Planica 1949 was an International ski jumping week with two competitions on a new K80 hill, held on 20 and 27 March 1949 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people were gathered.
Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors19 March 1949 Premiere hill test N/A 77 metres (253 ft) by Janez Polda N/A20 March 1949 International event 1 (opening) 2 77.5 metres (254 ft) by Janez Polda N/A21 March 1949 Training 1 N/A 69 metres (226 ft) by Aldo Trivella N/A22 March 1949 Training 2 4 78 metres (256 ft) by Carlo De Lorenzi N/A23 March 1949 Training 3 4 76 metres (249 ft) by Janez Polda N/A24 March 1949 Training 4 3 80.5 metres (264 ft) by Janez Polda N/A25 March 1949 Schedule free: a day-off for ski jumpers26 March 1949 Training 5 — high temperatures; melting snow — 27 March 1949 International event 2 (closing) 2 86 metres (282 ft) by Janez Polda 15,000
Competitions On 19 March 1949, International Ski Jumping Week has officially started with premiere jumps on the new Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill. Janez Polda was the longest with 77 metres.
On 20 March 1949, Opening international competition was on schedule, first of two events this week. Evert Karlsson from Sweden won the premiere event with 74 and 75 metres. It was a tribute to all the victims of Slovenian Liberation front.
On 21 March 1949, first training was on schedule with 19 jumpers on start: 15 Yugoslavs, 3 Italians and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Aldo Trivella at 69 metres.
On 22 March 1949, second training was on schedule on two to four rounds with 22 jumpers on start: 13 Yugoslavs, 5 Swiss, 3 Italians and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Carlo De Lorenzi at 78 metres.
On 23 March 1949, third training was on schedule with 100 jumps in four rounds and 31 competitors on start: 15 Yugoslavs, 4 Swiss, 2 Swedish and 2 Finnish and 1 Austrian. The longest jump of the training was set by Janez Polda at 80.5 metres.
On 24 March 1949, fourth training was on schedule in three rounds and 24 competitors on start: 18 Yugoslavs, 6 Swiss, 3 Italians, 2 Austrians, 1 Swedish and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Janez Polda at 76 metres.
On 26 March 1949, fifth training was on schedule, but it was canceled without a single jump due to high temperatures and melting snow. Hill had to be prepared for the Sunday international event with snow plates from hill surroundings.
On 27 March 1949, second international competition in front of 15,000 people was on schedule, to close the Planica week events with 31 jumpers on start. Janez Polda won the event with 76.5 and 80 metres.
Hill test 19 March 1949 — One round — chronological not available Bib Name Country Round 1N/A Janez Polda 77 m N/A Bine Rogelj 75.5 m N/A Rudi FInžgar +70 m N/A Ivo Razboršek +70 m N/A Fritz Tschannen N/AN/A Carlo De Lorenzi N/AN/A Andreas Däscher N/AN/A Walter Steinegger N/A
International competition 1 20 March 1949 — Two rounds — official results — chronological order incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points1 27 Evert Karlsson 74 m 75 m 217.0 2 18 Janez Polda 77.5 m 74.5 m 214.0 3 19 Karl Holmström 74 m 69.5 m 208.54 20 Lasse Johansson 69 m 69 m 201.55 26 Fritz Tschannen 66 m 69 m 200.06 22 Carlo De Lorenzi 65.5 m 71 m 194.07 2 Andreas Däscher 70.5 m 66.5 m 193.58 5 Rafael Viljamaa 63 m 69.5 m 192.59 3 Aldo Trivella 71.5 m 66 m 192.010 14 Hans Zurbriggen 67 m 67 m 191.011 9 Walter Steinegger 70 m 64 m 187.012 23 Bine Rogelj 63 m 67 m 186.5 15 Hubert Neuper 63 m 67 m 186.5 12 Franc Pribošek 67.5 m 64.5 m 186.515 13 Marjan Gašperšič 68 m 62.5 m 183.516 25 Fritz Schneider 63 m 65 m 180.517 8 Slavko Šušteršič 66.5 m 60 m 178.518 1 Georg Keller 65 m 60 m 178.0 28 Rudi FInžgar 63 m 65 m 178.020 31 Odon Slabe 64.5 m 63.5 m 176.5 16 Jože Langus 58 m 64 m 176.522 11 Ivo Razboršek 63 m 58 m 175.523 30 Piero Pennachhio 64 m 58 m 171.524 7 Albin Adlešič 57 m 59 m 163.0 6 Ljubo Razinger 58 m 58 m 163.026 24 Franc Mandeljc 68 m 70.5 m 161.527 17 Franc Sodja 60 m 53 m 155.028 29 Stane Stanovnik 63.5 m 56 m 135.029 21 Slavko Avsenik 58 m 63.5 m 130.5N/A 4 Janko Mežik 68.5 m — N/AN/A 10 Karel Klančnik 68 m — N/A
