# FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17–18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Rounds | Longest jump of the day | Visitors |
| 14 March 1979 | Hill test | 3 | 158 metres (518 ft) by Janez Loštrek | N/A |
| 15 March 1979 | Official Training | 2 | 169 metres (554 ft) by František Novák | 10,000 |
| 16 March 1979 | Competition, Day 1 | — | canceled; after 8 test jumpers due to rain | 15,000 |
| 17 March 1979 | Competition, Day 2 | 3 | 179 metres (587 ft) by Axel Zitzmann (fall) 171 metres (561 ft) by Ivo Zupan | 40,000 |
| 18 March 1979 | Competition, Day 3 | 3 | 176 metres (577 ft) by Klaus Ostwald | 50,000 |

## Rules

Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just two days before official competition. Originally total 3 of 9 jumps, the best one of each three days was supposed to go into final score. But technical delegate of competition, Norwegian Torbjørn Yggeseth who is known as the founder of the World Cup, proposed the change of rules: total 6 of 9 jumps, the best two of each three days were incorporated. Although only 4 of 6 rounds counted at the end as first day of competition was canceled.
To perform on Saturday and Sunday competition, competitor had to reach 75% average of top 10 jumps in at least one round on official training on Thursday or at first day of competition on Friday.

## Competition

On 14 March 1979 hill test in three rounds was on schedule. Križaj opened the hill with 142 metres, Bizjak's binds got off in the inrun and he managed to stop. Loštrek set the longest distance of the day at 158 metres.
On 15 March 1979 official training in front of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain. František Novák set the distance of the day at 169 metres.
On 16 March 1979 first day of competition with three rounds was on schedule. Everything was over only after 8 testjumpers on a disappointment of 15,000 people due to heavy rain. Test jumper Ivo Zupan set the distance of the day at 159 metres.
On 17 March 1979 second day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 40,000 people. Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres. In the second round East German Axel Zitzmann crashed at world record distance at 179 metres, second round was canceled and repeated right after. Zitzmann was leading after first 2 best of 3 jumps of second day of competition.
On 18 March 1979 the last day of competition with three rounds was on schedule in front of 50,000 people. A lot of inrun speed/gate testing were made before the first round. Kogler set the best distance of the second round at 156 metres. Just before the third round, East German test jumper Klaus Ostwald set the world record at 176 metres. Armin Kogler became the world champion after 4 of 6 best flights in two days of competition.

### Hill test

10:00 AM — 14 March 1979 — Three rounds — test jumpers — chronological order
| Bib | Name | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD |
| P1 | Križaj | 142.0 m | 125.0 m | 108.0 m |
| P2 | Ivo Zupan | 142.0 m | 139.0 m | 135.0 m |
| P3 | Janez Loštrek | 158.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P4 | Andrej Kajzer | 136.0 m | 135.0 m | 140.0 m |
| P5 | Branko Dolhar | 127.0 m | 137.0 m | 129.0 m |
| P6 | Bantan | 112.0 m | 114.0 m | 95.0 m |
| P7 | Rajko Lotrič | 124.0 m | 119.0 m | 114.0 m |
| P8 | Stanko Velikonja | 123.0 m | 130.0 m | 125.0 m |
| P9 | Anžel | 140.0 m | 138.0 m | 133.0 m |
| P10 | Komel | 124.0 m | 117.0 m | 139.0 m |
| P11 | Bojan Globočnik | 114.0 m | 109.0 m | 131.0 m |
| | Bizjak | binds off; stopped in middle of inrun | binds off; stopped in middle of inrun | binds off; stopped in middle of inrun |
| P12 | Sandi Čimžar | 110.0 m | 109.0 m | 111.0 m |
| P13 | Brane Benedikt | 150.0 m | 116.0 m | 116.0 m |

