Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

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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.

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Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
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IOC CodeSJP
Governing bodyFIS
Events5 (men: 3; women: 1; mixed: 1)
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It is controversial whether the Olympic Games from 1924 to 1960 were normal hill or large hill competitions. Even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no clear consensus on this.[1] [2][3][4][5]

Most historians have placed the length of the Olympic competition in 1924 at 70 meters and have classified this as the large hill.[6][7][8][9][10] (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).

Until the 1980 Winter Olympics the Winter Olympics also served in ski jumping as the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

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.[11]

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More information Games, Year ...
Games Year Events Best Nation
119241 Norway (1)
219281 Norway (2)
319321 Norway (3)
419361 Norway (4)
519481 Norway (5)
619521 Norway (6)
719561 Finland (1)
819601 United Team of Germany (1)
919642 Norway (7)
1019682 Czechoslovakia (1)
1119722 Japan (1)
1219762 Austria (1)
 East Germany (1)
1319802 Austria (2)
1419842 Finland (2)
1519883 Finland (3)
1619923 Finland (4)
1719943 Germany (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
1819983 Japan (2)
1920023 Switzerland (1)
2020063 Austria (3)
2120103 Switzerland (2)
2220144 Germany (2)
 Poland (1)
2320184 Norway (8)
2420225 Slovenia (1)
2520266
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Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[12]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

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

Number of ski jumpers by nation

More information Nation, Years ...
Nation242832364852566064687276808488929498020610141822Years
 Austria 1344444443555444554478923
 Belarus 12124
 Bulgaria 323121118
 Canada 1833213334434434462420
 China 4173
 Czech Republic 444555588
 Czechoslovakia 4444423555254414
 East Germany 4546526
 Estonia 322325
 Finland 4244444454444645455566423
 France 434342442124424484219
 Georgia 1113
 Germany 44455455599912
 Great Britain 31113
 Greece 11
 Hungary 212121226
 Iceland 1113
 Italy 4332344311413234114358223
 Japan 144424455544444555489922
 Kazakhstan 344421128
 Kyrgyzstan 11
 Norway 44844454555446556545587924
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 81
 Poland 34334441544532211555555724
 Romania 1111136
 Russia 44544697
 Slovakia 21114
 Slovenia 5654459999
 South Korea 4443456
 Soviet Union 4454544329
 Spain 312
 Sweden 4434445445221455117
 Switzerland 44334431314443442444232424
 Turkey 112
 Ukraine 1311336
 Unified Team 41
 United Team of Germany 4453
 United States 33444444454665646555477524
 West Germany 4323456
 Yugoslavia 4424454435511
Nations111310151413161515171615161719171919222118202122
Ski jumpers403847504944554558666262556565636868737968100100110
Year 242832364852566064687276808488929498020610141822
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  • 1 Athletes did not start at the Games.

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