FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1992
Encyclopedia
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 1992 took place on 22 March 1992 in Harrachov
, Czechoslovakia
for the second time. Harrachov hosted the championships previously in 1983
. It is the first championships that Germany
competed as a unified nation since their October 1990 reunificiation
. Japan
's Noriaki Kasai
became the first non-Europe
an to both medal and win at the championships.
Harrachov
Harrachov is a town on the Mumlava river in the northern Czech Republic, 300 m from the border with Poland. It is within the Krkonoše mountain range, about above sea level.-History:...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
for the second time. Harrachov hosted the championships previously in 1983
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1983
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 1983 took place in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.-Individual:-Medal table:-References:* - accessed 25 November 2009....
. It is the first championships that Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
competed as a unified nation since their October 1990 reunificiation
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
. Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
's Noriaki Kasai
Noriaki Kasai
, born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup...
became the first non-Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an to both medal and win at the championships.
Individual
22 March 1992| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | 392.5 | |
| Silver | 377.0 | |
| Bronze | 376.0 |
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |