Planica 1963 was international K.O.P. ski flying week competition, held from 22 to 24 March 1963 in Planica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. A total crowd of 65,000 spectators gathered over three days.[1]

Planica 1963
Host cityPlanica, SFR Yugoslavia
SportSki flying
EventsK.O.P. Ski Flying Week
Main venueBloudkova velikanka K120
← 1960
1965 →

Schedule edit

Date Event Rounds Longest jump of the day Visitors
17 March 1960   Domestic training K120 (Yugoslavian team only) N/A 115 metres (377 ft) by Peter Eržen
20 March 1960   Unofficial training K80 N/A distances not measured
21 March 1960   Free training K80 N/A
22 March 1960   International event: day 1 (K120) 3 120 metres (394 ft) by Torgeir Brandtzæg 10,000
23 March 1960   International event: day 2 (K120) 3 120 metres (394 ft) by Jože Langus 15,000
24 March 1960   International event: day 3 (K120) 3 121 metres (397 ft) by Dieter Bokeloh 40,000

Competitions edit

On 17 March 1963, technical inspection of hill was on schedule, and training for domestic (Yugoslavian) national team only with 40 jumps in total. Peter Eržen was the longest at 115 metres.[2][3]

On 20 March 1963, first national teams arrived in early afternoon, joined by few others later that day. First unofficial training on Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill was on schedule, with distances not being measured as this was unofficial event. Only three countries were present at training Hungary, Soviet Union and East Germany. American director Warren Miller, well known for ski movies, announced his arrival to shoot in Planica, Bled and Elan (ski production process).[4][5]

On 21 March 1963, there were total eleven national team who already arrived in Planica, waiting only for the last to come West Germany. Due to heavy snow hill had to be prepared. Free training with few rounds was on schedule, but distances were not measured.[6]

On 22 March 1963, first day of K.O.P. (Kulm-Oberstdorf-Planica) international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 10,000 people. Torgeir Brandtzæg took lead after first day with 108 and 120 metres, which was also the longest jump of the day.[7][8]

On 23 March 1963, second day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 15,000 people. Dieter Bokeloh won second day, but Jože Langus (trial jumper) set longest jump of the day at 120 metres.[9][10][11]

On 24 March 1963, third and final day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of record 40,000 people and president Josip Broz Tito. Very happy Dieter Bokeloh won three day international competition with total of 463.6 points.[12][13][14]

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 1 edit

22 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points
1 N/A Torgeir Brandtzæg   Norway 120 m 108 m 239.5
2 N/A Veit Kührt   East Germany 110 m 109 m 228.3
3 N/A Helmut Recknagel   East Germany 113 m 102 m 222.3
4 N/A Dieter Bokeloh   East Germany 110 m 111 m 221.7
5 N/A Georg Thoma   West Germany 104 m 109 m 220.7
6 N/A Herbert Schiffner   Austria 108 m 103 m 208.3
7 N/A Klemm   East Germany 106 m 98 m 197.2
8 N/A Pekka Tirkkonen   Finland 94 m 100 m 196.5
9 N/A Halvor Næs   Norway 92 m 97 m 190.0
10 N/A Nikolai Schamov   Soviet Union 99 m 91 m 189.5
11 N/A Józef Przybyła   Poland 96 m 95 m 188.2
12 N/A Ludvik Zajc   Yugoslavia 96 m 95 m 187.3
13 N/A Vladimir Palcevski   Soviet Union 101 m 93 m 184.2
14 N/A Giacomo Aimoni   Italy 93 m 95 m 184.1
15 N/A Holger Karlsson   Sweden 93 m 97 m 183.8
18 N/A Peter Eržen   Yugoslavia 97 m 91 m 179.3
19 N/A Jemc   Yugoslavia 81 m 92 m 171.3
25 N/A Marjan Pečar   Yugoslavia 92 m 86 m 166.5
31 N/A Miro Oman   Yugoslavia 79 m 85 m 158.5
36 N/A Andrej Nahtigal   Yugoslavia 76 m 77 m 150.9
38 N/A Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 79 m 72 m 135.3
39 N/A Oto Giacomelli   Yugoslavia 82 m 72 m 98.2
N/A N/A Max Golser   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Peter Lesser   East Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Heini Ihle   West Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Wolfgang Happle   West Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Ulf Norberg   Sweden N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Peter Müller   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Andrzej Sztolf   Poland N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Tamás Sudár   Hungary N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Alfred Lesser   East Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Koba Zakadze   Soviet Union N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Sepp Lichtenegger   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Rudolf Doubek   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Pekka Yli-Niemi   Finland N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Dino De Zordo   Italy N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A László Csávás   Hungary N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Gustav Bujok   Poland N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Endre Kiss   Hungary N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Jože Šlibar   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Josef Matouš   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A Waldemar Heigenhauser   Austria N/A N/A N/A

