# FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2018

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2018 was the 25th ski flying world championships. It was held between 18 and 21 January 2018 in Oberstdorf, Germany and for the sixth time on this location. They hosted world championships at Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze already in 1973, 1981, 1988, 1998 and 2008. There was total prize money of 142,000 swiss francs (72,000 for individual and 70,000 for team event).
Peter Prevc was the defending individual champion and Norway (Anders Fannemel, Johann André Forfang, Daniel-André Tande and Kenneth Gangnes) was defending the team title.
Daniel-André Tande became the new individual world champion and Norway (Robert Johansson, Andreas Stjernen, Johann André Forfang and Daniel-André Tande) took the team title.

## Prize money

A total prize of 142,000 swiss francs was awarded: 72,000 CHF to the Top6 individuals and 70,000 CHF to the Top3 teams.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th to 6th place |
| Individual | CHF 28,750 | CHF 18,000 | CHF 10,800 | CHF 14,440 |
| Team event | CHF 35,000 | CHF 21,000 | CHF 14,800 | not awarded |

## Results
### Qualifying

Second training canceled after 3 jumps; wind conditions :
| Rank | Bib | Name | Training 1 | Training 2 | Qualifying | Points | Note |
| 1 | 53 | Daniel-André Tande | 223.5 | | 238.5 | 222.1 | Q |
| 2 | 34 | Kamil Stoch | 214.5 | | 232.0 | 210.7 | Q |
| 3 | 54 | Andreas Stjernen | 206.5 | | 217.0 | 210.1 | Q |
| 4 | 41 | Stefan Hula | 179.0 | | 217.0 | 208.2 | Q |
| 5 | 46 | Stefan Kraft | 204.5 | | 217.0 | 203.7 | Q |
| 6 | 26 | Richard Freitag | 207.0 | | 219.5 | 201.5 | Q |
| 7 | 52 | Simon Ammann | 208.5 | | 214.5 | 193.6 | Q |
| 8 | 47 | Anže Semenič | 211.5 | | 209.0 | 193.2 | Q |
| | 21 | Dawid Kubacki | 171.5 | | 211.5 | 193.2 | Q |
| 10 | 51 | Robert Johansson | 211.5 | | 211.5 | 192.6 | Q |
| 11 | 29 | Jernej Damjan | 203.5 | | 209.5 | 188.3 | Q |
| 12 | 50 | Noriaki Kasai | DNS | | 201.0 | 185.0 | Q |
| 13 | 49 | Peter Prevc | 188.0 | | 200.5 | 184.7 | Q |
| 14 | 38 | Piotr Żyła | 192.0 | | 201.5 | 182.5 | Q |
| 15 | 28 | Johann André Forfang | 203.5 | | 204.5 | 181.9 | Q |
| 16 | 40 | Andreas Wellinger | 176.5 | | 198.5 | 180.9 | Q |
| 17 | 36 | Manuel Poppinger | 177.0 | | 199.0 | 179.2 | Q |
| 18 | 43 | Michael Hayböck | 185.5 | | 189.5 | 177.6 | Q |
| 19 | 45 | Markus Eisenbichler | 215.0 | | 197.5 | 176.6 | Q |
| 20 | 35 | Stephan Leyhe | 190.0 | | 195.5 | 175.2 | Q |
| 21 | 32 | Kevin Bickner | 156.5 | | 201.0 | 175.0 | Q |
| 22 | 30 | Ryōyū Kobayashi | 193.0 | | 199.5 | 174.3 | Q |
| 23 | 5 | Dimitry Vassiliev | DNS | | 197.0 | 171.3 | Q |
| 24 | 37 | Tilen Bartol | 195.0 | | 189.0 | 164.4 | Q |
| 25 | 20 | Junshirō Kobayashi | 156.5 | | 192.5 | 163.9 | Q |
| 26 | 3 | Alexey Romashov | 164.0 | 134.0 | 190.0 | 160.9 | Q |
| 27 | 48 | Clemens Aigner | 179.5 | | 183.5 | 158.7 | Q |
| 28 | 11 | Denis Kornilov | 178.0 | | 182.5 | 155.5 | Q |
| 29 | 4 | Alex Insam | 168.5 | | 184.5 | 153.9 | Q |
| 30 | 27 | Sebastian Colloredo | 171.5 | | 180.0 | 149.4 | Q |
| 31 | 18 | MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes | 166.5 | | 185.5 | 146.8 | Q |
| 32 | 19 | Janne Ahonen | 181.5 | | 177.5 | 142.8 | Q |
| 33 | 44 | Domen Prevc | 171.5 | | 163.5 | 142.7 | Q |
| 34 | 17 | Andreas Schuler | 170.5 | | 170.0 | 134.4 | Q |
| 35 | 8 | Antti Aalto | 156.0 | | 157.5 | 134.3 | Q |
| 36 | 15 | Gregor Deschwanden | 171.5 | | 168.5 | 132.8 | Q |
| 37 | 7 | Mikhail Nazarov | 158.0 | | 150.0 | 128.7 | Q |
| 38 | 14 | Michael Glasder | 182.5 | | 161.5 | 128.2 | Q |
| 39 | 24 | Vincent Descombes Sevoie | 166.5 | | 162.0 | 125.6 | Q |
| 40 | 22 | Eetu Nousiainen | 160.0 | | 154.0 | 118.8 | Q |
| not qualified ||||||||
| | 25 | Killian Peier | 176.0 | | 151.0 | 113.5 | |
| | 2 | William Rhoads | 174.5 | 182.5 | 147.5 | 108.6 | |
| | 42 | Čestmír Kožíšek | 156.0 | | 124.0 | 88.7 | |
| | 1 | Marat Zhaparov | 126.5 | 114.0 | 125.0 | 81.3 | |
| | 10 | Konstantin Sokolenko | 107.0 | | 111.0 | 70.1 | |
| | 6 | Davide Bresadola | 110.0 | | 112.0 | 66.3 | |
| | 9 | Martti Nomme | DNS | | DNS | | |
| | 16 | Jarkko Määttä | DNS | | DNS | | |
| internal team qualification: did not enter in qualifying round ||||||||
| | 39 | Anders Fannemel | 183.5 | | DNS | | |
| | 33 | Maciej Kot | 177.5 | | DNS | | |
| | 31 | Halvor Egner Granerud | 184.5 | | DNS | | |
| | 23 | Karl Geiger | 187.5 | | DNS | | |
| | 13 | Florian Altenburger | 162.5 | | DNS | | |
| | 12 | Žiga Jelar | 181.5 | | DNS | | |

