Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics
, one individual ski jumping
event was contested. It was held on Sunday, February 16, 1936.
. The weather conditions were good with temperatures between 0° to +3° Celsius
and no wind.
The 80 metres were not reached due to difficult snow conditions, so the winner's lengths were 74.5 meters and 75 meters respectively. The second placed Sven Eriksson
was able to stand 76 metres twice. In the second run Shinji Tatsuta reached 77 metres but was not able to stand his jump. Four jumpers fell Goro Adachi in the second run after a very attractive performance in the first heat. Shinji Tatsuta and Sauli Pälli fell in both runs, and Mario Bonomo was the only competitor who did not finish the contest after his fall in the first run.
The three judges, G. Schmidt (Germany), J. Asp (Norway), and R. Straumann (Switzerland), decided that Birger Ruud
presented the most sophisticated style.
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...
, one individual ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
event was contested. It was held on Sunday, February 16, 1936.
Medalists
Final standings
The competition took place at "Olympiaschanze" with a K-Point of 80 metres . It started at 11 a.m.12-hour clock
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. The weather conditions were good with temperatures between 0° to +3° Celsius
Celsius
Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...
and no wind.
The 80 metres were not reached due to difficult snow conditions, so the winner's lengths were 74.5 meters and 75 meters respectively. The second placed Sven Eriksson
Sven Selånger
Sven Selånger was a Swedish Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a ski jumping silver at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also competed in nordic combined at the Winter Olympics in 1928, finishing 6th, and in 1932, finishing 5th...
was able to stand 76 metres twice. In the second run Shinji Tatsuta reached 77 metres but was not able to stand his jump. Four jumpers fell Goro Adachi in the second run after a very attractive performance in the first heat. Shinji Tatsuta and Sauli Pälli fell in both runs, and Mario Bonomo was the only competitor who did not finish the contest after his fall in the first run.
The three judges, G. Schmidt (Germany), J. Asp (Norway), and R. Straumann (Switzerland), decided that Birger Ruud
Birger Ruud
Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936...
presented the most sophisticated style.
| Place | No. | Competitor | Lengths | Distance Points | Judges Style Points | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | 75.0 74.5 |
118.5 | 18.0 19.5 |
18.0 19.0 |
19.5 19.5 |
232.2 | |
| 2 | 40 | 76.0 76.0 |
120.0 | 18.5 18.0 |
18.5 19.0 |
18.5 18.0 |
230.5 | |
| 3 | 45 | 74.0 75.0 |
118.4 | 18.5 18.5 |
18.5 19.0 |
17.5 18.5 |
228.9 | |
| 4 | 9 | 73.5 72.0 |
115.5 | 19.0 18.5 |
17.5 18.5 |
19.0 19.0 |
227.0 | |
| 5 | 46 | 73.0 75.5 |
117.6 | 17.0 16.5 |
17.5 18.0 |
17.0 18.0 |
221.6 | |
| 6 | 25 | 73.5 67.0 |
111.9 | 17.5 17.5 |
18.5 18.0 |
19.0 17.0 |
219.4 | |
| 7 | 39 | 74.5 72.5 |
116.7 | 16.5 17.5 |
17.5 18.5 |
14.5 17.0 |
218.2 | |
