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has been included in the program of every

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. From

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through to

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, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition of the games to the next. It is controversial whether the Olympic Games from 1924 to

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were normal hill or large hill competitions. Even the

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(IOC) has no clear consensus on this. Most historians have placed the length of the Olympic competition in 1924 at 70 meters and have classified this as the ''large hill''. (Recent information from the FIS offices in

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have had the K-points from 1924 to 1956 determined as shown below). In 1960, the

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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

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, the normal hill was designated as HS106 (K95) while the large hill was designated as HS140 (K125). Until the

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the Winter Olympics also served in ski jumping as the

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in Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal from the

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(FIS). On April 6, 2011, the

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.

Summary

Events

Medal table

Sources (after the

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):
''Accurate as of

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

Number of ski jumpers by nation

*¹ Athletes did not start at the Games.

References

* Wallenchinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-meter Hill. ''The Complete Book of The Olympics.''

External links

FIS Ski jumping results at the Winter Olympics
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