Planica 1963 was international K.O.P. ski flying week competition, held from 22 to 24 March 1963 in Planica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. A total crowd of 65,000 spectators gathered over three days.

Schedule Date EventRoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors17 March 1960   Domestic training K120 (Yugoslavian team only) N/A 115 metres (377 ft) by Peter Eržen — 20 March 1960   Unofficial training K80 N/A distances not measured — 21 March 1960   Free training K80 N/A — 22 March 1960   International event: day 1 (K120) 3 120 metres (394 ft) by Torgeir Brandtzæg 10,00023 March 1960   International event: day 2 (K120) 3 120 metres (394 ft) by Jože Langus 15,00024 March 1960   International event: day 3 (K120) 3 121 metres (397 ft) by Dieter Bokeloh 40,000

Competitions

On 17 March 1963, technical inspection of hill was on schedule, and training for domestic (Yugoslavian) national team only with 40 jumps in total. Peter Eržen was the longest at 115 metres.

On 20 March 1963, first national teams arrived in early afternoon, joined by few others later that day. First unofficial training on Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill was on schedule, with distances not being measured as this was unofficial event. Only three countries were present at training Hungary, Soviet Union and East Germany. American director Warren Miller, well known for ski movies, announced his arrival to shoot in Planica, Bled and Elan (ski production process).

On 21 March 1963, there were total eleven national team who already arrived in Planica, waiting only for the last to come West Germany. Due to heavy snow hill had to be prepared. Free training with few rounds was on schedule, but distances were not measured.

On 22 March 1963, first day of K.O.P. (Kulm-Oberstdorf-Planica) international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 10,000 people. Torgeir Brandtzæg took lead after first day with 108 and 120 metres, which was also the longest jump of the day.

On 23 March 1963, second day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 15,000 people. Dieter Bokeloh won second day, but Jože Langus (trial jumper) set longest jump of the day at 120 metres.

On 24 March 1963, third and final day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of record 40,000 people and president Josip Broz Tito. Very happy Dieter Bokeloh won three day international competition with total of 463.6 points.

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 1 22 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting) Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points 1 N/A Torgeir Brandtzæg 120 m 108 m 239.52 N/A Veit Kührt 110 m 109 m 228.33 N/A Helmut Recknagel 113 m 102 m 222.34 N/A Dieter Bokeloh 110 m 111 m 221.75 N/A Georg Thoma 104 m 109 m 220.76 N/A Herbert Schiffner 108 m 103 m 208.37 N/A Klemm 106 m 98 m 197.28 N/A Pekka Tirkkonen 94 m 100 m 196.59 N/A Halvor Næs 92 m 97 m 190.010 N/A Nikolai Schamov 99 m 91 m 189.511 N/A Józef Przybyła 96 m 95 m 188.212 N/A Ludvik Zajc 96 m 95 m 187.313 N/A Vladimir Palcevski 101 m 93 m 184.214 N/A Giacomo Aimoni 93 m 95 m 184.115 N/A Holger Karlsson 93 m 97 m 183.818 N/A Peter Eržen 97 m 91 m 179.319 N/A Jemc 81 m 92 m 171.325 N/A Marjan Pečar 92 m 86 m 166.531 N/A Miro Oman 79 m 85 m 158.536 N/A Andrej Nahtigal 76 m 77 m 150.938 N/A Bine Rogelj 79 m 72 m 135.339 N/A Oto Giacomelli 82 m 72 m 98.2N/A N/A Max Golser N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Peter Lesser N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Heini Ihle N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Wolfgang Happle N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Ulf Norberg N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Peter Müller N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Andrzej Sztolf N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Tamás Sudár N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Alfred Lesser N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Koba Zakadze N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Sepp Lichtenegger N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Rudolf Doubek N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Pekka Yli-Niemi N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Dino De Zordo N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A László Csávás N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Jiří Raška N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Gustav Bujok N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Endre Kiss N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Jože Šlibar N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Josef Matouš N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A Waldemar Heigenhauser N/A N/A N/A

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 2 23 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting) Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points 1 19 Dieter Bokeloh 117 m 106 m 227.92 38 Veit Kührt 105 m 107 m 223.63 34 Helmut Recknagel 103 m 101 m 215.24 18 Klemm 98 m 113 m 208.35 29 Torgeir Brandtzæg 99 m 98 m 204.36 15 Vladimir Palcevski 98 m 101 m 201.17 39 Max Golser 101 m 100 m 200.58 2 Peter Lesser 101 m 96 m 197.19 28 Georg Thoma 98 m 99 m 195.810 17 Heini Ihle 101 m 115 m 195.511 30 Peter Eržen 97 m 100 m 194.412 41 Nikolai Schamov 99 m 94 m 190.313 22 Halvor Næs 95 m 99 m 189.314 43 Józef Przybyła 101 m 97 m 188.915 9 Wolfgang Happle 101 m 92 m 188.516 36 Pekka Tirkkonen 119 m 94 m 188.417 21 Marjan Pečar 96 m 98 m 187.118 31 Holger Karlsson 93 m 97 m 184.519 20 Ludvik Zajc 99 m 92 m 184.020 16 Ulf Norberg 87 m 102 m 183.726 33 Jemc 93 m 86 m 172.836 13 Miro Oman 81 m 86 m 149.138 4 Andrej Nahtigal 75 m 78 m 139.339 12 Bine Rogelj 74 m 75 m 131.140 37 Giacomo Aimoni 75 m 74 m 126.9N/A 1 Peter Müller N/A N/A N/AN/A 3 Andrzej Sztolf N/A N/A N/AN/A 5 Tamás Sudár N/A N/A N/AN/A 6 Oto Giacomelli N/A N/A N/AN/A 7 Alfred Lesser N/A N/A N/AN/A 8 Koba Zakadze N/A N/A N/AN/A 10 Sepp Lichtenegger N/A N/A N/AN/A 11 Rudolf Doubek N/A N/A N/AN/A 14 Herbert Schiffner N/A N/A N/AN/A 23 Dino De Zordo N/A N/A N/AN/A 24 Pekka Yli-Niemi N/A N/A N/AN/A 25 László Csávás N/A N/A N/AN/A 26 Jiří Raška N/A N/A N/AN/A 27 Gustav Bujok N/A N/A N/AN/A 32 Endre Kiss N/A N/A N/AN/A 35 Jože Šlibar N/A N/A N/AN/A 40 Josef Matouš N/A N/A N/AN/A 42 Waldemar Heigenhauser N/A N/A N/A

