 m157.0 m734.5
1548 Reinhold Bachler124.0 m117.0 m147.0 m725.0
1623 Walter Schwabl115.0 m120.0 m124.0 m721.5
1729 Koba Zakadze133.0 m127.0 m136.0 m715.5
1832 Józef Przybyła143.0 m121.0 m143.0 m713.5
1941 Branko Dolhar116.0 m120.0 m125.0 m694.5
2015 Josef Kraus115.0 m136.0 m140.0 m692.0
2124 Josef Zehnder111.0 m119.0 m118.0 m676.0
2244 László Gellér126.0 m124.0 m125.0 m673.0
2317 Rudolf Doubek114.0 m117.0 m135.0 m672.0
2435 Marjan Mesec116.0 m122.0 m143.0 m671.0
25N/A Adrian Watt115.0 m124.0 m136.0 m670.5
2637 Max Golser117.0 m112.0 m124.0 m668.0
2718 Henrik Ohlmeyer114.0 m116.0 m138.0 m665.5
2849 Ryszard Witke112.0 m117.0 m123.0 m664.5
2943 Heini Ihle116.0 m117.0 m129.0 m660.5
3028 Mihály Gellér124.0 m119.0 m115.0 m640.0
3113 Bent Tomtum109.0 m111.0 m128.0 m636.5
3231 Danilo Pudgar107.0 m116.0 m127.0 m631.5
3327 Ludvik Zajc110.0 m118.0 m138.0 m628.5
3433 Peter Eržen115.0 m110.0 m106.0 m623.0
3512 Konstantin Scherbakov103.0 m107.0 m116.0 m609.5
3614 Stanislaw Kubica123.0 m122.0 m128.0 m606.5
379 Marjan Pečar107.0 m113.0 m123.0 m605.5
3810 Dalibor Motejlek101.0 m111.0 m120.0 m601.5
397 Stanko Smolej102.0 m101.0 m127.0 m589.5
406 Erich Schwabl106.0 m100.0 m110.0 m580.5
411 Jozef Metelka104.0 m113.0 m116.0 m577.0
425 Willy Schuster111.0 m107.0 m127.0 m562.5
8 Janez Jurman112.0 m113.0 m126.0 m562.5
4445 Albino Bazzana97.0 m104.0 m118.0 m552.0
454 Oto Giacomelli103.0 m97.0 m103.0 m535.0
462 Andrej Nahtigal92.0 m94.0 m103.0 m514.0
4726 Giacomo Aimoni101.0 m97.0 m—494.0
483 Jürgen Dommerich———449.0
49— František Rydval———224.0
50— Richard Pfiffner———198.0
51— Ladislav Divila———152.5
5230 Hans Schmid———138.0
53— František Novák———111.5
54— Marjan Prelovšek———92.5
N/A— Greg Swor———N/A
N/A20 Karel Kodejška———N/A
—16Free number. In honour to late Heini Klopfer.

     Best round for final result!
     Best round for final result & fall!
     World record!
     Fall or touch!

Official results
RTV broadcasting crew and equipment.
Beno Hvala, Slovenian legendary Planica TV director and inventor of sports slowmotion.
Hill preparations.
President Tito and Jovanka Broz at one of their many occasions visiting Planica in 1969.

Five rounds counted into official results — one best round (D1) + two best rounds (D2) + two best rounds (D3).

