Winter Olympic Games

Ski Jumping

Ski jumping is an event just for men at the Winter Olympics, though there is a push for a women's event to be included.

At the first Games in 1924, due to an error in computing the scores, American Anders Haugen was placed in fourth in ski jumping, behind Norway's Thorleif Haug. This error was discovered in 1974, and Haugen was awarded the bronze in a special ceremony.
The first Games to include two special ski jump events (two hill sizes) was Innsbruck in 1964.
In 1988, British ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards came in last in the 70-meter and 90-meter jumps, and is welcomed home by hundreds of fans in London.
1998 was also the first year that a team jumping event was included
At Albertville in 1992, Toni Nieminen of Finland won the small hill ski jump to become the youngest Winter Olympic champion at 16.