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 2 edit

23 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points
1 19 Dieter Bokeloh   East Germany 117 m 106 m 227.9
2 38 Veit Kührt   East Germany 105 m 107 m 223.6
3 34 Helmut Recknagel   East Germany 103 m 101 m 215.2
4 18 Klemm   East Germany 98 m 113 m 208.3
5 29 Torgeir Brandtzæg   Norway 99 m 98 m 204.3
6 15 Vladimir Palcevski   Soviet Union 98 m 101 m 201.1
7 39 Max Golser   Austria 101 m 100 m 200.5
8 2 Peter Lesser   East Germany 101 m 96 m 197.1
9 28 Georg Thoma   West Germany 98 m 99 m 195.8
10 17 Heini Ihle   West Germany 101 m 115 m 195.5
11 30 Peter Eržen   Yugoslavia 97 m 100 m 194.4
12 41 Nikolai Schamov   Soviet Union 99 m 94 m 190.3
13 22 Halvor Næs   Norway 95 m 99 m 189.3
14 43 Józef Przybyła   Poland 101 m 97 m 188.9
15 9 Wolfgang Happle   West Germany 101 m 92 m 188.5
16 36 Pekka Tirkkonen   Finland 119 m 94 m 188.4
17 21 Marjan Pečar   Yugoslavia 96 m 98 m 187.1
18 31 Holger Karlsson   Sweden 93 m 97 m 184.5
19 20 Ludvik Zajc   Yugoslavia 99 m 92 m 184.0
20 16 Ulf Norberg   Sweden 87 m 102 m 183.7
26 33 Jemc   Yugoslavia 93 m 86 m 172.8
36 13 Miro Oman   Yugoslavia 81 m 86 m 149.1
38 4 Andrej Nahtigal   Yugoslavia 75 m 78 m 139.3
39 12 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 74 m 75 m 131.1
40 37 Giacomo Aimoni   Italy 75 m 74 m 126.9
N/A 1 Peter Müller   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A 3 Andrzej Sztolf   Poland N/A N/A N/A
N/A 5 Tamás Sudár   Hungary N/A N/A N/A
N/A 6 Oto Giacomelli   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 7 Alfred Lesser   East Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A 8 Koba Zakadze   Soviet Union N/A N/A N/A
N/A 10 Sepp Lichtenegger   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A 11 Rudolf Doubek   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 14 Herbert Schiffner   Austria N/A N/A N/A
N/A 23 Dino De Zordo   Italy N/A N/A N/A
N/A 24 Pekka Yli-Niemi   Finland N/A N/A N/A
N/A 25 László Csávás   Hungary N/A N/A N/A
N/A 26 Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 27 Gustav Bujok   Poland N/A N/A N/A
N/A 32 Endre Kiss   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 35 Jože Šlibar   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 40 Josef Matouš   Czechoslovakia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 42 Waldemar Heigenhauser   Austria N/A N/A N/A

K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 3 edit

24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)