### Official training

15 March 1979 — 2 rounds — test — chronological order incomplete
| Bib | Name | 1RD | 2RD |
| Test jumpers ||||
| P1 | Marjan Križaj | 139.0 m | N/A |
| P2 | Ivo Zupan | 145.0 m | 152.0 m |
| P3 | Andrej Kajzer | 138.0 m | N/A |
| P4 | Stanko Velikonja | 132.0 m | N/A |
| P5 | Komel | 146.0 m | N/A |
| P6 | Anžel | 140.0 m | N/A |
| P7 | Janez Loštrek | 141.0 m | N/A |
| N/A | Vili Tepeš | N/A | 157.0 m |
| N/A | Thierry Sauvanet | 109.0 m | N/A |
| N/A | Klaus Ostwald | N/A | 140.0 m |
15 March 1979 — 2 rounds (the first repeated) — competitors — chronological order
| Bib | Name | 1RD (ca) | 1RD (re) | 2RD |
| Competitors |||||
| 1 | Vasja Bajc | 146.0 m | 139.0 m | 144.0 m |
| 2 | Axel Zitzmann | 159.0 m | 158.0 m | 161.0 m |
| 3 | Esko Rautionaho | 153.0 m | 146.0 m | 137.0 m |
| 4 | Piroskov | 126.0 m | 126.0 m | 103.0 m |
| 5 | Terry Kern | 123.0 m | 116.0 m | 111.0 m |
| 6 | Yūji Kawamura | 148.0 m | 135.0 m | 136.0 m |
| 7 | Alfred Goyer | 130.0 m | 114.0 m | 127.0 m |
| 8 | Ole Erik Tvedt | 131.0 m | 118.0 m | — |
| 9 | Ladislav Jirásko | 130.0 m | 129.0 m | 121.0 m |
| 10 | Ivano Wegher | 112.0 m | 116.0 m | — |
| 11 | Jari Puikkonen | 119.0 m | 144.0 m | 135.0 m |
| 12 | František Novák | 169.0 m | 158.0 m | 154.0 m |
| 13 | Bjarne Næs | — | 109.0 m | 131.0 m |
| 14 | Yury Kalinin | — | 141.0 m | 138.0 m |
| 15 | Takafumi Kawabata | — | 128.0 m | 134.0 m |
| 16 | Primož Ulaga | — | 121.0 m | 137.0 m |
| 17 | Kip Sundgaard | — | 118.0 m | 126.0 m |
| 18 | Hans Wallner | — | 148.0 m | 132.0 m |
| 19 | Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch | — | 124.0 m | 113.0 m |
| 20 | Thomas Meisinger | — | 140.0 m | 144.0 m |
| 21 | Olivier Favre | — | 112.0 m | 115.0 m |
| 22 | Jochen Danneberg | — | 141.0 m | 150.0 m |
| 23 | Kari Ylianttila | — | 140.0 m | 141.0 m |
| 24 | Ján Tánczos | — | 148.0 m | 156.0 m |
| 25 | Hubert Neuper | — | 136.0 m | 150.0 m |
| 26 | Zdravko Bogataj | — | 128.0 m | 131.0 m |
| 27 | Chris McNeill | — | 105.0 m | 109.0 m |
| 28 | Valery Savin | — | 136.0 m | 133.0 m |
| 29 | Sakaye Tsuruga | — | 111.0 m | 118.0 m |
| 30 | Roland Glas | — | 109.0 m | 129.0 m |
| 31 | Lido Tomasi | — | 125.0 m | 104.0 m |
| 32 | Finn Halvorsen | — | 117.0 m | 121.0 m |
| 33 | Thomas Prosser | — | 129.0 m | 123.0 m |
| 34 | Piotr Fijas | — | 151.0 m | 149.0 m |
| 35 | John Broman | — | 121.0 m | 119.0 m |
| 36 | Aleksey Borovitin | — | 122.0 m | 132.0 m |
| 37 | Peter Leitner | — | 132.0 m | 133.0 m |
| 38 | Hansjörg Sumi | — | 120.0 m | 110.0 m |
| 39 | Andreas Hille | — | 144.0 m | 139.0 m |
| 40 | Per Steinar Nordlien | — | 127.0 m | 118.0 m |
| 41 | Stanisław Bobak | — | 140.0 m | 130.0 m |
| 42 | Harald Duschek | — | 131.0 m | 144.0 m |
| 43 | Per Bergerud | — | 118.0 m | 136.0 m |
| 44 | Hirokazu Yagi | — | 132.0 m | 162.0 m |
| 45 | Leoš Škoda | — | 149.0 m | 119.0 m |
| 46 | Armin Kogler | — | 157.0 m | 158.0 m |
| 47 | Josef Samek | — | 134.0 m | 149.0 m |
| 48 | Yuri Ivanov | — | 153.0 m | 145.0 m |
| 49 | Bogdan Norčič | — | 137.0 m | 122.0 m |
| 50 | Alois Lipburger | — | 122.0 m | 130.0 m |
| 51 | Pentti Kokkonen | — | 147.0 m | 120.0 m |

