Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium

Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre (Korean: 알펜시아 스키점프 경기장) is a ski jumping hills located at Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events during the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also operate as an association football venue by using their landing area as the pitch.^[1]

Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre

Location	325, Daegwallyeong-myeon Pyeongchang, South Korea
Coordinates	37°39′42″N 128°40′50″E
Owner	Pyeongchang County
Capacity	13,500
Surface	Snow and Grass
Opened	2008
Tenants
Gangwon FC (2016–2017)

Large hill
Size
K–point	125 metres (410 ft)
Hill size	142 metres (466 ft)
Hill record	143.5 metres (471 ft) Ryoyu Kobayashi (16 February 2018)
Top events
Olympics	2018

Normal hill
Size
K–point	98 metres (322 ft)
Hill size	109 metres (358 ft)
Longest jump (unofficial / fall)	114.5 metres (376 ft) Jure Šinkovec (FIS Cup; 23 January 2016)
Hill record	113.5 metres (372 ft) Stefan Kraft (16 February 2017) Robert Johansson (10 February 2018) Andreas Wellinger (10 February 2018)
Top events
Olympics	2018

History

The ski jumping hills hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[2] The stadium holds a maximum of 13,500 spectators, and was built in 2008; for the Olympics, the capacity was reduced to 8,500 seats.^[3]

Ski jumping events

Men

Date	Hillsize	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
(night) 15 February 2017	HS140	WC	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Kamil Stoch
(night) 16 February 2017	HS109	WC	Maciej Kot	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger
(night) 10 February 2018	HS109	WOG-I	Andreas Wellinger	Johann André Forfang	Robert Johansson
(night) 17 February 2018	HS142	WOG-I	Kamil Stoch	Andreas Wellinger	Robert Johansson
(night) 19 February 2018	HS142	WOG-T	Norway Daniel-André Tande Andreas Stjernen Johann André Forfang Robert Johansson	Germany Karl Geiger Stephan Leyhe Richard Freitag Andreas Wellinger	Poland Maciej Kot Stefan Hula Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch

Ladies

Date	Hillsize	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
(night) 15 February 2017	HS109	WC	Yūki Itō	Sara Takanashi	Ema Klinec
16 February 2017	HS109	WC	Sara Takanashi	Yūki Itō	Maren Lundby
(night) 12 February 2018	HS109	WOG-I	Maren Lundby	Katharina Althaus	Sara Takanashi

References

1. Price, Steve (2017-04-20). "What is the last thing a football club needs? A stadium with ski jumps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
2. "PyeongChang 2018: Alpensia resort and water park complete and full for summer season". sportsfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
3. "Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

External links

• 2018 Winter Olympics, Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium Page Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine