1998–99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup

Ski Flying World Cup 1998/99
Winners
OverallGermany Martin Schmitt
Nations Cup (unofficial)Japan
Competitions
Venues1
Individual3
Cancelled2

The 1998/99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 9th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.[1]

Map of World Cup hosts

Czech Republic Harrachov Slovenia Planica
Čerťák Velikanka bratov Gorišek

Europe

1998–99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup is located in Europe
Harrachov
Harrachov

World records

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

Date Athlete Hill Round Place Metres Feet
19 March 1999 Germany Martin Schmitt Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Round 1 Planica, Slovenia 219 719
19 March 1999 Germany Martin Schmitt Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Final Planica, Slovenia 214.5 704
20 March 1999 Norway Tommy Ingebrigtsen Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Trial Planica, Slovenia 219.5 720

  Longest jump in history at that time, but invalid due to Schmitt crashed upon landing.

Calendar

Men's Individual

All No. Date Place (Hill) Size Winner Second Third Ski flying leader R.
6 February 1999 Czech Republic Harrachov
(Čerťák K185)
F cnx Thursday/Fridary storm demolished wind curtain protection construction
(that's why competition was rescheduled to Planica on 19 March)
[2]
7 February 1999 F cnx Thursday/Fridary storm demolished wind curtain protection construction
(that's why competition was moved to large hill in Harrachov)
[3]
460 1 [a]19 March 1999 Slovenia Planica
(Velikanka b. Gorišek K185)
F 042 Germany Martin Schmitt Japan Kazuyoshi Funaki Germany Christof Duffner Germany Martin Schmitt [4]
461 2 20 March 1999 F 043 Japan Hideharu Miyahira Germany Martin Schmitt Japan Noriaki Kasai [5]
462 3 21 March 1999 F 044 Japan Noriaki Kasai Japan Hideharu Miyahira Germany Martin Schmitt [6]
9th FIS Ski Flying Men's Overall
(6 February – 21 March 1999)
Germany Martin Schmitt Japan Noriaki Kasai Japan Hideharu Miyahira Ski Flying Overall

Standings

Ski Flying

Rank after 3 events 19/03/1999
Planica
20/03/1999
Planica
21/03/1999
Planica
Total
Germany Martin Schmitt 100 80 60 240
2 Japan Noriaki Kasai 50 60 100 210
3 Japan Hideharu Miyahira 100 80 180
4 Japan Kazuyoshi Funaki 80 36 50 166
5 Germany Christof Duffner 60 40 16 116
6 Finland Janne Ahonen 45 32 29 106
7 Norway Kristian Brenden 29 50 20 99
8 Japan Masahiko Harada 12 45 36 93
9 Germany Sven Hannawald 26 24 40 90
10 Norway Olav Magne Dønnem 40 32 72
11 France Nicolas Dessum 24 22 13 59
Japan Kazuya Yoshioka 14 45 59
13 Austria Reinhard Schwarzenberger 22 29 6 57
14 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 13 15 22 50
Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura 10 14 26 50
Austria Stefan Horngacher 8 18 24 50
17 Germany Roland Audenrieth 16 11 14 41
18 Norway Tommy Ingebrigtsen 36 2 38
19 Germany Hansjörg Jäkle 11 26 37
20 Slovenia Primož Peterka 2 16 18 36
21 Austria Andreas Widhölzl 32 32
22 Switzerland Bruno Reuteler 20 8 28
23 Norway Henning Stensrud 9 15 24
24 Slovenia Miha Rihtar 5 5 12 22
25 Finland Ville Kantee 7 14 21
Finland Risto Jussilainen 6 8 7 21
27 Austria Martin Höllwarth 20 20
28 Germany Dieter Thoma 18 18
29 Slovenia Urban Franc 12 4 16
30 Czech Republic Jakub Sucháček 15 15
31 Switzerland Sylvain Freiholz 11 11
32 Italy Ivan Lunardi 10 10
Finland Mika Laitinen 10 10
34 Austria Andreas Goldberger 9 9
Austria Wilfried Eberharter 7 2 9
Slovakia Matej Uram 9 9
37 Finland Jani Soininen 6 6
38 Poland Robert Mateja 4 1 5
Norway Jon Petter Sandaker 5 5
40 United States Alan Alborn 4 4
Poland Adam Małysz 3 1 4
42 Norway Lasse Ottesen 3 3
Japan Masayuki Satō 3 3
44 Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 1 1

Nations Cup (unofficial)

Rank after 3 events Points
1 Japan 761
2 Germany 542
3 Norway 237
4 Austria 227
5 Finland 164
6 Slovenia 74
7 France 59
8 Switzerland 39
9 Czech Republic 15
10 Italy 10
11 Slovakia 9
Poland 9
13 United States 4

Notes

  1. ^ Cancelled ski flying event from Harrachov (6 February) was rescheduled to Planica on Friday (19 March).

References

  1. ^ "1998/99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup final standings". skijumping.pl. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Planiška lepotica" (in Slovenian). Delo. 18 March 1999. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Janne Ahonen še tretjič" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1999. p. 18.
  4. ^ "Planica". International Ski Federation. 19 March 1999.
  5. ^ "Planica". International Ski Federation. 20 March 1999.
  6. ^ "Planica". International Ski Federation. 21 March 1999.