1987–88 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

1987–88 World Cup
Winners
Overall Matti Nykänen
Four Hills Tournament Matti Nykänen
Swiss Tournament Matti Nykänen
Nations Cup Finland
Competitions
Venues15
Individual20
Cancelled2

The 1987–88 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 9th World Cup season in ski jumping.

Season began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 5 December 1987 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 27 March 1988. The individual World Cup overall winner was Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen (for the 4th and last time in his career) dominating the season with 10 WC wins, double olympic gold and bronze at Ski Flying World Champ.; Nations Cup was taken by Team of Finland.

20 men's individual events on 15 different venues in 10 countries were held on three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America). Two competition were cancelled this season.

Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics, FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Four Hills Tournament, Bohemia Tournament (cancelled) and Swiss Tournament.

Two events (Harrachov and Liberec), counting for Bohemia Tournament were cancelled.

Map of world cup hosts

Europe

West Germany

Austria

Asia

North America

Calendar

Men's Individual

N – normal hill / L – large hill
All No. Date Place (Hill) Size Winner Second Third Overall leader[a] R.
189 1 5 December 1987 Thunder Bay
(Big Thunder K89, K120)
N 068 Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Ernst Vettori Matti Nykänen [1]
190 2 6 December 1987 L 106 Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Vegard Opaas [2]
191 3 12 December 1987 Lake Placid
(MacKenzie Int. K114, K86)
L 107 Pavel Ploc Dieter Thoma Andreas Bauer Pavel Ploc [3]
192 4 13 December 1987 N 069 Pavel Ploc Jiří Parma Vegard Opaas [4]
193 5 19 December 1987 Sapporo
(Miyanomori K90)
(Ōkurayama K115)
N 070 Matti Nykänen Werner Schuster Martin Švagerko [5]
194 6 20 December 1987 L 108 Matti Nykänen Jiří Parma Staffan Tällberg Matti Nykänen [6]
195 7 30 December 1987 Oberstdorf
(Schattenbergschanze K115)
L 109 Pavel Ploc Matti Nykänen Staffan Tällberg Pavel Ploc [7]
196 8 1 January 1988 Garmisch-Pa
(Große Olympiaschanze K107)
L 110 Matti Nykänen Staffan Tällberg Jens Weißflog Matti Nykänen [8]
197 9 4 January 1988 Innsbruck
(Bergiselschanze K109)
L 111 Matti Nykänen Andreas Bauer Jens Weißflog [9]
198 10 6 January 1988 Bischofshofen
(Paul-Ausserleitner K111)
L 112 Matti Nykänen Primož Ulaga Ole C. Eidhammer [10]
36th Four Hills Tournament Overall
(30 December 1987 – 6 January 1988)
Matti Nykänen Jens Weißflog Jiří Parma 4H Tournament
9 January 1988 Liberec
(Ještěd A K120)
L cnx cancelled due to high temperatures and lack of snow
10 January 1988 Harrachov
(Čerťák K120)
L cnx
Bohemia Tournament Overall
(9 – 10 January 1988)
cancelled due to high temperatures and lack of snow Bohemia Tournament
199 11 17 January 1988 Gallio
(Trampolino di Pakstall K95)
N 071 Ernst Vettori Primož Ulaga Jiří Parma Matti Nykänen [11]
200 12 20 January 1988 St. Moritz
(Olympiaschanze K94)
N 072 Matti Nykänen Erik Johnsen Remo Lederer Matti Nykänen [12]
201 13 22 January 1988 Gstaad
(Mattenschanze K88)
N 073 Pavel Ploc Miran Tepeš Jens Weißflog [13]
202 14 24 January 1988 Engelberg
(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120)
L 113 Jens Weißflog Matti Nykänen Andreas Felder [14]
23rd Swiss Tournament Overall
(20 – 24 February 1988)
Matti Nykänen Miran Tepeš Ernst Vettori Swiss Tournament
1988 Winter Olympics
(14 – 23 February • Calgary)
203 15 4 March 1988 Lahti
(Salpausselkä K90, K114)
N 074 Matti Nykänen Jan Boklöv Erik Johnsen Matti Nykänen [15]
204 16 6 March 1988 L 114 Matti Nykänen Jan Boklöv Erik Johnsen [16]
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1988
(13 March • Oberstdorf)
205 17 18 March 1988 Meldal
(Kløvsteinbakken K105)
L 115 Erik Johnsen Oliver Strohmaier Jiří Malec Matti Nykänen [17]
206 18 20 March 1988 Oslo
(Holmenkollbakken K105)
L 116 Erik Johnsen Ole G. Fidjestøl Günther Stranner [18]
207 19 26 March 1988 Planica
(Srednja Bloudkova K90)
(Bloudkova velikanka K120)
N 075 Primož Ulaga Pavel Ploc Ernst Vettori [19]
208 20 27 March 1988 L 117 Primož Ulaga Rajko Lotrič Didier Mollard [20]
9th FIS World Cup Overall
(5 December 1987 – 27 March 1988)
Matti Nykänen Pavel Ploc Primož Ulaga World Cup Overall

Standings

Swiss Tournament

Rank after 3 events[21] Points
1 Matti Nykänen 641.5
2 Miran Tepeš 635.5
3 Ernst Vettori 621.3
4 Jens Weißflog 621.2
5 Pavel Ploc 619.1
6 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 616.1
7 Andreas Felder 600.8
8 Franz Wiegele 587.5
9 Josef Heumann 583.3
10 Ole C. Eidhammer 579.3

See also

  • 1987–88 FIS Europa Cup (2nd level competition)

Notes

  1. ^ Yellow bib for the overall leader was introduced later, from the 1988/89 season onwards.

References

  1. ^ "K89: Thunder Bay". International Ski Federation. 5 December 1987.
  2. ^ "K120: Thunder Bay". International Ski Federation. 6 December 1987.
  3. ^ "K114: Lake Placid". International Ski Federation. 12 December 1987.
  4. ^ "K86: Lake Placid". International Ski Federation. 13 December 1987.
  5. ^ "K90: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 19 December 1987.
  6. ^ "K115: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 20 December 1987.
  7. ^ "K115: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 30 December 1987.
  8. ^ "K107: Garmisch-Partenkirchen". International Ski Federation. 1 January 1988.
  9. ^ "K109: Innsbruck". International Ski Federation. 4 January 1988.
  10. ^ "K111: Bischofshofen". International Ski Federation. 6 January 1988.
  11. ^ "K95: Gallio". International Ski Federation. 17 January 1988.
  12. ^ "K94: St. Moritz". International Ski Federation. 20 January 1988.
  13. ^ "K88: Gstaad". International Ski Federation. 22 January 1988.
  14. ^ "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 24 January 1988.
  15. ^ "K90: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 4 March 1988.
  16. ^ "K114: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 6 March 1988.
  17. ^ "K105: Meldal". International Ski Federation. 18 March 1988.
  18. ^ "K105: Oslo". International Ski Federation. 16 March 1988.
  19. ^ "K90: Planica". International Ski Federation. 26 March 1988.
  20. ^ "K120: Planica". International Ski Federation. 27 March 1988.
  21. ^ "Rezultati iz Engelberga - Švicarska turneja-končna razvrstitev" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 January 1988. p. 9.