### Trial rounds

1st day individual trial round canceled; wind conditions :
| Bib | Individual (Day 2) | 20 January |
| 1 | Mikhail Nazarov | 160.0 |
| 2 | Sebastian Colloredo | 177.0 |
| 3 | Junshirō Kobayashi | 203.5 |
| 4 | Noriaki Kasai | DNS |
| 5 | Alex Insam | 175.0 |
| 6 | Alexey Romashov | 147.0 |
| 7 | Janne Ahonen | 182.5 |
| 8 | Domen Prevc | 173.5 |
| 9 | Kevin Bickner | 188.0 |
| 10 | Denis Kornilov | 187.5 |
| 11 | Piotr Żyła | 201.0 |
| 12 | Stephan Leyhe | 181.0 |
| 13 | Manuel Poppinger | 181.5 |
| 14 | Clemens Aigner | 185.0 |
| 15 | Jernej Damjan | DNS |
| 16 | Simon Ammann | 168.5 |
| 17 | Stefan Hula | 181.0 |
| 18 | Anže Semenič | 199.0 |
| 19 | Markus Eisenbichler | 199.5 |
| 20 | Junshirō Kobayashi | 194.0 |
| 21 | Dawid Kubacki | 203.5 |
| 22 | Johann André Forfang | 207.5 |
| 23 | Andreas Wellinger | 196.0 |
| 24 | Peter Prevc | 195.5 |
| 25 | Andreas Stjernen | 216.5 |
| 26 | Robert Johansson | 208.5 |
| 27 | Stefan Kraft | 194.0 |
| 28 | Kamil Stoch | 215.5 |
| 29 | Richard Freitag | 209.0 |
| 30 | Daniel-André Tande | 211.5 |
| Bib | Team event | 21 January |
| 1 1 | Antti Aalto | 186.5 |
| 2 1 | Alexey Romashov | 167.5 |
| 3 1 | Andreas Schuler | 186.5 |
| 4 1 | Jernej Damjan | 203.5 |
| 5 1 | Clemens Aigner | 192.0 |
| 6 1 | Piotr Żyła | 206.0 |
| 7 1 | Andreas Wellinger | 198.5 |
| 8 1 | Robert Johansson | 209.0 |
| 1 2 | Jarkko Määttä | 170.5 |
| 2 2 | Mikhail Nazarov | 169.5 |
| 3 2 | Killian Peier | 164.5 |
| 4 2 | Anže Semenič | 228.5 |
| 5 2 | Manuel Poppinger | 213.0 |
| 6 2 | Stefan Hula | 207.0 |
| 7 2 | Stephan Leyhe | 200.0 |
| 8 2 | Andreas Stjernen | 230.5 |
| 1 3 | Eetu Nousiainen | 178.5 |
| 2 3 | Denis Kornilov | 195.5 |
| 3 3 | Gregor Deschwanden | 156.0 |
| 4 3 | Domen Prevc | 218.0 |
| 5 3 | Michael Hayböck | 211.0 |
| 6 3 | Dawid Kubacki | 221.5 |
| 7 3 | Markus Eisenbichler | 201.0 |
| 8 3 | Johann André Forfang | 215.0 |
| 1 4 | Janne Ahonen | 191.5 |
| 2 4 | Dmitry Vassiliev | 193.0 |
| 3 4 | Simon Ammann | DNS |
| 4 4 | Peter Prevc | 200.0 |
| 5 4 | Stefan Kraft | 208.5 |
| 6 4 | Kamil Stoch | 198.0 |
| 7 4 | Richard Freitag | 204.5 |
| 8 4 | Daniel-André Tande | 211.5 |

