1983–84 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

The 1983–84 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the fifth World Cup season in ski jumping.

1983–84 World Cup

Winners
Overall	Jens Weißflog
Four Hills Tournament	Jens Weißflog
Bohemia Tournament	Jens Weißflog
K.O.P. Ski Flying Week	Matti Nykänen
Nations Cup	Finland
Competitions
Venues	17
Individual	24
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This season began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 10 December 1983 and was finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 25 March 1984. The individual World Cup overall winner was East German ski jumper Jens Weißflog and Nations Cup was given to Team of Finland.

24 men's individual events on 15 different venues in 11 countries on three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America) were held. No competition was cancelled this season.

Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics which also counted for World Cup points (only time in history), 4H Tournament, Bohemia Tournament and the K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week.

On 16 and 17 March 1984 in Oberstdorf, finnish legend Matti Nykänen set and improved world record three times in total; two times on 182 metres (597 ft) and 185 metres (607 f).

World records

List of world record distances achieved within this World Cup season.

Date	Athlete	Hill	Round	Place	Metres	Feet
16 March 1984	Matti Nykänen	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K180	Training R2	Oberstdorf, West Germany	182	597
16 March 1984	Matti Nykänen	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K180	Training R3	Oberstdorf, West Germany	182	597
17 March 1984	Matti Nykänen	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K180	Round 2	Oberstdorf, West Germany	185	607

Map of world cup hosts

Europe Oslo Lillehammer Sarajevo Liberec Harrachov Cortina Falun Planica Lahti 4HT WC=OLY Bohemia Other
West Germany Oberstdorf Garmisch		Austria Innsbruck Bischofshofen Asia Sapporo		North America Thunder Bay Lake Placid

