Ski jumping at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Tremplin du Praz |
Dates | February 9–16 |
No. of events | 3 |
Competitors | 63 from 17 nations |
Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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Normal hill | men |
Large hill | men |
Team | men |
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]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Finland led the medal table with two golds, while Austria won the most medals with five, including sweeping the silver medals.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Normal hill individual | Ernst Vettori Austria | 222.8 | Martin Höllwarth Austria | 218.1 | Toni Nieminen Finland | 217.0 |
Large hill individual | Toni Nieminen Finland | 239.5 | Martin Höllwarth Austria | 227.3 | Heinz Kuttin Austria | 214.8 |
Large hill team | Finland (FIN) Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Risto Laakkonen Toni Nieminen | 644.4 | Austria (AUT) Heinz Kuttin Ernst Vettori Martin Höllwarth Andreas Felder | 642.9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Tomáš Goder František Jež Jaroslav Sakala Jiří Parma | 620.1 |
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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