5th Hot Air Balloon World Championship 1981
Battle Creek, MI, USA

June 20 - 27, 1981

Director: Tom Sheppard, USA
82 Pilots, 6 Flights, 8 Tasks

21.6 pm

Task 1

Fly In

22.6 pm

Task 2, 3

Fly In, Fly On

23.6 am

Task 4

Pilot Declared Goal

24.6 am

Task 5

Fly In

25.6 am

Task 6

Fly In

26.6 am

Task 7, 8

Fly In, Fly On

FINAL RESULTS

 

Rank

NAME, First Name

NAC

Total

ranking by nations

1

COMSTOCK, Bruce

USA

6,840

rank

NAC

average

2

BAREFORD, David

GBR

6,631

1

CAN

635.9

3

BALKEDAL, Jan

SWE

6,617

2

SWE

634.9

4

SCHAFFER, David

USA

6,573

3

USA

625.0

5

BLOUNT, Alan

USA

6,286

4

AUS

598.1

6

ARNOULD, Michel

FRA

6,111

5

GBR

594.8

7

HORACK, Larry

CAN

5,990

6

FRA

586.7

8

WARNER, Harold

CAN

5,923

7

HKG

576.1

9

MICHAUD, Del

CAN

5,898

8

AUT

529.1

10

KIRBY, Chris

GBR

5,825

9

ITA

482.5

11

KEOWN, Owen

USA

5,771

10

RSA

468.8

12

ROUX DEVILLAS, Olivier

FRA

5,698

11

NED

455.4

13

MARTIN, Pascal

FRA

5,653

12

GER

419.3

14

TERRIN, Patrice

FRA

5,652

13

SUI

406.6

15

TAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki

JPN

5,509

14

JPN

404.9

16

BRIDGE, Ian

GBR

5,502

15

LUX

392.5

17

STARKBAUM, Josef

AUT

5,423

16

DEN

380.3

18

MURTORFF, Bill

USA

5,315

17

BRA

335.4

19

GABEL, Tom

USA

5,288

18

ESP

333.5

20

DESMOND, Al

USA

5,245

19

NOR

314.2

21

DE BRUIJN, Mathijs

NED

5,168

20

BEL

312.3

22

WIRTH, Dick

GBR

5,153

21

IRE

55.9

23

BALDO, James

USA

5,137

24

LANG, Dale

CAN

5,942

25

KARLSTROM, Kenneth

SWE

5,033

26

WOESSNER, Paul

USA

5,022

27

JONES, Steve

USA

5,006

28

GUNNARSSON, Bengt

SWE

4,899

29

FITGER, Peter

SWE

4,832

30

VIZZARD, Peter

AUS

4,817

31

CUTTER, Sid

USA

4,786

32

WILSON, Ruth E. (Ms)

AUS

4,752

33

WILLIAMS, Crispin

GBR

4,740

34

CONNER, Don

USA

4,732

35

GIANNOTIS, Paul

HKG

4,609

36

OHIWA, Masakasu "Maco"

JPN

4,567

37

DONNELLY, Tom

GBR

4,564

38

BATCHELOR, Robin

GBR

4,478

39

KLINGBERG, Mikael

NOR

4,461

40

MOIZARD, Francois

FRA

4,351

41

EDWARDS, Sam

USA

4,217

42

FISCHER, David

CAN

4,186

43

HAGGENEY, Paul

GER

4,174

44

FORSCHNER, Werner

GER

4,137

45

ADAMS, Terrence

RSA

4,117

46

COLTING, Hakan

SWE

4,013

47

DONNET, Jean

FRA

3,944

48

GEARING, Herbert

RSA

3,918

49

CONTEGIACOMO, Paolo

ITA

3,860

50

HOFFMANN, Jurgen

GER

3,768

51

SCHWEIZER, Werner

SUI

3,728

52

KORDEL, Hans

GER

3,712

53

NELS, Al

USA

3,703

54

BIRK, Jim

USA

3,427

55

LOOS, Friedel

GER

3,305

56

BOBELL, Richard

RSA

3,216

57

PAAMAND, Kai

DEN

3,197

58

FAITHFUL, Simon

NED

3,167

59

D'OULTREMONT, Yves

BEL

3,165

60

THIBO, Pit

LUX

3,140

61

FONTENAU, Luc

FRA

3,133

62

KINDERMANN, Gerhard

AUT

3,042

63

COLEMAN, John

GBR

3,011

64

STIESZ, Christian

FRA

3,005

65

JACOBS, Ian

GBR

2,922

66

PAAMAND, Kim

DEN

2,887

67

KEARLEY, Patrick

SUI

2,777

68

KATZER, Wolf

GER

2,686

69

SCHWARTZ, Bruno

BRA

2,683

70

GREEN, Jesus

ESP

2,678

71

FELIU RIUS, Thomas

ESP

2,658

72

ESSERMAN, John

USA

2,656

73

SANDEL, Anneke (Ms)

NED

2,594

74

LAUWAERT, Michel

BEL

2,593

75

RITCHIE, Dale

CAN

2,586

76

FUJIMORI, Tatsuo

JPN

2,536

77

IMAMURA, Sakio

JPN

2,254

78

DE SADELEER, Stanislas

BEL

1,737

79

MAES, Jo Jo

GER

1,698

80

ICHIYOSHI, Toshiko (Ms)

JPN

1,328

81

GUNDERSEN, Tor

NOR

566

82

LEWIS, Noel

IRE

447