FAI World Championship 1959 in class F1A Glider

Held at Bourg-Leopold, Belgium August 23

Flight times are given in each of the 5 rounds in seconds. Competitors in the flyoff have total time shown and each flyoff round time preceded by + .

Individual results

1  G Ritz         USA   900 + 401
2  J Sokolov      USR   900 + 329
3  H M Habib      PAK   900 +  86
4  M Tahkapaa     FIN   900 +  71
5  I Kekkonen     FIN   900
6  A Buiter       NED  180 180 164 160 180   864
7  R Janssen      SWE  180 180 180 180 140   860
8  G Bulgheroni   ITA  180 180 126 180 176   842
9  H Wagner       AUT  110 180 180 180 180   830
10 P Ella         FIN  180 180 101 180 180   821
11 G Nilsson      SWE  180 180  92 180 180   812
12 S Babic        YUG  180 180 180 180  90   810
13 R Monks        GBR  180 108 180 180 160   808
14 J Michalek     CS   180 106 180 180 159   805
15 G Taverna      ITA   97 180 161 180 180   798
16 B Hansen       DEN  180  75 180 180 180   795
17 W Thomson      CAN  180 180 180 180  70   790
18 H Kunz         BRD  145 180 180  96 180   781
19 P Kool         NED  180 108 180 180 127   775
20 V Horyna       CS   180 164 180 180  69   773
21 H Schnurer     AUT   85 180 141 180 180   766
22 A Petit        BEL  180 180  87 180 135   762
23 G Kalen        SWE  180  41 180 180 180   761
24 E Frygyes      HUN  180  77 180 125 180   742
25 R Krook        NED  180 145  68 180 166   739
26 N Radoczi      HUN  133 164 180 180  79   736
27 H Hansen       DEN  180 180 123  71 180   734
28 P Soave        ITA  109 180 100 180 160   729
29 P Marchand     BEL  180  82 105 180 180   727
30 B Wiehle       USA  154 180 102 105 180   721
31 R Wilson       NZL  180 180 180 180   0   720
32 R Feldleit     ISR   87 180 180 180  88   715
33 E Black        GBR  180 149  77 125 180   711
34 M Vutetic      YUG  180 180  55 180 115   710
35 H Braud        FRA  180  71 180  86 180   697
36 Scheidler      AUT   87 180 180  62 180   689
37 O Prolsacka    CS   180 112 180  50 164   686
38 A Averyanov    USR  180 180  87  55 180   682
39 O Roser        HUN  159 180  66 180  92   677
39 B Sifleet      USA   60  77 180 180 180   677
41 W Hauenstein   SUI   62  83 180 180 171   676
42 V Dreher       YUG   85 179 103 180 128   675
43 R M Habib      PAK  180   0 180 180 121   661
44 W Simonov      USR   96  55 147 180 180   658
45 C Caron        FRA   68  49 180 180 180   657
46 A Hansen       DEN  180   0 180 179 116   655
47 H Tuck         CAN   67 180  94 125 177   643
48 H D Habib      PAK   31  66 180 180 180   637
49 E Shirt        GBR   96  86 180  85 180   627
50 G Scheu        SUI  141 180   0 180  97   598
51 C Foster       CAN  171  70  50 142 161   594
52 J Kiflawi      ISR   79  51  98 180 180   588
53 J Sheppard     NZL   25 148 130 180 103   586
54 W Beutter      SUI   96  56  55 180 180   567
55 L Benkert      BRD  180  53  72  64 180   549
56 I Ritchie      NZL  180  50  85 166  61   542
57 G Zimmerman    BEL   55 180  43 180  79   537
58 R Magniette    FRA   83 104 149  81 113   530
59 N Kadmon       ISR    0 180  36 180 102   498
60 P Kalthoff     BRD  140  27  71 175  77   490
Number of maximums      33  30  30  42  30
Number of full scores   33  17   9   9   5

Team Results

Country Abbreviation Total Team member places 1 Finland FIN 2621 4 5 10 2 Sweden SWE 2433 7 11 23 3 Netherlands NED 2378 6 19 25 4 Italy ITA 2369 8 15 28 5 USA USA 2298 1 30 39 6 Austria AUT 2285 9 21 36 7 Czechoslovakia CS 2264 14 20 37 8 USSR USR 2240 2 38 44 9 Pakistan PAK 2198 3 43 48 10 Yugoslavia YUG 2195 12 34 42 11 Denmark DEN 2184 16 27 46 12 Hungary HUN 2155 24 26 39 13 Great Britain GBR 2146 13 33 49 14 Canada CAN 2027 17 47 51 15 Belgium BEL 2026 22 29 57 16 France FRA 1884 35 45 58 17 New Zealand NZL 1848 31 53 56 18 Switzerland SUI 1841 41 50 54 19 Fed.Rep.Germany BRD 1820 18 55 60 20 Israel ISR 1801 32 52 59

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