## Competition
### Individual

Medalist :
| Daniel-André Tande | Kamil Stoch | Richard Freitag |
| Norway | Poland | Germany |
4th round canceled after three jumpers :
| Rank | Bib1 | Bib2 | Name | 19 January (Day 1) | 19 January (Day 1) | 20 January (Day 2) | 20 January (Day 2) | Total |
| Rank | Bib1 | Bib2 | Name | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | Total |
| 1 | 47 | 30 | Daniel-André Tande | 212.0 | 227.0 | 200.0 | | 651.9 |
| 2 | 29 | 28 | Kamil Stoch | 230.0 | 219.0 | 211.5 | | 638.6 |
| 3 | 23 | 29 | Richard Freitag | 228.0 | 225.0 | 190.5 | | 627.6 |
| 4 | 40 | 27 | Stefan Kraft | 218.0 | 208.5 | 206.0 | | 608.4 |
| 5 | 48 | 25 | Andreas Stjernen | 193.0 | 203.0 | 223.5 | | 606.9 |
| 6 | 43 | 24 | Peter Prevc | 222.5 | 199.0 | 218.0 | | 600.1 |
| 7 | 34 | 23 | Andreas Wellinger | 206.0 | 207.0 | 213.0 | | 599.7 |
| 8 | 25 | 22 | Johann André Forfang | 207.0 | 207.5 | 225.5 | | 599.2 |
| 9 | 45 | 26 | Robert Johansson | 204.0 | 213.5 | 201.0 | | 599.0 |
| 10 | 19 | 21 | Dawid Kubacki | 207.5 | 208.0 | 215.5 | | 589.8 |
| 11 | 39 | 19 | Markus Eisenbichler | 197.5 | 205.5 | 203.0 | | 560.1 |
| 12 | 46 | 16 | Simon Ammann | 203.5 | 177.0 | 207.5 | | 559.2 |
| 13 | 35 | 17 | Stefan Hula | 193.0 | 196.5 | 192.5 | | 550.0 |
| 14 | 41 | 18 | Anže Semenič | 214.5 | 178.0 | 186.0 | | 538.8 |
| 15 | 26 | 15 | Jernej Damjan | 216.0 | 174.5 | 197.5 | | 533.8 |
| 16 | 27 | 20 | Ryoyu Kobayashi | 207.5 | 205.5 | 165.5 | | 528.4 |
| 17 | 33 | 11 | Piotr Żyła | 190.0 | 183.5 | 198.5 | | 525.8 |
| 18 | 42 | 14 | Clemens Aigner | 202.0 | 181.5 | 194.5 | | 524.5 |
| 19 | 11 | 10 | Denis Kornilov | 188.0 | 183.5 | 191.0 | | 509.6 |
| 20 | 30 | 12 | Stephan Leyhe | 183.5 | 197.5 | 184.5 | | 502.9 |
| 21 | 38 | 8 | Domen Prevc | 179.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | | 501.1 |
| 22 | 17 | 7 | Janne Ahonen | 182.0 | 194.5 | 192.0 | | 500.0 |
| 23 | 31 | 13 | Manuel Poppinger | 187.0 | 195.5 | 177.5 | | 498.0 |
| 24 | 28 | 9 | Kevin Bickner | 201.5 | 167.0 | 181.0 | | 494.3 |
| 25 | 44 | 4 | Noriaki Kasai | 218.5 | 123.5 | 209.0 | | 493.6 |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Alexey Romashov | 184.0 | 191.0 | 168.5 | | 455.5 |
| 27 | 4 | 5 | Alex Insam | 174.5 | 185.0 | 159.5 | | 443.4 |
| 28 | 24 | 2 | Sebastian Colloredo | 159.0 | 184.0 | 191.5 | 178.0 | 439.0 |
| 29 | 18 | 3 | Junshirō Kobayashi | 171.5 | 169.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 408.7 |
| 30 | 7 | 1 | Mikhail Nazarov (lucky loser) | 160.5 | 161.0 | 175.0 | 167.5 | 396.6 |
| not qualified for 2nd round |||||||||
| 31 | 37 | | Michael Hayböck (drop out in 1R) | 171.5 | DNS | | | 126.0 |
| 32 | 8 | | Antti Aalto | 160.0 | DNQ | | | 117.6 |
| 33 | 5 | | Dimitry Vassiliev | 159.0 | DNQ | | | 113.5 |
| 34 | 13 | | Gregor Deschwanden | 150.5 | DNQ | | | 111.8 |
| 35 | 20 | | Eetu Nousiainen | 161.0 | DNQ | | | 111.4 |
| 36 | 16 | | MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes | 147.5 | DNQ | | | 102.3 |
| 37 | 15 | | Andreas Schuler | 141.5 | DNQ | | | 98.1 |
| 38 | 12 | | Michael Glasder | 140.0 | DNQ | | | 95.9 |
| 39 | 32 | | Tilen Bartol | 144.0 | DNQ | | | 95.3 |
| 40 | 21 | | Vincent Descombes Sevoie | 133.0 | DNQ | | | 79.9 |