### Competition: Day 1

9:30 AM — 16 March 1979 — 3 rounds — test — chronological order
| Bib | Name | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD |
| Test jumpers |||||
| P1 | Ivo Zupan | 159.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P2 | Andrej Kajzer | 156.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P3 | Janez Loštrek | 140.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P4 | Marko Mlakar | 148.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P5 | Vili Tepeš | 140.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P6 | Komel | 144.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P7 | Stanko Velikonja | 126.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| P8 | Anžel | 141.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| Competitors |||||
| no jumps; canceled after 8 test jumpers; heavy rain |||||

### Competition: Day 2

17 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — second round was canceled and repeated — chronological order
| Rank | Bib | Name | 1RD | 2RD (ca) | 2RD (re) | 3RD | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Axel Zitzmann | 156.0 m | 179.0 m | 170.0 m | 168.0 m | 380.0 |
| 2 | 41 | Armin Kogler | 160.0 m | — | 156.0 m | 160.0 m | 361.0 |
| 3 | 34 | Piotr Fijas | 149.0 m | — | 131.0 m | 166.0 m | 350.0 |
| | 38 | Andreas Hille | 161.0 m | — | 155.0 m | 141.0 m | 350.0 |
| 5 | 15 | Josef Samek | 152.0 m | — | 154.0 m | 155.0 m | 346.0 |
| 6 | 21 | Yury Kalinin | 151.0 m | — | 156.0 m | 144.0 m | 344.0 |
| 7 | 22 | Harald Duschek | 151.0 m | — | 156.0 m | 145.0 m | 342.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Leoš Škoda | 144.0 m | 163.0 m | 151.0 m | 154.0 m | 339.0 |
| | 42 | Pentti Kokkonen | 156.0 m | — | 141.0 m | 146.0 m | 339.0 |
| 10 | 28 | Kari Ylianttila | 149.0 m | — | 155.0 m | 136.0 m | 337.0 |
| 11 | 23 | Aleksey Borovitin | 146.0 m | — | 149.0 m | 151.0 m | 336.5 |
| 12 | 47 | František Novák | 154.0 m | — | 144.0 m | 141.0 m | 329.0 |
| 13 | 33 | Ján Tánczos | 155.0 m | — | 138.0 m | 139.0 m | 327.5 |
| 14 | 46 | Stanisław Bobak | 144.0 m | — | 137.0 m | 149.0 m | 326.5 |
| 15 | 14 | Hans Wallner | 150.0 m | — | 144.0 m | 147.0 m | 324.0 |
| 16 | 27 | Jochen Danneberg | 147.0 m | — | 130.0 m | 145.0 m | 323.5 |
