Holmenkollbakken

The Holmenkollbakken the test jumping 2010

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The Holmenkollbakken is a ski jumping hill in the city of Oslo, the Norwegian capital. The hill is situated on a slope of Mount Holmenkollen ski jump and is the oldest in the world.

Origin of the name

Widespread reports that the Holmenkollen after Dr. Ingebrigt Holm was named the first on the mountain ran a hotel, and later a sanatorium since 1889. However, this derivation of the name does not appear in norwegischsprachigen sources. In fact, the area is already marked on a map from 1800 as " struts ".

Winter sports equipment

There are winter sports facilities to the especially the ski jump and biathlon complex belong with stadium on the slopes of Holmenkollen. They are considered the mecca of Nordic skiing. The ski jump tower, at the foot of the ski museum is located at Holmenkollen is 60 meters high. The outlet was previously filled in summer with water and offered on a placed above the water stage space for events. The pond was last remodeling of the plant slightly off refurbished because it serves as a reservoir for the snowmaking system.

The Holmenkollen Ski Jump is the oldest in the world. The first ski jumping competition was held on 31 January 1892 the first ski jump record was set at 21.5 meters by Arne Ustvedt. 1952 Olympic Winter Games were held in Holmenkollen. The World Cup competitions taking place here in the sports of ski jumping, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and biathlon annually attract tens of thousands of visitors. In March 2013 for the first time a World Cup Ski Jumping Ladies took place. It was the first large hill world cup in the history of the women's ski jumping.

In autumn 2008, a start was made to demolish the already 17 times until then rebuilt Holmenkollen ski jump made ​​of reinforced concrete and replace it with a new building. The implementation of the longer planned project was partly dependent on the outcome of the award of the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2011, for which Oslo Holmenkollen, Zakopane had (Poland) and Val di Fiemme ( Italy) advertised. This decision has been made on 25 May 2006 in favor of the city of Oslo. In September 2008, the stands began with the demolition, the jump was dismantled on 16 October. The spectacular new building in steel cantilever construction was begun in the spring of 2009. Due to the restructuring could take place no jumping at Holmenkollen in the 2008 /09 season. The profile of the landing hill was only slightly changed during conversion, so that the K- point of the new hill is 120 meters.

International Competitions on Holmenkollbakken

Holmenkollen Ski Festival

The yearly since 1892 Holmenkollen Ski Festival is the oldest discharged at the Holmenkollen ski competition (current disciplines: Skispingen, Nordic combined, biathlon, cross-country skiing ). In the years 1898, 1941 to 1945 ( World War 2 ), 2009 ( reconstruction of the jump ) and 2011 ( Nordic World Ski Championships 2011) there was no Holmenkollen Ski Festival. In the years in which there is a jump at Holmenkollen during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, this assumes the function of the Holmenkollen Ski Festival.

1939 was with the Swede Sven Selånger the first time a non- Norwegians win the traditional competition, for which he in the same year - also the first non Norwegians - got the Holmenkollen medal. Most successes in jumping the Holmenkollen Ski Festival was Poland's Adam Malysz with a total of five victories recorded (1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 ). The most successful German are Helmut Recknagel (1957, 1960) and Jens Weißflog (1989, 1990 ), each with two wins.

Olympic Games and World Championships

So far the following major competitions were conducted at the Holmenkollen:

  • World Cup 1930
  • Winter Olympics 1952
  • 1966 World Cup
  • 1982 World Cup
  • World Cup 2011

Medal winners of all organized by the FIS Holmenkollen jump competitions

The following table contains all organized by the FIS jump competitions.

Gallery

The hill to the end of 2007

The construction site of the new hill in August 2009

The new hill in July 2011

The new hill from the start from in July 2011

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