Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Monday 4 February 1924.[1]

Ski jumping
at the I Olympic Winter Games
VenueLe Tremplin Olympique du Mont
Dates4 February
Competitors27 from 9 nations
Winning Score18.960
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacob Tullin Thams  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Narve Bonna  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Haugen  United States
1928 →

The event was unusual in that the bronze medalist was not determined for fifty years. Thorleif Haug of Norway was awarded third place at the event's conclusion, but a clerical error in calculating Haug's score was discovered in 1974 by Jacob Vaage, who further determined Anders Haugen of the United States, who had finished fourth, had actually scored 0.095 points more than Haug. The International Olympic Committee verified this, and in Oslo in September 1974, Haug's daughter presented the medal to the 85-year-old Haugen.

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
normal hill
details
Jacob Tullin Thams
  Norway
Narve Bonna
  Norway
Anders Haugen
  United States

Results edit

This competition took place at Le Mont with a K-point of 71 meters.[2] The winner of the competition Jacob Tullin Thams also won a silver medal in sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics; he is among very few athletes to win both Winter and Summer Olympic medals.

Place Ski jumper Total
1   Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR) 18.960
2   Narve Bonna (NOR) 18.688
3   Anders Haugen (USA) 17.917
4   Thorleif Haug (NOR) 17.819
5   Einar Landvik (NOR) 17.521
6   Axel-Herman Nilsson (SWE) 17.146
7   Menotti Jakobsson (SWE) 17.083
8   Alexandre Girard-Bille (SUI) 16.793
9   Nils Lindh (SWE) 16.737
10   Franz Wende (TCH) 16.480
11   Sulo Jääskeläinen (FIN) 16.418
12   Nils Sundh (SWE) 16.397
13   Tuure Nieminen (FIN) 16.262
14   Lemoine Batson (USA) 16.200
15   Klébert Balmat (FRA) 15.500
16   Harry Lien (USA) 14.917
17   Luigi Faure (ITA) 14.010
18   Peter Schmid (SUI) 13.437
19   Mario Cavalla (ITA) 12.605
20   Karel Koldovský (TCH) 12.501
21   Andrzej Krzeptowski (POL) 12.458
22   Gilbert Ravanel (FRA) 12.397
23   Hans Eidenbenz (SUI) 10.313
24   Xaver Affentranger (SUI) 7.813
25   Martial Payot (FRA) 7.355
26   Josef Bím (TCH) 2.333
  Louis Albert (FRA) DNF

Participating nations edit

A total of 27 ski jumpers from nine nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

References edit

  1. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.

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