Planica 1948 was an International ski flying week competition held from 14—17 March 1948 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people has gathered in total. The best jump counted as final result.

Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors11 March 1948   Training — canceled; high temperatures, melted snow —12 March 1948   — canceled; snow was still not prepared —13 March 1948   22 88 metres (289 ft) by Charles Blum (morning)111 metres (364 ft) by Charles Blum (afternoon) N/A14 March 1948   Competition: Day 1 2—————1 120 metres (394 ft) by Janez Polda (morning, crash)113 metres (371 ft) by Charles Blum (morning)—————————————————————————121 metres (397 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon, crash)103 metres (338 ft) by Charles (afternoon) 10,00015 March 1948   Competition: Day 2 32 109 metres (358 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (morning)120 metres (394 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon) N/A16 March 1948   Competition: Day 3 3 — 104 metres (341 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (morning)canceled; temperatures, melting snow (afternoon) 3,00017 March 1948   Competition: Day 4 2 100 metres (328 ft) by Franc Pribošek N/A

Competition On 11 March 1948, the first day of training jumps at the international ski flying week was on schedule. But it was canceled due to high temperatures and sun which was melting the snow.

On 12 March 1948, the second day the international ski flying week on schedule also did not allow any jumps. Again due to weather conditions, temperatures got little cooler but snow under was still not hard enough.

On 13 March 1948, the first and only training was held at last after weather problems two days in a row. A couple of thousands people has gathered, who have seen morning and afternoon event with two rounds. Fritz Tschannen was the longest at 104 metres.

On 14 March 1948, opening with the first day of competition was on schedule, in the morning event with two rounds and afternoon event only with one jump due to icy inrun track. Janez Polda touched the ground at 120 metres world record distance in the morning event and another world record distance was beat at the afternoon event when Swiss jumper Charles Blum crashed at 121 metres. Total of 10,000 people has gathered that day.

On 15 March 1948, the second day of competition was on schedule with the morning and afternoon event, both times with three rounds. Fritz Tschannen set the world record at 120 metres in his last attempt of day at afternoon event.

On 16 March 1948, the third day of competition was on schedule in the morning event with three rounds, afternoon was canceled due to high temperatures and melting snow. Rudi Finžgar was the longest with 104 metres in front of 3,000 people.

On 17 March 1948, the last day of international ski flying week competition was on schedule, but with two rounds only as due to weather conditions event was ended right after. Fritz Tschannen won the four-day competition with 120 m in the battle for the best jump.

Training 13 March 1948 — 9:30 AM — Four rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 21 Lojze Razinger 62 m 67 m2 Jože Langus 59 m 62 m3 Ivo Javornik 72 m 73 m4 Janez Rožič 64 m 62 m5 Jože Zalokar 66 m 67 m6 Bine Rogelj 68 m 57 m7 Franc Pribošek 65 m 69 m 8 Ivo Razboršek 59 m 52 m9 Janez Polda 80 m 92 m10 Janko Mežik 73 m 84 m11 Arsène Lucchini 74 m 72 m12 Régis Charlet 69 m 67 m13 Jean Mounier 66 m 71 m14 Rudi Finžgar 59 m 80 m15 Charles Blum 69 m 88 m16 Fritz Tschannen 70 m 84 m17 Niklaus Stump 69 m 80 m18 Hans Zurbriggen 71 m 85 mAfternoon jumps1 Franc Pribošek 92 m —2 Lojze Razinger 78 m 84 m3 Jože Langus 75 m 72 m4 Ivo Razboršek 74 m 77 m5 Bine Rogelj 70 m 70 m6 Janko Mežik 92 m —7 Rudi Finžgar 90 m 97 m9 Janez Polda 103 m —10 Ivo Javornik 85 m 83 m11 Jože Zalokar 77 m 82 m12 Charles Blum 88 m 111 m13 Niklaus Stump 79 m 94 m14 Hans Zurbriggen 89 m 100 m15 Fritz Tschannen 98 m 104 m16 Arsène Lucchini 84 m 86 m17 Jean Mounier 90 m 85 m18 Régis Charlet 91 m 88 m

