Planica 1954

Planica 1954 was an international ski flying week competition, held from 13–14 March 1954 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. It was the first event after first huge hill renovation. 25,000 people visited in four days.

Planica 1954

Host city	Planica, FPR Yugoslavia
Sport(s)	Ski flying
Events	International Ski Flying Week
Main venue	Bloudkova velikanka K120

Schedule

Date	Event	Rounds	Longest jump of the day	Visitors
11 March 1954	Qualification event K80	N/A	82 metres (269 ft) by Thynes (standing) 86 metres (282 ft) by Erlandson (touch)	—
12 March 1954	Training K80 (morning) Training K120 (afternoon)	1 3	74.5 metres (244 ft) by Ossi Laaksonen 109 metres (358 ft) by Jack Alfredsen	N/A
13 March 1954	International event: day 1	3	110 metres (361 ft) by Jack Alfredsen	8,000
14 March 1954	International event: day 2	2	114.5 metres (376 ft) by Jack Alfredsen (standing) 119 metres (390 ft) by Jack Alfredsen (fall)	15,000

Competitions

On 11 March 1954, first training on Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill was on schedule, which also counted as qualification for main event on large hill, with about total 100 jumps in all rounds. Norwegian ski jumper Thynes was the longest with 82 metres that day, meanwhile Swedish ski jumper Erlandson touched the snow at 86 metres. Janez Gorišek was the best among domestic jumpers at 70 metres.[1]

On 12 March 1954, they made one trial jump on K80 in the morning, when 42 years old Birger Ruud jumped 62 m and the longest was Laaksonen with 74.5 m. Later first training in three rounds, on completely renovated Bloudkova velikanka K120 hill was on schedule with 41 athletes on start. At 11:15 AM there was official opening of renovated hill with new "Planica Fanfares" theme song. Norwegian ski jumper Jack Alfredsen set the distance of the day at 109 m.[2]

On 13 March 1954, first day of competition with 38 competititors on start was on schedule infront of 8,000 people. With one trial round and two rounds counting for result.Jack Alfredsen was the longest with 110 metres, leading after two jumps.[3]

On 14 March 1954, second and the final day of competition was on schedule infront of 15,000 people. With one trial round and only one round in count due to bad weather conditions. Jack Alfredsen set the longest valid distance of this year competition at 114.5 metres and crashed at 119 metres. Finnish ski jumper Ossi Laaksonen won the two days competitions by points.[4]

Training 1 (Qualifications)

11 March 1954 – Srednja Bloudkova K80 – Three rounds – incomplete

Bib	Name	Country	Round 1
N/A	Thynes	Norway	82 m
	Erlandson	Sweden	86 m
	Janez Gorišek	Yugoslavia	70 m
	Bine Rogelj	Yugoslavia	67 m
	Jože Langus	Yugoslavia	62 m
	Jože Zidar	Yugoslavia	69 m
	Albin Adlešič	Yugoslavia	68 m
	Janez Saksida	Yugoslavia	64 m
	Antti Hyvärinen	Finland	N/A
	Josef Bradl	Austria	N/A

Training 2

12 March 1954 – 11:15 AM – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds – incomplete

Bib	Name	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1	Blassi	Switzerland	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Pohl	West Germany	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Jože Langus	Yugoslavia	75.5 m	99 m	75 m
6	Albin Adlešič	Yugoslavia	69 m	76 m	76 m
8	Walter Steinegger	Austria	92 m	103 m	102.5 m
9	Mato Krznarič	Yugoslavia	98 m	81.5 m	79 m
11	Janez Saksida	Yugoslavia	83.5 m	84 m	80.5 m
14	Taraldsen	Norway	N/A	N/A	N/A
15	Antti Hyvärinen	Finland	90.5 m	96 m	100 m
16	Sverre Stallvik	Norway	95 m	98 m	97 m
21	Rudi Finžgar	Yugoslavia	85.5 m	93 m	95 m
24	Bine Rogelj	Yugoslavia	84 m	93 m	89 m
27	Janez Gorišek	Yugoslavia	78 m	93 m	88 m
30	Hermann Anwander	West Germany	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	Jože Zidar	Yugoslavia	88 m	92 m	100.5 m
38	Josef Bradl	Austria	84 m	93 m	93 m
40	Simon Slåttvik	Norway	93 m	98.5 m	100.5 m
41	Oieser	Norway	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	Aaro Pokka	Finland	94 m	102 m	98 m
N/A	Sven Pettersson	Sweden	88 m	96 m	102 m
N/A	Otto Leodolter	Austria	85 m	92 m	102 m
N/A	Ossi Laaksonen	Finland	88 m	108 m	100.5 m
N/A	Hemmo Silvennoinen	Finland	82 m	90.5 m	97.5 m
N/A	Max Bolkart	West Germany	82 m	107 m	84 m
N/A	Körber	Austria	88 m	105 m	—
N/A	Bror Östman	Sweden	81 m	104 m	97 m
N/A	Jack Alfredsen	Norway	94 m	109 m	108.5 m
41 competititors on start in total; 14 N/A

