FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985

The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1985 took place in Planica, Yugoslavia for the record third time. Planica hosted the championships previously in 1972 and 1979. Defending champion was Klaus Ostwald from East Germany. And new champion became Matti Nykänen.

There was no qualifying at the time, just official training on Friday March 15. On which three world records was set: one by Mike Holland in 1st round of official training, where jumped 186 meters and lasted only for 27 minutes. Short after that Matti Nykänen jumped 187 meters in 1st and 191 meters in 2nd round of official training. After that jump FIS introduced 191 meters rule to prevent hunting world record distances and which was in use from 1986-1994.