Rank Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Points
1 20 Dieter Bokeloh   East Germany 113 m 121 m 235.7
2 21 Klemm   East Germany 100 m 109 m 207.2
3 41 Veit Kührt   East Germany 111 m 116 m 226.7
4 33 Helmut Recknagel   East Germany 107 m 102 m 207.2
5 24 Józef Przybyła   Poland 105 m 108 m 206.2
6 5 Alfred Lesser   East Germany 109 m 100 m 203.6
7 30 Torgeir Brandtzæg   Norway 100 m 111 m 203.5
8 37 Josef Matouš   Czechoslovakia 106 m 103 m 202.0
9 40 Giacomo Aimoni   Italy 101 m 101 m 201.2
10 10 Wolfgang Happle   West Germany 106 m 104 m 198.4
11 32 Georg Thoma   West Germany 96 m 107 m 197.2
12 42 Holger Karlsson   Sweden 97 m 109 m 194.7
13 17 Ulf Norberg   Sweden 102 m 98 m 193.7
14 7 Koba Zakadze   Soviet Union 97 m 97 m 193.5
29 Nikolai Schamov   Soviet Union 99 m 94 m 193.5
16 27 Vladimir Palcevski   Soviet Union 98 m 99 m 192.2
17 36 Herbert Schiffner   Austria 100 m 94 m 190.2
18 43 Pekka Tirkkonen   Finland 90 m 108 m 190.0
19 9 Peter Lesser   East Germany 98 m 105 m 197.2
20 6 Peter Müller   Austria 93 m 101 m 185.7
21 23 Halvor Næs   Norway 94 m 99 m 185.2
22 35 Marjan Pečar   Yugoslavia 89 m 101 m 177.7
23 19 Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia 96 m 101 m 177.2
24 15 Waldemar Heigenhauser   Austria 85 m 100 m 176.9
25 26 Ludvik Zajc   Yugoslavia 91 m 96 m 176.8
26 12 Andrzej Sztolf   Poland 86 m 96 m 171.2
27 38 Max Golser   Austria 97 m 110 m 167.3
28 11 Rudolf Doubek   Czechoslovakia 87 m 91 m 165.6
29 18 László Csávás   Hungary 83 m 87 m 160.2
30 28 Jemc   Yugoslavia 88 m 88 m 160.0
31 25 Peter Eržen   Yugoslavia 93 m 100 m 159.3
32 16 Pekka Yli-Niemi   Finland 81 m 93 m 157.9
33 3 Oto Giacomelli   Yugoslavia 83 m 83 m 145.0
34 2 Sepp Lichtenegger   Austria 84 m 81 m 142.7
35 4 Andrej Nahtigal   Yugoslavia 79 m 79 m 138.5
36 1 Tamás Sudár   Hungary 80 m 81 m 138.0
37 8 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 79 m 77 m 136.9
38 13 Miro Oman   Yugoslavia 76 m 72 m 122.0
N/A 14 Dino De Zordo   Italy N/A N/A N/A
N/A 22 Heini Ihle   West Germany N/A N/A N/A
N/A 31 Gustav Bujok   Poland N/A N/A N/A
N/A 34 Endre Kiss   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A
N/A 39 Jože Šlibar   Yugoslavia N/A N/A N/A

  Fall or touch!

