Planica 1954 was an international ski flying week competition, held from 13 to 14 March 1954 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. It was the first event after first huge hill renovation. 25,000 people visited in four days.

Schedule Date Event RoundsLongest jump of the dayVisitors11 March 1954   Qualification event K80 N/A 82 metres (269 ft) by Thynes (standing)86 metres (282 ft) by Erlandson (touch) —12 March 1954   Training K80 (morning)Training K120 (afternoon) 13 74.5 metres (244 ft) by Ossi Laaksonen109 metres (358 ft) by Jack Alfredsen N/A13 March 1954   International event: day 1 3 110 metres (361 ft) by Jack Alfredsen 8,00014 March 1954   International event: day 2 2 114.5 metres (376 ft) by Jack Alfredsen (standing)119 metres (390 ft) by Jack Alfredsen (fall) 15,000

Competitions On 11 March 1954, first training on Srednja Bloudkova K80 normal hill was on schedule, which also counted as qualification for main event on large hill, with about total 100 jumps in all rounds. Norwegian ski jumper Thynes was the longest with 82 metres that day, meanwhile Swedish ski jumper Erlandson touched the snow at 86 metres. Janez Gorišek was the best among domestic jumpers at 70 metres.

On 12 March 1954, they made one trial jump on K80 in the morning, when 42 years old Birger Ruud jumped 62 m and the longest was Laaksonen with 74.5 m. Later first training in three rounds, on completely renovated Bloudkova velikanka K120 hill was on schedule with 41 athletes on start. At 11:15 AM there was official opening of renovated hill with new "Planica Fanfares" theme song. Norwegian ski jumper Jack Alfredsen set the distance of the day at 109 m.

On 13 March 1954, first day of competition with 38 competitors on start was on schedule in front of 8,000 people. With one trial round and two rounds counting for result. Jack Alfredsen was the longest with 110 metres, leading after two jumps.

On 14 March 1954, second and the final day of competition was on schedule in front of 15,000 people. With one trial round and only one round in count due to bad weather conditions. Jack Alfredsen set the longest valid distance of this year competition at 114.5 metres and crashed at 119 metres. Finnish ski jumper Ossi Laaksonen won the two days competitions by points.

Training 1 (Qualifications) 11 March 1954 – Srednja Bloudkova K80 – Three rounds – incomplete Bib Name Country Round 1N/A Thynes 82 m Erlandson 86 m Janez Gorišek 70 m Bine Rogelj 67 m Jože Langus 62 m Jože Zidar 69 m Albin Adlešič 68 m Janez Saksida 64 m Antti Hyvärinen N/A Josef Bradl N/A

Training 2 12 March 1954 – 11:15 AM – Bloudkova velikanka K120 – Three rounds – incomplete Bib Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 1 Blassi N/A N/A N/A3 Pohl N/A N/A N/A5 Jože Langus 75.5 m 99 m 75 m6 Albin Adlešič 69 m 76 m 76 m8 Walter Steinegger 92 m 103 m 102.5 m9 Mato Krznarič 98 m 81.5 m 79 m11 Janez Saksida 83.5 m 84 m 80.5 m14 Taraldsen N/A N/A N/A15 Antti Hyvärinen 90.5 m 96 m 100 m16 Sverre Stallvik 95 m 98 m 97 m 21 Rudi Finžgar 85.5 m 93 m 95 m 24 Bine Rogelj 84 m 93 m 89 m 27 Janez Gorišek 78 m 93 m 88 m 30 Hermann Anwander N/A N/A N/A35 Jože Zidar 88 m 92 m 100.5 m38 Josef Bradl 84 m 93 m 93 m40 Simon Slåttvik 93 m 98.5 m 100.5 m41 Oieser N/A N/A N/AN/A Aaro Pokka 94 m 102 m 98 mN/A Sven Pettersson 88 m 96 m 102 mN/A Otto Leodolter 85 m 92 m 102 mN/A Ossi Laaksonen 88 m 108 m 100.5 mN/A Hemmo Silvennoinen 82 m 90.5 m 97.5 mN/A Max Bolkart 82 m 107 m 84 mN/A Körber 88 m 105 m —N/A Bror Östman 81 m 104 m 97 mN/A Jack Alfredsen 94 m 109 m 108.5 m41 competitors on start in total; 14 N/A

