U.S.A. Ski Jumpers at the World Championships

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The first World Skiing Championships recognized by the FIS were held in 1924 in conjunction with the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France, though Jahn and Theiner, in Enzyklopädie des Skispringens (2004), mention a 1923 event in Harrachov, CZE. The FIS continued to embrace the Olympic Winter Games as the official World Championships through the 1984 Games in Sarajevo, and further World Championships were held in non-Olympic years. In a web page chronicling the World Championships, the FIS web site lists annual events from 1924 to 1939, though some of these are not actually given the designation "World Championships" in the list, and the results shown in Jahn and Theiner for these events show that they were not attended by many national teams. None of the pre-war results in Jahn and Theiner for non-Olympic events indicate participation by any U.S. ski jumpers. After WW-II, World Championships were held every two years, in even-numbered years, starting with the Olympic Games of 1948 in St. Moritz and running through 1984 in Sarajevo. Before 1962, a single special jumping event was held, though the size of the jumping hill grew over the decades. In Zakopane, POL (1962) a second World Championship event was added on a smaller hill. The two events have been designated in a number of ways, but "Large Hill" and "Normal Hill" continue to work. In 1978, the FIS added a Team Jump to the World Championship program, but this was not added to the Olympics until 1988. The 1980 event did without a team event but in 1984, with no team jump in Sarajevo, the FIS held a stand-alone World Championship Team Jump in Engleberg, SWI. After 1984, the FIS split from the Olympic Games and moved the biennial World Championships to the odd-numbered years starting in 1985. Thunder Bay (1995) introduced the World Cup practice of cutting the field of competitors to the top 30 for the second round of competition, and in Lahti (2001) a qualifying event was added from which the top 50 qualifiers would jump the following day in the finals. Two World Championships, 2001 in Lahti and 2005 in Oberstdorf, have included two team competitions, one on the Normal Hill and one on the Large Hill. New in Liberec (2009) was an official women's championhip event on the Normal Hill only, won but Lindsey Van (USA). New in Val di Fiemme (2013) was a Normal Hill mixed team event (in addition to the LH men's team event).

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US Jumpers at the World Championships      