Rank Name 21 March 22 March 23 March Points
1RD 2RD 3RD 4RD 5RD
1 Jiří Raška148.0 m156.0 m164.0 m154.0 m156.0 m895.0
2 Bjørn Wirkola156.0 m160.0 m162.0 m147.0 m162.0 m889.0
3 Manfred Wolf132.0 m156.0 m159.0 m142.0 m165.0 m8?1.0
4 Horst Queck149.0 m145.0 m146.0 m148.0 m161.0 m845.5
5 Zbyněk Hubač136.0 m147.0 m150.0 m137.0 m154.0 m818.0
6 Lars Grini146.0 m147.0 m134.0 m139.0 m139.0 m796.0
7 Rainer Schmidt132.0 m146.0 m145.0 m139.0 m143.0 m784.0
8 Gari Napalkov154.0 m135.0 m133.0 m138.0 m148.0 m773.5
9 Bohumil DoležalN/A138.0 m137.0 m150.0 m160.0 m773.0
10 Christian Kiehl130.0 m154.0 m142.0 m136.0 m142.0 m771.0
11 Ernst Kröll126.0 m129.0 m132.0 m149.0 m143.0 m754.0
12 Josef Matouš151.0 m143.0 m148.0 m157.0 m153.0 m743.0
13 Peter Štefančič126.0 m118.0 m122.0 m147.0 m150.0 m738.0
14 Rudolf Höhnl123.0 m135.0 m134.0 m134.0 m157.0 m734.5
15 Reinhold Bachler132.0 m124.0 m126.0 m124.0 m147.0 m725.0
16 Walter Schwabl128.0 m133.0 m147.0 m120.0 m124.0 m721.5
17 Koba Zakadze124.0 m119.0 m133.0 m133.0 m127.0 m715.5
18 Józef Przybyła121.0 m132.0 m127.0 m143.0 m143.0 m713.5
19 Branko Dolhar121.0 m136.0 m135.0 m120.0 m125.0 m694.5
20 Josef Kraus125.0 m124.0 m123.0 m115.0 m136.0 m692.0
21 Josef Zehnder117.0 m132.0 m112.0 m111.0 m119.0 m676.0
22 László GellérN/AN/AN/A126.0 m124.0 m673.0
23 Rudolf Doubek121.0 m115.0 m124.0 m117.0 m135.0 m672.0
24 Marjan Mesec118.0 m122.0 m120.0 m122.0 m143.0 m671.0
25 Adrian Watt128.0 m117.0 m119.0 m124.0 m136.0 m670.5
26 Max GolserN/A132.0 m126.0 m117.0 m124.0 m668.0
27 Henrik OhlmeyerN/A124.0 m119.0 m116.0 m138.0 m665.5
28 Ryszard Witke133.0 m112.0 m125.0 m117.0 m123.0 m664.5
29 Heini Ihle112.0 m147.0 m118.0 m117.0 m129.0 m660.5
30 Mihály GellérN/AN/AN/A124.0 m119.0 m640.0
31 Bent TomtumN/AN/AN/A111.0 m128.0 m636.5
32 Danilo Pudgar111.0 m124.0 m101.0 m116.0 m127.0 m631.5
33 Ludvik Zajc96.0 m118.0 m110.0 m118.0 m138.0 m628.5
34 Peter Eržen102.0 m119.0 m117.0 m115.0 m110.0 m623.0
35 Konstantin ScherbakovN/AN/AN/A107.0 m116.0 m609.5
36 Stanislaw Kubica121.0 m124.0 m133.0 m123.0 m128.0 m606.5
37 Marjan Pečar115.0 m109.0 m101.0 m113.0 m123.0 m605.5
38 Dalibor MotejlekN/AN/AN/A111.0 m120.0 m601.5
39 Stanko Smolej107.0 m104.0 m109.0 m101.0 m127.0 m589.5
40 Erich SchwablN/AN/AN/A106.0 m110.0 m580.5
41 Jozef MetelkaN/AN/AN/A113.0 m116.0 m577.0
42 Willy SchusterN/AN/AN/A111.0 m127.0 m562.5
Janez Jurman118.0 m106.0 m110.0 m113.0 m126.0 m562.5
44 Albino BazzanaN/AN/AN/A104.0 m118.0 m552.0
45 Otto Giacomelli96.0 m103.0 m105.0 m103.0 m97.0 m535.0
46 Andrej Nahtigal98.0 m102.0 m94.0 m94.0 m103.0 m514.0
47 Giacomo AimoniN/AN/AN/A101.0 m97.0 m494.0
48 Jürgen Dommerich137.0 m128.0 m143.0 m——449.0
49 František Rydval124.0 mN/AN/A——224.0
50 Richard PfiffnerN/AN/AN/A——198.0
51 Ladislav Divila130.0 mN/AN/A——152.5
52 Hans SchmidN/AN/AN/A——138.0
53 František NovákN/AN/AN/A——111.5
54 Marjan PrelovšekN/AN/AN/A——92.5
N/A Karel KodejškaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
N/A Greg SworN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Ski flying world records
Date Name Country Metres Feet
21 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola  Norway 156 512
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška  Czechoslovakia 156 512
22 March 1969   Bjørn Wirkola  Norway 160 525
22 March 1969   Jiří Raška  Czechoslovakia 164 538
23 March 1969   Manfred Wolf  East Germany 165 541

References
  1. "Planica je nared, p.1,17" (in Slovene). Delo. 7 March 1969.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Planica je - nared, p.17" (in Slovene). Delo. 21 March 1969.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Planica spet pred vsemi, p.5" (in Slovene). Delo. 22 March 1969.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Dan brez primere v Planici, p.8" (in Slovene). Delo. 23 March 1969.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. "Wolf (East Germany) -- 165 metres!, p.1" (in Slovene). Delo. 24 March 1969.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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