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 3 24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting) Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points 1 20 Dieter Bokeloh 113 m 121 m 235.72 21 Klemm 100 m 109 m 207.23 41 Veit Kührt 111 m 116 m 226.74 33 Helmut Recknagel 107 m 102 m 207.25 24 Józef Przybyła 105 m 108 m 206.26 5 Alfred Lesser 109 m 100 m 203.67 30 Torgeir Brandtzæg 100 m 111 m 203.58 37 Josef Matouš 106 m 103 m 202.09 40 Giacomo Aimoni 101 m 101 m 201.210 10 Wolfgang Happle 106 m 104 m 198.411 32 Georg Thoma 96 m 107 m 197.212 42 Holger Karlsson 97 m 109 m 194.713 17 Ulf Norberg 102 m 98 m 193.714 7 Koba Zakadze 97 m 97 m 193.5 29 Nikolai Schamov 99 m 94 m 193.516 27 Vladimir Palcevski 98 m 99 m 192.217 36 Herbert Schiffner 100 m 94 m 190.218 43 Pekka Tirkkonen 90 m 108 m 190.019 9 Peter Lesser 98 m 105 m 197.220 6 Peter Müller 93 m 101 m 185.721 23 Halvor Næs 94 m 99 m 185.222 35 Marjan Pečar 89 m 101 m 177.723 19 Jiří Raška 96 m 101 m 177.224 15 Waldemar Heigenhauser 85 m 100 m 176.925 26 Ludvik Zajc 91 m 96 m 176.826 12 Andrzej Sztolf 86 m 96 m 171.227 38 Max Golser 97 m 110 m 167.328 11 Rudolf Doubek 87 m 91 m 165.629 18 László Csávás 83 m 87 m 160.230 28 Jemc 88 m 88 m 160.031 25 Peter Eržen 93 m 100 m 159.332 16 Pekka Yli-Niemi 81 m 93 m 157.933 3 Oto Giacomelli 83 m 83 m 145.034 2 Sepp Lichtenegger 84 m 81 m 142.735 4 Andrej Nahtigal 79 m 79 m 138.536 1 Tamás Sudár 80 m 81 m 138.037 8 Bine Rogelj 79 m 77 m 136.938 13 Miro Oman 76 m 72 m 122.0N/A 14 Dino De Zordo N/A N/A N/AN/A 22 Heini Ihle N/A N/A N/AN/A 31 Gustav Bujok N/A N/A N/AN/A 34 Endre Kiss N/A N/A N/AN/A 39 Jože Šlibar N/A N/A N/A Fall or touch!

Official results

22-24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Four rounds Rank Name Country Points 1 Dieter Bokeloh 463.62 Klemm 435.03 Veit Kührt 430.84 Helmut Recknagel 422.45 Torgeir Brandtzæg 407.86 Józef Przybyła 395.17 Vladimir Palcevski 393.38 Georg Thoma 393.09 Wolfgang Happle 386.910 Peter Lesser 384.311 Nikolai Schamov 383.512 Holger Karlsson 379.2 Alfred Lesser 379.214 Pekka Tirkkonen 378.415 Giacomo Aimoni 378.016 Ulf Norberg 377.417 Halvor Næs 374.518 Max Golser 367.819 Josef Matouš 367.120 Koba Zakadze 367.021 Marjan Pečar 364.822 Peter Müller 362.023 Ludvik Zajc 360.824 Herbert Schiffner 356.425 Peter Eržen 353.726 Waldemar Heigenhauser 348.227 Jiří Raška 345.728 Andrzej Sztolf 338.029 Pekka Yli-Niemi 335.730 Jemc 332.831 Rudolf Doubek 322.432 László Csávás 313.633 Sepp Lichtenegger 286.234 Andrej Nahtigal 277.835 Oto Giacomelli 271.1 Miro Oman 271.137 Bine Rogelj 268.038 Tamás Sudár 262.9N/A Heini Ihle N/AN/A Dino De Zordo N/AN/A Gustav Bujok N/AN/A Endre Kiss N/AN/A Jože Šlibar N/A

Team In memory of Stanko Bloudek (1890–1959).

Stanko Bloudek Memorial II Rank Country Points Total1 463.6455.0 898.62 407.8374.5 782.33 393.0386.9 779.94 393.5385.5 779.05 379.2377.4 756.66 395.1338.0 733.17 367.8362.0 729.88 364.8360.8 725.69 378.4335.7 714.110 367.1345.7 712.811 313.6262.9 576.5

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