Original upload date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:21:31 GMT
March 1974, Planica K163, Walter Steiner jumps 177 m - 8 meters longer than WR but just failed to stand. Taken from the Herzog's documentary "The Great Ecstasy Of The Sculptor Steiner" but obviously r
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ecorded with official Planica camera.
The new Ski-Flying hill at Planica was built in 1969 and has since then been modified 4 times:
for 1985 - 194 m ('87) longest jump
1994 - 212 m ('97)
1999 - 225 m ('00)
2003 - 239 m ('05)
This is the original version of the hill. Bogdan Norcic jumped 181 m in 1977 but also fell, while the longest legal jump before the 80s modifications was Klaus Ostwald's 176 m leap in 1979.
