Ski Jumping at the Winter Olympics
Ski jumping has been an event at all Winter Olympics, since the first held in 1924. The Large Hill competition was added to the program for the 1964 Games in Innsbruck. Ski jumping was an event just for men at the Winter Olympics until the women's event was added for the 2014 Games in Sochi. Ski jumping also comprises part of the Nordic Combined event.
Ski JumpingSki Jumping Events for Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026
- Men's Individual large hill (K120)
- Men's Individual normal hill (K90)
- Men's Team large hill (K120)
- Women's individual normal hill (added in 2014)
- Women's individual large hill (added in 2026)
- Mixed Team event (added in 2022)
Trivia
- 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 normal and large hill jumps, and was welcomed home by hundreds of fans in London.
- At Albertville in 1992, Toni Nieminen of Finland won the large hill (K120) ski jump (and the team event) to become the youngest Winter Olympic champion at 16 years,
- 1998 was the first year that a team jumping event was included.
- A women's ski jump event was added for the 2014 Games. Germany's Carina Vogt became the first woman to win an Olympic ski jumping title.
- Finnish ski jumper Janne Ahonen competed in his seventh Olympic Games in 2018 aged 40 years old.
- Japan's Noriaki Kasai set a record for the most appearances by an athlete at the Winter Olympics in 2018. The Japanese ski jumper participated in eight straight Olympics, from 1992 until 2018.
- The inaugural mixed team ski jumping event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was marred by controversy, as a bunch of competitors were disqualified because of their baggy clothing (many had worn the same outfit previously with no problems).
international ski jump eventWomen's Ski Jumping
There was a push in the courts to include women's ski jumping at the 2010 Vancouver Games. The top performers in women's ski jumping went to Canadian courts claiming discrimination. However, a spokesperson for the IOC stated that "the decision not to include women's ski jumping was taken purely on technical merit". Their claim was ultimately unsuccessful. In 2014, women's ski jumping was finally added to the sports program.
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