Große Olympiaschanze

Große Olympiaschanze
New Year's Day 2008
Location	Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Germany
Opened	1921
Renovated	1978, 2007
Size
K-spot	K-125
Hill size	HS140
Hill record	Simon Ammann (143.5 m in 2010)
Championships
Olympics	1936

Old Große Olympiaschanze

The ramp and hill in Summer

Stands

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

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. Additionally, it was one of the two outdoor ice hockey facilities used in that Olympics.^[1]

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.

Adjacent to the ski jumps is the Gudiberg alpine slalom piste, upgraded prior to the 2011 World Championships.

On 31 December 2014 Anders Jacobsen jumped 145 m at training but it does not count as a new hill record because it was training before qualification.

External links

Media related to Olympiaschanze (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) at Wikimedia Commons

References

• 1936 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 116–122. (German)

Four Hills Tournament Hosts Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Hills Schattenbergschanze Große Olympiaschanze Bergiselschanze Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze 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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 Winners List of winners

Olympic venues in cross-country skiing 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: Around the hills of St. Moritz 1932: Lake Placid 1936: Große Olympiaschanze 1948: Around the hills of St. Moritz 1952: Holmenkollen National Arena 1956: Lo Stadio della neve 1960: McKinney Creek Stadium 1964: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1968: Autrans 1972: Makomanai Cross-country site 1976: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1980: Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center 1984: Igman, Veliko Polje 1988: Canmore Nordic Centre 1992: Les Saisies 1994: Birkebeineren Ski Stadium 1998: Snow Harp 2002: Soldier Hollow 2006: Pragelato Plan 2010: Whistler Olympic Park 2014: Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex

Olympic venues in Nordic combined 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, RusSki Gorki Jumping Center

Olympic venues in ski jumping 1924: Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont 1928: Olympiaschanze 1932: Intervales Ski-Hill 1936: Große Olympiaschanze 1948: Olympiaschanze 1952: Holmenkollbakken 1956: Trampolino Italia 1960: Papoose Peak Jumps 1964: Bergiselschanze, Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1968: Autrans, Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 1972: Miyanomori Jumping Hill, Okurayama Jumping Hill 1976: Bergiselschanze, Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1980: Intervales Ski-Hill 1984: Igman Olympic Jumps 1988: Canada Olympic Park 1992: Tremplin du Praz 1994: Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena 1998: Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium 2002: Utah Olympic Park 2006: Stadio del Trampolino 2010: Whistler Olympic Park 2014: RusSki Gorki Jumping Center 2018: Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium

Coordinates: 47°28′53″N 11°07′04″E / 47.48139°N 11.11778°E / 47.48139; 11.11778