13th Hot Air Balloon World Championship 1997
Saga, Japan

November 15 - 25, 1997

Director: Masashi Kakuda, Japan
112 Pilots, 9 Flights, 21 Tasks

18.11 am

Task 1, 2, 3

FIN/PDG/FON

19.11 am

Task 4, 5, 6, 7

PDG/JDG/JDG/FON

19.11 pm

Task 8

FIN

20.11 am

Task 9, 10, 11

HES/FON/MAXDD

20.11 pm

Task 12

MIN(Time)

21.11 am

Task 13

HES

23.11 am

Task 14, 15, 16, 17

FIN/JDG/FON/JDG

23.11 pm

Task 18, 19

PDG/FIN

24.11 am

Task 20, 21

MINT/JDG

FINAL RESULTS

Rank

NAME, First Name

NAC

Total

ranking by nations

1

BAREFORD, David

GBR

18,057

rank

NAC

average

2

BALKEDAL, Janne

SWE

16,992

1

USA

782.4

3

HEARTSILL, Joe

USA

16,730

2

GER

726.3

4

ARRAS, William

USA

16,564

3

GBR

707.2

5

SCHNEIDER, Uwe

GER

16,480

4

JPN

689.5

6

CLIVER, Harold

USA

16,368

5

SWE

666.0

7

FINK, Thomas

GER

16,362

6

ESP

653.0

8

CANNON, Patrick

USA

16,262

7

FRA

651.7

9

BEAZLEY, Brian

USA

16,229

8

HKG

650.8

10

ROUTSALAINEN, Jouni

FIN

16,007

9

HUN

645.9

11

GIBBS, Paul

AUS

15,741

10

NED

632.6

12

ASANO, Tomoyuki

JPN

15,574

11

AUS

628.6

13

EKEBLAD, Per Olof

SWE

15,451

12

BEL

583.1

14

MOLNAR, Csaba

HUN

15,443

13

FIN

579.0

15

ROBERSON, Kevin

RSA

15,223

14

CZE

575.3

16

MESSINES, Francois

FRA

15,193

15

BRA

554.2

17

LLADO-COSTA, Josep Maria

ESP

15,052

16

RSA

552.5

18

BOLZE, Stephane

FRA

14,891

17

POL

537.8

19

ASAOKA, Yasuhiko

JPN

14,885

18

ITA

533.8

20

TARNO, Javier Fernandez

ESP

14,848

19

LUX

517.6

21

MUIR, Lindsay (Ms)

