Große Olympiaschanze

Große Olympiaschanze
Location
City or town Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Country Germany
Opened 1921
Renovated 1978
2007
Size
K-spot K-125
Hill size HS140
Hill record Simon Amman
(143.5 m in 2010)
Championships
Olympics 1936

The Große Olympiaschanze (English: Large Olympic Hill) is a ski jumping hill located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Contents

1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, it hosted the ski jumping event and the ski jumping part of the nordic combined event. It also host the opening and closing ceremonies of those games. The neighboring ski stadion hosted the cross country skiing events.

Four Hills Tournament

A world cup competition is held there every year on January 1, as a part of the Four Hills Tournament.

History

The hill has undergone two renovations in 1978 and 2007. Due to a required upgrade of the jump to the advanced technical standards of the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the construction of an entirely new ski jump was inevitable. Among projects by Zaha Hadid Architects, Behnisch Architects and others, an international architectural competition in autumn 2006 led to the decision to erect a cantilevering structure as the new landmark of ski sports, designed by terrain:loenhart&mayr. Start of the construction site at April, 26th 2007. Grand opening ceremony at the Continental Cup / Four Hills Tournament on New Year's Day 2008. The tower offers a panoramic view of the surrounding valley of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Reference

Venues
Hills
Tournaments
1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12
Winners
1924: Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont, Stade Olympique de Chamonix • 1928: Around the hills of St. Moritz, Olympiaschanze • 1932: Intervales Ski-Hill, Lake Placid • 1936: Große Olympiaschanze • 1948: Around the hills of St. Moritz, Olympiaschanze • 1952: Holmenkollen National Arena • 1956: Lo Stadio della neve, Trampolino Italia • 1960: McKinney Creek Stadium, Papoose Peak Jumps • 1964: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze • 1968: Autrans • 1972: Makomanai Cross-country site, Miyanomori Jumping Hill • 1976: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze • 1980: Intervales Ski-Hill, Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center • 1984: Igman Olympic Jumps; Igman, Veliko Polje • 1988: Canada Olympic Park, Canmore Nordic Centre • 1992: Tremplin du Praz • 1994: Birkebeineren Skistadion, Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena • 1998: Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium, Snow Harp • 2002: Soldier Hollow, Utah Olympic Park • 2006: Stadio del Trampolino, Pragelato Plan • 2010: Whistler Olympic Park • 2014: Biathlon & Ski Complex, Russian National Ski Jumping Centre