Training 3 23 March 1949 — Four rounds — best jump and average style Bib Name Country Longest StyleN/A Janez Polda 76 m 17 Karl Holmström 75.5 m 18 Rafael Viljamaa 70.5 m 17 Fritz Tschannen 72 m 18 Andreas Däscher 71 m 16.5 Hans Zurbriggen 69 m 16.5 Jacques Perretten 69.5 m 16 Fritz Schneider 68.5 m 16 Georg Keller 65 m 15.5 Carlo De Lorenzi 73.5 m 14.5 Aldo Trivella 67 m 15.5 Piero Pennachhio 66 m 15 Walter Steinegger 71 m 17 Hubert Neuper 65 m 14.5 Karel Klančnik 70 m 16.5 Rudi FInžgar 73 m 16 Slavko Šušteršič 62 m 14 Jože Langus 64 m 15 Slavko Avsenik 63 m 15 Albin Adlešič 59 m 13.5 Modic 54 m 12 Ivo Razboršek 65 m 15.5 Ivan or Franc Sodja 60.5 m 13.5 Ljubo Razinger 56 m 13.5 Stane Stanovnik 61 m 14.5 Marjan Gašperšič 66.5 m 13.5 Odon Slabe 60 m 14.5 Bine Rogelj 73 m 16.5 Janko Mežik 66 m 16 Jože Zidar 56 m 13.5 Dolenc 49 m 11.5
Training 4 24 March 1949 — Three rounds — best jump and average style Bib Name Country Longest StyleTrial Janko Mežik N/A N/A N/A Evert Karlsson 79 m 18.5 Lasse Johansson 71 m 18.5 Fritz Tschannen 74.5 m 18.5 Janez Polda 80.5 m 17 Rudi FInžgar 72 m 15.5 Piero Pennachhio 58 m 15 Ljubo Razinger 52 m 13.5 Karel Klančnik 67.5 m 16.5 Jože Zidar 57 m 15 Franc Pribošek 70 m 16.5 Stane Stanovnik 66 m 16 Aldo Trivella 64 m 16 Ivan or Franc Sodja 58 m 13 Marjan Gašperšič 60 m 14.5 Andreas Däscher 71 m 17 Jože Langus 65.5 m 15.5 Ivo Razboršek 55 m 15.5 Albin Adlešič 56 m 14 Bine Rogelj 73 m 16.5 Karl Holmström 69 m 18 Rafael Viljamaa 70.5 m 18 Carlo De Lorenzi 66.5 m 16.5 Jacques Perretten 71 m 17 Fritz Schneider 63 m 14.5 Hubert Neuper 63 m 16.5 Modic 53 m N/A
International competition 2 27 March 1949 — 10 AM — Two rounds — official results — chronological order incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points1 1 Janez Polda 76.5 m 86 m 223.5 2 4 Lasse Johansson 72.5 m 78 m 216.03 N/A Rafael Viljamaa 75 m 75 m 213.04 N/A Bine Rogelj 75 m 73 m 207.55 N/A Jacques Perreten 80 m 74 m 203.56 N/A Evert Karlsson 85.5 m 78 m 202.5 N/A Hans Zurbriggen 69 m 72 m 202.58 N/A Walter Steinegger 74 m 70.5 m 198.59 N/A Andreas Däscher 68 m 71.5 m 197.510 N/A Rudi FInžgar 72 m 74 m 197.011 N/A Hubert Neuper 68 m 70 m 191.012 N/A Georg Keller 64 m 72.5 m 190.013 3 Karl Holmström 76 m 77.5 m 188.014 N/A Carlo De Lorenzi 67 m 65 m 187.515 N/A Franc Pribošek 68 m 71 m 186.016 N/A Aldo Trivella 66 m 62 m 182.517 N/A Janko Mežik 67 m 64 m 181.518 N/A Albin Adlešič 67 m 63.5 m 176.019 N/A Jože Langus 67.5 m 64 m 175.520 N/A Marjan Gašperšič 67 m 63 m 175.021 2 Fritz Tschannen 73 m 67.5 m 174.022 N/A Ljubo Razinger 62.5 m 63 m 171.023 N/A Slavko Avsenik 58 m 68 m 170.024 N/A Ivo Razboršek 59 m 63.5 m 167.025 N/A Karel Klančnik 69.5 m 72 m 166.026 N/A Fritz Schneider 62 m 61 m 163.027 N/A Piero Pennachhio 55.5 m 58.5 m 161.028 N/A Ivan Sodja 56.5 m 59.5 m 160.529 N/A Stane Stanovnik 59.5 m 61.5 m 153.5N/A N/A Odon Slabe N/A — N/AN/A N/A Slavko Šušteršič N/A — N/A Fall or touch!
Hill specifications Top of the 11 metres of inrun was artificial, otherwise hill was completely natural. New K80 hill technical data:
108 metres — total height difference 46 metres — inrun height difference 101 metres — inrun length 2.8 metres — take-off table height 62 metres — outrun length 78 metres — critical point 84 metres — jury distance 4 metres — inrun width 6 metres — take-off table width 18 metres — landing zone width 25 metres — outrun width
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