1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

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 →

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.

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.

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		^[21]

428	22	8 March 1998	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH ₂₅₃	Primož Peterka	Jani Soininen	Kristian Brenden	Kazuyoshi Funaki	^[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 (8–15 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	Primož Peterka	^[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

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

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v t e FIS Ski Flying World Cup seasons
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winners	Stephan Zünd (1991) Werner Rathmayr (1992) Jaroslav Sakala (1993) Jaroslav Sakala (1994) Andreas Goldberger (1995) Andreas Goldberger (1996) Primož Peterka (1997) Sven Hannawald (1998) Martin Schmitt (1999) Sven Hannawald (2000) Martin Schmitt (2001) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2009) Robert Kranjec (2010) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2011) Robert Kranjec (2012) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2013) Peter Prevc (2014) Peter Prevc (2015) Peter Prevc (2016) Stefan Kraft (2017) Andreas Stjernen (2018) Ryōyū Kobayashi (2019) Stefan Kraft (2020) Karl Geiger (2021) Žiga Jelar (2022) Stefan Kraft (2023) Daniel Huber (2024)
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