1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

World Cup 1997/98

Winners
Overall	Primož Peterka
Ski Jumping (NH, LH)	Primož Peterka
Ski Flying	Sven Hannawald
Four Hills Tournament	Kazuyoshi Funaki
Nordic Tournament	Andreas Widhölzl
Nations Cup	Japan
Competitions
Venues	20
Individual	27
Cancelled	1

The 1997/98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the nineteenth World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 29 November 1997 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 22 March 1998. The individual World Cup was won by Primož Peterka and Nations Cup by Japan.

Calendar

Men

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
407	1	29 November 1997	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH	Dieter Thoma	Jani Soininen	Noriaki Kasai	Dieter Thoma	[1]
408	2	30 November 1997	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH	Jani Soininen	Masahiko Harada	Dieter Thoma	Jani Soininen	[2]
409	3	6 December 1997	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K90 (night)	NH	Jani Soininen	Primož Peterka	Andreas Widhölzl		[3]
410	4	8 December 1997	Villach	Villacher Alpenarena K90	NH	Masahiko Harada	Dieter Thoma	Primož Peterka Mika Laitinen		[4]
411	5	12 December 1997	Harrachov	Čerťák K90	NH	Masahiko Harada	Primož Peterka Dieter Thoma		Masahiko Harada	[5]
412	6	20 December 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH	Andreas Widhölzl	Stefan Horngacher	Janne Ahonen	Dieter Thoma	[6]
413	7	21 December 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH	Masahiko Harada	Primož Peterka	Stefan Horngacher	Masahiko Harada	[7]
414	8	29 December 1997	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Hiroya Saito	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Masahiko Harada	[8]
415	9	1 January 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Masahiko Harada	Hiroya Saito		[9]
416	10	4 January 1998	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K110	LH	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald	Janne Ahonen		[10]
417	11	6 January 1998	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH	Sven Hannawald	Hansjörg Jäkle	Janne Ahonen		[11]
46th Four Hills Tournament Overall (29 December 1997 – 6 January 1998)						Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald	Janne Ahonen
418	12	11 January 1998	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage K90	NH	Masahiko Harada	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Hiroya Saito	Masahiko Harada	[12]
419	13	17 January 1998	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH	Kristian Brenden	Janne Ahonen	Sven Hannawald		[13]
420	14	18 January 1998	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH	Primož Peterka	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald		[14]
World Cup / FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1998
421	15	24 January 1998	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Kristian Brenden	Masahiko Harada	[15]
422	16	25 January 1998	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Dieter Thoma	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	[16]
423	17	5 February 1998	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH	Andreas Widhölzl	Jani Soininen	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki	[17]
1998 Winter Olympics
		28 February 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH	bad weather; postponed on next day
424	18	1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH	Andreas Widhölzl	Sven Hannawald	Akira Higashi	Kazuyoshi Funaki	[18]
425	19	1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH	Takanobu Okabe	Hiroya Saito	Noriaki Kasai		[19]
426	20	4 March 1998	Kuopio	Puijo K90 (night)	NH	Andreas Widhölzl	Primož Peterka	Hiroya Saito		[20]
427	21	7 March 1998	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Widhölzl	Kristian Brenden	Kazuyoshi Funaki	[21]
428	22	8 March 1998	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH	Primož Peterka	Jani Soininen	Kristian Brenden		[22]
429	23	11 March 1998	Falun	Lugnet K115	LH	Primož Peterka	Andreas Widhölzl	Hiroya Saito	Andreas Widhölzl	[23]
430	24	13 March 1998	Trondheim	Granåsen K120	LH	Masahiko Harada	Noriaki Kasai	Roberto Cecon		[24]
431	25	15 March 1998	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K112	LH	Primož Peterka	Bruno Reuteler	Masahiko Harada		[25]
2nd Nordic Tournament Overall (7–15 March 1998)						Andreas Widhölzl	Sven Hannawald	Hiroya Saito
432	26	21 March 1998	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Primož Peterka	Hiroya Saito	Primož Peterka	[26]
433	27	22 March 1998	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH	Noriaki Kasai	Hiroya Saito	Martin Höllwarth		[27]

Standings

Overall Rank Points 1 Primož Peterka 1253 2 Kazuyoshi Funaki 1234 3 Andreas Widhölzl 1208 4 Masahiko Harada 1120 5 Hiroya Saito 962 6 Sven Hannawald 953 7 Jani Soininen 950 8 Dieter Thoma 921 9 Janne Ahonen 836 10 Noriaki Kasai 720 Standings after 27 events.

Ski Jumping (JP) Cup Rank Points 1 Primož Peterka 1082 2 Masahiko Harada 1076 3 Andreas Widhölzl 1037 4 Kazuyoshi Funaki 1017 5 Jani Soininen 903 6 Hiroya Saito 850 7 Dieter Thoma 771 8 Janne Ahonen 741 9 Sven Hannawald 695 10 Noriaki Kasai 642 Standings after 23 events.

Ski Flying Rank Points 1 Sven Hannawald 258 2 Kazuyoshi Funaki 217 3 Andreas Widhölzl 171 3 Primož Peterka 171 5 Lasse Ottesen 157 6 Dieter Thoma 150 6 Takanobu Okabe 150 8 Akira Higashi 123 9 Kristian Brenden 123 10 Hiroya Saito 112 Standings after 4 events.

Nations Cup Rank Points 1 Japan 5224 2 Austria 3200 3 Germany 3176 4 Finland 2758 5 Norway 1987 6 Slovenia 1428 7 Switzerland 511 8 Czech Republic 500 9 Poland 234 10 Italy 199 Standings after 27 events.

Four Hills Tournament Rank Points 1 Kazuyoshi Funaki 944.0 2 Sven Hannawald 912.8 3 Janne Ahonen 907.0 4 Andreas Goldberger 884.4 5 Jani Soininen 863.7 6 Dieter Thoma 859.1 7 Andreas Widhölzl 831.8 8 Stefan Horngacher 808.8 9 Kazuya Yoshioka 804.3 10 Masahiko Harada 777.9 Standings after 4 events.

Nordic Tournament Rank Points 1 Andreas Widhölzl 974.6 2 Sven Hannawald 927.0 3 Hiroya Saito 910.5 4 Noriaki Kasai 904.5 5 Sylvain Freiholz 895.9 6 Roberto Cecon 894.9 7 Hansjörg Jäkle 889.2 8 Kazuyoshi Funaki 879.5 9 Janne Ahonen 856.3 10 Primož Peterka 844.2 Standings after 5 events.

See also

• Summer Grand Prix 1997

References

1. "Men's Large Hill - Lillehammer, NOR". International Ski Federation. 29 Nov 1997.
2. "Men's Large Hill - Lillehammer, NOR". International Ski Federation. 30 Nov 1997.
3. "Men's Normal Hill - Predazzo, ITA". International Ski Federation. 6 Dec 1997.
4. "Men's Normal Hill - Villach, AUT". International Ski Federation. 8 Dec 1997.
5. "Men's Normal Hill - Harrachov, CZE". International Ski Federation. 12 Dec 1997.
6. "Men's Large Hill - Engelberg, SUI". International Ski Federation. 20 Dec 1997.
7. "Men's Large Hill - Engelberg, SUI". International Ski Federation. 21 Dec 1997.
8. "Men's Large Hill - Oberstdorf, GER". International Ski Federation. 29 Dec 1997.
9. "Men's Large Hill - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER". International Ski Federation. 1 Jan 1998.
10. "Men's Large Hill - Innsbruck, AUT". International Ski Federation. 4 Jan 1998.
11. "Men's Large Hill - Bischofshofen, AUT". International Ski Federation. 6 Jan 1998.
12. "Men's Normal Hill - Ramsau, AUT". International Ski Federation. 11 Jan 1998.
13. "Men's Large Hill - Zakopane, POL". International Ski Federation. 17 Jan 1998.
14. "Men's Large Hill - Zakopane, POL". International Ski Federation. 18 Jan 1998.
15. "Men's Flying Hill - Oberstdorf, GER". International Ski Federation. 24 Jan 1998.
16. "Men's Flying Hill - Oberstdorf, GER". International Ski Federation. 25 Jan 1998.
17. "Men's Large Hill - Sapporo, JPN". International Ski Federation. 5 Feb 1998.
18. "Men's Flying Hill - Vikersund, NOR". International Ski Federation. 1 Mar 1998.
19. "Men's Flying Hill - Vikersund, NOR". International Ski Federation. 1 Mar 1998.
20. "Men's Normal Hill - Kuopio, FIN". International Ski Federation. 4 Mar 1998.
21. "Men's Large Hill - Lahti, FIN". International Ski Federation. 7 Mar 1998.
22. "Men's Large Hill - Lahti, FIN". International Ski Federation. 8 Mar 1998.
23. "Men's Large Hill - Falun, SWE". International Ski Federation. 11 Mar 1998.
24. "Men's Large Hill - Trondheim, NOR". International Ski Federation. 13 Mar 1998.
25. "Men's Large Hill - Oslo, NOR". International Ski Federation. 15 Mar 1998.
26. "Men's Flying Hill - Planica, SLO". International Ski Federation. 21 Mar 1998.
27. "Men's Flying Hill - Planica, SLO". International Ski Federation. 22 Mar 1998.