# Planica 1949

Planica 1949 was an International ski jumping week with two competitions on a new K80 hill, held on 20 and 27 March 1949 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people were gathered.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Rounds | Longest jump of the day | Visitors |
| 19 March 1949 | Premiere hill test | N/A | 77 metres (253 ft) by Janez Polda | N/A |
| 20 March 1949 | International event 1 (opening) | 2 | 77.5 metres (254 ft) by Janez Polda | N/A |
| 21 March 1949 | Training 1 | N/A | 69 metres (226 ft) by Aldo Trivella | N/A |
| 22 March 1949 | Training 2 | 4 | 78 metres (256 ft) by Carlo De Lorenzi | N/A |
| 23 March 1949 | Training 3 | 4 | 76 metres (249 ft) by Janez Polda | N/A |
| 24 March 1949 | Training 4 | 3 | 80.5 metres (264 ft) by Janez Polda | N/A |
| 25 March 1949 | Schedule free: a day-off for ski jumpers | Schedule free: a day-off for ski jumpers | Schedule free: a day-off for ski jumpers | Schedule free: a day-off for ski jumpers |
| 26 March 1949 | Training 5 | — | high temperatures; melting snow | — |
| 27 March 1949 | International event 2 (closing) | 2 | 86 metres (282 ft) by Janez Polda | 15,000 |

## Competitions

On 19 March 1949, International Ski Jumping Week has officially started with premiere jumps on the new Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill. Janez Polda was the longest with 77 metres.
On 20 March 1949, Opening international competition was on schedule, first of two events this week. Evert Karlsson from Sweden won the premiere event with 74 and 75 metres. It was a tribute to all the victims of Slovenian Liberation front.
On 21 March 1949, first training was on schedule with 19 jumpers on start: 15 Yugoslavs, 3 Italians and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Aldo Trivella at 69 metres.
On 22 March 1949, second training was on schedule on two to four rounds with 22 jumpers on start: 13 Yugoslavs, 5 Swiss, 3 Italians and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Carlo De Lorenzi at 78 metres.
On 23 March 1949, third training was on schedule with 100 jumps in four rounds and 31 competitors on start: 15 Yugoslavs, 4 Swiss, 2 Swedish and 2 Finnish and 1 Austrian. The longest jump of the training was set by Janez Polda at 80.5 metres.
On 24 March 1949, fourth training was on schedule in three rounds and 24 competitors on start: 18 Yugoslavs, 6 Swiss, 3 Italians, 2 Austrians, 1 Swedish and 1 Finnish. The longest jump of the training was set by Janez Polda at 76 metres.
On 26 March 1949, fifth training was on schedule, but it was canceled without a single jump due to high temperatures and melting snow. Hill had to be prepared for the Sunday international event with snow plates from hill surroundings.
On 27 March 1949, second international competition in front of 15,000 people was on schedule, to close the Planica week events with 31 jumpers on start. Janez Polda won the event with 76.5 and 80 metres.

### Hill test

19 March 1949 — One round — chronological not available
| Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 |
| N/A | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 77 m |
| N/A | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 75.5 m |
| N/A | Rudi FInžgar | Yugoslavia | +70 m |
| N/A | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | +70 m |
| N/A | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | N/A |
| N/A | Carlo De Lorenzi | Italy | N/A |
| N/A | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | N/A |
| N/A | Walter Steinegger | Austria | N/A |

