Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through to 1956, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition of the games to the next.

Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
IOC CodeSJP
Governing bodyFIS
Events5 (men: 3; women: 1; mixed: 1)
Winter Olympics

Most historians have placed this length at 70 meters and have classified this as the large hill. (Recent information from the FIS offices in Switzerland have had the K-points from 1924 to 1956 determined as shown below). In 1960, the ski jump hill was standardized to 80 meters. In 1964, a second ski jump, the normal hill at 70 meters (K90) was added along with the 80 meters (K120) large hill. The length of the large hill run in 1968 increased from 80 meters to 90 meters (K120). The team large hill event was added in 1988. By 1992, the ski jumping competitions were referred by their K-point distances rather than their run length prior to launching from the ski jump (90 meters for the normal hill and 120 meters for the large hill, respectively) and have been that way ever since. For the 2006 Winter Olympics, the normal hill was designated as HS106 (K95) while the large hill was designated as HS140 (K125).

On April 6, 2011, the International Olympic Committee officially accepted women's ski jumping into the official Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. On February 11, 2014, Carina Vogt of Germany won the first gold medal for women's ski jumping at the Winter Olympic Games.[1]

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1924 1   Norway (1)
2 1928 1   Norway (2)
3 1932 1   Norway (3)
4 1936 1   Norway (4)
5 1948 1   Norway (5)
6 1952 1   Norway (6)
7 1956 1   Finland (1)
8 1960 1   United Team of Germany (1)
9 1964 2   Norway (7)
10 1968 2   Czechoslovakia (1)
11 1972 2   Japan (1)
12 1976 2   Austria (1)
  East Germany (1)
13 1980 2   Austria (2)
Games Year Events Best Nation
14 1984 2   Finland (2)
15 1988 3   Finland (3)
16 1992 3   Finland (4)
17 1994 3   Germany (1)
18 1998 3   Japan (2)
19 2002 3   Switzerland (1)
20 2006 3   Austria (3)
21 2010 3   Switzerland (2)
22 2014 4   Germany (2)
  Poland (1)
23 2018 4   Norway (8)
24 2022 5   Slovenia (1)
25 2026 6

Events

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Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Men's individual normal hill 24
Men's individual large hill 16
Men's team large hill 10
Women's individual normal hill 3
Mixed normal hill team 1
Total events 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5

Medal table

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Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[2]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway (NOR)12101436
2  Finland (FIN)108422
3  Austria (AUT)7101027
4  Germany (GER)67316
5  Japan (JPN)46414
6  Poland (POL)43310
7  Switzerland (SUI)4105
8  East Germany (GDR)2327
9  Slovenia (SLO)2237
10  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1247
11  United Team of Germany (EUA)1012
12  Soviet Union (URS)1001
13  Sweden (SWE)0112
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0112
15  ROC (ROC)0101
16  Canada (CAN)0011
  France (FRA)0011
  United States (USA)0011
Totals (18 entries)545553162

Note: a tie for silver and no bronze medal in the 1980 normal hill competition.

Number of ski jumpers by nation

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Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
  Austria (AUT) 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 7 8 9 23
  Belarus (BLR) 1 2 1 2 4
  Bulgaria (BUL) 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 8
  Canada (CAN) 1 8 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 2 4 20
  China (CHN) 4 1 7 3
  Czech Republic (CZE) 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 8 8
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 5 5 5 2 5 4 4 14
  East Germany (GDR) 4 5 4 6 5 2 6
  Estonia (EST) 3 2 2 3 2 5
  Finland (FIN) 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 23
  France (FRA) 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 4 8 4 2 19
  Georgia (GEO) 1 1 1 3
  Germany (GER) 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 12
  Great Britain (GBR) 31 1 1 3
  Greece (GRE) 1 1
  Hungary (HUN) 21 21 2 1 2 2 6
  Iceland (ISL) 1 1 1 3
  Italy (ITA) 4 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 3 2 3 4 1 1 4 3 5 8 2 23
  Japan (JPN) 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 8 9 9 22
  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 8
  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 1 1
  Norway (NOR) 4 4 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 8 7 9 24
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 8 1
  Poland (POL) 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 1 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 24
  Romania (ROU) 1 1 1 1 1 3 6
  Russia (RUS) 4 4 5 4 4 6 9 7
  Slovakia (SVK) 2 1 1 1 4
  Slovenia (SLO) 5 6 5 4 4 5 9 9 9 9
  South Korea (KOR) 4 4 4 3 4 5 6
  Soviet Union (URS) 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 2 9
  Spain (ESP) 3 1 2
  Sweden (SWE) 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 17
  Switzerland (SUI) 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 3 2 4 24
  Turkey (TUR) 1 1 2
  Ukraine (UKR) 1 3 1 1 3 3 6
  Unified Team (EUN) 4 1
  United Team of Germany (EUA) 4 4 5 3
  United States (USA) 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 5 6 4 6 5 5 5 4 7 7 5 24
  West Germany (FRG) 4 3 2 3 4 5 6
  Yugoslavia (YUG) 4 4 2 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 11
Nations 11 13 10 15 14 13 16 15 15 17 16 15 16 17 19 17 19 19 22 21 18 20 21 22
Ski jumpers 40 38 47 50 49 44 55 45 58 66 62 62 55 65 65 63 68 68 73 79 68 100 100 110
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22
  • 1 Athletes did not start at the Games.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vogt wins historic ski jumping gold". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  • Wallenchinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-meter Hill. The Complete Book of The Olympics.
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