1996–97 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup

The 1996/97 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 6th in a row (4th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men. For the first time in history competitions were held in summer on plastic. However, both summer season on plastic and winter season on snow together counted in joined overall ranking.

Continental Cup 1996/97

Winners
Winter	Hein-Arne Mathiesen
Competitions
Venues	28
Individual	46

Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.

Calendar

Men

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size	Winner	Second	Third
158	1	14 August 1996	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K120	LH	Nicolas Dessum	Hideharu Miyahira	Lucas Chevalier-Girod
159	2	18 August 1996	Zakopane	Średnia Krokiew K85	NH	Naoto Itō	Marcin Sitarz	Jaroslav Kahánek
160	3	8 September 1996	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	Areal Horečky K90	NH	František Jež	Jaroslav Kahánek	Jaroslav Sakala
161	4	21 September 1996	Hakuba	Olympic Hills K90	NH	Masahiko Harada	Masayuki Satō	Kazuyoshi Funaki
162	5	22 September 1996	Hakuba	Olympic Hills K120	LH	Masahiko Harada	Adam Małysz	Masayuki Satō
163	6	26 September 1996	Muju	Chonju K120	LH	Adam Małysz	Marco Steinauer	Hideharu Miyahira
164	7	27 September 1996	Muju	Chonju K90	NH	Adam Małysz	Ingemar Mayr	Hideharu Miyahira
165	8	14 December 1996	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée K90	NH	Andreas Widhölzl	Hein-Arne Mathiesen	Ingemar Mayr
166	9	15 December 1996	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée K90	NH	Andreas Widhölzl	Yukitaka Fukita	Hein-Arne Mathiesen
167	10	21 December 1996	Brotterode	Inselbergschanze K98	NH	Andreas Widhölzl	Ingemar Mayr	Sven Hannawald
168	11	22 December 1996	Lauscha	Marktiegelschanze K92	NH	Toni Nieminen	Hein-Arne Mathiesen	Sven Hannawald
169	12	26 December 1996	St. Moritz	Olympiaschanze K95	NH	Martin Höllwarth	Yukitaka Fukita	Martin Schmitt
170	13	28 December 1996	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K120	LH	Jérôme Gay	Randy Weber	Frode Håre
171	14	29 December 1996	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K90	NH	Frode Håre	Jérôme Gay	Randy Weber
172	15	10 January 1997	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage K90	NH	Frank Reichel Hein-Arne Mathiesen		Roman Křenek Jaroslav Kahánek
173	16	11 January 1997	Villach	Villacher Alpenarena K90	NH	Hein-Arne Mathiesen	Martin Schmitt	Jaroslav Kahánek
174	17	11 January 1997	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH	Masahiko Harada	Kazuhiro Higashi	Kazuya Yoshioka
175	18	12 January 1997	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH	Yūsuke Kaneko	Masahiko Harada	Naoki Yasuzaki
176	19	12 January 1997	Planica	Srednja Bloudkova K90	NH	Roman Křenek	Markus Eigentler	Olaf Hegenbarth
177	20	15 January 1997	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH	Egil Grønn	Kazuhiro Higashi	Naoki Yasuzaki
178	21	18 January 1997	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH	Roman Křenek	Dionis Vodnev	Simen Berntsen
179	22	19 January 1997	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH	Roman Křenek	Martin Schmitt	Dionis Vodnev
180	23	24 January 1997	Štrbské Pleso	MS 1970 B K90	NH	Andreas Widhölzl	Simen Berntsen Roman Křenek
		26 January 1997	Wisła	Malinka K105	LH	canceled
181	24	26 January 1997	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH	Roman Křenek	Primož Peterka	Christof Duffner
182	25	7 February 1997	Reit im Winkl	Franz-Haslberger-Schanze K90	NH	Martin Zimmermann	Jakub Janda	Simen Berntsen
183	26	8 February 1997	Saalfelden	Bibergschanze K85	NH	Martin Höllwarth	Ronny Hornschuh	Jaroslav Kahánek
184	27	8 February 1997	Westby	Snowflake K106	LH	Lassi Huuskonen	Wilhelm Brenna	Matti Hautamäki
185	28	9 February 1997	Ruhpolding	Große Zirmbergschanze K108	LH	Michael Uhrmann	Dionis Vodnev	Jaroslav Kahánek
186	29	9 February 1997	Westby	Snowflake K106	LH	Wilhelm Brenna	Jussi Hautamäki	Matti Hautamäki
187	30	22 February 1997	Iron Mountain	Pine Mountain Ski Jump K120	LH	Simen Berntsen	Wilhelm Brenna	Hein-Arne Mathiesen
188	31	23 February 1997	Iron Mountain	Pine Mountain Ski Jump K120	LH	Sven Hannawald	František Jež	Simen Berntsen
189	32	1 March 1997	Ishpeming	Suicide Hill K90	NH	Simen Berntsen	Wilhelm Brenna	Jakub Janda
190	33	2 March 1997	Ishpeming	Suicide Hill K90	NH	Tomáš Goder	Simen Berntsen	Wilhelm Brenna
191	34	8 March 1997	Braunlage	Wurmbergschanze K80	NH	Jaroslav Kahánek	Dionis Vodnev Martin Zimmermann
192	35	8 March 1997	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH	Falko Krismayr	Kazuhiro Higashi	Yūsuke Kaneko
193	36	9 March 1997	Braunlage	Wurmbergschanze K80	NH	Jaroslav Kahánek	Hein-Arne Mathiesen	Dionis Vodnev
194	37	12 March 1997	Zaō	Yamagata K85	NH	Katsutoshi Chiba	Helge Brendryen	Choi Heung-chul
195	38	13 March 1997	Zaō	Yamagata K85	NH	Naoki Yasuzaki	Falko Krismayr	Yūsuke Kaneko
196	39	14 March 1997	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K90	NH	Ingemar Mayr	Jaroslav Kahánek	Pavel Věchet
197	40	14 March 1997	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K90	NH	Christian Meyer	Christian Moser	Hein-Arne Mathiesen
198	41	15 March 1997	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K90	NH	Jaroslav Kahánek	Ingemar Mayr	Rico Meinel
199	42	15 March 1997	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K90	NH	Arve Vorvik	Marius Småriset	Christian Meyer
200	43	22 March 1997	Harrachov	Čerťák K90	NH	Ronny Hornschuh	Wilhelm Brenna	Arve Vorvik
201	44	23 March 1997	Harrachov	Čerťák K90	NH	Wilhelm Brenna	Jaroslav Kahánek	František Jež
202	45	30 March 1997	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K120	LH	Jussi Hautamäki	Jouni Kaitainen	Jérôme Gay
203	46	4 April 1997	Rovaniemi	Ounasvaara K90	NH	Jani Soininen	Jérôme Gay	Marko Isokangas

Standings

Men

Rank	after 46 events
1	Hein-Arne Mathiesen
2	Simen Berntsen
3	Roman Křenek

Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup

This was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.