Calendar

Men's Individual

N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hill

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader[a]	R.
97	1	10 December 1983	Thunder Bay (Big Thunder K89, K120)	N 033	Horst Bulau	Matti Nykänen	Vegard Opaas	Horst Bulau	[1]
98	2	11 December 1983		L 056	Vegard Opaas	Matti Nykänen	Horst Bulau	Horst Bulau Matti Nykänen Vegard Opaas	[2]
99	3	17 December 1983	Lake Placid (MacKenzie Inter. K86, K114)	N 034	Primož Ulaga	Matti Nykänen	Horst Bulau Jeff Hastings	Matti Nykänen	[3]
100	4	18 December 1983		L 057	Jeff Hastings	Primož Ulaga	Jiří Parma		[4]
101	5	30 December 1983	Oberstdorf (Schattenbergschanze K115)	L 058	Klaus Ostwald	Jens Weißflog	Ole G. Fidjestøl		[5]
102	6	1 January 1984	Garmisch-Pa (Große Olympiaschanze K107)	L 059	Jens Weißflog	Hansjörg Sumi	Klaus Ostwald		[6]
103	7	4 January 1984	Innsbruck (Bergiselschanze K106)	L 060	Jens Weißflog	Matti Nykänen	Jari Puikkonen		[7]
104	8	6 January 1984	Bischofshofen (Paul-Ausserleitner K111)	L 061	Jens Weißflog	Per Bergerud	Primož Ulaga		[8]
32nd Four Hills Tournament Overall (30 December 1983 – 6 January 1984)					Jens Weißflog	Klaus Ostwald	Matti Nykänen	4H Tournament
105	9	11 January 1984	Cortina d’Ampezzo (Trampolino Olimpico K92)	N 035	Jens Weißflog	Horst Bulau	Klaus Ostwald	Jens Weißflog	[9]
106	10	14 January 1984	Harrachov (Čerťák K120)	L 062	Jiří Parma	Jens Weißflog	Pavel Ploc		[10]
107	11	15 January 1984	Liberec (Ještěd A K115)	L 063	Jens Weißflog	Klaus Ostwald	Per Bergerud		[11]
21st Bohemia Tournament Overall (14 – 15 January 1984)					Jens Weißflog	Jiří Parma	Holger Freitag	Bohemia Tournament
108	12	21 January 1984	Sapporo (Miyanomori K90) Ōkurayama K110)	N 036	Masahiro Akimoto	Veli-Matti Ahonen	Manfred Steiner	Jens Weißflog	[12]
109	13	22 January 1984		L 064	Manfred Steiner	Veli-Matti Ahonen	Masahiro Akimoto		[13]
FIS World Cup 1983/84 = 1984 Winter Olympics (12 – 18 February • Sarajevo)
110	14	12 February 1984	Sarajevo (Igman K90, K112)	N 037	Jens Weißflog	Matti Nykänen	Jari Puikkonen	Jens Weißflog	[14]
111	15	18 February 1984		L 065	Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog	Pavel Ploc		[15]
112	16	2 March 1984	Lahti (Salpausselkä K88, K113)	N 038	Matti Nykänen	Jari Puikkonen	Andreas Bauer		[16]
113	17	4 March 1984		L 066	Matti Nykänen	Jari Puikkonen	Pavel Ploc		[17]
114	18	6 March 1984	Falun (Lugnet K89)	N 039	Jiří Parma	Jeff Hastings	Adolf Hirner		[18]
115	19	9 March 1984	Lillehammer (Balbergbakken K120)	L 067	Pavel Ploc	Matti Nykänen	Ernst Vettori		[19]
116	20	11 March 1984	Oslo (Holmenkollbakken K105)	L 068	Vladimír Podzimek	Pavel Ploc	Ole C. Eidhammer		[20]
117	21	17 March 1984	Oberstdorf (Heini-Klopfer K182)	F 010	Matti Nykänen	Pavel Ploc	Jens Weißflog	Matti Nykänen	[21]
118	22	18 March 1984		F 011	Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog Pavel Ploc			[22]
31st K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week Overall (17 – 18 March 1984)					Matti Nykänen	Pavel Ploc	Jens Weißflog	K.O.P.
119	23	24 March 1984	Planica (Srednja Bloudkova K90) (Bloudkova velikanka K120)	N 040	Jens Weißflog	Mike Holland	Janusz Malik	Jens Weißflog	[23]
120	24	25 March 1984		L 069	Pavel Ploc	Vegard Opaas	Piotr Fijas		[24]
5th FIS World Cup Overall (10 December 1983 – 25 March 1984)					Jens Weißflog	Matti Nykänen	Pavel Ploc	World Cup Overall

Standings

Overall Rank after 24 events Points 1 Jens Weißflog 230 2 Matti Nykänen 217 3 Pavel Ploc 148 4 Jeff Hastings 123 5 Jiří Parma 122 6 Primož Ulaga 120 7 Klaus Ostwald 119 8 Horst Bulau 102 9 Jari Puikkonen 101 10 Vegard Opaas 96

Nations Cup Rank after 24 events Points 1  Finland 558 2  East Germany 550 3  Czechoslovakia 480 4  Austria 423 5  Norway 411 6  United States 216 7  Yugoslavia 182 8  Canada 125 9  West Germany 122 10  Poland 75

Four Hills Tournament Rank after 4 events Points 1 Jens Weißflog 897.9 2 Klaus Ostwald 842.3 3 Matti Nykänen 825.9 4 Jari Puikkonen 791.9 5 Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl 790.5 6 Per Bergerud 789.9 7 Pavel Ploc 785.3 8 Pentti Kokkonen 768.2 9 Jeff Hastings 761.3 10 Andreas Felder 755.8

Bohemia Tournament

Rank	after 3 events	Points
1	Jens Weißflog	409.1
2	Jiří Parma	381.2
3	Holger Freitag	370.3
↓ . . . . . . uncompleted order . . . . . . ↓
N/A	Pavel Ploc	362.4
N/A	Klaus Ostwald	362.3
N/A	Armin Kogler	352.3
N/A	Georg Waldvogel	322.7

See also

• 1983–84 FIS Europa Cup (2nd level competition)

Notes

1. Yellow bib for the overall leader was introduced later, from the 1988/89 season onwards.