Čerťák
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Location | Harrachov Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°46′01″N 15°25′44″E / 50.767°N 15.429°E |
Opened | 5 Jan 1980 (LH) 27 Mar 1980 (FH) |
Renovated | 1992 |
Closed | 2014[1] |
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K–point | 125, 185 m |
Hill size | 142, 210 m |
Longest jump (unofficial / fall) | 225.0 m (738 ft)*, hand measure 220.0 m (722 ft)*, video measure ![]() (3 February 2013) |
Hill record | Flying Hill: 214.5 m (704 ft) ![]() ![]() Large Hill: 145.5 m (477 ft) ![]() |
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Ski Flying World Championships | 1983, 1992, 2002, 2014 |
Čerťák is a ski jumping stadium with two hills in Harrachov in the Czech Republic.
It was built in 1979 and both hill officially opened in 1980. The venue is most notable for being one of five ski flying hills in the world, though it also has three smaller hills close by. It is owned by the sports club TJ Jiskra Harrachov. Audience capacity is about 50,000. Despite being a flying hill, only two world records have ever set at Čerťák, both in the 1980s. It was also during this time, and into the early 1990s, that many horrific accidents occurred.
The hills
[edit]The hills are located on the north side of the mountain Čertova hora, not far from the border to Poland. The first hill in Harrachov was built in 1922, but at a different location in town. Later in the 1920s the first hill in Čerťák was built. It was eventually expanded and supplemented with more hills. The ski flying hill was built in 1979 and opened in March 1980.
The large hill in Harrachov was built at the same time as the ski flying hill, and renovated in 1992. This hill has a K-point of 125 m and a hill size of 142 m. The official record is 145.5 m, set by Janne Ahonen on 12 December 2004 during the 2004–05 World Cup season. The unofficial record is 151 m set by Martin Koch (Austria) on 17 December 2004 in a Continental Cup event.[clarification needed]
The normal hill has K-point of 90 m, a hill size of 100 m and a hill record of 102.5 m. The two smaller hills have K-points of 70 m (hill record 77 m) and K-point 40 meters (hill record 43.5 m). The standard hill has plastic mats, allowing summer use.
The ski flying hill in Harrachov garnered an early reputation of being quite dangerous from which to jump. In its early years, jumpers achieved a significant height over the knoll, up to 12 m. The result of this height was that a gust of wind or error from the jumper could end catastrophically, and there were indeed many injuries from bad falls. During the World Championship in 1983, injuries were suffered by Steinar Bråten, Horst Bulau and Jens Weißflog. In 1985, Pavel Ploc suffered a violent crash. The venue was eventually closed by the FIS and rebuilt between 1989 and 1992, and has since kept the requirements from FIS. Accidents have still occurred, however: in 1992, Andreas Goldberger fell out of the air at the highest point of his jump and crashed very hard.
Events
[edit]Normal hill
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12 December 1997 | K90 | WC | ![]() |
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Large hill
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10 January 1981 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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8 January 1983 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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9 January 1983 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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14 January 1984 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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11 January 1986 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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10 January 1988 | K120 | WC | cancelled | ||
15 January 1989 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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12 January 1990 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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16 January 1993 | K120 | WC | lack of snow | ||
17 January 1993 | K120 | WC | |||
14 December 1996 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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15 December 1996 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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19 December 1998 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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20 December 1998 | K120 | WC | ![]() |
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7 February 1999 | K120 | WC (rep FH) | ![]() |
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11 December 2004 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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12 December 2004 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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10 December 2005 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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11 December 2005 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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9 December 2006 | HS142 | WC | lack of snow | ||
10 December 2006 | HS142 | WC | |||
12 December 2009 | HS142 | WC | |||
13 December 2009 | HS142 | WC | |||
11 December 2010 | HS142 | WC | strong wind; rescheduled to Engelberg | ||
12 December 2010 | HS142 | WC | strong wind; rescheduled to Zakopane | ||
9 December 2011 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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10 December 2011 | HS142 | WC-T | ![]() |
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11 December 2011 | HS142 | WC | ![]() |
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Flying hill
[edit]Date | Hillsize | Competition | Winner | Second | Third |
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28-29 March 1980 | K165 | KOP | ![]() |
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19-20 March 1983 | K185 | SFWC | ![]() |
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23 February 1985 | K185 | WC | ![]() |
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24 February 1985 | K185 | WC | strong wind | ||
18 March 1989 | K185 | WC | ![]() |
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19 March 1989 | K185 | WC | strong wind | ||
21 March 1992 | K185 | SFWC(d1) / WC | ![]() |
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22 March 1992 | K185 | SFWC(d2) / WC | stopped and cancelled; strong wind | ||
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9 March 1996 | K185 | WC | ![]() |
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9 March 1996 | K185 | WC | cancelled | ||
6 February 1999 | K185 | WC | next day on large hill | ||
13 January 2001 | K185 | WC | ![]() |
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14 January 2001 | K185 | WC | ![]() |
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10 March 2002 | K185 | SFWC | ![]() |
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19 January 2008 | HS205 | WC | strong wind | ||
20 January 2008 | HS205 | WC | ![]() |
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(night) 8 January 2011 | HS205 | WC | ![]() |
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9 January 2011 | HS205 | WC | ![]() |
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(night) 2 February 2013 | HS205 | WC | first event next day | ||
3 February 2013 | HS205 | WC | ![]() |
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3 February 2013 | HS205 | WC | ![]() |
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(night) 15 March 2014 | HS205 | SFWC-I | ![]() |
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17 March 2014 | HS205 | SFWC-T | strong wind |
Hill record
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Flying hill
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References
[edit]- ^ "Skisprungschanzen in Harrachov völlig marode | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.