Big Olympic hill

Big Olympic hill
Location
city	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
country	Germany
society	SC Partenkirchen
Spectator seats	35,000
Construction year	1921
Rebuilt	1950, 1978, 1996, 2007
Hill record	143.5 m Simon Ammann (January 1, 2010) Marius Lindvik (January 1, 2020)
Data Landing Hillsize HS 142 Construction point 125 m

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 49 ″  N , 11 ° 7 ′ 7 ″  E

The Great Olympic Hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is located on the Gudiberg , south of the Partenkirchen district, and is traditionally the venue for the New Year's jump of the Four Hills Tournament .

history

In 1921 the hill was the venue for the first New Year's ski jumping event. The hill has been named after it since it was used for ski jumping competitions at the 1936 Winter Olympics .

The Great Olympic Hill has been rebuilt several times in the course of its history. It was converted for the Olympic Winter Games in 1933 and 1934 and inaugurated on February 5, 1934 with a trial jumping. In front of 130,000 spectators, the Norwegian Birger Ruud became the Olympic champion in 1936 with widths of 75.0 meters and 74.5 meters. Today's Olympic Stadium was built for the 1940 Winter Olympics, which should also have taken place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

In 1950 a steel inrun tower was built. The new approach was 82 meters long, previously it was 70 meters. At the same time, the take-off was set back by about six meters. At that time, the renovated ski jump was one of the most modern in the world. In 1978 the ski jump was rebuilt again. The take-off table was set back and the K-point was thus extended. The last renovation took place in 1996 and cost around one million euros. The hill profile was adapted to the modern requirements of ski jumping and the K-point was extended to 115 meters. Since the hill was the oldest hill used in the World Cup at that time , jumpers and journalists gave it the affectionate nickname "the old lady".

In the winter of 1999, Toni Roßberger jumped with his Motocross - KTM the hill down which he had previously raised. During this jump he reached a world record for motorcycles with a width of 80 meters.

The jump of the skispinger Dieter Thoma (Germany) went down in history as the "Millennium Leap" on New Year's Eve 1999/2000 . On December 31, 1999 at 11:59:50 p.m., he jumped from the Great Olympic Hill to land on January 1, 2000 at 0:00 a.m. in the new millennium. With this jump Dieter Thoma finally ended his active career as a ski jumper.

New requirements in the FIS regulations made it necessary to build a new ski jumping facility in 2006. As part of an award-winning architecture competition, the architecture office terrain: loenhart & mayr, in cooperation with Mayr + Ludescher, Partner and Sieber + Renn Architects, was able to prevail against the international competition. As the highlight of the New Year's competition in 2007, Andreas Goldberger was supposed to do the last jump on the old hill, while the hill was symbolically blown up by fireworks. However, this jump did not take place due to the bad weather conditions, so it stayed with Anders Jacobsen , who made the last jump with his 122.5 meters in the first round.

On April 14, 2007, the old inrun tower and the referee tower were blown up to make way for new buildings. Among other things, the new hill should have a stylistically bolder, freely protruding modern inrun tower. The costs were estimated at eight to nine million euros, but ended up being 15 million euros. On April 26, 2007 the groundbreaking ceremony for the new ski jump took place. After extensive preparatory work, the new inrun tower, a steel structure weighing 650 tons, was erected on November 27th and 28th. On December 21, 2007 the hill was inaugurated as part of the Continental Cup. The young jumper Felix Schoft from Garmisch-Partenkirchen completed the maiden jump and achieved a distance of 132 meters. The Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer proved at the New Year's show in 2008, when he set the hill record of 141 meters, that the new hill can go beyond the 140 meter mark . However, this hill record was broken by Simon Ammann , who improved the hill record to 143.5 meters at the 2010 New Year's competition. The Norwegian Marius Lindvik set this hill record at the 2020 New Year's event .

Following demands from the International Ski Federation FIS, it was announced in April 2011 that a wind network would be installed for future events as part of the Four Hills Tournament.

Awards

In 2009 the Olympic ski jump Garmisch-Partenkirchen received the IOC / IAKS Award in gold, the only international architecture prize for sports and leisure facilities that have already been in operation (new buildings, extensions or modernizations).

Technical data of the old Olympic hill

The hill before the renovation in 2007

New "Great Olympic Hill" under construction (2008)

Great Olympic Hill (1936-2007)
Start-up
Tower height	38 m
Inrun length	82.5 m
Run-up speed	approx. 91 km / h
Take-off table
Table height	3.25 m
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	10.5 °
Landing
Hillsize	125 m
Construction point	115 m
Ratio of height to length difference (h / n)	0.578
K-point inclination angle (β)	35.5 °

• Total height: 119 m
• Total length to the start of the run: 264.0 m

The last hill record was set by Adam Małysz on January 1st, 2001 with 129.5 m.

