Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
Governing body FIS
Events 4 (men: 3; women: 1)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976
1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998
2002 2006 2010 2014
Medalists

Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through 1956, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition games to the next. 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 very first gold medal for women's ski jumping at the Winter Olympic Games.[1]

Events

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 Years
Men's individual large hill 22
Men's individual normal hill 14
Men's team large hill 8
Women's individual normal hill 1
Total events 1111111122222233333334

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 10 8 4 22
2  Norway (NOR) 9 9 12 30
3  Austria (AUT) 6 9 10 25
4  Germany (GER) 5 3 1 9
5  Switzerland (SUI) 4 1 0 5
6  Japan (JPN) 3 5 3 11
7  Poland (POL) 3 3 1 7
8  East Germany (GDR) 2 3 2 7
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 2 4 7
10  Unified Team of Germany (EUA) 1 0 1 2
11  Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 0 1
12  Slovenia (SLO) 0 1 2 3
13  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 2
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 0 1 1 2
15  France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 United States (USA) 0 0 1 1
Total 45 46 44 135

Note: two silver and no bronze medal in the 1980 normal hill competition.

Number of ski jumpers by nation

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 Years
 Austria (AUT) 13444444435554445544721
 Belarus (BLR) 12124
 Bulgaria (BUL) 3231216
 Canada (CAN) 18332133344344344718
 China (CHN) 41
 Czech Republic (CZE) 444555
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4444423555254414
 East Germany (GDR) 4546526
 Estonia (EST) 3223
 Finland (FIN) 42444444544446454555621
 France (FRA) 4343424421244244817
 Georgia (GEO) 1113
 Germany (GER) 444554555910
 Great Britain (GBR) 31113
 Greece (GRE) 11
 Hungary (HUN) 212121226
 Iceland (ISL) 1113
 Italy (ITA) 43323443114132341143521
 Japan (JPN) 1444244555444445554820
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 3444216
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 11
 Norway (NOR) 448444545554465565455822
 Poland (POL) 343344415445322115555522
 Romania (ROU) 11114
 Russia (RUS) 4454466
 Slovakia (SVK) 21114
 Slovenia (SLO) 56544597
 South Korea (KOR) 444345
 Soviet Union (URS) 4454544329
 Spain (ESP) 312
 Sweden (SWE) 443444544522145516
 Switzerland (SUI) 443344313144434424442322
 Ukraine (UKR) 131135
 Unified Team (EUN) 41
 Unified Team of Germany (EUA) 4453
 United States (USA) 438444444546656465554722
 West Germany (FRG) 4323456
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 4424454435511
Nations 11 13 10 15 14 13 16 15 15 17 16 15 16 17 19 17 19 19 22 21 18 20 38
Ski jumpers 40 38 47 50 49 44 55 45 58 66 62 62 55 65 65 63 68 68 73 79 68 834
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 22

See also

References

  1. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/26057176

External links

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