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
Governing bodyFIS
Events4 (men: 3; women: 1)
Games

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]

Events

Event2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
Men's individual large hill23
Men's individual normal hill15
Men's team large hill9
Women's individual normal hill2
Total events11111111222222333333344

Medal table

Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)11101435
2 Finland (FIN)108422
3 Austria (AUT)691025
4 Germany (GER)66113
5 Poland (POL)4329
6 Switzerland (SUI)4105
7 Japan (JPN)35412
8 East Germany (GDR)2327
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1247
10 United Team of Germany (EUA)1012
11 Soviet Union (URS)1001
12 Slovenia (SLO)0123
13 Sweden (SWE)0112
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0112
15 France (FRA)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (16 nations)495048147

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

Number of ski jumpers by nation

Nation2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
 Austria (AUT)134444444355544455447822
 Belarus (BLR)12124
 Bulgaria (BUL)32312117
 Canada (CAN)183321333443443446219
 China (CHN)412
 Czech Republic (CZE)44455557
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)4444423555254414
 East Germany (GDR)4546526
 Estonia (EST)32234
 Finland (FIN)424444445444464545556622
 France (FRA)43434244212442448418
 Georgia (GEO)1113
 Germany (GER)4445545559911
 Great Britain (GBR)31113
 Greece (GRE)11
 Hungary (HUN)212121226
 Iceland (ISL)1113
 Italy (ITA)433234431141323411435822
 Japan (JPN)14442445554444455548921
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)34442117
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)11
 Norway (NOR)4484445455544655654558723
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)81
 Poland (POL)3433444154453221155555523
 Romania (ROU)111115
 Russia (RUS)4454466
 Slovakia (SVK)21114
 Slovenia (SLO)565445998
 South Korea (KOR)4443456
 Soviet Union (URS)4454544329
 Spain (ESP)312
 Sweden (SWE)443444544522145516
 Switzerland (SUI)4433443131444344244423223
 Turkey (TUR)11
 Ukraine (UKR)131135
 Unified Team (EUN)41
 United Team of Germany (EUA)4453
 United States (USA)3344444445466564655547723
 West Germany (FRG)4323456
 Yugoslavia (YUG)4424454435511
Nations111310151413161515171615161719171919222118202140
Ski jumpers403847504944554558666262556565636868737968100100
Year2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418
  • 1 Athletes did not start at the Games.

See also

References

  • Wallenchinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-meter Hill. The Complete Book of The Olympics.

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