The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a
ski flying event organised by the
International Ski Federation
The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the ...
and held every two years. The event takes place on hills much larger than
ski jumping hills, with the
K-point
The construction point ( ger, Konstruktionspunkt), also known as the K-point or K-spot and formerly critical point, is a line across a ski jumping hill. It is used to calculate the number of points granted for a given jump. It is therefore also ca ...
set between and . Unlike ordinary
ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after four jumps. 40 jumpers qualify for the competition and jump the first round, 10 are eliminated, and the 30 remaining jumpers compete in the last three rounds. The person with most points combined after four jumps is declared the World Champion. In 2004, the FIS introduced a team event between national teams of four jumpers, with two jumps each.
Host cities
Championships
Individual
Team
Medal table
After the
2022 championships
See also
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Ski flying
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Ski jumping
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World's longest ski jumps
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
References
External links
Ski flying World Championship informationfis-ski.com
{{Ski flying World Championships
Ski jumping competitions
Ski flying
Ski flying
Recurring sporting events established in 1972
International Ski Federation competitions