LARGE HILL	NORMAL HILL	TEAM JUMP
2011 VAL di FIEMME, ITA
39.  Anders Johnson 50.  Peter Frenette	1.  Sarah Hendrickson   6.  Jesssica Jerome 16.  Lindsey Van 33.  Abby Hughes 37.  Anders Johnson nq  Peter Frenette	6.  Jesssica Jerome      Peter Frenette      Sarah Hendrickson      Anders Johnson (No team entered on LH)
2011 OSLO, NOR
35.  Peter Frenette	14.  Jesssica Jerome 16.  Sarah Hendrickson 20.  Alissa Johnson 24.  Abby Hughes 34.  Lindsey Van (no men entered in NH)	(No U.S. team entered)
2009 LIBEREC, CZE
40.  Anders Johnson nq  Nicholas Fairall (45)	1.  Lindsey Van   6.  Jesssica Jerome 20.  Alissa Johnson 29.  Sarah Hendrickson 48.  Anders Johnson nq  Nicholas Fairall (42)	(No U.S. team entered)
2007 SAPPORO, JAP
nq  Clint Jones nq  Alan Alborn	(No U.S. competitors)	(No U.S. team entered)
2005 OBERSTDORF, GER
nq  Clint Jones	32. Clint Jones nq  Brian Welch	(No U.S. team entered)
2003 PREDAZZO, ITA
34. Alan Alborn 40. Clint Jones	29. Alan Alborn 32. Clint Jones	(No U.S. team entered)
2001 LAHTI, FIN
38. Clint Jones 41. Alan Alborn	23. Alan Alborn 37. Clint Jones	(No U.S. team entered)
1999 BISCHOFSHOFEN & RAMSAU, AUT
27. Alan Alborn 46. Brendan Doran	40. Alan Alborn 59. Brendan Doran	(No U.S. team entered)
1997 TRONDHEIM, NOR
(No U.S. competitors)	(No U.S. competitors)	(No U.S. team entered)
1995 THUNDER BAY, CAN
46. Randy Weber 52. Matt Kuusinen 55. Brendan Doran	33. Randy Weber 34. Matt Kuusinen 36. Tad Langlois 50. Brendan Doran	11. Matt Kuusinen       Brendan Doran       Randy Weber       Tad Langlois
1993 FALUN, SWE
48. Jim Holland 50. Greg Boester 51. Robert Holme	32. Robert Holme 48. Jim Holland 58. Greg Boester	(Team not entered)
1991 PREDAZZO, ITA
41. Kris Severson 52. Jim Holland 59. Tad Langlois 60. Mark Konopacke	29. Jim Holland 44. Mark Konopacke 51. Kris Severson 58. Tad Langlois	13. Tad Langlois       Mark Konopacke       Jim Holland       Kris Severson
1989 LAHTI, FIN
28. Michael Holland 48. Tad Langlois 61. Mark Konopacke 62. Kurt Stein	25. Michael Holland 46. Mark Konopacke 53. Kurt Stein 62. Tad Langlois	13. Mark Konopacke       Kurt Stein       Tad Langlois       Michael Holland
1987 OBERSTDORF, GER
31. Michael Holland 42. Zane Palmer 51. Rick Mewborn 53. Chris Hastings	42. Rick Mewborn 47. Michael Holland 52. Zane Palmer 59. Mark Konopacke	15. Mark Konopacke       Zane Palmer       Rick Mewborn       Michael Holland
1985 INNSBRUCK & SEEFELD, AUT
23. Mark Konopacke 24. Michael Holland 38. Rick Mewborn 40. Zane Palmer	8. Michael Holland 25. Nils Stolzlechner 40. Rick Mewborn 47. Mark Konopacke	5. Nils Stolzlechner       Rick Mewborn       Mark Konopacke       Michael Holland
1984 ENGELBERG, SWI
(See Sarajevo Olympics)	(See Sarajevo Olympics)	7. Reed Zuehlke      Dennis McGrane      Jeff Hastings      Michael Holland
1982 OSLO, NOR
15. Jeff Hastings 16. John Broman 44. Nils Stolzlechner 54. Reed Zuehlke	35. Jeff Hastings 40. Reed Zuehlke 43. John Broman 54. Nils Stolzlechner	6. Nils Stolzlechner      Reed Zuehlke      Jeff Hastings      John Broman
1978 LAHTI, FIN
27. Jim Denney 37. Walter Malmquist 49. Chris McNeill 52. Jeff Denney	14. Jim Denney 33. Chris McNeill 44. Jeff Davis 48. Jeff Denney	10. Jeff Denney      Chris McNeill      Jeff Davis      Jim Denney
1974 FALUN, SWE
39. Tom Dargay 40. Ron Steele 52. Jay Rand	33. Jay Rand 39. Jerry Martin 42. Greg Windsperger 46. Ron Steele
1970 STRBSKE PLESO, CZE
26. Greg Swor 48. Jerry Martin 53. Adrian Watt 54. Bill Bakke	24. Greg Swor 25. Adrian Watt 35. Bill Bakke 44. Jerry Martin
1966 OSLO, NOR
16. John Balfanz 29. Jay Martin 60. Gene Kotlarek 61. Dave Hicks	26. John Balfanz 36. Gene Kotlarek 39. Dave Hicks 58. Jay Martin
1962 ZAKOPANE, POL
32. John Balfanz 37. Jon Elliot 40. William Erickson 52. Steve Rieschl	16. William Erickson 49. Steve Rieschl 53. Jon Elliot 60. John Balfanz
1958 LAHTI, FIN
16. James House 18. Arthur Tokle 31. William Erickson 34. Rudy Maki 44. Richard Rahoi 54. Ansten Samuelstuen	Before 1960 there was only   one special jump at the   World Championships.