Ski Jumping (SJP)

SJP sport icon

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. Most historians have placed this length 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 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 sin…[Wikipedia]

Icons throughout the Games

SJP pictogram at 1968_grenoble_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1972_sapporo_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1976_innsbruck_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1980_lake-placid_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1984_sarajevo_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1988_calgary_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1992_albertville_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1994_lillehammer_olympics
SJP pictogram at 1998_nagano_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2002_salt-lake_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2006_torino_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2010_vancouver_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2014_sochi_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2018_pyeongchang_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2022_beijing_olympics
SJP pictogram at 2012_innsbruck_youth
SJP pictogram at 2016_lillehammer_youth
SJP pictogram at 2020_lausanne_youth

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