### Team

| Rank | Bib | Name | 1st round | 2nd round | Total |
| 1 | 8 | Norway1 Robert Johansson 2 Andreas Stjernen 3 Johann André Forfang 4 Daniel-André Tande | 219.5 231.0 214.0 224.0 | 218.0 208.0 217.0 202.5 | 1662.2 399.9 427.3 405.0 430.0 |
| 2 | 4 | Slovenia1 Jernej Damjan 2 Anže Semenič 3 Domen Prevc 4 Peter Prevc | 212.0 207.5 214.0 202.0 | 220.0 220.5 216.0 193.0 | 1615.8 405.4 411.7 406.3 392.4 |
| 3 | 6 | Poland1 Piotr Żyła 2 Stefan Hula 3 Dawid Kubacki 4 Kamil Stoch | 212.5 206.0 204.5 209.5 | 204.0 210.0 221.5 204.0 | 1592.1 382.0 392.9 400.5 416.7 |
| 4 | 7 | Germany1 Andreas Wellinger 2 Stephan Leyhe 3 Markus Eisenbichler 4 Richard Freitag | 226.0 200.0 200.0 221.5 | 212.0 186.5 210.5 216.5 | 1581.2 402.2 363.3 379.4 436.3 |
| 5 | 5 | Austria1 Clemens Aigner 2 Manuel Poppinger 3 Michael Hayböck 4 Stefan Kraft | 200.0 194.5 187.0 200.0 | 202.0 208.0 212.0 202.0 | 1488.3 360.5 372.4 363.4 392.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Switzerland1 Andreas Schuler 2 Killian Peier 3 Gregor Deschwanden 4 Simon Ammann | 172.0 175.5 183.0 201.0 | 193.0 176.5 190.5 216.5 | 1350.6 310.7 306.8 327.3 405.8 |
| 7 | 2 | Russia1 Alexey Romashov 2 Mikhail Nazarov 3 Denis Kornilov 4 Dmitry Vassiliev | 176.5 167.0 191.0 206.0 | 188.5 172.5 176.0 191.5 | 1283.2 306.4 287.5 316.3 373.0 |
| 8 | 1 | Finland1 Antti Aalto 2 Jarkko Määttä 3 Eetu Nousiainen 4 Janne Ahonen | 177.0 172.0 177.0 192.0 | 184.0 174.5 180.0 189.0 | 1262.2 304.8 298.0 300.9 358.5 |