| 8 | 22 | 74.5 66.0 |
112.2 | 17.5 17.5 |
17.5 18.0 |
17.5 17.5 |
217.7 | |
| 9 | 13 | 71.5 70.0 |
112.8 | 17.5 17.0 |
17.0 17.5 |
16.5 17.0 |
215.3 | |
| 10 | 21 | 71.5 69.0 |
112.2 | 17.0 17.5 |
17.0 18.0 |
16.0 16.5 |
214.2 | |
| 11 | 32 | 73.5 73.0 |
116.1 | 17.0 16.0 |
16.5 16.5 |
16.0 16.0 |
214.1 | |
| 12 | 44 | 70.0 71.5 |
112.8 | 16.0 15.5 |
16.5 17.0 |
16.5 15.0 |
209.3 | |
| 13 | 43 | 71.5 72.5 |
114.6 | 13.0 16.5 |
15.5 17.0 |
15.0 16.0 |
207.6 | |
| 14 | 28 | 71.5 66.5 |
110.4 | 14.0 15.0 |
16.5 16.5 |
16.0 18.5 |
206.9 | |
| 15 | 4 | 63.0 66.0 |
104.1 | 18.0 17.5 |
15.5 17.0 |
15.0 15.0 |
206.1 | |
| 16 | 17 | 68.0 62.5 |
105.3 | 18.0 17.0 |
16.0 16.0 |
16.5 16.0 |
204.8 | |
| 17 | 33 | 64.0 67.0 |
105.6 | 17.0 17.0 |
16.0 17.0 |
15.5 16.5 |
204.6 | |
| 18 | 8 | 62.5 62.5 |
101.4 | 17.5 18.0 |
16.0 17.0 |
17.5 17.0 |
204.4 | |
| 19 | 11 | 63.0 63.0 |
102.0 | 17.0 16.5 |
16.5 16.5 |
17.5 18.0 |
204.0 | |
| 31 | 64.0 70.5 |
108.0 | 16.0 16.0 |
16.0 17.5 |
15.0 15.5 |
204.0 | ||
| 21 | 23 | 66.0 66.0 |
106.2 | 16.5 16.5 |
15.0 15.5 |
18.0 16.0 |
203.7 | |
| 22 | 29 | 61.0 68.0 |
104.4 | 16.5 16.5 |
16.0 17.0 |
15.5 17.5 |
203.4 | |
| 23 | 7 | 69.5 68.0 |
110.1 | 16.5 15.5 |
15.5 15.0 |
14.5 15.5 |
202.6 | |
| 24 | 50 | 71.0 70.0 |
112.2 | 14.0 15.0 |
15.5 15.5 |
15.0 15.0 |
202.2 | |
| 25 | 6 | 65.5 69.0 |
108.0 | 17.0 16.5 |
15.0 15.5 |
15.5 14.0 |
201.5 | |
| 26 | 19 | 68.0 67.5 |
108.9 | 16.0 15.0 |
16.0 15.0 |
16.0 13.5 |
200.4 | |
| 27 | 30 | 69.0 71.0 |
111.6 | 14.0 15.0 |
15.5 15.0 |
14.5 13.5 |
199.1 | |
| 28 | 47 | 64.0 68.5 |
106.8 | 14.0 14.0 |
16.0 16.5 |
14.5 15.5 |
197.3 | |
| 29 | 18 | 64.0 64.5 |
104.1 | 15.0 16.0 |
15.5 15.0 |
16.0 14.5 |
196.1 | |
| 30 | 20 | 66.5 63.5 |
104.7 | 16.0 14.0 |
15.0 15.0 |
16.0 14.5 |
195.2 | |
| 31 | 2 | 63.5 63.5 |
102.6 | 16.0 16.5 |
14.5 15.5 |
14.0 15.5 |
194.6 | |
| 32 | 41 | 64.5 66.0 |
105.3 | 13.0 15.0 |
15.5 15.0 |
14.0 16.0 |
193.8 | |
| 33 | 35 | 62.5 63.5 |
102.0 | 15.0 16.0 |
16.0 16.0 |
13.5 14.5 |
193.0 | |
| 34 | 36 | 64.5 65.0 |
104.7 | 15.0 14.5 |
15.5 15.0 |
13.0 13.5 |
191.2 | |
| 35 | 3 | 63.5 59.0 |
99.6 | 15.0 15.0 |
13.5 14.0 |
15.0 15.0 |
187.1 | |
| 36 | 42 | 64.5 55.5 |
98.1 | 14.5 14.5 |
16.0 14.5 |
14.0 14.0 |
185.6 | |
| 37 | 10 | 59.0 61.0 |
98.1 | 13.0 13.0 |
13.0 15.0 |
13.5 14.0 |
179.6 | |
| 38 | 16 | 58.0 57.0 |
94.8 | 14.0 15.0 |
12.0 12.5 |
14.0 15.0 |
177.3 | |
| 39 | 38 | 59.0 55.0 |
93.9 | 14.0 14.5 |
12.5 13.0 |
13.0 15.0 |
175.9 | |
| 40 | 5 | 59.0 62.0 |
98.7 | 12.0 12.0 |
12.0 14.0 |
13.0 12.5 |
174.2 | |
| 41 | 1 | 54.0 58.5 |
93.0 | 14.0 13.0 |
12.5 12.0 |
14.5 15.0 |
174.0 | |
| 49 | 58.0 59.0 |
96.0 | 14.5 12.0 |
12.0 13.0 |
14.0 12.5 |
174.0 | ||
| 43 | 26 | 61.0 55.0 |
95.4 | 13.0 12.0 |
12.0 11.0 |
13.0 12.5 |
168.9 | |
| 44 | 14 | 52.0 53.0 |
87.6 | 10.0 11.0 |
11.0 11.0 |
13.5 12.0 |
156.1 | |
| 45 | 27 | 73.0 71.0 |
84.3 | 17.0 6.0 |
16.0 5.0 |
16.5 4.0 |
150.8 | |
| 46 | 15 | 73.5 77.0 |
58.2 | 7.0 8.0 |
5.0 10.0 |
5.0 8.0 |
101.2 | |
| 47 | 37 | 71.0 68.5 |
51.3 | 5.0 5.0 |
7.0 5.0 |
4.0 3.0 |
80.3 | |
| – | 24 | Fall - |
- | - - |
- - |
- - |
DNF | |
| – | 12 | - - |
- | - - |
- - |
- - |
DNS | |
| 48 | - - |
- | - - |
- - |
- - |
DNS | ||