Technical data of the new Olympic hill

Autumn training on the big Olympic hill (2014)

View from the Great Olympic Hill

Big Olympic hill
Start-up
Tower height	60.4 m
Inrun length	103.5 m
Slope of the approach (γ)	35 °
Run-up speed	94.3 km / h
Take-off table
Table height	3.13 m
Table length	6.9 m
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	11 °
Landing
Hillsize	142 m
Construction point	125 m
K-point inclination angle (β)	34.7 °

• Total height: 149 m
• Hill record: 143.5 m ( Simon Ammann SUI, January 1st, 2010 & Marius Lindvik NOR, January 1st, 2020)

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 6, 1936	Olympia	K90	Birger Ruud	Sven Selånger	Reidar Andersen
January 1, 1953	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Asgeir Dølplads	Sepp Bradl	Toni Brutscher
January 1, 1954	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Olaf B. Bjørnstad	Eino Kirjonen	Esko Mömmö
January 1, 1955	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Aulis Kallakorpi	Eino Kirjonen	Hemmo Silvennoinen
January 1, 1956	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Hemmo Silvennoinen	Eino Kirjonen	Harry Glass
January 1, 1957	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Nikolai Kamensky	Eino Kirjonen	Pentti Uotinen
January 1, 1958	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Willi Egger	Nikolai Shamov	Werner Lesser
January 1, 1959	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Helmut Recknagel	Koba Zakadze	Nikolai Shamov
January 1, 1960	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Max Bolkart	Timo Kivelä	Jože Šlibar
January 1, 1961	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Koba Zakadze	Helmut Recknagel	Nilo Zandanel
January 1, 1962	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Georg Thoma	Willi Egger	Wolfgang Happle
January 1, 1963	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Toralf Engan	Georg Thoma	Max Bolkart
January 1, 1964	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Veikko Kankkonen	Niilo halons	Józef Przybyła
January 1, 1965	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Erkki Pukka	Heini Ihle	Helmut Kurz
January 1, 1966	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Paavo Lukkariniemi	Bjørn Wirkola	Veikko Kankkonen
January 1, 1967	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Bjørn Wirkola	Reinhold Bachler	Veikko Kankkonen
1st January 1968	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Bjørn Wirkola	Dieter Neuendorf	Reinhold Bachler
1st January 1969	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Bjørn Wirkola	Anatoly Scheglanov	František Rydval
January 1, 1970	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Jiří Raška	Anatoly Scheglanov	Vladimir Belousov
1st January 1971	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Ingolf Mork	Jiří Raška	Tauno Käyhkö
January 1, 1972	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Yukio Kasaya	Tauno Käyhkö	Ingolf Mork
1st January 1973	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Rainer Schmidt	Dietrich fight	Jaromír Liďák
1st January 1974	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Walter Steiner	Hans-Georg Aschenbach	Dietrich fight
1st January 1975	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Karl Schnabl	Kari Ylianttila	Hans Millonig
January 1, 1976	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Toni Innauer	Karl Schnabl	Jochen Danneberg
January 1, 1977	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Jochen Danneberg	Toni Innauer	Harald showerk
January 1, 1978	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Jochen Danneberg	Kari Ylianttila	Henry Glass
2nd January 1979	Four Hills Tournament	K90	Josef Samek	Bogdan Norčič	Pentti Kokkonen
January 1, 1980	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Hubert Neuper	Jari Puikkonen	Johan Sætre
January 1, 1981	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Horst Bulau	Per Bergerud	Armin Kogler
January 1, 1982	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Roger Ruud	Manfred Deckert	Andreas Bauer
January 1, 1983	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Armin Kogler	Steinar Bråten	Jens Weißflog
January 1, 1984	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Jens Weißflog	Hansjörg Sumi	Klaus Ostwald
January 1, 1985	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Jens Weißflog	Jari Puikkonen	Klaus Ostwald
January 1, 1986	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Pavel Ploc	Ernst Vettori	Primož Ulaga
January 1, 1987	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Andreas Bauer	Jukka Kalso	Ulf Findeisen
January 1, 1988	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Matti Nykänen	Staffan Tällberg	Jens Weißflog
January 1, 1989	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog	Risto Laakkonen
January 1, 1990	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Jens Weißflog	Risto Laakkonen	František Jež
