Planica 1948
# Planica 1948

Planica 1948 was an International ski flying week competition held from 14—17 March 1948 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people has gathered in total. The best jump counted as final result.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Rounds | Longest jump of the day | Visitors |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 March 1948 | Training | — | canceled; high temperatures, melted snow | — |
| 12 March 1948 | Training | — | canceled; snow was still not prepared | — |
| 13 March 1948 | Training | 2 2 | 88 metres (289 ft) by Charles Blum (morning) 111 metres (364 ft) by Charles Blum (afternoon) | N/A |
| 14 March 1948 | Competition: Day 1 | 2 ————— 1 | 120 metres (394 ft) by Janez Polda (morning, crash) 113 metres (371 ft) by Charles Blum (morning) ————————————————————————— 121 metres (397 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon, crash) 103 metres (338 ft) by Charles (afternoon) | 10,000 |
| 15 March 1948 | Competition: Day 2 | 3 2 | 109 metres (358 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (morning) 120 metres (394 ft) by Fritz Tschannen (afternoon) | N/A |
| 16 March 1948 | Competition: Day 3 | 3 — | 104 metres (341 ft) by Rudi Finžgar (morning) canceled; temperatures, melting snow (afternoon) | 3,000 |
| 17 March 1948 | Competition: Day 4 | 2 | 100 metres (328 ft) by Franc Pribošek | N/A |

## Competition

On 11 March 1948, the first day of training jumps at the international ski flying week was on schedule. But it was canceled due to high temperatures and sun which was melting the snow.

On 12 March 1948, the second day the international ski flying week on schedule also did not allow any jumps. Again due to weather conditions, temperatures got little cooler but snow under was still not hard enough.

On 13 March 1948, the first and only training was held at last after weather problems two days in a row. A couple of thousands people has gathered, who have seen morning and afternoon event with two rounds. Fritz Tschannen was the longest at 104 metres.

On 14 March 1948, opening with the first day of competition was on schedule, in the morning event with two rounds and afternoon event only with one jump due to icy inrun track. Janez Polda touched the ground at 120 metres world record distance in the morning event and another world record distance was beat at the afternoon event when Swiss jumper Charles Blum crashed at 121 metres. Total of 10,000 people has gathered that day.

On 15 March 1948, the second day of competition was on schedule with the morning and afternoon event, both times with three rounds. Fritz Tschannen set the world record at 120 metres in his last attempt of day at afternoon event.

On 16 March 1948, the third day of competition was on schedule in the morning event with three rounds, afternoon was canceled due to high temperatures and melting snow. Rudi Finžgar was the longest with 104 metres in front of 3,000 people.

On 17 March 1948, the last day of international ski flying week competition was on schedule, but with two rounds only as due to weather conditions event was ended right after. Fritz Tschannen won the four-day competition with 120 m in the battle for the best jump.

### Training

13 March 1948 — 9:30 AM — Four rounds — chronological order

| Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 62 m | 67 m |
| 2 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 59 m | 62 m |
| 3 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 72 m | 73 m |
| 4 | Janez Rožič | Yugoslavia | 64 m | 62 m |
| 5 | Jože Zalokar | Yugoslavia | 66 m | 67 m |
| 6 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 68 m | 57 m |
| 7 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 65 m | 69 m |
| 8 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 59 m | 52 m |
| 9 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 80 m | 92 m |
| 10 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 73 m | 84 m |
| 11 | Arsène Lucchini | France | 74 m | 72 m |
| 12 | Régis Charlet | France | 69 m | 67 m |
| 13 | Jean Mounier | France | 66 m | 71 m |
| 14 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 59 m | 80 m |
| 15 | Charles Blum | Switzerland | 69 m | 88 m |
| 16 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 70 m | 84 m |
| 17 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 69 m | 80 m |
| 18 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 71 m | 85 m |
| Afternoon jumps |||||
| 1 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 92 m | — |
| 2 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 78 m | 84 m |
| 3 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 75 m | 72 m |
| 4 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 74 m | 77 m |
| 5 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 70 m | 70 m |
| 6 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 92 m | — |
| 7 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 90 m | 97 m |
| 9 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 103 m | — |
| 10 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 85 m | 83 m |
| 11 | Jože Zalokar | Yugoslavia | 77 m | 82 m |
| 12 | Charles Blum | Switzerland | 88 m | 111 m |
| 13 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 79 m | 94 m |
| 14 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 89 m | 100 m |
| 15 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 98 m | 104 m |
| 16 | Arsène Lucchini | France | 84 m | 86 m |
| 17 | Jean Mounier | France | 90 m | 85 m |
| 18 | Régis Charlet | France | 91 m | 88 m |

### Competition: Day 1

14 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Three rounds — chronological order

| Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Charles Blum | Switzerland | 102 m | 113 m |
| 2 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 106 m | 100 m |
| 3 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 99 m | 109 m |
| 4 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 100 m | 100 m |
| 5 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 97 m | 97 m |
| 6 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 93 m | 94 m |
| 7 | Arsène Lucchini | France | 105 m | 107 m |
| 8 | Jean Mounier | France | 97 m | 102 m |
| 9 | Régis Charlet | France | 107 m | 105 m |
| 10 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 120 m | 109 m |
| 11 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 100 m | 106 m |
| 12 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 82 m | 82 m |
| 13 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 79 m | 84 m |
| 14 | Janez Rožič | Yugoslavia | 82 m | 86 m |
| 15 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 83 m | 80 m |
| 16 | Jože Zalokar | Yugoslavia | 102 m | 100 m |
| 17 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 84 m | 85 m |
| 18 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 96 m | 100 m |
| Afternoon jumps, 16:00 PM |||||
| 1 | Charles Blum | Switzerland | 121 m | — |
| 2 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 97 m | — |
| 3 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 97 m | — |
| 4 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 102 m | — |
| 5 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 95 m | — |
| 6 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 94 m | — |
| 8 | Jean Mounier | France | 104 m | — |
| 9 | Régis Charlet | France | 103 m | — |
| 10 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 95 m | — |
| 11 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 92 m | — |
| 12 | Janez Rožič | Yugoslavia | 89 m | — |
| 13 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 92 m | — |
| 14 | Jože Zalokar | Yugoslavia | N/A | — |
| 15 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 97 m | — |

### Competition: Day 2

15 March 1948 — 10:00 AM — Five rounds — chronological order

| Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 102 m | 109 m | 109 m |
| 2 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 93 m | 98 m | 93 m* |
| 3 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 100 m | 101 m | 105 m |
| 4 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 79 m | 85 m | 98 m |
| 5 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 88 m | 105 m | — |
| 6 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 69 m | 71 m | 76 m |
| 7 | Tadeusz Kozak | Poland | 79 m | 80 m | — |
| Afternoon jumps ||||||
| 1 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 114 m | 120 m | — |
| 2 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 108 m | 109 m | — |
| 3 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 106 m | 114 m | — |
| 4 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 118 m | 118 m | — |
| 5 | Jean Mounier | France | 86 m | 102 m | — |
| 6 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 81 m | 80 m | — |
| 7 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 99 m | 100 m | — |

### Competition: Day 3

16 March 1948 — 9:50 AM — Three rounds — chronological order

| Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 91 m | 85 m | — |
| 2 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 88 m | 90 m | 86 m |
| 3 | Janez Rožič | Yugoslavia | 86 m | 86 m | 85 m |
| 4 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 81 m | 84 m | 81 m |
| 5 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 90 m | 89 m | — |
| 6 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 73 m | 78 m | 77 m |
| 7 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 102 m | 100 m | — |
| 8 | Arsène Lucchini | France | 98 m | 103 m | 97 m |
| 9 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 86 m | 91 m | 82 m |
| 10 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 69 m | 80 m | 79 m |
| 11 | Régis Charlet | France | 101 m | 99 m | 93 m |
| 12 | Jean Mounier | France | 97 m | — | — |
| 13 | Tadeusz Kozak | Poland | 74 m | 88 m | — |
| 14 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 103 m | 96 m | — |
| 15 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 104 m | 98 m | — |
| 16 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 102 m | 98 m | — |
| 17 | Niklaus Stump | Switzerland | 100 m | — | — |
| 18 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 99 m | 96 m | — |

### Competition: Day 4

17 March 1948 — Two rounds — ranking incomplete — points N/A

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 14 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 97 m | 97 m |
| 2 | 15 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 96 m | 91 m |
| N/A | 1 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 99 m | 95 m |
| N/A | 2 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 100 m | 95 m |
| N/A | 3 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 90 m | 87 m |
| N/A | 4 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 92 m | 88 m |
| N/A | 5 | Lojze Razinger | Yugoslavia | 90 m | 90 m |
| N/A | 6 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 83 m | 82 m |
| N/A | 7 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 92 m | 91 m |
| N/A | 8 | Tadeusz Kozak | Poland | 93 m | 85 m |
| N/A | 9 | Rudi Finžgar | Yugoslavia | 99 m | 100 m |
| N/A | 10 | Jaroslav Lukeš | Czechoslovakia | 78 m | 81 m |
| N/A | 11 | Miloslav Bělonožník | Czechoslovakia | 88 m | 92 m |
| N/A | 12 | Zdeněk Remsa | Czechoslovakia | 92 m | 91 m |
| N/A | 13 | Lenemayer | Czechoslovakia | 87 m | 94 m |
| N/A | 16 | Ivo Javornik | Yugoslavia | 85 m | 84 m |
| N/A | 17 | Arsène Lucchini | France | 99 m | 100 m |
| N/A | 18 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 80 m | 80 m |

Not recognized. Crash at WR! Yugoslavian national record! World record! Fall or touch!

## Official results

### International Ski Flying Week

14–17 March 1948 – the best jump

| Rank | Name | Dist. |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Fritz Tschannen | 120 m |
| 2 | Hans Zurbriggen | 114 m |
| 3 | Charles Blum | 113 m |

## Ski flying world records

| Date | Name | Country | Metres | Feet |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 March 1948 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 120 | 394 |
| 14 March 1948 | Charles Blum | Switzerland | 121 | 397 |
| 15 March 1948 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 120 | 394 |

Not recognized! Touch at world record distance. Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