International Ski Flying Week: Day 1 13 March 1954 – Three rounds – incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Trial Round 1 Round 2 Points 1 12 Jack Alfredsen  Norway 103 m 103 m 110 m 221.4 2 2 Ossi Laaksonen  Finland 92.5 m 100 m 106 m 208.3 3 32 Hemmo Silvennoinen  Finland 87 m 94 m 101.5 m 201.9 4 9 Sven Pettersson  Sweden 97 m 96 m 102.5 m 201.8 5 20 Max Bolkart  West Germany 93 m 93 m 101.5 m 198.1 6 11 Antti Hyvärinen  Finland 91 m 92 m 97 m N/A 7 14 Simon Slåttvik  Norway 92 m 93 m 101 m 197.7 8 8 Sverre Stallvik  Norway 91 m 90 m 101 m 197.5 9 21 Bror Östman  Sweden 95 m 96.5 m 101 m 197.4 10 19 Walter Steinegger  Austria 101.5 m 96.5 m 103 m 196.1 11 13 Josef Bradl  Austria 98 m 95 m 100 m 194.5 12 24 Thynes  Norway 92 m 95 m 91 m 191.3 13 29 Aaro Pokka  Finland 98 m 99 m 93 m 189.6 14 17 Andreas Däscher   Switzerland 94 m 93 m 97 m 189.5 15 22 Otto Leodolter  Austria 91 m 92.5 m 98 m 185.9 16 26 Erlandson  Sweden 83 m 91 m 94 m 185.5 17 10 Körber  Austria 88 m 91 m 93 m 182.2 18 3 Rudolf Dietrich  Austria 90 m 86 m 93 m 177.3 19 18 Jože Zidar  Yugoslavia 102.5 m 92 m 99 m 176.8 20 16 Bine Rogelj  Norway 84 m 84 m 87 m 173.3 21 6 Rudi Finžgar  Yugoslavia 96 m 90 m 100.5 m 170.4 22 31 Baier  West Germany 90 m 87 m 93 m 169.5 23 5 Hermann Anwander  West Germany 91 m 84 m 93 m 168.1 24 39 Karl Holmström  Sweden 94 m 94 m 101 m 168.0 25 28 Jože Langus  Yugoslavia 79 m 79 m 89 m 164.4 26 33 Janez Saksida  Yugoslavia 81 m 84 m 89 m 163.0 . . . . . 29 7 Mato Krznarič  Yugoslavia 85 m 76 m 88.5 m 156.8 30 23 Albin Adlešič  Yugoslavia 67 m 86 m 83 m 156.3 N/A 1 Régis Rey  France N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 Bläsl   Switzerland N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 Monier  France N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 Richard Rabasa  France N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 Erwin Steinegger  Austria N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 Richard Bühler   Switzerland N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 Janez Gorišek  Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 Siegfried Kostner  Austria N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 Pohl  West Germany N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 37 Toni Wieser  Austria N/A N/A N/A N/A DNS 38 Taraldsen  Norway — — — —   Fall or touch!

