Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through to 1956, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition of the Games to the next.
It is disputed whether the Olympic ski jumping events from 1924 to 1960 were normal hill or large hill competitions. Even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no clear consensus on this question.
Most historians have placed the length of the Olympic ski jump hill in 1924 at 70 meters and have classified this as the large hill. (Recent information from the FIS offices in Switzerland 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 to 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, the normal hill was designated as HS106 (K95) while the large hill was designated as HS140 (K125).
Until 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships for ski jumping in Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal from FIS.
On April 6, 2011, the IOC 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 GamesYear EventsBest nation1 1924 1 (1)2 1928 1 (2)3 1932 1 (3)4 1936 1 (4)5 1948 1 (5)6 1952 1 (6)7 1956 1 (1)8 1960 1 (1)9 1964 2 (7)10 1968 2 (1)11 1972 2 (1)12 1976 2 (1) (1)13 1980 2 (2)14 1984 2 (2)15 1988 3 (3)GamesYear EventsBest nation16 1992 3 (4)17 1994 3 (1)18 1998 3 (2)19 2002 3 (1)20 2006 3 (3)21 2010 3 (2)22 2014 4 (2) (1)23 2018 4 (8)24 2022 5 (1)25 2026 6 (9)
Events Men's individual large hill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25 Men's individual normal hill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17 Men's team large hill • • • • • • • • • • • 11 Women's individual normal hill • • • • 4 Mixed normal hill team • • 2 Women's individual large hill • 1 Total events 1111111122222233333334456
Medal table
Sources (after the 2026 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.
Note: There was a tie for silver in the 1980 normal hill competition, and no bronze medal was awarded.
Number of ski jumpers by nation
Nations 11 13 10 15 14 13 16 15 15 17 16 15 16 17 19 17 19 19 22 21 18 20 21 22 22 Ski jumpers 40 38 47 50 49 44 55 45 58 66 62 62 55 65 65 63 68 68 73 79 68 100 100 110 101 1 Athletes did not start at the Games.
See also List of Olympic venues in ski jumping
References
Wallenchinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-meter Hill. The Complete Book of The Olympics.
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