International Ski Flying Week: Day 1 13 March 1954 – Three rounds – incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Trial Round 1 Round 2 Points1 12 Jack Alfredsen 103 m 103 m 110 m 221.42 2 Ossi Laaksonen 92.5 m 100 m 106 m 208.33 32 Hemmo Silvennoinen 87 m 94 m 101.5 m 201.94 9 Sven Pettersson 97 m 96 m 102.5 m 201.85 20 Max Bolkart 93 m 93 m 101.5 m 198.16 11 Antti Hyvärinen 91 m 92 m 97 m N/A7 14 Simon Slåttvik 92 m 93 m 101 m 197.78 8 Sverre Stallvik 91 m 90 m 101 m 197.59 21 Bror Östman 95 m 96.5 m 101 m 197.410 19 Walter Steinegger 101.5 m 96.5 m 103 m 196.111 13 Josef Bradl 98 m 95 m 100 m 194.512 24 Thynes 92 m 95 m 91 m 191.313 29 Aaro Pokka 98 m 99 m 93 m 189.614 17 Andreas Däscher 94 m 93 m 97 m 189.515 22 Otto Leodolter 91 m 92.5 m 98 m 185.916 26 Erlandson 83 m 91 m 94 m 185.517 10 Körber 88 m 91 m 93 m 182.218 3 Rudolf Dietrich 90 m 86 m 93 m 177.319 18 Jože Zidar 102.5 m 92 m 99 m 176.820 16 Bine Rogelj 84 m 84 m 87 m 173.321 6 Rudi Finžgar 96 m 90 m 100.5 m 170.422 31 Baier 90 m 87 m 93 m 169.523 5 Hermann Anwander 91 m 84 m 93 m 168.124 39 Karl Holmström 94 m 94 m 101 m 168.0 25 28 Jože Langus 79 m 79 m 89 m 164.426 33 Janez Saksida 81 m 84 m 89 m 163.0. . . . .29 7 Mato Krznarič 85 m 76 m 88.5 m 156.830 23 Albin Adlešič 67 m 86 m 83 m 156.3N/A 1 Régis Rey N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 Bläsl N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 Monier N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 Richard Rabasa N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 Erwin Steinegger N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 Richard Bühler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 Janez Gorišek N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 Siegfried Kostner N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 Pohl N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 37 Toni Wieser N/A N/A N/A N/A DNS 38 Taraldsen — — — — Fall or touch!

International Ski Flying Week: Day 2 14 March 1954 – 10 AM – Two rounds – incomplete Rank Bib Name Country Trial Round 1N/A 1 Simon Slåttvik 102 m 103.5 m 2 Rudi Finžgar 102 m 103 m 3 Bläsl 89 m 95 m 4 Régis Rey 76 m 86 m5 Körber 97 m 97.5 m 6 Erlandson 95.5 m 104 m 7 Jože Langus 81 m 89 m8 Hermann Anwander 89 m 93 m 9 Otto Leodolter 105 m 105 m 10 Ossi Laaksonen 103 m 109.5 m11 Jože Zidar 91 m 96 m 12 Bine Rogelj 85 m 96.5 m13 Sven Pettersson 94.5 m 102 m 14 Andreas Däscher 95.5 m 101 m15 Antti Hyvärinen 100 m 105 m 16 Monier 86.5 m 89 m 17 Walter Steinegger 107 m 97.5 m 18 Jack Alfredsen 114.5 m 119 m 19 Max Bolkart 104 m 105.5 m 20 Rudolf Dietrich 99 m 99 m21 Bror Östman 105.5 m 98 m 22 Richard Rabasa 87 m 90 m 23 Sverre Stallvik 99 m 97 m 24 Aaro Pokka 112 m 116 m 25 Mato Krznarič 79 m 85 m 26 Richard Bühler 83 m 82 m 27 Siegfried Kostner 89 m 85 m 28 Baier 95 m — 29 Janez Saksida 84 m 95 m 30 Erwin Steinegger 82 m 83 m 31 Albin Adlešič 84 m 88 m 32 Karl Holmström 92 m —33 Thynes 88 m 96 m 34 Hemmo Silvennoinen 95.5 m 105 m DNS N/A Josef Bradl — —

Official results

13–14 March 1954 – Three rounds (2+1) Rank Name Country Points1 Ossi Laaksonen 327.02 Jack Alfredsen 318.2 3 Hemmo Silvennoinen 315.0 4 Antti Hyvärinen 312.3 5 Sven Pettersson 309.6 6 Simon Slåttvik 306.1 7 Max Bolkart 305.6 8 Sverre Stallvik 304.7 9 Andreas Däscher 295.4 10 Otto Leodolter 295.0 11 Thynes 294.8 12 Walter Steinegger 292.7 13 Rudolf Dietrich 281.514 Aaro Pokka 281.0 15 Ferdi Kerber 280.0 16 Bine Rogelj 273.6 17 Rudi Finžgar 270.4 18 Bror Östman 269.4 19 Jože Zidar 267.2 20 Hermann Anwander 261.6 21 Erlandson 261.3 22 Jože Langus 259.2 23 Janez Saksida 254.5 24 Monier 248.7 25 Albin Adlešič 237.726 Bläsl 237.527 Siegfried Kostner 236.928 Mato Krznarič 225.8 29 Régis Rey 225.2 30 Richard Rabasa 219.131 Bühler N/A

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