| Men's large hill team at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for ski jumping | |
| Venue | Canada Olympic Park |
| Dates | February 24 |
| Competitors | 44 from 11 nations |
| Winning score | 634.4 |
| Medalists | |
| Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Normal hill | men |
| Large hill | men |
| Team | men |
The men's large hill team ski jumping competition for the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Olympic Park. It took place on 24 February. [1] [2]
| Rank | Bib | Team | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11 |  Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen | 320.3 106.6 114.6 99.1 | 314.1 101.3 114.2 98.6 | 634.4 207.9 228.8 192.3 193.6 |
 | 6 |  Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga Matjaž Zupan Matjaž Debelak Miran Tepeš | 308.9 106.7 104.1 98.1 | 316.6 108.4 104.8 103.4 | 625.5 201.1 211.5 207.5 192.8 |
 | 10 |  Norway Ole Christian Eidhammer Jon Inge Kjørum Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Erik Johnsen | 295.6 94.2 93.2 108.2 | 300.5 89.3 100.7 110.5 | 596.1 177.2 128.4 193.9 218.7 |
| 4 | 8 |  Czechoslovakia Ladislav Dluhoš Jiří Malec Pavel Ploc Jiří Parma | 296.1 103.7 97.3 95.1 | 290.7 89.7 106.8 94.2 | 586.8 165.4 193.4 204.1 189.3 |
| 5 | 9 |  Austria Ernst Vettori Heinz Kuttin Günther Stranner Andreas Felder | 287.2 94.7 93.0 99.5 | 290.4 91.3 100.3 98.8 | 577.6 186.0 193.3 198.3 176.3 |
| 6 | 7 |  West Germany Andi Bauer Peter Rohwein Thomas Klauser Josef Heumann | 277.8 90.2 97.4 90.2 | 281.2 90.3 100.2 90.7 | 559.0 175.1 174.3 197.6 180.9 |
| 7 | 5 |  Sweden Per-Inge Tällberg Anders Daun Jan Boklöv Staffan Tällberg | 268.2 92.2 88.5 87.5 | 271.5 88.7 91.6 91.2 | 539.7 161.5 174.2 180.1 178.7 |
| 8 | 4 |  Switzerland Gérard Balanche Christoph Lehmann Fabrice Piazzini Christian Hauswirth | 258.3 87.4 81.6 89.3 | 257.8 87.6 84.5 85.7 | 516.1 175.0 156.7 166.1 175.0 |
| 9 | 2 |  Canada Horst Bulau Steve Collins Todd Gillman Ron Richards | 249.8 87.9 83.1 78.8 | 247.4 91.2 76.9 79.3 | 497.2 179.1 160.0 138.5 158.1 |
| 10 | 10 |  United States Ted Langlois Mark Konopacke Dennis McGrane Mike Holland | 259.3 78.3 81.3 99.7 | 237.5 73.5 74.2 89.8 | 496.8 132.5 151.8 155.5 189.5 |
| 11 | 1 |  Japan Katsushi Tao Shinichi Tanaka Masaru Nagaoka Akira Sato | 231.5 67.4 81.6 82.5 | 236.5 72.6 75.4 88.5 | 468.0 134.7 135.9 157.0 171.0 |
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Calgary 1988, was a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to be held for 16 days, like the counterpart Summer Olympic Games. The majority of the contested events took place in Calgary itself. However, the skiing events were held west of the city at the Nakiska ski resort in Kananaskis Country and at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park in the town of Canmore.
Michael David Edwards, better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph), and became a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses.
Canada Olympic Park (COP), formerly known as Paskapoo Ski Hill, is a ski hill and multi-purpose training and competition facility located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, owned and operated by WinSport. It is currently used both for high performance athletic training and for recreational purposes by the general public. Canada Olympic Park was one of the venues for the 1988 Winter Olympics, being the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsleigh, and luge.
Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Vancouver would eventually host the 2010 Winter Olympics which makes it the second city in Canada to host the Winter Olympics and the third overall.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Six of the former Soviet republics would compete together as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and each republic would be independently represented at subsequent Games.
France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Frank Piccard won France's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years.
Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
East Germany competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
West Germany competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Poland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Japan competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.
Norway competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This was the first and only time at the Winter Olympics that Norway failed to win a gold medal.
The men's team large hill/4 x 5 km Nordic combined competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on 23 February. The Austrian team of Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, and Mario Stecher were the defending Olympic champions. Gruber retired after the 2007-08 season. Gottwald originally retired after the 2006-07 World Cup season, but came out of retirement in May 2009 to compete for the 2009-10 World Cup season including the 2010 Games. The defending world champions were the Japanese team of Yūsuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe, and Norihito Kobayashi. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 12 December 2009 in Harrachov, Czech Republic, but that event was cancelled on 4 December 2009 to warm weather and lack of snow. A team normal hill event took place prior to the 2010 Winter Games in Schonach, Germany on 24 January 2010 and was won by the German team of Georg Hettich, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, and Tino Edelmann.
The men's team Nordic combined competition for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held at Canada Olympic Park and Canmore Nordic Centre on 23 and 24 February.
The men's normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 1988 Winter Olympics was held in Canada Olympic Park. It occurred on 14 February.
The men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 1988 Winter Olympics was held in Canada Olympic Park. It occurred on 23 February.
A number of notable controversies and concerns associated with the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, emerged which were the subject of public debate and media commentary.