January 1, 1991	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Jens Weißflog Andreas Felder		Stefan Horngacher
January 1, 1992	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Andreas fields	Toni Nieminen	Stephan Zünd
January 1, 1993	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Noriaki Kasai	Jens Weißflog	Andreas Goldberger
January 1, 1994	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Espen Bredesen	Jens Weißflog	Takanobu Okabe
January 1, 1995	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Goldberger	Jani Soininen
January 1, 1996	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Espen Bredesen	Jens Weißflog
January 1, 1997	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Primož Peterka	Andreas Goldberger	Takanobu Okabe
January 1, 1998	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Masahiko Harada	Hiroya Saitō
January 1, 1999	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai
January 1, 2000	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Andreas Widhölzl	Masahiko Harada	Janne Ahonen
January 1, 2001	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Noriaki Kasai	Dmitri Vasiliev	Adam Malysz
January 1, 2002	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Sven Hannawald	Andreas Widhölzl	Adam Malysz
January 1, 2003	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Primož Peterka	Andreas Goldberger Adam Malysz
January 1, 2004	Four Hills Tournament	K115	Sigurd Pettersen	Martin Höllwarth	Georg Späth
January 1, 2005	Four Hills Tournament	HS125	Janne Ahonen	Thomas Morgenstern	Georg Späth
January 1, 2006	Four Hills Tournament	HS125	Jakub Janda	Janne Ahonen	Matti Hautamäki
January 1, 2007	Four Hills Tournament	HS125	Andreas Kuettel	Matti Hautamäki	Noriaki Kasai
December 21, 2007	Continental Cup	HS140	Martin Schmitt	Balthasar Schneider	Stefan Thurnbichler
December 22, 2007	Continental Cup	HS140	Andreas Vilberg	Martin Höllwarth	Stefan Kaiser
January 1, 2008	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Janne Ahonen	Michael Neumayer
January 1, 2009	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Wolfgang Loitzl	Simon Ammann	Harri Olli
January 1, 2010	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Wolfgang Loitzl	Simon Ammann
July 9, 2010	Continental Cup	HS140	Kamil Stoch	Stefan Hula	Andreas Strolz
July 10, 2010	Continental Cup	HS140	Kamil Stoch	Andreas Strolz	Dawid Kubacki
January 1, 2011	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Simon Ammann	Pavel Karelin	Adam Malysz
January 1, 2012	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Andreas Kofler	Daiki Itō
March 17, 2012	FIS Cup	HS125	Michael Dreher	Danny Queck	Marinus Kraus
March 18, 2012	FIS Cup	HS125	Michael Dreher	Pius Paschke	Danny Queck
January 1, 2013	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Jacobsen is different	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Bardal is different
1st of January 2014	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Thomas Diethart	Thomas Morgenstern	Simon Ammann
January 1, 2015	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Jacobsen is different	Simon Ammann	Peter Prevc
January 1, 2016	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes	Severin friend
January 9, 2016	Continental Cup	HS140	David Siegel	Thomas Hofer	Tom Hilde
January 10, 2016	Continental Cup	HS140	Thomas Hofer	Dawid Kubacki	Tomáš Vančura
January 1, 2017	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Daniel-André Tande	Kamil Stoch	Stefan Kraft
January 14, 2017	Continental Cup	HS140	Anže Lanišek	Florian Altenburger	Miran Zupančič
15th January 2017	Continental Cup	HS140	Miran Zupančič	Anže Lanišek	Sigurd Nymoen Søberg
1st January 2018	Four Hills Tournament	HS140	Kamil Stoch	Richard Friday	Not so with Fannemel
1st January 2019	Four Hills Tournament	HS142	Ryoyu Kobayashi	Markus Eisenbichler	Dawid Kubacki
January 1, 2020	World Cup / Four Hills Tournament	HS142	Marius Lindvik	Karl Geiger	Dawid Kubacki

Hill records

Jump	meter	athlete	year
Olympic hill "HS140" (hill record)	143.5 m	Simon Ammann	2010
		Marius Lindvik	2020
Olympic hill "HS140" (first hill record)	141 m	Gregor Schlierenzauer	2008
Old Olympic hill "HS125"	129.5 m	Adam Malysz	2001
Small Olympic hill	82.5 m	Werner Schuster	1987

See also

• List of large hills

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/DE/Schanzen/GER-Deutschland/BY-Bayern/Garmisch-Partenkirchen/593-Olympiaschanze/.htm#history
2. ↑ https://www.vierschanzentournee.com/de/fans/geschichte
3. ↑ https://hotel-obermuehle.de/olympia-skisprungschanze-garmisch/
4. ↑ Notice board on the Olympic hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2013
5. ↑ Marco Ries: Ski jumping: According to the requirements of the FIS: Garmisch-Partenkirchen builds wind network on skijumping.de.
6. ↑ Results. Retrieved October 13, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Olympiaschanze (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Large Olympic hill on Skisprungschanzen.com
• The big Olympic hill at Constructalia