International Ski Flying Week: Day 2 14 March 1954 – 10 AM – Two rounds – incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Trial Round 1 N/A 1 Simon Slåttvik  Norway 102 m 103.5 m 2 Rudi Finžgar  Yugoslavia 102 m 103 m 3 Bläsl   Switzerland 89 m 95 m 4 Régis Rey  France 76 m 86 m 5 Körber  Austria 97 m 97.5 m 6 Erlandson  Sweden 95.5 m 104 m 7 Jože Langus  Yugoslavia 81 m 89 m 8 Hermann Anwander  West Germany 89 m 93 m 9 Otto Leodolter  Austria 105 m 105 m 10 Ossi Laaksonen  Finland 103 m 109.5 m 11 Jože Zidar  Yugoslavia 91 m 96 m 12 Bine Rogelj  Norway 85 m 96.5 m 13 Sven Pettersson  Sweden 94.5 m 102 m 14 Andreas Däscher   Switzerland 95.5 m 101 m 15 Antti Hyvärinen  Finland 100 m 105 m 16 Monier  France 86.5 m 89 m 17 Walter Steinegger  Austria 107 m 97.5 m 18 Jack Alfredsen  Norway 114.5 m 119 m 19 Max Bolkart  West Germany 104 m 105.5 m 20 Rudolf Dietrich  Austria 99 m 99 m 21 Bror Östman  Sweden 105.5 m 98 m 22 Richard Rabasa  France 87 m 90 m 23 Sverre Stallvik  Norway 99 m 97 m 24 Aaro Pokka  Finland 112 m 116 m 25 Mato Krznarič  Yugoslavia 79 m 85 m 26 Richard Bühler   Switzerland 83 m 82 m 27 Siegfried Kostner  Austria 89 m 85 m 28 Baier  West Germany 95 m — 29 Janez Saksida  Yugoslavia 84 m 95 m 30 Erwin Steinegger  Austria 82 m 83 m 31 Albin Adlešič  Yugoslavia 84 m 88 m 32 Karl Holmström  Sweden 92 m — 33 Thynes  Norway 88 m 96 m 34 Hemmo Silvennoinen  Finland 95.5 m 105 m DNS N/A Josef Bradl  Austria — —

Official results

Bojan Adamič composed first "Fanfares"

«On 12 March 1954, at hill renovation official re-opening, on 11:15 AM local time, "Fanfares in Chords" instrumental was played for the first time, written especially for this occasion by Slovenian composer Bojan Adamič.»

— Slovenski poročevalec (13/3/1954)[2]

13–14 March 1954 – Three rounds (2+1)

Rank	Name	Country	Points
1	Ossi Laaksonen	Finland	327.0
2	Jack Alfredsen	Norway	318.2
3	Hemmo Silvennoinen	Finland	315.0
4	Antti Hyvärinen	Finland	312.3
5	Sven Pettersson	Sweden	309.6
6	Simon Slåttvik	Norway	306.1
7	Max Bolkart	West Germany	305.6
8	Sverre Stallvik	Norway	304.7
9	Andreas Däscher	Switzerland	295.4
10	Otto Leodolter	Austria	295.0
11	Thynes	Norway	294.8
12	Walter Steinegger	Austria	292.7
13	Rudolf Dietrich	Austria	281.5
14	Aaro Pokka	Finland	281.0
15	Ferdi Kerber	Austria	280.0
16	Bine Rogelj	Norway	273.6
17	Rudi Finžgar	Yugoslavia	270.4
18	Bror Östman	Sweden	269.4
19	Jože Zidar	Yugoslavia	267.2
20	Hermann Anwander	West Germany	261.6
21	Erlandson	Sweden	261.3
22	Jože Langus	Yugoslavia	259.2
23	Janez Saksida	Yugoslavia	254.5
24	Monier	France	248.7
25	Albin Adlešič	Yugoslavia	237.7
26	Bläsl	Switzerland	237.5
27	Siegfried Kostner	Austria	236.9
28	Mato Krznarič	Yugoslavia	225.8
29	Régis Rey	France	225.2
30	Richard Rabasa	France	219.1
31	Bühler	West Germany	N/A

References

1. "Generalka na 80-metrski skakalnici, p.8" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 12 March 1954.
2. "15 skokov nad 100 metrov, p.6" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 13 March 1954.
3. "Norvežan Alfredsen je šel nad vsa pričakovanja, p.10" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 14 March 1954.
4. "Finci so še enkrat - tudi pri nas ugnali Norvežane, p.4" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 15 March 1954.