1993–94 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

1993–94 World Cup
Winners
Overall Espen Bredesen
Ski Flying Jaroslav Sakala
Four Hills Tournament Espen Bredesen
Bohemia Tournament Espen Bredesen
Nations Cup Norway
Competitions
Venues14
Individual19
Team2
Cancelled4

The 1993–94 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 15th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 4th official World Cup season in ski flying with fourth small crystal globe awarded.

Season began in Planica, Slovenia on 11 December 1993 and finished in Thunder Bay, Canada on 27 March 1994. The individual World Cup overall winner was Espen Bredesen who became olympic champion and also set WR this season; Nations Cup was taken by Team of Norway.

19 men's individual events on 14 different venues in 11 countries were held on the three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America); and four individual events were cancelled due to strong wind in Lahti, Falun, Oslo and Planica. Also 2 men's team events were held.

History was made at the of the season in Planica with first ever jump over 200 metres. First ever was Andreas Goldberger, but he touched the snow at 202 metres. Toni Nieminen made first ever official (standing) jump at 203 m. Höllwarth (196 m) and Bredesen (209 m) also set WRs.

Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (which also counted for World Cup), Four Hills Tournament and Bohemia Tournament.

World records

List of world record distances (both official and invalid) achieved within this World Cup season.

Date Athlete Hill Round Place Metres Feet
17 March 1994 Martin Höllwarth Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 V – jumper Planica, Slovenia 196 643
17 March 1994 Andreas Goldberger Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training – R1 Planica, Slovenia 202 663
17 March 1994 Toni Nieminen Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training – R1 Planica, Slovenia 203 666
18 March 1994 Christof Duffner Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training2 – R1 Planica, Slovenia 207 679
18 March 1994 Espen Bredesen Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Training2 – R1 Planica, Slovenia 209 686

  Longest jump in history at that time, but invalid due to Goldberger (touch) and Duffner (falling) upon landing.

Map of world cup hosts

Europe

Germany

Austria

Asia

Canada

Calendar

Men's Individual

N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hill
All No. Date Place (Hill) Size Winner Second Third Overall leader R.
314 1 11 December 1993 Planica
(Srednja Bloudkova K90)
(Bloudkova velikanka K120)
N 106 Espen Bredesen Takanobu Okabe Andreas Goldberger Espen Bredesen [1]
315 2 12 December 1993 L 183 Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger Espen Bredesen [2]
316 3 14 December 1993 Predazzo
(Trampolino dal Ben K90)
N 107 Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog [3]
317 4 17 December 1993 Courchevel
(Tremplin du Praz K120)
L 184 Andreas Goldberger Jinya Nishikata Jaroslav Sakala Andreas Goldberger [4]
318 5 19 December 1993 Engelberg
(Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120)
L 185 Janne Ahonen Sylvain Freiholz Bjørn Myrbakken [5]
319 6 30 December 1993 Oberstdorf
(Schattenbergschanze K115)
L 186 Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog [6]
320 7 1 January 1994 Garmisch-Pa
(Große Olympiaschanze K107)
L 187 Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Takanobu Okabe [7]
321 8 4 January 1994 Innsbruck
(Bergiselschanze K109)
L 188 Andreas Goldberger Jens Weißflog Noriaki Kasai [8]
322 9 6 January 1994 Bischofshofen
(Paul-Ausserleitner K120)
L 189 Espen Bredesen Noriaki Kasai Jens Weißflog [9]
42nd Four Hills Tournament Overall
(30 December 1993 – 6 January 1994)
Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger 4H Tournament
323 10 9 January 1994 Murau
(Hans-Walland Großschanze K120)
L 190 Noriaki Kasai Espen Bredesen Dieter Thoma Espen Bredesen [10]
324 11 15 January 1994 Liberec
(Ještěd A K120)
L 191 Espen Bredesen Jaroslav Sakala Roberto Cecon [11]
325 12 16 January 1994 L 192 Jaroslav Sakala Espen Bredesen Lasse Ottesen [12]
29th Bohemia Tournament Overall
(15 – 16 January 1994)
Espen Bredesen Jaroslav Sakala Lasse Ottesen Bohemia Tournament
326 13 22 January 1994 Sapporo
(Miyanomori K90)
(Ōkurayama K115)
N 108 Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger Jiří Parma Espen Bredesen [13]
327 14 23 January 1994 L 193 Jens Weißflog Jinya Nishikata Espen Bredesen [14]
1994 Winter Olympics
(20 – 25 February • Lillehammer)
328 15 5 March 1994 Lahti
(Salpausselkä K90, K114)
N 109 Jens Weißflog Christian Moser Noriaki Kasai Espen Bredesen [15]
6 March 1994 L cnx cancelled due to strong wind[16]
329 16 9 March 1994 Örnsköldsvik
(Paradiskullen K90)
N 110 Roberto Cecon Kenji Suda Jens Weißflog Espen Bredesen [17]
11 March 1994 Falun
(Lugnet K115)
L cnx cancelled due to strong wind[18]
13 March 1994 Oslo
(Holmenkollbakken K110)
L cnx
FIS World Cup 1993/94 = FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994
(19 – 20 March • Planica)
19 March 1994 Planica
(Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185)
F cnx first day of FIS SFWC = FIS WC cancelled de to strong wind[19]
330 17 20 March 1994 F 027 Jaroslav Sakala Espen Bredesen Roberto Cecon Espen Bredesen [20]
331 18 26 March 1994 Thunder Bay
(Big Thunder K90)
N 111 Gerd Siegmund Andreas Goldberger Roberto Cecon [21]
332 19 27 March 1994 N 112 Jens Weißflog Takanobu Okabe Espen Bredesen [22]
15th FIS World Cup Overall
(11 December 1993 – 27 March 1994)
Espen Bredesen Jens Weißflog Andreas Goldberger World Cup Overall

Men's Team

All No. Date Place (Hill) Size Winner Second Third R.
5 1 5 March 1994 Lahti
(Salpausselkä K114)
L 005  Austria
Stefan Horngacher
Heinz Kuttin
Christian Moser
Andreas Goldberger
 Japan
Jinya Nishikata
Kenji Suda
Takanobu Okabe
Noriaki Kasai
 Norway
Bjørn Myrbakken
Øyvind Berg
Lasse Ottesen
Espen Bredesen
[23]
6 2 25 March 1994 Thunder Bay
(Big Thunder K120)
L 006  Germany
Gerd Siegmund
Christof Duffner
Hansjörg Jäkle
Jens Weißflog
 Austria
Werner Rathmayr
Christian Moser
Heinz Kuttin
Andreas Goldberger
 Norway
Lasse Ottesen
Øyvind Berg
Stein Hendrik Tuff
Espen Bredesen
[24]

Standings

See also

References

  1. ^ "K120: Planica". International Ski Federation. 11 December 1993.
  2. ^ "K120: Planica". International Ski Federation. 12 December 1993.
  3. ^ "K90: Predazzo". International Ski Federation. 14 December 1993.
  4. ^ "K120: Courchevel". International Ski Federation. 17 December 1993.
  5. ^ "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 19 December 1993.
  6. ^ "K115: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 30 December 1993.
  7. ^ "K107: Garmisch-Partenkirchen". International Ski Federation. 1 January 1994.
  8. ^ "K109: Innsbruck". International Ski Federation. 4 January 1994.
  9. ^ "K120: Bischofshofen". International Ski Federation. 6 January 1994.
  10. ^ "K120: Murau". International Ski Federation. 9 January 1994.
  11. ^ "K90: Liberec". International Ski Federation. 15 January 1994.
  12. ^ "K120: Liberec". International Ski Federation. 16 January 1994.
  13. ^ "K90: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 22 January 1994.
  14. ^ "K115: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 23 January 1994.
  15. ^ "K90: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 5 March 1994.
  16. ^ "V Lahtiju Weissflog, ekipno pa Avstrijci" (in Slovenian). Delo. 7 March 1994. p. 11.
  17. ^ "K90: Örnsköldsvik". International Ski Federation. 9 March 1994.
  18. ^ "Skoki na Holmenkollnu odpadli" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1994. p. 11.
  19. ^ "Halo, Planica!" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1994. p. 15.
  20. ^ "K185: Planica". International Ski Federation. 20 March 1994.
  21. ^ "K90: Thunder Bay". International Ski Federation. 26 March 1994.
  22. ^ "K90: Thunder Bay". International Ski Federation. 27 March 1994.
  23. ^ "Team K114: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 5 March 1994.
  24. ^ "Team K120: Thunder Bay". International Ski Federation. 25 March 1994.