# Planica 1977

Planica 1977 was a Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 18 to 20 March 1977 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With total 50,000 people in three days.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Rounds | Longest jump of the day | Visitors |
| 17 March 1977 | Official training | 2 | 165 metres (541 ft) by Reinhold Bachler | N/A |
| 18 March 1977 | Competition, Day 1 | 3 | 169 metres (554 ft) by Reinhold Bachler | N/A |
| 19 March 1977 | Competition, Day 2 | 2 | 172 metres (564 ft) by Reinhold Bachler | N/A |
| 20 March 1977 | Competition, Day 3 | 2 | 181 metres (594 ft) by Bogdan Norčič (touch) 171 metres (561 ft) by Thomas Meisinger | 20,000 |

## Competition

On 17 March 1977 official training was on schedule. 23 jumpers from 6 countries who applied for the competition made two training jumps. Bachler was the longest with 165 metres.
On 18 March 1977 first day of competition was on schedule. Austrian Reinhold Bachler was leading after first day with tied hill record, now holding together with Walter Steiner at 169 metres. Best one of three rounds counted into final results.
On 19 March 1977 second day of competition was on schedule. Austrian Reinhold Bachler set the new hill record at 172 metres in the trial round. Best one of two rounds in competition counted into final results.
On 20 March 1977 last third day of competition was on schedule in front of 20,000 people. Yugoslavian Bogdan Norčič touched the ground at trial round at 181 metres world record distance, which was the first ever fly over one hundred-eighty metres in history. Best one of two rounds in competition counted into final results.

### Official training

17 March 1977 — Two rounds — chronological order
| Bib | Name | Country | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD |
| 1 | Reinhold Bachler | Austria | 165.0 m | 161.0 m | — |
| 2 | Bogdan Norčič | Yugoslavia | 164.0 m | 153.0 m | — |
| 3 | Thomas Meisinger | East Germany | 163.0 m | 153.0 m | 143.0 m |
| 4 | Dietrich Kampf | East Germany | 154.0 m | 148.0 m | 121.0 m |
| 5 | Jože Demšar | Yugoslavia | 154.0 m | 147.0 m | 129.0 m |
| 6 | Hans Wallner | Austria | 149.0 m | 111.0 m | 134.0 m |
| 7 | Ladislav Jirásko | Czechoslovakia | 146.0 m | 112.0 m | 149.0 m |
| 8 | Per Steinar Nordlien | Norway | 144.0 m | 142.0 m | 137.0 m |
| 9 | Janez Loštrek | Yugoslavia | 138.0 m | 137.0 m | 119.0 m |
| 10 | Walter Schwabl | Austria | 137.0 m | 129.0 m | 114.0 m |
| 11 | Marko Mlakar | Yugoslavia | 134.0 m | 131.0 m | 115.0 m |
| 12 | Dag Fossum | Norway | 134.0 m | 128.0 m | 116.0 m |
| 13 | Vinko Bogataj | Yugoslavia | 134.0 m | 126.0 m | 110.0 m |
| 14 | František Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 131.0 m | 116.0 m | 103.0 m |
| 15 | Sepp Schwinghammer | West Germany | 128.0 m | 125.0 m | 116.0 m |
| 16 | Andrej Kajzer | Yugoslavia | 127.0 m | 122.0 m | 102.0 m |
| 17 | Branko Dolhar | Yugoslavia | 125.0 m | 105.0 m | — |
| 18 | Ivo Zupan | Yugoslavia | 123.0 m | 120.0 m | 93.0 m |
| 19 | Per Hartvedt | Norway | 119.0 m | 116.0 m | 109.0 m |
| 20 | Janez Demšar | Yugoslavia | 103.0 m | 98.0 m | 95.0 m |
| 21 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 100.0 m | 97.0 m | 94.0 m |
| 22 | Stanislav Rakar | Yugoslavia | 99.0 m | 99.0 m | 92.0 m |
| 23 | Janez Kotar | Yugoslavia | 98.0 m | 92.0 m | 89.0 m |
Fall or touch!

### Competition: Day 1

18 March 1977 — 1 best of 3 rounds
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Reinhold Bachler | 201.0 |
| 2 | Thomas Meisinger | 192.0 |
| 3 | Ladislav Jirásko | 182.5 |
| 4 | Bogdan Norčič | 182.0 |
| | Dietrich Kampf | 182.0 |
| 6 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 179.5 |
| 7 | Dag Fossum | 167.5 |
| 8 | František Novotný | 164.0 |
| 9 | Branko Dolhar | 163.5 |
| | Janez Loštrek | 163.5 |
| 11 | Vinko Bogataj | 159.5 |
| 12 | Walter Schwabl | 157.5 |
| 13 | Sepp Schwinghammer | 157.0 |
| 14 | Ivo Zupan | 156.0 |
| 15 | Jože Demšar | 148.0 |
| 16 | Per Hartvedt | 146.0 |
| 17 | Marko Mlakar | 145.0 |
| 18 | Janez Demšar | 132.5 |
| 19 | Andreas Berger | 130.5 |
| 20 | Stanislav Rakar | 128.5 |
| 21 | Andrej Kajzer | 126.0 |
| 22 | Janez Kotar | 122.5 |
| 23 | Hans Wallner | 121.5 |

