1996–97 FIS Ski Flying World Cup

Ski Flying World Cup 1996/97

Winners
Overall	Primož Peterka
Nations Cup (unofficial)	Japan
Competitions
Venues	2
Individual	4

The 1996/97 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 7th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.^[1]

Bad Mitterndorf	Planica
Kulm	Velikanka bratov Gorišek
Europe Kulm Planica

List of world record distances (both official and invalid) achieved within this World Cup season.

Date	Athlete	Hill	Round	Place	Metres	Feet
22 March 1997	Espen Bredesen	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Trial	Planica, Slovenia	210	689
22 March 1997	Lasse Ottesen	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Trial	Planica, Slovenia	212	696
22 March 1997	Dieter Thoma	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Round 1	Planica, Slovenia	213	699

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	Ski flying leader	R.
399	1	8 February 1997	Bad Mitterndorf (Kulm K185)	F 034	Takanobu Okabe	Andreas Goldberger	Primož Peterka	Takanobu Okabe	[2]
400	2	9 February 1997		F 035	Primož Peterka	Andreas Goldberger	Takanobu Okabe	Takanobu Okabe Primož Peterka	[3]
405	3	22 March 1997	Planica (Velikanka b. Gorišek K185)	F 036	Takanobu Okabe	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Jani Soininen	Takanobu Okabe	[4]
406	4	23 March 1997		F 037	Akira Higashi	Primož Peterka	Lasse Ottesen	Primož Peterka	[5]
7th FIS Ski Flying Men's Overall (8 February – 23 March 1997)					Primož Peterka	Takanobu Okabe	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Ski Flying Overall

Ski Flying Rank after 4 events 08/02/1997 Kulm 09/02/1997 Kulm 22/03/1997 Planica 23/03/1997 Planica Total Primož Peterka 60 100 50 80 290 2 Takanobu Okabe 100 60 100 — 260 3 Kazuyoshi Funaki 36 40 80 45 201 4 Lasse Ottesen 29 45 29 60 163 5 Andreas Goldberger 80 80 — — 160 6 Akira Higashi 26 26 1 100 153 7 Janne Ahonen 45 50 9 32 136 8 Jani Soininen 24 32 60 11 127 9 Roar Ljøkelsøy 22 20 32 26 100 10 Jaroslav Sakala — 13 45 40 98 11 Espen Bredesen — 15 26 50 91 12 Jakub Sucháček 40 18 16 16 90 13 Andreas Widhölzl 20 16 14 36 86 14 Hiroya Saitō 13 22 24 22 81 15 Tommy Ingebrigtsen 32 36 — — 68 16 Håvard Lie 18 29 18 1 66 17 Robert Meglič 50 8 — — 58 Dieter Thoma — — 40 18 58 19 Kristian Brenden 12 — 22 9 43 20 Sylvain Freiholz — — 15 24 39 21 Kazuya Yoshioka 9 14 — 13 36 Henning Stensrud — — 36 — 36 23 Noriaki Kasai — 24 11 — 35 24 Hideharu Miyahira 15 11 — 8 34 25 Hansjörg Jäkle — — 12 20 32 26 Nicolas Dessum — — — 29 29 27 Marco Steinauer — — 13 14 27 28 Jérôme Gay — — 10 15 25 29 Ville Kantee 11 3 8 — 22 30 Bruno Reuteler — — 20 — 20 31 Sturle Holseter — 12 5 — 17 32 Ralph Gebstedt 16 — — — 16 Stefan Horngacher — — 4 12 16 34 Rico Meinel 6 9 — — 15 35 Robert Mateja 14 — — — 14 Samo Gostiša 7 7 — — 14 37 Jure Radelj 10 2 — — 12 38 Roberto Cecon 1 — — 10 11 39 Mika Laitinen — 10 — — 10 40 Olaf Hegenbarth 5 4 — — 9 41 Roman Křenek 8 — — — 8 Jussi Hautamäki — — 3 5 8 43 Martin Höllwarth — — 7 — 7 Pasi Kytösaho — — — 7 7 45 Risto Jussilainen — 6 — — 6 Simen Berntsen — — 6 — 6 Urban Franc — — — 6 6 48 Adam Małysz — 5 — — 5 49 Werner Rathmayr 4 — — — 4 Christian Meyer 3 1 — — 4 Didier Mollard — — — 4 4 52 Matija Stegnar — — — 3 3 53 Jakub Jiroutek 2 — — — 2 Adolf Grugger — — 2 — 2 Lucas Chevalier-Girod — — — 2 2 Nations Cup (unofficial) Rank after 4 events Points 1 Japan 800 2 Norway 594 3 Slovenia 383 4 Finland 316 5 Austria 275 6 Czech Republic 198 7 Germany 130 8 Switzerland 86 9 France 60 10 Poland 19 11 Italy 11