Midtstubakken

Midtstubakken
Location	Holmenkollen, Oslo ; Norway
Operator	Oslo Municipality
Opened	2010
Size
K–point	K-95
Hill size	HS 106
Hill record	110,5 m (363 ft); Maxime Laheurte
Spectator capacity	15,000
Top events
World Championships	1966, 1982, 2011

Last updated April 24, 2019

Midtstubakken is a ski jumping hill which is part of the Holmenkollen National Arena in Oslo, Norway. It has a hill size of 106 metres, and a K-spot of 95 metres. The current hill dates from 2010, although the first hill at the area was built in 1927. The venue has a capacity for 15,000 spectators and was designed by Grindaker Landskapsarkitekter and Økaw Arkitekter.^[1] It is served by Midtstuen Station of the Oslo Metro.

A ski jumping hill is a sports venue used for ski jumping. They vary in size from temporary handmade snow structures to permanent competition venues. At the top is an in-run where the jumper runs down to generate sufficient speed, before reaching the jump. The skier is then airborne until landing on the landing slope. The last part of the hill is the out-run, which may be either flat or even uphill, allowing the jumper to stop. The steepest point of the hill is the construction point, which is used to determine the score of a particular length. The size of a hill is measured in the hill size. Hills with a hill size exceeding HS185 are designated ski flying hills; there are five such hills in the world.

Holmenkollen National Arena is a Nordic skiing and biathlon venue located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It consists of the large ski jumping hill Holmenkollbakken, the normal hill Midtstubakken and a stadium for cross-country skiing and a shooting range for biathlon. Since 1892, it has hosted the annual Holmenkollen Ski Festival, which is part of the world cup tournaments in ski jumping, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, as well as annual Biathlon World Cup races. It has previously hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics, and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011.

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence, and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 it functioned as a co-official capital. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city's name was spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1897 by state and municipal authorities. In 1925 the city was renamed Oslo.

History

The first hill at Midtstubakken was built in 1927, and was renovated several times. The normal hill jumping and Nordic combined for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 were held in Midtstubakken, as will they be for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011. The superstructure was demolished in 1992, although an all-new hill opened in 2010 for the 2011 World Championships.^[2] On 6 September 2010, Maren Lundby made the first jump in the hill, and landed on 87 meters.^[3]

Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup are ongoing.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place 17–27 February 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics. This also equaled the most times a city had hosted with Lahti, Finland and Zakopane, Poland.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 1982 edition of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, and 1966. The Nordic combined 3 × 10 km team event and the ski jumping team large hill events were added to these championships. It was also the year in which cross country competitions had the freestyle technique debuted and that electronic timing returned to scoring the results in tenths of a second after Sweden's Thomas Wassberg edged out Finland's Juha Mieto by 0.01 seconds in the men's 15 km event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The timing of the event in tenths of a second has continued as of 2011 in all Nordic skiing events.

Events

Ladies

Date	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
25 February 2011	NWSC–I	Daniela Iraschko	Elena Runggaldier	Coline Mattel
9 March 2012	WC	Sarah Hendrickson	Sara Takanashi	Anette Sagen

Men

Date	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
19 February 1966	NWSC	Bjørn Wirkola	Dieter Neuendorf	Paavo Lukkariniemi
21 February 1982	NWSC / WC	Armin Kogler	Jari Puikkonen	Ole Bremseth
26 February 2011	NWSC–I	Thomas Morgenstern	Andreas Kofler	Adam Małysz
27 February 2011	NWSC–T	Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer Martin Koch Andreas Kofler Thomas Morgenstern	Norway Anders Jacobsen Bjørn Einar Romøren Anders Bardal Tom Hilde	Germany Martin Schmitt Michael Neumayer Michael Uhrmann Severin Freund

Photo gallery

The stadium
The royal box
Adam Małysz jumps
Under construction

Adam Henryk Małysz is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. In ski jumping he competed from 1995 to 2011, and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include four World Cup titles, four individual Winter Olympic medals, four individual World Championship gold medals, 39 individual World Cup competition wins, 96 World Cup podiums, and being the only ski jumper to win three consecutive World Cup titles. He is also a winner of the Four Hills Tournament, the only three-time winner of the Nordic Tournament, and a former ski flying world record holder.

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References

↑ "Fakta om Midtstubakken" (in Norwegian). Oslo 2011 . Retrieved 5 December 2010.
↑ Bryhn, Arild. "Midtstubakken". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
↑ VG.no - Maren (15) fryktet ikke nytt Romøren-stunt

Coordinates: 59°57′52″N10°40′27″E / 59.96444°N 10.67417°E / 59.96444; 10.67417

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[1] "Fakta om Midtstubakken" (in Norwegian). Oslo 2011 . Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[2] Bryhn, Arild. "Midtstubakken". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[3] VG.no - Maren (15) fryktet ikke nytt Romøren-stunt

Midtstubakken

Location	Holmenkollen, Oslo Norway
Operator	Oslo Municipality
Opened	2010
Size
K–point	K-95
Hill size	HS 106
Hill record	110,5 m (363 ft) Maxime Laheurte
Spectator capacity	15,000
Top events
World Championships	1966, 1982, 2011