FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2006
| File:FIS Ski Flying WCH 2006 logo.png Official logo for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2006. | |
| Host city | Bad Mitterndorf, Austria |
|---|---|
| Nations | 17 |
| Athletes | 52 |
| Events | 2 |
| Opening | 12 January |
| Closing | 15 January |
| Main venue | Kulm |
| Website | Skifliegen.at |
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 2006 took place on 12–15 January 2006 in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria (The International Ski Federation has location listed as Kulm, the ski jumping venue located in Bad Mitterndorf.) for the fourth time. Bad Mitterndorf hosted the championships previously in 1975, 1986, and 1996. Norway repeated as team champion while Roar Ljøkelsøy repeated as individual champion. A record four nations won medals.
Individual
[edit | edit source]13-14 January 2006.[1]
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | File:Flag of Norway.svg Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) | 788.0 |
| Silver | File:Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Widhölzl (AUT) | 762.4 |
| Bronze | File:Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) | 752.2 |
Morgenstern had the longest jump of the competition with a 210.5 m final round jump.[1] Widhölzl led after the first round,[2] but Ljøkelsøy took the lead after the second round and ensured his victory.[3][4]
Team
[edit | edit source]15 January 2006.[5]
Slovenia's Robert Kranjec had the longest jumps in both rounds of competition at 207.0 m. Slovenia would unfortunately finish fifth because none of his other teammate could go further than 180.5 m.
Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual final round results. Archived 2006-09-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
- ^ FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual first round results. Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
- ^ FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual second round results. Archived 2006-03-12 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
- ^ FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 individual third round results. Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.
- ^ FIS Ski flying World Championships 2006 team final results. Archived 2006-03-21 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 28 November 2009.