The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, also known as the MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex, consists of HS100- and HS128-meter ski jump towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Modernized and lengthened in 2021, they are the only jumps in North America homologated for winter and summer jumping competitions. The complex is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority.
The 128-meter jump features an Observation deck which offers views of nearby John Brown's Farm and the surrounding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Training and competition for Nordic ski jumping takes place year round thanks to a plastic mat out-run on the 90m jump. The Freestyle Aerial Training Center is located to the right of the base of the jump towers. Aerialists can train in the summer months by jumping into a 750,000 gallon pool.
In 2018, funding was approved to upgrade the tracks with cooling to ensure winter operation. Also, the smaller hills will be upgraded to current FIS standards with a safer spread of heights for jumpers to progress. This is in tandem with a number of major games being hosted by Lake Placid over the next few years.
On 11 February 2023, the complex hosted the first World Cup Men's super team (pairs) event in history.
Hill parameters Construction point: 115 m Hill size (HS): 128 m Official hill record: – Ryōyū Kobayashi (11 February 2023) Inrun length: 98.07 m Inrun angle: 35.1° Take-off length: 6.89 m Take-off angle: 11° Take-off height: 3.08 m Landing angle: 34.1° Average speed: 93.1 km/h Homologation source:
History The Lake Placid Club built the first ski jump on this site in 1920, using the hillside itself as the jump surface. The jump was referred to as the Intervales 35-meter jump. On 21 February 1921, the first competition was held at this site, drawing 3,000 spectators. The record jump for the day was 124 feet, set by Antony Maurer. In 1923, the jump was enlarged to fifty meters, and in 1927, a new steel tower was built, raising the jump to 60 meters. In 1928, the tower was raised to 75 meters; this was the tower used for the 1932 Winter Olympic Games. In 1977, the old tower was demolished to make way for new 70 and 90-meter jumps, used for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. In 1994, the landing hills were re-graded to bring the jumps into compliance with current rules, and increasing their height to 90 and 120 meters. In 2019, a pulse gondola was installed to replace an aging double chair which served the ski jumps. In 2021, both jumps received upgrades that enabled year-round training and increased reliability, in addition to a new base lodge.
The towers were built using a jacking system that lifted and poured concrete into the forms continuously, night and day, for 15 days for the larger jump, and 9 days for the smaller one.
The present record jumps stand at 105 meters for the 90-meter jump, set by Henry Loher, of Lake Placid, and 136.0 meters for the 120-meter jump, set by Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan.
Ski jumping events
Winter Olympic Games The complex was a venue in the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics.1932 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 141-4. Accessed 12 October 2010.1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 36-9. Accessed 16 November 2010.
YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef↓ Men's Individual ↓1932 12 February K60 Birger Ruud Hans Beck Kåre Walberg 1980 17 February K86 Toni Innauer Hirokazu Yagi Manfred Deckert 23 February K114 Jouko Törmänen Hubert Neuper Jari Puikkonen
FIS Nordic World Championships YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird place Ref↓ Men's Individual ↓1950 5 February K61 Hans Bjørnstad Thure Lindgren Arnfinn Bergmann
FIS World Cup SeasonDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird place Ref↓ Men's Individual ↓1982/83 15 January K114 Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Jeff Hastings 16 January K114 Matti Nykänen Armin Kogler Steinar Bråten 1983/84 17 December K86 Primož Ulaga Matti Nykänen Horst Bulau Jeff Hastings 18 December K114 Jeff Hastings Primož Ulaga Jiří Parma 1984/85 15 December K114 Andreas Felder Jiří Parma Ernst Vettori 16 December K86 Andreas Felder Jari Puikkonen Per Bergerud 1985/86 14 December K114 Vegard Opaas Primož Ulaga Pavel Ploc 15 December K86 Franz Neuländtner Ernst Vettori Steve Collins 1986/87 13 December K114 Vegard Opaas Ernst Vettori Primož Ulaga 14 December K86 Ernst Vettori Primož Ulaga Vegard Opaas 1987/88 12 December K114 Pavel Ploc Dieter Thoma Andreas Bauer 13 December K86 Pavel Ploc Jiří Parma Vegard Opaas1988/89 10 December K114 Jan Boklöv Ernst Vettori Pekka Suorsa 11 December K86 Vegard Opaas Ernst Vettori Thomas Klauser1989/90 9 December K114 Ernst Vettori Matti Nykänen Jan Boklöv 10 December K86 Ari-Pekka Nikkola Ernst Vettori Andreas Felder1990/91 1 December K86 Andreas Felder Ari-Pekka Nikkola Anssi Nieminen 2 December K114 André Kiesewetter Stephan Zünd Ernst Vettori2022/23 11 February HS128 Andreas Wellinger Ryōyū Kobayashi Daniel Tschofenig 12 February HS128 Halvor Egner Granerud Andreas Wellinger Stefan Kraft 2023/24 10 February HS128 Lovro Kos Ryōyū Kobayashi Marius Lindvik 11 February HS128 Stefan Kraft Lovro Kos Philipp Raimund – 2024/25 8 February HS128 Johann André Forfang Jan Hörl Daniel Tschofenig 9 February HS128 Daniel Tschofenig Jan Hörl Anže Lanišek ↓ Women's Individual ↓2024/25 7 February HS128 Nika Prevc Eirin Maria Kvandal Alexandria Loutitt 8 February HS128 Nika Prevc Agnes Reisch Selina Freitag ↓ Men's Super team ↓2022/23 11 February HS128 2023/24 10 February HS128 ↓ Mixed team ↓2024/25 8 February HS128
FIS Junior Nordic World Championships SeasonDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird place Ref↓ Men's Individual ↓1986 16 February K114 Virginio Lunardi Christian Rimmel Clas Brede Bråthen ↓ Men's team ↓1986 13 February HS128
FISU Winter World University Games YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird place Ref↓ Men's Individual ↓1972 5 March K70 Hideki Nakano Gariy Napalkov Yuriy Kalinin 2023 16 January HS100 Danil Vassilyev Maximilian Lienher Timon-Pascal Kahofer ↓ Women's Individual ↓2023 16 January HS100 Nicole Konderla Machiko Kubota Kinga Rajda ↓ Mixed team ↓2023 18 January HS100 ↓ Men's team ↓2023 20 January HS100 ↓ Women's team ↓2023 20 January HS100
Other Winter Goodwill Games: 2000
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