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Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeSJP
Governing bodyFIS
Events4 (men: 3; women: 1)
Games

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.

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

Events

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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 ROC0101
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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  • 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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