Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex

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Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex
MacKenzie Intervale
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Location Lake Placid, New York, Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Operator Olympic Regional Development Authority
Opened21 February 1921 (Large)
December 1978 (Normal)
Renovated2021
Expanded1923, 1932, 1950, 1965,
1977, 1980, 1983, 1994,
2011, 2021
Size
K–point 90 metres (300 ft)
115 metres (377 ft)
Hill size 100 metres (330 ft)
128 metres (420 ft)
Hill record136 metres (446 ft)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryōyū Kobayashi
(11 February 2023)
Top events
Olympics 1932, 1980
World Championships 1950

The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, also known as the MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex, consists of HS100- and HS128-meter ski jump towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Modernized and lengthened in 2021, they are the only jumps in North America homologated for winter and summer jumping competitions. [1] The complex is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority. [2]

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The 128-meter jump features an Observation deck which offers views of nearby John Brown's Farm and the surrounding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. [3] Training and competition for Nordic ski jumping takes place year round thanks to a plastic mat out-run on the 90m jump. The Freestyle Aerial Training Center is located to the right of the base of the jump towers. Aerialists can train in the summer months by jumping into a 750,000 gallon pool. [4]

In 2018, funding was approved to upgrade the tracks with cooling to ensure winter operation. Also, the smaller hills will be upgraded to current FIS standards with a safer spread of heights for jumpers to progress. This is in tandem with a number of major games being hosted by Lake Placid over the next few years.

On 11 February 2023, they hosted first World Cup Men's super team (pairs) event in history.

Hill parameters

History

The Lake Placid Club built the first ski jump on this site in 1920, using the hillside itself as the jump surface. The jump was referred to as the Intervales 35-meter jump. On February 21, 1921, the first competition was held at this site, drawing 3,000 spectators. The record jump for the day was 124 feet, set by Antony Maurer. In 1923, the jump was enlarged to fifty meters, and in 1927, a new steel tower was built, raising the jump to 60 meters. In 1928, the tower was raised to 75 meters; this was the tower used for the 1932 Winter Olympic Games. In 1977, the old tower was demolished to make way for new 70 and 90-meter jumps, used for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. In 1994, the landing hills were re-graded to bring the jumps into compliance with current rules, and increasing their height to 90 and 120 meters. [6] In 2019, a pulse gondola was installed to replace an aging double chair which served the ski jumps. [7] In 2021, both jumps received upgrades that enabled year-round training and increased reliability, in addition to a new base lodge. [8] [9]

The towers were built using a jacking system that lifted and poured concrete into the forms continuously, night and day, for 15 days for the larger jump, and 9 days for the smaller one.[ citation needed ]

The present record jumps stand at 105 meters for the 90-meter jump, set by Andrew Osadetz of Canada, and 136.0 meters for the 120-meter jump, set by Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan.

Ski jumping events

Winter Olympic Games

The complex was a venue in the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics. [10] [11]

Olympic podiums 1stsecondandthird.jpg
Olympic podiums
YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1932 12 February  K60 Flag of Norway.svg Birger Ruud Flag of Norway.svg Hans Beck Flag of Norway.svg Kåre Walberg [12]
1980 17 February  K86 Flag of Austria.svg Toni Innauer Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Yagi
Flag of East Germany.svg Manfred Deckert
[13]
23 February  K114 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Törmänen Flag of Austria.svg Hubert Neuper Flag of Finland.svg Jari Puikkonen

FIS Nordic World Championships

YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1950 5 February  K61 Flag of Norway.svg Hans Bjørnstad Flag of Sweden.svg Thure Lindgren Flag of Norway.svg Arnfinn Bergmann [14]

