1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

The 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 19th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 8th official World Cup season in ski flying. 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.

1997–98 World Cup

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
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Lower competitive circuits this season included the Grand Prix and Continental Cup.

Map of world cup hosts

All 20 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Oberstdorf hosted world cup/ski flying world championships event and four hills tournament.

Engelberg   Oberstdorf   GaPa   In   Bischofshofen   Holmenkollen   Vikersund   Pre   Zakopane   Rams   Trondheim   Harrachov   Lillehammer   Villach   Lahti   Kuopio   Falun   Planica 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Europe)

Sapporo 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Asia)

  Four Hills Tournament   Nordic Tournament

Calendar

Men

NH – normal hill / LH – large hill / FH – flying hill

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
407	1	29 November 1997	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH 240	Dieter Thoma	Jani Soininen	Noriaki Kasai	Dieter Thoma	^[1]
408	2	30 November 1997	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH 241	Jani Soininen	Masahiko Harada	Dieter Thoma	Jani Soininen	^[2]
409	3	6 December 1997	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K90 (night)	NH 131	Jani Soininen	Primož Peterka	Andreas Widhölzl		^[3]
410	4	8 December 1997	Villach	Villacher Alpenarena K90	NH 132	Masahiko Harada	Dieter Thoma	Primož Peterka   Mika Laitinen		^[4]
411	5	12 December 1997	Harrachov	Čerťák K90	NH 133	Masahiko Harada	Primož Peterka   Dieter Thoma		Masahiko Harada	^[5]
412	6	20 December 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH 242	Andreas Widhölzl	Stefan Horngacher	Janne Ahonen	Dieter Thoma	^[6]
413	7	21 December 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH 243	Masahiko Harada	Primož Peterka	Stefan Horngacher	Masahiko Harada	^[7]
414	8	29 December 1997	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH 244	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Hiroya Saito	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Masahiko Harada	^[8]
415	9	1 January 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH 245	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Masahiko Harada	Hiroya Saito		^[9]
416	10	4 January 1998	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K110	LH 246	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald	Janne Ahonen		^[10]
417	11	6 January 1998	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH 247	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 134	Masahiko Harada	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Hiroya Saito	Masahiko Harada	^[12]
419	13	17 January 1998	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH 248	Kristian Brenden	Janne Ahonen	Sven Hannawald		^[13]
420	14	18 January 1998	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH 249	Primož Peterka	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald		^[14]
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup / FIS Ski Flying World Cup / FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1998
421	15	24 January 1998	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH 038	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Kristian Brenden	Masahiko Harada	^[15]
422	16	25 January 1998	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH 039	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Dieter Thoma	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	^[16]
423	17	5 February 1998	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH 250	Andreas Widhölzl	Jani Soininen	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki	^[17]
1998 Winter Olympics
		28 February 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH cnx	bad weather; postponed on next day
424	18	1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH 040	Andreas Widhölzl	Sven Hannawald	Akira Higashi	Kazuyoshi Funaki	^[18]
425	19	1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH 041	Takanobu Okabe	Hiroya Saito	Noriaki Kasai		^[19]
426	20	4 March 1998	Kuopio	Puijo K120 (night)	LH 251	Andreas Widhölzl	Primož Peterka	Hiroya Saito		^[20]
427	21	7 March 1998	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH 252	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Widhölzl	Kristian Brenden	Kazuyoshi Funaki	^[21]
428	22	8 March 1998	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH 253	Primož Peterka	Jani Soininen	Kristian Brenden		^[22]
429	23	11 March 1998	Falun	Lugnet K115	LH 254	Primož Peterka	Andreas Widhölzl	Hiroya Saito	Andreas Widhölzl	^[23]
430	24	13 March 1998	Trondheim	Granåsen K120	LH 255	Masahiko Harada	Noriaki Kasai	Roberto Cecon		^[24]
431	25	15 March 1998	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K112	LH 256	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 257	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Primož Peterka	Hiroya Saito	Primož Peterka	^[26]
433	27	22 March 1998	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH 258	Noriaki Kasai	Hiroya Saito	Martin Höllwarth		^[27]

Standings

Overall Rank after 27 events 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

Ski Jumping (JP) Cup Rank after 23 events 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

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

Nations Cup Rank after 27 events 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

Four Hills Tournament Rank after 4 events 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 alig  Masahiko Harada 777.9

Nordic Tournament Rank after 5 events 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

References

1. "K120: Lillehammer". International Ski Federation. 29 November 1997.
2. "K120: Lillehammer". International Ski Federation. 30 November 1997.
3. "K90: Predazzo". International Ski Federation. 6 December 1997.
4. "K90: Villach". International Ski Federation. 8 December 1997.
5. "K90: - Harrachov". International Ski Federation. 12 December 1997.
6. "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 20 December 1997.
7. "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 21 December 1997.
8. "K115: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 29 December 1997.
9. "K115: Garmisch-Partenkirchen". International Ski Federation. 1 January 1998.
10. "K110: Innsbruck". International Ski Federation. 4 January 1998.
11. "K120: Bischofshofen". International Ski Federation. 6 January 1998.
12. "K90: Ramsau". International Ski Federation. 11 January 1998.
13. "K116: Zakopane". International Ski Federation. 17 January 1998.
14. "K116: Zakopane". International Ski Federation. 18 Jan 1998.
15. "K185: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 24 January 1998.
16. "K185: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 25 January 1998.
17. "K120: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 5 February 1998.
18. "K175: Vikersund". International Ski Federation. 1 March 1998.
19. "K175: Vikersund". International Ski Federation. 1 March 1998.
20. "K90: Kuopio". International Ski Federation. 4 March 1998.
21. "K114: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 7 March 1998.
22. "K114: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 8 March 1998.
23. "K115: Falun". International Ski Federation. 11 March 1998.
24. "K120: Trondheim". International Ski Federation. 13 March 1998.
25. "K112: Oslo". International Ski Federation. 15 March 1998.
26. "K120: Planica". International Ski Federation. 21 March 1998.
27. "K120: Planica". International Ski Federation. 22 March 1998.