Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Ski jumping
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue Tremplin du Praz
DatesFebruary 9–16
No. of events3
Competitors63 from 17 nations
  1988
1994  

Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of three events held from 9 February to 16 February, taking place at Tremplin du Praz. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2013
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)1315
3Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Finland led the medal table with two golds, while Austria won the most medals with five, including sweeping the silver medals.

Events

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Normal hill individual
details
Ernst Vettori
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
222.8 Martin Höllwarth
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
218.1 Toni Nieminen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
217.0
Large hill individual
details
Toni Nieminen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
239.5 Martin Höllwarth
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
227.3 Heinz Kuttin
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
214.8
Large hill team
details
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Mika Laitinen
Risto Laakkonen
Toni Nieminen
644.4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)
Heinz Kuttin
Ernst Vettori
Martin Höllwarth
Andreas Felder
642.9Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Tomáš Goder
František Jež
Jaroslav Sakala
Jiří Parma
620.1

Participating NOCs

Seventeen nations participated in ski jumping at the Albertville Games. Slovenia and the Unified Team made their Olympic ski jumping debuts. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. "Ski Jumping at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.