FIS World Cup

SeasonDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1982/83 15 January  K114 Flag of Finland.svg Matti Nykänen Flag of Austria.svg Armin Kogler Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Hastings [15]
16 January  K114 Flag of Finland.svg Matti Nykänen Flag of Austria.svg Armin Kogler Flag of Norway.svg Steinar Bråten [16]
1983/84 17 December  K86 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Primož Ulaga Flag of Finland.svg Matti Nykänen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Horst Bulau
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Hastings
[17]
18 December  K114 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Hastings Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Primož Ulaga Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Parma [18]
1984/85 15 December  K114 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Felder Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Parma Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori [19]
16 December  K86 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Felder Flag of Finland.svg Jari Puikkonen Flag of Norway.svg Per Bergerud [20]
1985/86 14 December  K114 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Opaas Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Primož Ulaga Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Ploc [21]
15 December  K86 Flag of Austria.svg Franz Neuländtner Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Collins [22]
1986/87 13 December  K114 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Opaas Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Primož Ulaga [23]
14 December  K86 Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Primož Ulaga Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Opaas [24]
1987/88 12 December  K114 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Ploc Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Thoma Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Bauer [25]
13 December  K86 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Ploc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Parma Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Opaas [26]
1988/89 10 December  K114 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Boklöv Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Suorsa [27]
11 December  K86 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Opaas Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Klauser [28]
1989/90 9 December  K114 Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Finland.svg Matti Nykänen Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Boklöv [29]
10 December  K86 Flag of Finland.svg Ari-Pekka Nikkola Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Felder
1990/91 1 December  K86 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Felder Flag of Finland.svg Ari-Pekka Nikkola Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Nieminen [30]
2 December  K114 Flag of Germany.svg André Kiesewetter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stephan Zünd Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Vettori
2022/23 11 February  HS128 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wellinger Flag of Japan.svg Ryōyū Kobayashi Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Tschofenig [31]
12 February  HS128 Flag of Norway.svg Halvor Egner Granerud Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wellinger Flag of Austria.svg Stefan Kraft [32]
2023/24 10 February  HS128 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lovro Kos Flag of Japan.svg Ryōyū Kobayashi Flag of Norway.svg Marius Lindvik [33]
11 February  HS128 Flag of Austria.svg Stefan Kraft Flag of Slovenia.svg Lovro Kos
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Raimund
[34]
↓ Men's Super team ↓
2022/23 11 February  HS128Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Dawid Kubacki
Piotr Żyła
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Daniel Tschofenig
Stefan Kraft
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Naoki Nakamura
[35]
2023/24 10 February  HS128Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Michael Hayböck
Stefan Kraft
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Philipp Raimund
Andreas Wellinger
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Johann André Forfang
Marius Lindvik
[36]

FIS Junior Nordic World Championships

SeasonDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1986 16 February  K114 Flag of Italy.svg Virginio Lunardi Flag of Germany.svg Christian Rimmel Flag of Norway.svg Clas Brede Bråthen [37]
↓ Men's team ↓
1986 13 February  HS128Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Dieter Thoma
Christian Rimmel
Robert Leonhardt
Friedrich Braun
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Virginio Lunardi
Carlo Pinzani
Paolo Rigoni

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Juri Durinov
Michail Esin
Sergej Badenko
Evgeny Vashurin
[38]

FISU Winter World University Games

YearDateHillWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1972 5 March  K70 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Nakano Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gariy Napalkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuriy Kalinin [39] [40]
2023 16 January  HS100 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Danil Vassilyev Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Lienher Flag of Austria.svg Timon-Pascal Kahofer [41]
↓ Women's Individual ↓
2023 16 January  HS100 Flag of Poland.svg Nicole Konderla Flag of Japan.svg Machiko Kubota Flag of Poland.svg Kinga Rajda [42]
↓ Mixed team ↓
2023 18 January  HS100Flag of Poland.svg  Poland I
Nicole Konderla
Adam Niżnik
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Machiko Kubota
Ryusei Ikeda
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland II
Kinga Rajda
Szymon Jojko
[43]
↓ Men's team ↓
2023 20 January  HS100Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Timon-Pascal Kahofer
Maximilian Lienher
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Sergey Tkachenko
Danil Vassilyev
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sakutaro Kobayashi
Ryusei Ikeda
[44]
↓ Women's team ↓
2023 20 January  HS100Flag of Poland.svg  Poland I
Kinga Rajda
Nicole Konderla
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland II
Paulina Cieślar
Anna Twardosz
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Miki Ikeda
Machiko Kubota
[45]

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