### International competition 1

20 March 1949 — Two rounds — official results — chronological order incomplete
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Evert Karlsson | Sweden | 74 m | 75 m | 217.0 |
| 2 | 18 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 77.5 m | 74.5 m | 214.0 |
| 3 | 19 | Karl Holmström | Sweden | 74 m | 69.5 m | 208.5 |
| 4 | 20 | Lasse Johansson | Finland | 69 m | 69 m | 201.5 |
| 5 | 26 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 66 m | 69 m | 200.0 |
| 6 | 22 | Carlo De Lorenzi | Italy | 65.5 m | 71 m | 194.0 |
| 7 | 2 | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 70.5 m | 66.5 m | 193.5 |
| 8 | 5 | Rafael Viljamaa | Finland | 63 m | 69.5 m | 192.5 |
| 9 | 3 | Aldo Trivella | Italy | 71.5 m | 66 m | 192.0 |
| 10 | 14 | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 67 m | 67 m | 191.0 |
| 11 | 9 | Walter Steinegger | Austria | 70 m | 64 m | 187.0 |
| 12 | 23 | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 63 m | 67 m | 186.5 |
| | 15 | Hubert Neuper | Austria | 63 m | 67 m | 186.5 |
| | 12 | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 67.5 m | 64.5 m | 186.5 |
| 15 | 13 | Marjan Gašperšič | Yugoslavia | 68 m | 62.5 m | 183.5 |
| 16 | 25 | Fritz Schneider | Switzerland | 63 m | 65 m | 180.5 |
| 17 | 8 | Slavko Šušteršič | Yugoslavia | 66.5 m | 60 m | 178.5 |
| 18 | 1 | Georg Keller | Switzerland | 65 m | 60 m | 178.0 |
| | 28 | Rudi FInžgar | Yugoslavia | 63 m | 65 m | 178.0 |
| 20 | 31 | Odon Slabe | Yugoslavia | 64.5 m | 63.5 m | 176.5 |
| | 16 | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 58 m | 64 m | 176.5 |
| 22 | 11 | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 63 m | 58 m | 175.5 |
| 23 | 30 | Piero Pennachhio | Italy | 64 m | 58 m | 171.5 |
| 24 | 7 | Albin Adlešič | Yugoslavia | 57 m | 59 m | 163.0 |
| | 6 | Ljubo Razinger | Yugoslavia | 58 m | 58 m | 163.0 |
| 26 | 24 | Franc Mandeljc | Yugoslavia | 68 m | 70.5 m | 161.5 |
| 27 | 17 | Franc Sodja | Yugoslavia | 60 m | 53 m | 155.0 |
| 28 | 29 | Stane Stanovnik | Yugoslavia | 63.5 m | 56 m | 135.0 |
| 29 | 21 | Slavko Avsenik | Yugoslavia | 58 m | 63.5 m | 130.5 |
| N/A | 4 | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 68.5 m | — | N/A |
| N/A | 10 | Karel Klančnik | Yugoslavia | 68 m | — | N/A |

### Training 3

23 March 1949 — Four rounds — best jump and average style
| Bib | Name | Country | Longest | Style |
| N/A | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 76 m | 17 |
| N/A | Karl Holmström | Sweden | 75.5 m | 18 |
| N/A | Rafael Viljamaa | Finland | 70.5 m | 17 |
| N/A | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 72 m | 18 |
| N/A | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 71 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 69 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Jacques Perretten | Switzerland | 69.5 m | 16 |
| N/A | Fritz Schneider | Switzerland | 68.5 m | 16 |
| N/A | Georg Keller | Switzerland | 65 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Carlo De Lorenzi | Italy | 73.5 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Aldo Trivella | Italy | 67 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Piero Pennachhio | Italy | 66 m | 15 |
| N/A | Walter Steinegger | Austria | 71 m | 17 |
| N/A | Hubert Neuper | Austria | 65 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Karel Klančnik | Yugoslavia | 70 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Rudi FInžgar | Yugoslavia | 73 m | 16 |
| N/A | Slavko Šušteršič | Yugoslavia | 62 m | 14 |
| N/A | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 64 m | 15 |
| N/A | Slavko Avsenik | Yugoslavia | 63 m | 15 |
| N/A | Albin Adlešič | Yugoslavia | 59 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Modic | Yugoslavia | 54 m | 12 |
| N/A | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 65 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Ivan or Franc Sodja | Yugoslavia | 60.5 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Ljubo Razinger | Yugoslavia | 56 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Stane Stanovnik | Yugoslavia | 61 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Marjan Gašperšič | Yugoslavia | 66.5 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Odon Slabe | Yugoslavia | 60 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 73 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 66 m | 16 |
| N/A | Jože Zidar | Yugoslavia | 56 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Dolenc | Yugoslavia | 49 m | 11.5 |

### Training 4

24 March 1949 — Three rounds — best jump and average style
| Bib | Name | Country | Longest | Style |
| Trial | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | Evert Karlsson | Sweden | 79 m | 18.5 |
| N/A | Lasse Johansson | Finland | 71 m | 18.5 |
| N/A | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 74.5 m | 18.5 |
| N/A | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 80.5 m | 17 |
| N/A | Rudi FInžgar | Yugoslavia | 72 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Piero Pennachhio | Italy | 58 m | 15 |
| N/A | Ljubo Razinger | Yugoslavia | 52 m | 13.5 |
| N/A | Karel Klančnik | Yugoslavia | 67.5 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Jože Zidar | Yugoslavia | 57 m | 15 |
| N/A | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 70 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Stane Stanovnik | Yugoslavia | 66 m | 16 |
| N/A | Aldo Trivella | Italy | 64 m | 16 |
| N/A | Ivan or Franc Sodja | Yugoslavia | 58 m | 13 |
| N/A | Marjan Gašperšič | Yugoslavia | 60 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 71 m | 17 |
| N/A | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 65.5 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 55 m | 15.5 |
| N/A | Albin Adlešič | Yugoslavia | 56 m | 14 |
| N/A | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 73 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Karl Holmström | Sweden | 69 m | 18 |
| N/A | Rafael Viljamaa | Finland | 70.5 m | 18 |
| N/A | Carlo De Lorenzi | Italy | 66.5 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Jacques Perretten | Switzerland | 71 m | 17 |
| N/A | Fritz Schneider | Switzerland | 63 m | 14.5 |
| N/A | Hubert Neuper | Austria | 63 m | 16.5 |
| N/A | Modic | Yugoslavia | 53 m | N/A |

