Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just two days before official competition.

But technical delegate of competition, Norwegian Torbjørn Yggeseth who is known as the founder of the World Cup, proposed the change of rules: total 6 of 9 jumps, the best two of each three days were incorporated.

Križaj opened the hill with 142 metres, Bizjak's binds got off in the inrun and he managed to stop.

[1] On 15 March 1979 official training in front of 10,000 people was on schedule with two rounds in rain.

Test jumper Ivo Zupan was first that day who set Yugoslavian record at 171 metres.

Just before the third round, East German test jumper Klaus Ostwald set the world record at 176 metres.