Official results edit

 
Dieter Bokeloh won Planica three day international ski flying week competition

22-24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Four rounds

Rank Name Country Points
1 Dieter Bokeloh   East Germany 463.6
2 Klemm   East Germany 435.0
3 Veit Kührt   East Germany 430.8
4 Helmut Recknagel   East Germany 422.4
5 Torgeir Brandtzæg   Norway 407.8
6 Józef Przybyła   Poland 395.1
7 Vladimir Palcevski   Soviet Union 393.3
8 Georg Thoma   West Germany 393.0
9 Wolfgang Happle   West Germany 386.9
10 Peter Lesser   East Germany 384.3
11 Nikolai Schamov   Soviet Union 383.5
12 Holger Karlsson   Sweden 379.2
Alfred Lesser   East Germany 379.2
14 Pekka Tirkkonen   Finland 378.4
15 Giacomo Aimoni   Italy 378.0
16 Ulf Norberg   Sweden 377.4
17 Halvor Næs   Norway 374.5
18 Max Golser   Austria 367.8
19 Josef Matouš   Czechoslovakia 367.1
20 Koba Zakadze   Soviet Union 367.0
21 Marjan Pečar   Yugoslavia 364.8
22 Peter Müller   Austria 362.0
23 Ludvik Zajc   Yugoslavia 360.8
24 Herbert Schiffner   Austria 356.4
25 Peter Eržen   Yugoslavia 353.7
26 Waldemar Heigenhauser   Austria 348.2
27 Jiří Raška   Czechoslovakia 345.7
28 Andrzej Sztolf   Poland 338.0
29 Pekka Yli-Niemi   Finland 335.7
30 Jemc   Yugoslavia 332.8
31 Rudolf Doubek   Czechoslovakia 322.4
32 László Csávás   Hungary 313.6
33 Sepp Lichtenegger   Austria 286.2
34 Andrej Nahtigal   Yugoslavia 277.8
35 Oto Giacomelli   Yugoslavia 271.1
Miro Oman   Yugoslavia 271.1
37 Bine Rogelj   Yugoslavia 268.0
38 Tamás Sudár   Hungary 262.9
N/A Heini Ihle   West Germany N/A
N/A Dino De Zordo   Italy N/A
N/A Gustav Bujok   Poland N/A
N/A Endre Kiss   Hungary N/A
N/A Jože Šlibar   Yugoslavia N/A

Team edit

In memory of Stanko Bloudek (1890–1959).[14]

Stanko Bloudek Memorial II edit

Rank Country Points Total
1   East Germany
Dieter Bokeloh
Klemm

463.6
455.0
898.6
2   Norway
Torgeir Brandtzæg
Halvor Næs

407.8
374.5
782.3
3   West Germany
Georg Thoma
Wolfgang Happle

393.0
386.9
779.9
4   Soviet Union
Vladimir Palcevski
Nikolai Schamov

393.5
385.5
779.0
5   Sweden
Holger Karlsson
Ulf Norberg

379.2
377.4
756.6
6   Poland
Józef Przybyła
Andrzej Sztolf

395.1
338.0
733.1
7   Austria
Max Golser
Peter Müller

367.8
362.0
729.8
8   Yugoslavia
Marjan Pečar
Ludvik Zajc

364.8
360.8
725.6
9   Finland
Pekka Tirkkonen
Pekka Yli-Niemi

378.4
335.7
714.1
10   Czechoslovakia
Josef Matouš
Jiří Raška

367.1
345.7
712.8
11   Hungary
László Csávás
Tamás Sudár

313.6
262.9
576.5

References edit

  1. ^ "Planica 1963, footages". euscreen.eu. 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Odlično opravljen izpit v Planici, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1963.
  3. ^ "Tehnična služba na velikanki, p.13" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1963.
  4. ^ "Skakalci SZ in DR Nemčije prispeli, p.12" (in Slovenian). Delo. 20 March 1963.
  5. ^ "Madžari: Začeli bomo s Planico, p.12" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1963.
  6. ^ "Na Bledu že 11 reprezentanc, p.6" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1963.
  7. ^ "Brandzaeg zmagal prvid dan, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1963.
  8. ^ "Pod skakalnico in vse naokrog, p.6" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1963.
  9. ^ "Planica 63 foto, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1963.
  10. ^ "Rezultati drugega tekmovalnega dne, p.6" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1963.
  11. ^ "Osem posebnih vlakov / Langus 120 metrov brez točk, p.7" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1963.
  12. ^ "Planiško slavje je zaključeno, p.1" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1963.
  13. ^ "Planica 1963 in photogallery, p.5" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1963.
  14. ^ a b "Planica 1963 detail report and results, p.6" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1963.

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