GBR

14,747

20

DEN

506.9

22

HUNT, Raymond

GBR

14,366

21

ARG

504.5

23

TIMMERS, Jan

BEL

14,318

22

NOR

500.9

24

WEISGERBER, Klaus

GER

14,296

23

SUI

492.2

25

SAUBER, Claude

LUX

14,238

24

UKR

477.1

26

KUMAZAWA, Hiroshi

JPN

14,103

25

LTU

457.6

27

KOOISTRA, Pieter

NED

14,050

26

SLO

450.9

28

VEGH, Sandor

HUN

13,938

27

LAT

435.2

29

FOKKEN, Jan

NED

13,882

28

AUT

432.8

30

HAGGENEY, Dominik

GER

13,873

29

CAN

426.5

31

BROEDERS, Henk

NED

13,731

30

SVK

377.3

32

PARRY, Richard

HKG

13,667

31

CHN

365.6

33

KAVANAGH, Sean

AUS

13,656

32

RUS

355.1

34

HANSEN, Torben

DEN

13,571

33

KEN

351.1

35

DE COCK, Philippe

BEL

13,499

34

BLR

321.5

36

CRKVA, Ladislav

CZE

13,426

35

IND

313.8

37

IWAI, Shigefumi

JPN

13,353

36

KOR

261.3

38

BERNARDIN, Jacques

FRA

13,059

37

TUR

250.6

39

SAUNDERS, Kiff

AUS

12,998

38

PHI

108.1

40

ROTTINGER, Gerhard

AUT

12,952

41

BYELORUSOV, Sergey

UKR

12,908

42

NEMETH, Zoltan

HUN

12,607

43

GAO, Xinsheng

CHN

12,415

44

KALOUSDIAN, Rubens

BRA

12,411

45

JAKAB, Janos

HUN

12,269

46

GABRIEL, Neil

GBR

12,237

47

AIMO, Giovanni

ITA

12,163

48

RUSTEN, Frithjof

NOR

12,129

49

CZERNIAWSKI, Jerzy

POL

12,049

50

FRIHAGEN, Tore

NOR

11,993

51

KALOUSDIAN, Rui

BRA

11,871

52

ROBERTS, David

CAN

11,829

53

WANDEL, Tore

SWE

11,822

54

ROEHSLER, Rainer

AUT

11,761

55

LANDH, Goran

SWE

11,679

56

ROUX DEVILLAS, Olivier

FRA

11,596

57

SUCHY, Michael

CZE

11,589

58

BARENDS, Koen

NED

11,477

59

WALAWSKI, Tomasz

POL

11,361

60

SORN, Slavko

SLO

11,337

61

BUHLMANN, Felix

SUI

11,311

62

ALVAREZ, Mario

ARG

11,292

63

ALLIET, Patrick

BEL

11,285

64

AGUIRRE, Angel

ESP

11,236

65

MERINSKY, Pavel

CZE

11,228

66

PRAWICKI, Bogdan

POL

11,219

67

NENOV, Feodor

BRA

11,193

68

THIBO, Pit

LUX

11,127

69

PAULO, Carlos Antonio

BRA

11,077

70

FROJDMAN, Jan

FIN

11,063

71

MIKELEVICIUS, Romanas

LTU

10,671

72

OZGA, Waldemar

POL

10,546

73

SERBINCIK, Peter

SVK

10,519

74

KAVANAGH, Phil

AUS

10,408

75

ALMER, Johann

AUT

10,260

76

BONANNO, Paolo

ITA

10,257

77

STANKEVICIUS, Vidmantas

LTU

10,232

78

EGG, Rolf

SUI

10,019

79

BAROZZA, Javier

ARG

9,897

80

KLINGBERG, Mikael

NOR

9,881

81

VAN GEYTE, Luc

BEL

9,880

82

BEYELER, Werner

SUI

9,677

83

LISSIMORE, Mark

KEN

9,475

84

AUTIO, Jyrki

FIN

9,406

85

ROBINSON, Jonathan

KEN

9,373

86

DUKSTE, Gunars

LAT

9,139

87

PERKOV, Yurij

UKR

9,128

88

STEVENS, Mary Anne (Ms)

CAN

8,624

89

AASEN, Svein Olav

NOR

8,073

90

LISTRATENKO, Konstantin

UKR

8,022

91

CLEGG, Felicity (Ms)

RSA

7,982

92

LATYPOV, Valery

RUS

7,934

93

KOMZA, Robertas

LTU

7,925

94

WERESCHUK, Stan

CAN

7,722

95

ANDERSEN, Jan

DEN

7,719

96

ADAMS, Jason

CAN

7,651

97

BERTALANIC, Stefan

SLO

7,600

98

CHUNG, Gum tack

KOR

7,371

99

BARTHEL, Jeannot

LUX

7,244

100

YING, Jiang

CHN

7,009

101

TARAN, Yury

RUS

6,980

102

MOROZ, Wladimir

BLR

6,751

103

YADAV, Mukesh

IND

6,589

104

SONG, Jae il

KOR

6,402

105

SEO, Jeong yoon

KOR

6,021

106

PRUSOVA, Alica (Ms)

SVK

5,326

107

KEREMOGLU, Ismail

TUR

5,263

108

ZHANG, Yuying

CHN

3,607

109

MARSHALL, Chris

KEN

3,269

110

ROA, Jose Mari

PHI

2,271

111

JEON, Kwang il

KOR

2,156

112

STURZLINGER, Gerald

AUT

1,380