| 17 | 44 | Peter Leitner | 130.0 m | — | 140.0 m | 149.0 m | 323.0 |
| 18 | 32 | Hubert Neuper | 140.0 m | — | 152.0 m | — | 321.5 |
| 19 | 9 | Alois Lipburger | 150.0 m | 116.0 m | 120.0 m | 139.0 m | 319.5 |
| 20 | 24 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 140.0 m | — | 146.0 m | 142.0 m | 318.5 |
| 21 | 43 | Yuri Ivanov | 134.0 m | — | 138.0 m | 147.0 m | 316.5 |
| 22 | 11 | Jari Puikkonen | 139.0 m | — | 146.0 m | 141.0 m | 312.5 |
| 23 | 30 | Sakaye Tsuruga | 144.0 m | — | 136.0 m | 118.0 m | 310.5 |
| 24 | 39 | Hirokazu Yagi | 136.0 m | — | 136.0 m | 143.0 m | 309.0 |
| 25 | 3 | Esko Rautionaho | 130.0 m | 148.0 m | 141.0 m | 137.0 m | 307.5 |
| 26 | 6 | Bogdan Norčič | 138.0 m | 148.0 m | 137.0 m | 134.0 m | 301.5 |
| 27 | 29 | Primož Ulaga | 138.0 m | — | 139.0 m | 133.0 m | 300.0 |
| 28 | 19 | Takafumi Kawabata | 124.0 m | — | 149.0 m | 123.0 m | 297.5 |
| 29 | 5 | Valery Savin | 147.0 m | 148.0 m | 132.0 m | 135.0 m | 295.5 |
| 30 | 36 | Hansjörg Sumi | 126.0 m | — | 135.0 m | 133.0 m | 293.5 |
| 31 | 8 | Yūji Kawamura | 132.0 m | 144.0 m | 123.0 m | 133.0 m | 292.5 |
| 32 | 45 | Vasja Bajc | 132.0 m | — | 134.0 m | 131.0 m | 291.5 |
| 33 | 31 | Kip Sundgaard | 118.0 m | — | 133.0 m | 129.0 m | 289.5 |
| 34 | 25 | Roland Glas | 136.0 m | — | 123.0 m | 129.0 m | 286.5 |
| 35 | 18 | Finn Halvorsen | 130.0 m | — | 125.0 m | 131.0 m | 283.5 |
| 36 | 20 | Terry Kern | 122.0 m | — | 132.0 m | 127.0 m | 280.5 |
| 37 | 40 | Per Bergerud | 127.0 m | — | 122.0 m | 132.0 m | 278.5 |
| 38 | 37 | John Broman | 132.0 m | — | 127.0 m | 125.0 m | 278.0 |
| 39 | 13 | Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch | 130.0 m | — | 127.0 m | 126.0 m | 277.0 |
| | 16 | Olivier Favre | 120.0 m | — | 127.0 m | 127.0 m | 277.0 |
| 41 | 1 | Bjarne Næs | 129.0 m | 147.0 m | 106.0 m | 119.0 m | 263.5 |
| 42 | 35 | Thomas Prosser | 124.0 m | — | 101.0 m | 114.0 m | 258.5 |
| 43 | 12 | Zdravko Bogataj | 109.0 m | — | 117.0 m | 119.0 m | 255.0 |
| 44 | 17 | Ivano Wegher | 114.0 m | — | 116.0 m | 115.0 m | 249.0 |
| 45 | 4 | Chris McNeill | 119.0 m | 132.0 m | 116.0 m | 112.0 m | 248.0 |
| 46 | 26 | Lido Tomasi | 111.0 m | — | 118.0 m | 96.0 m | 234.5 |
| 47 | 2 | Thierry Sauvanet | 105.0 m | 117.0 m | 94.0 m | 96.0 m | 202.0 |

