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]

Map of World Cup hosts

Bad Mitterndorf	Planica

Kulm	Velikanka bratov Gorišek
Europe Kulm Planica

World records

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

Longest jump in history at that time, but invalid due to Thoma touched the ground upon landing.

Calendar

Men's Individual

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	Bad Mitterndorf (Kulm K185)	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	Planica (Velikanka b. Gorišek K185)	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

Standings

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

References

^ "1996/97 FIS Ski Flying World Cup final standings". skijumping.pl. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Tauplitz". International Ski Federation. 8 February 1997.
^ "Tauplitz". International Ski Federation. 9 February 1997.
^ "Planica". International Ski Federation. 22 March 1997.
^ "Planica". International Ski Federation. 23 March 1997.

[1] "1996/97 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] "Tauplitz". International Ski Federation. 8 February 1997.

[3] "Tauplitz". International Ski Federation. 9 February 1997.

[4] "Planica". International Ski Federation. 22 March 1997.

[5] "Planica". International Ski Federation. 23 March 1997.

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