Competition: Day 1 14 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Three rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 21 Charles Blum 102 m 113 m2 Fritz Tschannen 106 m 100 m3 Niklaus Stump 99 m 109 m4 Hans Zurbriggen 100 m 100 m5 Rudi Finžgar 97 m 97 m6 Ivo Javornik 93 m 94 m7 Arsène Lucchini 105 m 107 m8 Jean Mounier 97 m 102 m9 Régis Charlet 107 m 105 m10 Janez Polda 120 m 109 m11 Janko Mežik 100 m 106 m12 Lojze Razinger 82 m 82 m13 Jože Langus 79 m 84 m14 Janez Rožič 82 m 86 m15 Ivo Razboršek 83 m 80 m16 Jože Zalokar 102 m 100 m17 Bine Rogelj 84 m 85 m18 Franc Pribošek 96 m 100 m Afternoon jumps, 16:00 PM1 Charles Blum 121 m — 2 Niklaus Stump 97 m — 3 Hans Zurbriggen 97 m — 4 Fritz Tschannen 102 m — 5 Rudi Finžgar 95 m — 6 Ivo Javornik 94 m — 8 Jean Mounier 104 m — 9 Régis Charlet 103 m — 10 Lojze Razinger 95 m — 11 Jože Langus 92 m — 12 Janez Rožič 89 m — 13 Ivo Razboršek 92 m — 14 Jože Zalokar N/A — 15 Antoni Wieczorek 97 m —

Competition: Day 2 15 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Five rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 31 Fritz Tschannen 102 m 109 m 109 m2 Niklaus Stump 93 m 98 m 93 m*3 Hans Zurbriggen 100 m 101 m 4 Antoni Wieczorek 79 m 85 m 98 m5 Rudi Finžgar 88 m 105 m —6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel 69 m 71 m 76 m7 Tadeusz Kozak 79 m 80 m —Afternoon jumps1 Fritz Tschannen 114 m 120 m — 2 Niklaus Stump 108 m 109 m — 3 Hans Zurbriggen 106 m 114 m — 4 Rudi Finžgar 118 m 118 m — 5 Jean Mounier 86 m 102 m — 6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel 81 m 80 m — 7 Antoni Wieczorek 99 m 100 m —

Competition: Day 3 16 March 1948 — 9:50 AM — Three rounds — chronological order Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 31 Ivo Javornik 91 m 85 m — 2 Lojze Razinger 88 m 90 m 86 m3 Janez Rožič 86 m 86 m 85 m4 Jože Langus 81 m 84 m 81 m5 Ivo Razboršek 90 m 89 m — 6 Bine Rogelj 73 m 78 m 77 m7 Franc Pribošek 102 m 100 m — 8 Arsène Lucchini 98 m 103 m 97 m9 Antoni Wieczorek 86 m 91 m 82 m10 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel 69 m 80 m 79 m11 Régis Charlet 101 m 99 m 93 m12 Jean Mounier 97 m — — 13 Tadeusz Kozak 74 m 88 m — 14 Janko Mežik 103 m 96 m — 15 Rudi Finžgar 104 m 98 m —16 Fritz Tschannen 102 m 98 m —17 Niklaus Stump 100 m — —18 Hans Zurbriggen 99 m 96 m —

Competition: Day 4 17 March 1948 — Two rounds — ranking incomplete — points N/A Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 21 14 Fritz Tschannen 97 m 97 m2 15 Hans Zurbriggen 96 m 91 mN/A 1 Janko Mežik 99 m 95 mN/A 2 Franc Pribošek 100 m 95 m N/A 3 Ivo Razboršek 90 m 87 mN/A 4 Jože Langus 92 m 88 mN/A 5 Lojze Razinger 90 m 90 mN/A 6 Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel 83 m 82 mN/A 7 Antoni Wieczorek 92 m 91 mN/A 8 Tadeusz Kozak 93 m 85 mN/A 9 Rudi Finžgar 99 m 100 mN/A 10 Jaroslav Lukeš 78 m 81 mN/A 11 Miloslav Bělonožník 88 m 92 mN/A 12 Zdeněk Remsa 92 m 91 mN/A 13 Lenemayer 87 m 94 mN/A 16 Ivo Javornik 85 m 84 mN/A 17 Arsène Lucchini 99 m 100 mN/A 18 Bine Rogelj 80 m 80 m Not recognized. Crash at WR! Yugoslavian national record! World record! Fall or touch!

Official results

International Ski Flying Week 14–17 March 1948 – the best jump Rank Name Dist.1 Fritz Tschannen 120 m 2 Hans Zurbriggen 114 m 3 Charles Blum 113 m

Ski flying world records DateNameCountryMetresFeet14 March 1948   Janez Polda 120 39414 March 1948   Charles Blum 121 39715 March 1948   Fritz Tschannen 120 394 Not recognized! Touch at world record distance. Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

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