### Competition: Day 3

18 March 1979 — incomplete — test
| Bib | Name | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD |
| Test jumpers |||||
| N/A | Vili Tepeš | 165.0 m | N/A | 156.0 m |
| N/A | Križaj | 154.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | Komel | 157.0 m | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | Janez Loštrek | N/A | N/A | 144.0 m |
| N/A | Ladislav Jirásko | N/A | N/A | 150.0 m |
| N/A | Alfred Groyer | N/A | N/A | 155.0 m |
| N/A | Thomas Meisinger | N/A | N/A | 162.0 m |
| P54 | Klaus Ostwald | 175.0 m | N/A | 176.0 m |
18 March 1979 — 2 best of 3 rounds — competitors
| Rank | Name | 1RD | 2RD | Points |
| Competitors |||||
| 1 | Armin Kogler | 168.0 m | 169.0 m | 380.5 |
| 2 | Axel Zitzmann | 159.0 m | 157.0 m | 356.0 |
| 3 | Piotr Fijas | 152.0 m | 162.0 m | 354.5 |
| 4 | Yury Kalinin | 157.0 m | 151.0 m | 354.0 |
| 5 | Leoš Škoda | 151.0 m | 156.0 m | 343.0 |
| 6 | Pentti Kokkonen | 155.0 m | 149.0 m | 342.5 |
| 7 | Josef Samek | 153.0 m | 163.0 m | 342.0 |
| 8 | Andreas Hille | 151.0 m | 151.0 m | 340.5 |
| 9 | Harald Duschek | 150.0 m | 149.0 m | 333.0 |
| 10 | Hirokazu Yagi | 147.0 m | 155.0 m | 332.5 |
| 11 | Jochen Danneberg | 147.0 m | 147.0 m | 331.5 |
| 12 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 146.0 m | 146.0 m | 327.5 |
| 13 | Peter Leitner | 137.0 m | 152.0 m | 325.0 |
| 14 | Kari Ylianttila | 148.0 m | 140.0 m | 323.5 |
| 15 | Esko Rautionaho | 146.0 m | 140.0 m | 323.0 |
| 16 | Hans Wallner | 137.0 m | 144.0 m | 315.5 |
| 17 | Valery Savin | 136.0 m | 149.0 m | 315.0 |
| 18 | Alois Lipburger | 140.0 m | 143.0 m | 313.0 |
| 19 | Sakaye Tsuruga | 145.0 m | 136.0 m | 309.0 |
| 20 | Yuri Ivanov | 136.0 m | 139.0 m | 306.5 |
| 21 | Aleksey Borovitin | 133.0 m | 139.0 m | 305.5 |
| 22 | Ján Tánczos | 131.0 m | 139.0 m | 301.5 |
| 23 | Primož Ulaga | 133.0 m | 140.0 m | 300.5 |
| 24 | Jari Puikkonen | 132.0 m | 137.0 m | 297.0 |
| 25 | Bogdan Norčič | 132.0 m | 136.0 m | 296.5 |
| 26 | Takafumi Kawabata | 126.0 m | 145.0 m | 296.0 |
| 27 | Stanisław Bobak | 130.0 m | 136.0 m | 295.0 |
| 28 | Per Bergerud | 136.0 m | 136.0 m | 292.5 |
| | František Novák | 133.0 m | 100.0 m | 292.5 |
| 30 | Kip Sundgaard | 134.0 m | 133.0 m | 291.0 |
| 31 | Bjarne Næs | 135.0 m | 130.0 m | 283.5 |
| 32 | Hansjörg Sumi | 128.0 m | 130.0 m | 282.5 |
| 33 | Vasja Bajc | 127.0 m | 133.0 m | 280.5 |
| 34 | Thomas Prosser | 129.0 m | 131.0 m | 287.5 |
| 35 | Finn Halvorsen | 123.0 m | 129.0 m | 275.0 |
| 36 | Zdravko Bogataj | 129.0 m | 120.0 m | 270.5 |
| 37 | Terry Kern | 124.0 m | 126.0 m | 269.5 |
| 38 | Yūji Kawamura | 120.0 m | 124.0 m | 267.5 |
| 39 | John Broman | 120.0 m | 120.0 m | 259.0 |
| 40 | Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch | 119.0 m | 118.0 m | 256.5 |
| 41 | Chris McNeill | 120.0 m | 120.0 m | 255.0 |
| 42 | Ivano Wegher | 114.0 m | 118.0 m | 248.0 |
| | Olivier Favre | 115.0 m | 116.0 m | 248.0 |
| 44 | Roland Glas | 117.0 m | 114.0 m | 247.5 |
| 45 | Thierry Sauvanet | 119.0 m | 112.0 m | 238.5 |
Not recognized. Crash at WR! Didn't count into final results! Didn't count into final result! World record! Crash, touch!

## Official results

17 to 18 March 1979 — 4 best of 6 rounds — first day canceled — originally 6 best of 9 rounds scheduled
| Rank | Name | D2 (17 March 1979) | D2 (17 March 1979) | D3 (18 March 1979) | D3 (18 March 1979) | Points |
| Rank | Name | 1RD | 2RD | 3RD | 4RD | Points |
| | Armin Kogler | 160.0 m | 160.0 m | 168.0 m | 169.0 m | 741.5 |
| | Axel Zitzmann | 170.0 m | 168.0 m | 159.0 m | 157.0 m | 736.0 |
| | Piotr Fijas | 149.0 m | 166.0 m | 152.0 m | 162.0 m | 704.5 |
| 4 | Andreas Hille | 161.0 m | 155.0 m | 151.0 m | 151.0 m | 690.5 |
| 5 | Josef Samek | 154.0 m | 155.0 m | 153.0 m | 163.0 m | 688.0 |
| 6 | Yury Kalinin | 151.0 m | 156.0 m | 157.0 m | 151.0 m | 687.5 |
| 7 | Leoš Škoda | 151.0 m | 154.0 m | 151.0 m | 156.0 m | 682.0 |
| 8 | Pentti Kokkonen | 156.0 m | 146.0 m | 155.0 m | 149.0 m | 681.5 |
| 9 | Harald Duschek | 151.0 m | 156.0 m | 150.0 m | 149.0 m | 677.0 |
| 10 | Kari Ylianttila | 149.0 m | 155.0 m | 148.0 m | 140.0 m | 660.5 |
| 11 | Jochen Danneberg | 147.0 m | 145.0 m | 147.0 m | 147.0 m | 655.0 |
| 12 | Peter Leitner | 140.0 m | 139.0 m | 137.0 m | 152.0 m | 648.0 |
| 13 | Per Steinar Nordlien | 146.0 m | 142.0 m | 146.0 m | 146.0 m | 646.0 |
| 14 | Aleksey Borovitin | 149.0 m | 151.0 m | 133.0 m | 139.0 m | 641.5 |
| | Hirokazu Yagi | 136.0 m | 143.0 m | 147.0 m | 155.0 m | 641.5 |
| 16 | Hans Wallner | 150.0 m | 147.0 m | 137.0 m | 144.0 m | 639.5 |
| 17 | Alois Lipburger | 150.0 m | 139.0 m | 140.0 m | 143.0 m | 632.5 |
| 18 | Esko Rautionaho | 141.0 m | 147.0 m | 146.0 m | 140.0 m | 630.5 |
| 19 | Ján Tánczos | 155.0 m | 139.0 m | 131.0 m | 139.0 m | 629.0 |
| 20 | Yuri Ivanov | 138.0 m | 147.0 m | 136.0 m | 139.0 m | 623.5 |
| 21 | František Novák | 154.0 m | 144.0 m | 133.0 m | 100.0 m | 621.5 |
| | Stanisław Bobak | 144.0 m | 149.0 m | 130.0 m | 136.0 m | 621.5 |
| 23 | Sakaye Tsuruga | 144.0 m | 136.0 m | 145.0 m | 136.0 m | 619.5 |
| 24 | Valery Savin | 132.0 m | 105.0 m | 136.0 m | 149.0 m | 610.5 |
| 25 | Jari Puikkonen | 146.0 m | 141.0 m | 132.0 m | 137.0 m | 609.5 |
| 26 | Primož Ulaga | 138.0 m | 139.0 m | 133.0 m | 140.0 m | 600.5 |
| 27 | Bogdan Norčič | 138.0 m | 137.0 m | 132.0 m | 136.0 m | 598.0 |
| 28 | Takafumi Kawabata | 124.0 m | 149.0 m | 126.0 m | 145.0 m | 593.5 |
| 29 | Kip Sundgaard | 133.0 m | 129.0 m | 134.0 m | 133.0 m | 580.5 |
| 30 | Hansjörg Sumi | 135.0 m | 133.0 m | 128.0 m | 130.0 m | 576.0 |
| 31 | Vasja Bajc | 134.0 m | 131.0 m | 127.0 m | 133.0 m | 572.0 |
| 32 | Per Bergerud | 127.0 m | 132.0 m | 136.0 m | 136.0 m | 571.0 |
| 33 | Yūji Kawamura | 132.0 m | 133.0 m | 120.0 m | 124.0 m | 560.0 |
| 34 | Terry Kern | 132.0 m | 127.0 m | 124.0 m | 126.0 m | 550.0 |
| | Finn Halvorsen | 130.0 m | 131.0 m | 123.0 m | 129.0 m | 550.0 |
| 36 | Bjarne Næs | 129.0 m | 119.0 m | 135.0 m | 130.0 m | 547.0 |
| 37 | Thomas Prosser | 124.0 m | 114.0 m | 129.0 m | 131.0 m | 537.0 |
| | John Broman | 132.0 m | 125.0 m | 120.0 m | 120.0 m | 537.0 |
| 39 | Roland Glas | 136.0 m | 129.0 m | 117.0 m | 114.0 m | 534.0 |
| 40 | Hans-Jürgen Eschrisch | 130.0 m | 126.0 m | 119.0 m | 118.0 m | 533.5 |
| 41 | Zdravko Bogataj | 117.0 m | 119.0 m | 129.0 m | 120.0 m | 525.5 |
| 42 | Olivier Favre | 127.0 m | 127.0 m | 115.0 m | 116.0 m | 525.0 |
| 43 | Chris McNeill | 119.0 m | 116.0 m | 120.0 m | 120.0 m | 503.0 |
| 44 | Ivano Wegher | 116.0 m | 115.0 m | 114.0 m | 118.0 m | 497.0 |
| 45 | Thierry Sauvanet | 105.0 m | 96.0 m | 119.0 m | 112.0 m | 440.5 |
| 46 | Hubert Neuper | 140.0 m | 152.0 m | — | — | 321.5 |
| 47 | Lido Tomasi | 111.0 m | 118.0 m | — | — | 234.5 |

## Ski flying world records

| Date | Name | Country | Metres | Feet |
| 17 March 1979 | Axel Zitzmann | East Germany | 179 | 587 |
| 18 March 1979 | Klaus Ostwald | East Germany | 176 | 577 |
Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |