# Planica 1963

Planica 1963 was international K.O.P. ski flying week competition, held from 22 to 24 March 1963 in Planica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. A total crowd of 65,000 spectators gathered over three days.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Rounds | Longest jump of the day | Visitors |
| 17 March 1960 | Domestic training K120 (Yugoslavian team only) | N/A | 115 metres (377 ft) by Peter Eržen | — |
| 20 March 1960 | Unofficial training K80 | N/A | distances not measured | — |
| 21 March 1960 | Free training K80 | N/A | distances not measured | — |
| 22 March 1960 | International event: day 1 (K120) | 3 | 120 metres (394 ft) by Torgeir Brandtzæg | 10,000 |
| 23 March 1960 | International event: day 2 (K120) | 3 | 120 metres (394 ft) by Jože Langus | 15,000 |
| 24 March 1960 | International event: day 3 (K120) | 3 | 121 metres (397 ft) by Dieter Bokeloh | 40,000 |

## Competitions

On 17 March 1963, technical inspection of hill was on schedule, and training for domestic (Yugoslavian) national team only with 40 jumps in total. Peter Eržen was the longest at 115 metres.
On 20 March 1963, first national teams arrived in early afternoon, joined by few others later that day. First unofficial training on Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill was on schedule, with distances not being measured as this was unofficial event. Only three countries were present at training Hungary, Soviet Union and East Germany. American director Warren Miller, well known for ski movies, announced his arrival to shoot in Planica, Bled and Elan (ski production process).
On 21 March 1963, there were total eleven national team who already arrived in Planica, waiting only for the last to come West Germany. Due to heavy snow hill had to be prepared. Free training with few rounds was on schedule, but distances were not measured.
On 22 March 1963, first day of K.O.P. (Kulm-Oberstdorf-Planica) international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 10,000 people. Torgeir Brandtzæg took lead after first day with 108 and 120 metres, which was also the longest jump of the day.
On 23 March 1963, second day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of 15,000 people. Dieter Bokeloh won second day, but Jože Langus (trial jumper) set longest jump of the day at 120 metres.
On 24 March 1963, third and final day of K.O.P. international ski flying week was on schedule in front of record 40,000 people and president Josip Broz Tito. Very happy Dieter Bokeloh won three day international competition with total of 463.6 points.

### K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 1

22 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Points |
| 1 | N/A | Torgeir Brandtzæg | Norway | 120 m | 108 m | 239.5 |
| 2 | N/A | Veit Kührt | East Germany | 110 m | 109 m | 228.3 |
| 3 | N/A | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | 113 m | 102 m | 222.3 |
| 4 | N/A | Dieter Bokeloh | East Germany | 110 m | 111 m | 221.7 |
| 5 | N/A | Georg Thoma | West Germany | 104 m | 109 m | 220.7 |
| 6 | N/A | Herbert Schiffner | Austria | 108 m | 103 m | 208.3 |
| 7 | N/A | Klemm | East Germany | 106 m | 98 m | 197.2 |
| 8 | N/A | Pekka Tirkkonen | Finland | 94 m | 100 m | 196.5 |
| 9 | N/A | Halvor Næs | Norway | 92 m | 97 m | 190.0 |
| 10 | N/A | Nikolai Schamov | Soviet Union | 99 m | 91 m | 189.5 |
| 11 | N/A | Józef Przybyła | Poland | 96 m | 95 m | 188.2 |
| 12 | N/A | Ludvik Zajc | Yugoslavia | 96 m | 95 m | 187.3 |
| 13 | N/A | Vladimir Palcevski | Soviet Union | 101 m | 93 m | 184.2 |
| 14 | N/A | Giacomo Aimoni | Italy | 93 m | 95 m | 184.1 |
| 15 | N/A | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 93 m | 97 m | 183.8 |
| 18 | N/A | Peter Eržen | Yugoslavia | 97 m | 91 m | 179.3 |
| 19 | N/A | Jemc | Yugoslavia | 81 m | 92 m | 171.3 |
| 25 | N/A | Marjan Pečar | Yugoslavia | 92 m | 86 m | 166.5 |
| 31 | N/A | Miro Oman | Yugoslavia | 79 m | 85 m | 158.5 |
| 36 | N/A | Andrej Nahtigal | Yugoslavia | 76 m | 77 m | 150.9 |
| 38 | N/A | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 79 m | 72 m | 135.3 |
| 39 | N/A | Oto Giacomelli | Yugoslavia | 82 m | 72 m | 98.2 |
| N/A | N/A | Max Golser | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Peter Lesser | East Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Heini Ihle | West Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Wolfgang Happle | West Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Ulf Norberg | Sweden | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Peter Müller | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Andrzej Sztolf | Poland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Tamás Sudár | Hungary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Alfred Lesser | East Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Sepp Lichtenegger | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Rudolf Doubek | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Pekka Yli-Niemi | Finland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Dino De Zordo | Italy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | László Csávás | Hungary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Gustav Bujok | Poland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Endre Kiss | Hungary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Jože Šlibar | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Waldemar Heigenhauser | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |

### K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 2

23 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Dieter Bokeloh | East Germany | 117 m | 106 m | 227.9 |
| 2 | 38 | Veit Kührt | East Germany | 105 m | 107 m | 223.6 |
| 3 | 34 | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | 103 m | 101 m | 215.2 |
| 4 | 18 | Klemm | East Germany | 98 m | 113 m | 208.3 |
| 5 | 29 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | Norway | 99 m | 98 m | 204.3 |
| 6 | 15 | Vladimir Palcevski | Soviet Union | 98 m | 101 m | 201.1 |
| 7 | 39 | Max Golser | Austria | 101 m | 100 m | 200.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Peter Lesser | East Germany | 101 m | 96 m | 197.1 |
| 9 | 28 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | 98 m | 99 m | 195.8 |
| 10 | 17 | Heini Ihle | West Germany | 101 m | 115 m | 195.5 |
| 11 | 30 | Peter Eržen | Yugoslavia | 97 m | 100 m | 194.4 |
| 12 | 41 | Nikolai Schamov | Soviet Union | 99 m | 94 m | 190.3 |
| 13 | 22 | Halvor Næs | Norway | 95 m | 99 m | 189.3 |
| 14 | 43 | Józef Przybyła | Poland | 101 m | 97 m | 188.9 |
| 15 | 9 | Wolfgang Happle | West Germany | 101 m | 92 m | 188.5 |
| 16 | 36 | Pekka Tirkkonen | Finland | 119 m | 94 m | 188.4 |
| 17 | 21 | Marjan Pečar | Yugoslavia | 96 m | 98 m | 187.1 |
| 18 | 31 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 93 m | 97 m | 184.5 |
| 19 | 20 | Ludvik Zajc | Yugoslavia | 99 m | 92 m | 184.0 |
| 20 | 16 | Ulf Norberg | Sweden | 87 m | 102 m | 183.7 |
| 26 | 33 | Jemc | Yugoslavia | 93 m | 86 m | 172.8 |
| 36 | 13 | Miro Oman | Yugoslavia | 81 m | 86 m | 149.1 |
| 38 | 4 | Andrej Nahtigal | Yugoslavia | 75 m | 78 m | 139.3 |
| 39 | 12 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 74 m | 75 m | 131.1 |
| 40 | 37 | Giacomo Aimoni | Italy | 75 m | 74 m | 126.9 |
| N/A | 1 | Peter Müller | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 3 | Andrzej Sztolf | Poland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 5 | Tamás Sudár | Hungary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 6 | Oto Giacomelli | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 7 | Alfred Lesser | East Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 8 | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 10 | Sepp Lichtenegger | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 11 | Rudolf Doubek | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 14 | Herbert Schiffner | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 23 | Dino De Zordo | Italy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 24 | Pekka Yli-Niemi | Finland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 25 | László Csávás | Hungary | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 26 | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 27 | Gustav Bujok | Poland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 32 | Endre Kiss | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 35 | Jože Šlibar | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 40 | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 42 | Waldemar Heigenhauser | Austria | N/A | N/A | N/A |

### K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week: Day 3

24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds (2 best counting)
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Points |
| 1 | 20 | Dieter Bokeloh | East Germany | 113 m | 121 m | 235.7 |
| 2 | 21 | Klemm | East Germany | 100 m | 109 m | 207.2 |
| 3 | 41 | Veit Kührt | East Germany | 111 m | 116 m | 226.7 |
| 4 | 33 | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | 107 m | 102 m | 207.2 |
| 5 | 24 | Józef Przybyła | Poland | 105 m | 108 m | 206.2 |
| 6 | 5 | Alfred Lesser | East Germany | 109 m | 100 m | 203.6 |
| 7 | 30 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | Norway | 100 m | 111 m | 203.5 |
| 8 | 37 | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 106 m | 103 m | 202.0 |
| 9 | 40 | Giacomo Aimoni | Italy | 101 m | 101 m | 201.2 |
| 10 | 10 | Wolfgang Happle | West Germany | 106 m | 104 m | 198.4 |
| 11 | 32 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | 96 m | 107 m | 197.2 |
| 12 | 42 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 97 m | 109 m | 194.7 |
| 13 | 17 | Ulf Norberg | Sweden | 102 m | 98 m | 193.7 |
| 14 | 7 | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 97 m | 97 m | 193.5 |
| | 29 | Nikolai Schamov | Soviet Union | 99 m | 94 m | 193.5 |
| 16 | 27 | Vladimir Palcevski | Soviet Union | 98 m | 99 m | 192.2 |
| 17 | 36 | Herbert Schiffner | Austria | 100 m | 94 m | 190.2 |
| 18 | 43 | Pekka Tirkkonen | Finland | 90 m | 108 m | 190.0 |
| 19 | 9 | Peter Lesser | East Germany | 98 m | 105 m | 197.2 |
| 20 | 6 | Peter Müller | Austria | 93 m | 101 m | 185.7 |
| 21 | 23 | Halvor Næs | Norway | 94 m | 99 m | 185.2 |
| 22 | 35 | Marjan Pečar | Yugoslavia | 89 m | 101 m | 177.7 |
| 23 | 19 | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | 96 m | 101 m | 177.2 |
| 24 | 15 | Waldemar Heigenhauser | Austria | 85 m | 100 m | 176.9 |
| 25 | 26 | Ludvik Zajc | Yugoslavia | 91 m | 96 m | 176.8 |
| 26 | 12 | Andrzej Sztolf | Poland | 86 m | 96 m | 171.2 |
| 27 | 38 | Max Golser | Austria | 97 m | 110 m | 167.3 |
| 28 | 11 | Rudolf Doubek | Czechoslovakia | 87 m | 91 m | 165.6 |
| 29 | 18 | László Csávás | Hungary | 83 m | 87 m | 160.2 |
| 30 | 28 | Jemc | Yugoslavia | 88 m | 88 m | 160.0 |
| 31 | 25 | Peter Eržen | Yugoslavia | 93 m | 100 m | 159.3 |
| 32 | 16 | Pekka Yli-Niemi | Finland | 81 m | 93 m | 157.9 |
| 33 | 3 | Oto Giacomelli | Yugoslavia | 83 m | 83 m | 145.0 |
| 34 | 2 | Sepp Lichtenegger | Austria | 84 m | 81 m | 142.7 |
| 35 | 4 | Andrej Nahtigal | Yugoslavia | 79 m | 79 m | 138.5 |
| 36 | 1 | Tamás Sudár | Hungary | 80 m | 81 m | 138.0 |
| 37 | 8 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 79 m | 77 m | 136.9 |
| 38 | 13 | Miro Oman | Yugoslavia | 76 m | 72 m | 122.0 |
| N/A | 14 | Dino De Zordo | Italy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 22 | Heini Ihle | West Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 31 | Gustav Bujok | Poland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 34 | Endre Kiss | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 39 | Jože Šlibar | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Fall or touch!

## Official results

22-24 March 1963 – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Four rounds
| Rank | Name | Country | Points |
| 1 | Dieter Bokeloh | East Germany | 463.6 |
| 2 | Klemm | East Germany | 435.0 |
| 3 | Veit Kührt | East Germany | 430.8 |
| 4 | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | 422.4 |
| 5 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | Norway | 407.8 |
| 6 | Józef Przybyła | Poland | 395.1 |
| 7 | Vladimir Palcevski | Soviet Union | 393.3 |
| 8 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | 393.0 |
| 9 | Wolfgang Happle | West Germany | 386.9 |
| 10 | Peter Lesser | East Germany | 384.3 |
| 11 | Nikolai Schamov | Soviet Union | 383.5 |
| 12 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 379.2 |
| | Alfred Lesser | East Germany | 379.2 |
| 14 | Pekka Tirkkonen | Finland | 378.4 |
| 15 | Giacomo Aimoni | Italy | 378.0 |
| 16 | Ulf Norberg | Sweden | 377.4 |
| 17 | Halvor Næs | Norway | 374.5 |
| 18 | Max Golser | Austria | 367.8 |
| 19 | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 367.1 |
| 20 | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 367.0 |
| 21 | Marjan Pečar | Yugoslavia | 364.8 |
| 22 | Peter Müller | Austria | 362.0 |
| 23 | Ludvik Zajc | Yugoslavia | 360.8 |
| 24 | Herbert Schiffner | Austria | 356.4 |
| 25 | Peter Eržen | Yugoslavia | 353.7 |
| 26 | Waldemar Heigenhauser | Austria | 348.2 |
| 27 | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | 345.7 |
| 28 | Andrzej Sztolf | Poland | 338.0 |
| 29 | Pekka Yli-Niemi | Finland | 335.7 |
| 30 | Jemc | Yugoslavia | 332.8 |
| 31 | Rudolf Doubek | Czechoslovakia | 322.4 |
| 32 | László Csávás | Hungary | 313.6 |
| 33 | Sepp Lichtenegger | Austria | 286.2 |
| 34 | Andrej Nahtigal | Yugoslavia | 277.8 |
| 35 | Oto Giacomelli | Yugoslavia | 271.1 |
| | Miro Oman | Yugoslavia | 271.1 |
| 37 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 268.0 |
| 38 | Tamás Sudár | Hungary | 262.9 |
| N/A | Heini Ihle | West Germany | N/A |
| N/A | Dino De Zordo | Italy | N/A |
| N/A | Gustav Bujok | Poland | N/A |
| N/A | Endre Kiss | Hungary | N/A |
| N/A | Jože Šlibar | Yugoslavia | N/A |

## Team

In memory of Stanko Bloudek (1890–1959).

### Stanko Bloudek Memorial II

| Rank | Country | Points | Total |
| 1 | East GermanyDieter Bokeloh Klemm | 463.6 455.0 | 898.6 |
| 2 | NorwayTorgeir Brandtzæg Halvor Næs | 407.8 374.5 | 782.3 |
| 3 | West GermanyGeorg Thoma Wolfgang Happle | 393.0 386.9 | 779.9 |
| 4 | Soviet UnionVladimir Palcevski Nikolai Schamov | 393.5 385.5 | 779.0 |
| 5 | SwedenHolger Karlsson Ulf Norberg | 379.2 377.4 | 756.6 |
| 6 | PolandJózef Przybyła Andrzej Sztolf | 395.1 338.0 | 733.1 |
| 7 | AustriaMax Golser Peter Müller | 367.8 362.0 | 729.8 |
| 8 | YugoslaviaMarjan Pečar Ludvik Zajc | 364.8 360.8 | 725.6 |
| 9 | FinlandPekka Tirkkonen Pekka Yli-Niemi | 378.4 335.7 | 714.1 |
| 10 | CzechoslovakiaJosef Matouš Jiří Raška | 367.1 345.7 | 712.8 |
| 11 | HungaryLászló Csávás Tamás Sudár | 313.6 262.9 | 576.5 |