Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Governing body	FIS
Events	4 (men: 3; women: 1)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Medalists

Ski jumping is an exciting sport that has been part of every Winter Olympic Games since they began. It's a sport where athletes glide down a ramp on skis and then launch themselves into the air, trying to jump as far as possible!

From the very first 1924 Winter Olympics until 1956 Winter Olympics, ski jumping competitions used one main hill. The size of this hill changed a bit from one Olympics to the next. Most people thought this hill was about 70 meters long, calling it the large hill. Later, in 1960, the ski jump hill was made standard at 80 meters.

In 1964, a second, smaller ski jump was added. This was called the normal hill and was about 70 meters long (known as K90). The larger hill was then called the K120. Over the years, the sizes of these hills were measured more precisely using "K-points" and "HS" numbers. These numbers tell you how big the jump is and how far athletes are expected to land.

A big change happened in 1988 when a team event was added for the large hill. Even more exciting, on April 6, 2011, the International Olympic Committee decided to include women's ski jumping in the Olympics! This meant that for the first time, women would compete for medals. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Carina Vogt from Germany made history by winning the first gold medal for women's ski jumping.

Olympic Ski Jumping Events

Ski jumping at the Olympics has different events for men and women. Over the years, new events have been added, showing how the sport has grown.

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	Years
Men's individual normal hill	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	24
Men's individual large hill									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Men's team large hill															•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Women's individual normal hill																						•	•	•	3
Mixed normal hill team																								•	1

Total events	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5

Olympic Ski Jumping Medals

Many countries have won medals in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics. Here's a look at which countries have been most successful. This table shows the medals won up to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	12	10	14	36
2	Finland (FIN)	10	8	4	22
3	Austria (AUT)	7	10	10	27
4	Germany (GER)	6	7	3	16
5	Japan (JPN)	4	6	4	14
6	Poland (POL)	4	3	3	10
7	Switzerland (SUI)	4	1	0	5
8	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	2	7
9	Slovenia (SLO)	2	2	3	7
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	2	4	7
11	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
12	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
13	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
13	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
15	Republic of China (ROC)	0	1	0	1
16	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		54	55	53	162