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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...

has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

. From 1924

1924 Winter Olympics

The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France...

through 1956

1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition 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

International Ski Federation

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski is the main international organisation for ski sports...

offices in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

, 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

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

officially accepted women ski jumping into the official Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Events

Event	24 Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics At the 1924 Winter Olympics one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Monday, February 4, 1924. The event was unusual, as the bronze medallist was not properly rewarded until 50 years later. Originally, Thorleif Haug was awarded third place, but a calculation error had been made...	28 Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics The men's ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics took place at Olympiaschanze St. Moritz on 18 February. Thirty-eight competitors from thirteen nations competed, with the event being won by Norway's Alf Andersen ahead of countryman Sigmund Ruud; Czechoslovakia's Rudolf Burkert came in...	32 Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics At the 1932 Winter Olympics one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Friday, February 12, 1932.-Medalists:-Results:The competition took place at "Intervales Hill" with a K-Point of 61 meters .-Participating nations:...	36 Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, one individual ski jumping 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....	48 Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics -K90 individual ski jumping :February 7, 1948The competition took place at "Olympiaschanze" with a K-Point of 68m .-External references:*...	52 Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, one ski jumping event was contested.The competition took place at the Holmenkollen ski jump with a K-Point of 72m.-Medalists:-Results:-External references:*...	56 Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Ski jumping event was contested in Cortina d'Ampezzo.-K90 individual ski jumping:The competition took place at "Trampolina Italia" with a K-Point of 72m....	60 Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics -Men's large hill :February 28, 1960This event marked the first time the Daescher technique was used in the ski jumping portion of the competition.-External references:*...	64 Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics -K90 Individual Ski jumping:January 31, 1964-K120 Individual Ski jumping:February 9, 1964-External references:***Wallechinsky, David . Ski Jump, 90-meter Hill, The Complete Book of The Olympics, p.621...	68 Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 18, 1968-Normal hill:February 11, 1968-References:*...	72 Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 11, 1972In the competition on the Okurayama jumping hill, conditions were "variable and unfair" according to a Norwegian account of the 1972 Games published in 2006, and the result is described as "the greatest surprise of all time on the jumping hill"...	76 Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympic Games Ski Jumping results-Large hill:February 15, 1976-Normal hill:-References:*...	80 Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 23, 1980-Normal hill:February 17, 1980-References:*...	84 Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 18, 1984-Normal hill:February 12, 1984-References:*...	88 Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 23, 1988-Normal hill:-Team large hill:February 24, 1988-References:*...	92 Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Ski Jumping resultsThe venue was Courchevel, a ski resort 50 kilometers from host city Albertville.-Medals:-Large hill:February 16, 1992-Normal hill:February 9, 1992-Team large hill:February 14, 1992-References:*...	94 Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympic Games Ski Jumping results-Large hill:February 20, 1994-Normal hill:February 25, 1994-Team large hill:February 22, 1994-References:*...	98 Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Individual K90:February 10, 1998-Individual K120:February 14, 1998-Team K120:-References:*...	02 Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ski jumping-Medal table:- Events :-References:*...	06 Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics, was held over nine days, from 11 February to 20 February. Three events were contested in Pragelato.-Medal table:-Events:...	10 Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics The ski jumping competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park between 12 and 22 February 2010.- Medal table :- Events :Three ski jumping events was held at Vancouver 2010 :- Competition schedule :...	14	Years
Men's individual large hill	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	22
Men's individual normal hill									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Men's team large hill															•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Women's individual normal hill																						•	1

Total events	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

Medal table

1	Finland	10	8	4	22
2	Norway	9	9	11	29
3	Austria	6	7	10	23
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	5
5	Japan	3	4	2	9
6	Germany	3	3	1	7
7	German Democratic Republic	2	3	2	7
8	Poland	1	3	1	5
9	Czechoslovakia	1	2	4	7
10		1	0	1	2
11	Soviet Union	1	0	0	1
12	Sweden	0	1	1	2
12	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
14	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
14	United States	0	0	1	1

Total		41	42	40	123