### International competition 2

27 March 1949 — 10 AM — Two rounds — official results — chronological order incomplete
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 76.5 m | 86 m | 223.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Lasse Johansson | Finland | 72.5 m | 78 m | 216.0 |
| 3 | N/A | Rafael Viljamaa | Finland | 75 m | 75 m | 213.0 |
| 4 | N/A | Bine Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 75 m | 73 m | 207.5 |
| 5 | N/A | Jacques Perreten | Switzerland | 80 m | 74 m | 203.5 |
| 6 | N/A | Evert Karlsson | Sweden | 85.5 m | 78 m | 202.5 |
| | N/A | Hans Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 69 m | 72 m | 202.5 |
| 8 | N/A | Walter Steinegger | Austria | 74 m | 70.5 m | 198.5 |
| 9 | N/A | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 68 m | 71.5 m | 197.5 |
| 10 | N/A | Rudi FInžgar | Yugoslavia | 72 m | 74 m | 197.0 |
| 11 | N/A | Hubert Neuper | Austria | 68 m | 70 m | 191.0 |
| 12 | N/A | Georg Keller | Switzerland | 64 m | 72.5 m | 190.0 |
| 13 | 3 | Karl Holmström | Sweden | 76 m | 77.5 m | 188.0 |
| 14 | N/A | Carlo De Lorenzi | Italy | 67 m | 65 m | 187.5 |
| 15 | N/A | Franc Pribošek | Yugoslavia | 68 m | 71 m | 186.0 |
| 16 | N/A | Aldo Trivella | Italy | 66 m | 62 m | 182.5 |
| 17 | N/A | Janko Mežik | Yugoslavia | 67 m | 64 m | 181.5 |
| 18 | N/A | Albin Adlešič | Yugoslavia | 67 m | 63.5 m | 176.0 |
| 19 | N/A | Jože Langus | Yugoslavia | 67.5 m | 64 m | 175.5 |
| 20 | N/A | Marjan Gašperšič | Yugoslavia | 67 m | 63 m | 175.0 |
| 21 | 2 | Fritz Tschannen | Switzerland | 73 m | 67.5 m | 174.0 |
| 22 | N/A | Ljubo Razinger | Yugoslavia | 62.5 m | 63 m | 171.0 |
| 23 | N/A | Slavko Avsenik | Yugoslavia | 58 m | 68 m | 170.0 |
| 24 | N/A | Ivo Razboršek | Yugoslavia | 59 m | 63.5 m | 167.0 |
| 25 | N/A | Karel Klančnik | Yugoslavia | 69.5 m | 72 m | 166.0 |
| 26 | N/A | Fritz Schneider | Switzerland | 62 m | 61 m | 163.0 |
| 27 | N/A | Piero Pennachhio | Italy | 55.5 m | 58.5 m | 161.0 |
| 28 | N/A | Ivan Sodja | Yugoslavia | 56.5 m | 59.5 m | 160.5 |
| 29 | N/A | Stane Stanovnik | Yugoslavia | 59.5 m | 61.5 m | 153.5 |
| N/A | N/A | Odon Slabe | Yugoslavia | N/A | — | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Slavko Šušteršič | Yugoslavia | N/A | — | N/A |
Fall or touch!

## Hill specifications

Top of the 11 metres of inrun was artificial, otherwise hill was completely natural. New K80 hill technical data:
* 108 metres — total height difference
* 46 metres — inrun height difference
* 101 metres — inrun length
* 2.8 metres — take-off table height
* 62 metres — outrun length
* 78 metres — critical point
* 84 metres — jury distance
* 4 metres — inrun width
* 6 metres — take-off table width
* 18 metres — landing zone width
* 25 metres — outrun width