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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994
Venue	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185
Date	20 March 1994
Competitors	43 from 15 nations
Winning score	351.3
Medalists
Jaroslav Sakala    Czech Republic   Espen Bredesen    Norway   Roberto Cecon    Italy
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The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1994 took place on 20 March 1994 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fourth time. It also counted for World Cup. They previously hosted the championships as being part of Yugoslavia in 1972, 1979 and 1985. This was the first large international sporting event in Slovenia after they declared its independence in 1991 following the Ten-Day War.

Schedule

All jumps over 200 metres

Chronological order:

• 202 metres (663 ft) – 17 March – Andreas Goldberger, WR crash (1RD, Practise)
• 203 metres (666 ft) – 17 March – Toni Nieminen WR (1RD, Practice)
• 202 metres (663 ft) – 17 March – Andreas Goldberger (2RD, Practise)
• 207 metres (679 ft) – 18 March – Christof Duffner WR crash (1RD, Official training)
• 209 metres (686 ft) – 18 March – Espen Bredesen WR (1RD, Official training)
• 201 metres (659 ft) – 18 March – Andreas Goldberger (2RD, Official training)
• 200 metres (656 ft) – 18 March – Jaroslav Sakala (2RD, Official training)

Fair play

Espen Bredesen (172 and 182 m) switched his silver medal with Roberto Cecon (160 and 199 m) bronze at the press conference after medal ceremony, as he deserved it more due to the rule which didn't allow to score jumps exceeding 191 metres.

Historic 200 metres barrier broken

On 17 March 1994 sports history was made. Austrian ski jumper Andreas Goldberger became the first person in history to jump over 200 metres (660 ft) barrier, but it didn't count, as he touched the snow with his hands at 202 metres (663 ft) during practice.

On the same day and also in the first round, just a few minutes later after Goldi, Finnish ski jumper Toni Nieminen made a history and officially became the first person to land on his feet over 200 metres (660 ft) when he stood at 203 metres (666 ft).

Competition

On 17 March 1994 practise session with 36 on start in two rounds was on schedule with historic 200 metres barrier broken and started with WR by test jumper Martin Höllwarth at 196 metres. But Miran Tepeš was honoured to be the first, landing at 163 metres.

On 18 March 1994 official training in front of 20,000 people with two rounds were on schedule and third round was canceled due to strong wind. Before that 15 trial V-jumpers made practise test jumps. In the first round Christof Duffner crashed from a huge height at 207 metres (679 ft) metres world record distance. About 15 minutes later Espen Bredesen set the third and last world record that year at 209 metres (686 ft).

On 19 March 1994 first day of competition was on schedule but canceled due to strong. Unfortunate to 40,000 people visiting the event, crowd was very disappointed as they didn't manage to see a single jump that day.

On 20 March 1994 second day of competition was on schedule in front of 30,000 people and without any weather problems. The event marked the last time the 191 meters rule—jumps that exceeded the distance points didn't register further—was in use. At the time the single day event also counted for World Cup points and statistics. Only 2 of 4 jumps counted into final results. Czech Jaroslav Sakala became the world champion.

Practise

13:00 PM — 17 March 1994 — incomplete

Bib	Name	1RD	2RD
Test jumpers
P1	Miran Tepeš	163.0 m	N/A
P2	Tomaž Knafelj	N/A	N/A
P3	Aljoša Dolhar	180.0 m	N/A
P12	Martin Höllwarth	196.0 m	N/A
Competitors
42	Andreas Goldberger	202.0 m	202.0 m
57	Toni Nieminen	203.0 m	173.0 m
N/A	Jani Soininen	159.0 m	178.0 m
N/A	Janne Ahonen	190.0 m	168.0 m
N/A	Jure Žagar	156.0 m	152.0 m
N/A	Matjaž Kladnik	172.0 m	165.0 m
N/A	Espen Bredesen	174.0 m	188.0 m
N/A	Kurt Børset	166.0 m	167.0 m
N/A	Jaroslav Sakala	170.0 m	N/A
N/A	Werner Haim	N/A	181.0 m
N/A	Roar Ljøkelsøy	N/A	179.0 m
N/A	Back	N/A	180.0 m

Official training

9:00 AM trial round — 18 March 1994 — incomplete — 43 on start list

Bib	Name	1RD	2RD
7	Noriaki Kasai	174.0 m	N/A
9	Jure Žagar	149.0 m	149.0 m
11	Toni Nieminen	187.0 m	N/A
14	Roberto Cecon	N/A	193.0 m
17	Christof Duffner	207.0 m	N/A
18	Matjaž Zupan	112.0 m	124.0 m
20	Espen Bredesen	209.0 m	N/A
25	Werner Rathmayr	N/A	181.0 m
32	Matjaž Kladnik	167.0 m	152.0 m
36	Andreas Goldberger	—	201.0 m
37	Jaroslav Sakala	183.0 m	200.0 m
39	Samo Gostiša	125.0 m	135.0 m
N/A	Jérôme Gay	146.0 m	N/A
N/A	Nicolas Jean-Prost	174.0 m	N/A
N/A	Dejan Jekovec	124.0 m	94.0 m
N/A	Gerd Siegmund	186.0 m	N/A
N/A	Jinya Nishikata	188.0 m	N/A
N/A	Lasse Ottesen	N/A	176.0 m

Official results

10:00 AM — 20 March 1994 — Two rounds — chronological order

Rank	Bib	Name	D2 (20 March 1994)		Points
			1RD	2RD
	37	Jaroslav Sakala	189.0 m	185.0 m	351.3
	20	Espen Bredesen	172.0 m	182.0 m	329.8
	14	Roberto Cecon	160.0 m	199.0 m	324.7
4	17	Christof Duffner	159.0 m	148.0 m	266.4
5	4	Lasse Ottesen	177.0 m	129.0 m	263.2
6	38	Stephan Zünd	150.0 m	140.0 m	252.5
7	11	Toni Nieminen	139.0 m	156.0 m	248.0
8	42	Kurt Børset	122.0 m	167.0 m	245.3
9	23	Jani Soininen	138.0 m	149.0 m	239.4
10		Hansjörg Jäkle	129.0 m	153.0 m	237.4
11	2	Takanobu Okabe	198.0 m	95.0 m	235.2
12	5	Janne Ahonen	120.0 m	159.0 m	228.8
13	36	Andreas Goldberger	141.0 m	128.0 m	221.3
14	43	Janne Väätäinen	126.0 m	146.0 m	216.9
15		Sylvain Freiholz	123.0 m	139.0 m	213.4
16	19	Werner Haim	119.0 m	132.0 m	203.9
17		Ivo Pertile	137.0 m	124.0 m	201.2
18		Tad Langlois	128.0 m	125.0 m	195.6
19	7	Noriaki Kasai	153.0 m	109.0 m	177.9
20	24	Tomáš Goder	120.0 m	117.0 m	177.4
	33	Nicolas Jean-Prost	131.0 m	106.0 m	177.4
22	13	Jinya Nishikata	168.0 m	95.0 m	170.6
23		Sepp Zehnder	118.0 m	110.0 m	170.2
24	25	Werner Rathmayr	114.0 m	115.0 m	168.3
25		Bruno Reuteler	108.0 m	116.0 m	162.8
26	35	Gerd Siegmund	115.0 m	113.0 m	161.1
27	18	Matjaž Zupan	108.0 m	116.0 m	156.3
	22	Jakub Sucháček	109.0 m	115.0 m	156.3
29		Didier Mollard	112.0 m	106.0 m	147.1
30	32	Matjaž Kladnik	114.0 m	101.0 m	144.0
31		Naoki Yasuzaki	102.0 m	110.0 m	139.4
32		Hiroya Saito	103.0 m	108.0 m	137.7
33		Andreas Beck	95.0 m	117.0 m	136.4
34		Samo Gostiša	112.0 m	96.0 m	131.1
35		John Lockyer	103.0 m	110.0 m	128.6
36		Jérôme Gay	101.0 m	101.0 m	122.4
37		Vladimír Roško	98.0 m	102.0 m	120.5
38		Ken Lesja	99.0 m	99.0 m	115.1
39	8	Kakhaber Tsakadze	88.0 m	94.0 m	99.4
40		Jure Žagar	83.0 m	100.0 m	95.6
41	30	Johan Rasmussen	124.0 m	80.0 m	94.8
42	34	Roar Ljøkelsøy	94.0 m	77.0 m	76.7
43		Jeremy Blackburn	85.0 m	—	39.0

  Points were officially scored maximum as 191 metres jump.
  World record. First official over 200 metres.
  Crash at world record distance.
  World record.
  Fall.

Ski flying world records

Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
17 March 1994	Martin Höllwarth	Austria	196	643
17 March 1994	Andreas Goldberger	Austria	202	663
17 March 1994	Toni Nieminen	Finland	203	666
18 March 1994	Christof Duffner	Germany	207	679
18 March 1994	Espen Bredesen	Austria	209	686

  Not recognized! Touch. First ever jump over 200 metres in history.
  First official (standing) jump over 200 metres in history.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
2	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
3	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

References

1. "Andreas Goldberger - Planica 1994 - 202 m! - World record crash". YouTube/ORF. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
2. "Toni Nieminen - 203 m - Planica 1994". YouTube. 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
3. "Martin Hoellwarth - 196 m - Planica 1994 - Test Jumping - World Record!". YouTube. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
4. "V Planici tudi preko magičnih 200 metrov, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1994.
5. "Planica ne pozna nobenih meja Espen Bredesen poletel 209 metrov, p.8" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1994.
6. "Christof Duffner - Planica 1994 - 207 m - World Record (fall)". ORF/YouTube. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
7. "Espen Bredesen - 209 m - Planica 1994 - Word record (Polish Commentary)". YouTube. 30 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
8. "V Planici '94 je novi svetovni prvak postal Jaroslav Sakala, p.11" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1994.
9. World Championships 1994 - Official results Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

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