### Competition: Day 2

19 March 1977 — 1 best of 3 rounds
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Bogdan Norčič | 193.0 |
| 2 | Ladislav Jirásko | 189.0 |
| 3 | Thomas Meisinger | 187.5 |
| 4 | Dietrich Kampf | 186.0 |
| 5 | Reinhold Bachler | 184.5 |
| 6 | Jože Demšar | 179.0 |
| 7 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 177.0 |
| 8 | Dag Fossum | 175.0 |
| 9 | František Novotný | 170.0 |
| 10 | Branko Dolhar | 158.0 |
| 11 | Marko Mlakar | 155.0 |
| 12 | Ivo Zupan | 151.5 |
| 13 | Vinko Bogataj | 150.5 |
| 14 | Sepp Schwinghammer | 146.0 |
| 15 | Walter Schwabl | 144.0 |
| 16 | Stanislav Rakar | 130.5 |
| | Per Hartvedt | 130.5 |
| 18 | Hans Wallner | 123.0 |
| 19 | Andreas Berger | 122.0 |
| 20 | Janez Loštrek | 118.5 |
| 21 | Janez Kotar | 116.0 |
| 22 | Janez Demšar | 114.5 |
| 23 | Andrej Kajzer | 113.5 |

### Competition: Day 3

20 March 1977 — 1 best of 3 rounds
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Ladislav Jirásko | 192.0 |
| 2 | Reinhold Bachler | 189.0 |
| 3 | Thomas Meisinger | 186.5 |
| 4 | Bogdan Norčič | 184.5 |
| 5 | Dietrich Kampf | 180.5 |
| 6 | František Novotný | 176.0 |
| 7 | Dag Fossum | 171.5 |
| 8 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 170.0 |
| 9 | Janez Demšar | 166.0 |
| 10 | Janez Loštrek | 165.5 |
| 11 | Sepp Schwinghammer | 165.0 |
| 12 | Walter Schwabl | 162.0 |
| 13 | Vinko Bogataj | 155.0 |
| 14 | Ivo Zupan | 154.0 |
| 15 | Jože Demšar | 153.5 |
| 16 | Branko Dolhar | 147.5 |
| | Per Hartvedt | 147.5 |
| 18 | Marko Mlakar | 140.0 |
| 19 | Andrej Kajzer | 133.0 |
| 20 | Hans Wallner | 127.0 |
| 21 | Janez Kotar | 115.0 |
| 22 | Stanislav Rakar | 105.0 |

## Official results

Three rounds counted into official results — one best round from each three days.
| Rank | Name | 18 March | 19 March | 20 March | Points |
| Rank | Name | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD | Points |
| 1 | Reinhold Bachler | 169.0 m | 163.0 m | 165.0 m | 574.5 |
| 2 | Thomas Meisinger | 157.0 m | 166.0 m | 171.0 m | 566.0 |
| 3 | Ladislav Jirásko | 160.0 m | 161.0 m | 158.0 m | 563.5 |
| 4 | Bogdan Norčič | 165.0 m | 164.0 m | 168.0 m | 559.5 |
| 5 | Dietrich Kampf | 153.0 m | 157.0 m | 165.0 m | 548.5 |
| 6 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 167.0 m | 168.0 m | 157.0 m | 526.5 |
| 7 | Dag Fossum | 145.0 m | 155.0 m | 155.0 m | 514.0 |
| 8 | František Novotný | 132.0 m | 151.0 m | 134.0 m | 510.0 |
| 9 | Jože Demšar | 122.0 m | 163.0 m | 146.0 m | 480.5 |
| 10 | Branko Dolhar | 131.0 m | 141.0 m | 131.0 m | 469.0 |
| 11 | Sepp Schwinghammer | 138.0 m | 132.0 m | 152.0 m | 468.0 |
| 12 | Vinko Bogataj | 140.0 m | 131.0 m | 138.0 m | 465.0 |
| 13 | Walter Schwabl | 137.0 m | 156.0 m | 150.0 m | 463.5 |
| 14 | Ivo Zupan | 138.0 m | 140.0 m | 136.0 m | 461.5 |
| 15 | Janez Loštrek | 131.0 m | 109.0 m | 147.0 m | 447.5 |
| 16 | Marko Mlakar | 127.0 m | 139.0 m | 123.0 m | 440.0 |
| 17 | Per Hartvedt | 118.0 m | 114.0 m | 132.0 m | 424.0 |
| 18 | Janez Demšar | 118.0 m | 102.0 m | 147.0 m | 413.0 |
| 19 | Andrej Kajzer | 108.0 m | 100.0 m | 118.0 m | 372.5 |
| 20 | Hans Wallner | 113.0 m | 114.0 m | 116.0 m | 371.5 |
| 21 | Stanislav Rakar | 114.0 m | 117.0 m | 145.0 m | 364.0 |
| 22 | Janez Kotar | 108.0 m | 106.0 m | 99.0 m | 354.0 |
| 23 | Andreas Berger | 114.0 m | 108.0 m | — | 252.5 |

## Invalid ski flying world record

This was the first ever jump over 180 metres in history.
| Date | Name | Country | Metres | Feet |
| 20 March 1977 | Bogdan Norčič | Yugoslavia | 181 | 594 |
Not recognized! Touch at world record distance.