Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex

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]

Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex
MacKenzie Intervale
LocationLake Placid, New York,  United States
OperatorOlympic Regional Development Authority
Opened21 February 1921 (Large)
December 1978 (Normal)
Renovated2021
Expanded1923, 1932, 1950, 1965,
1977, 1980, 1983, 1994,
2011, 2021
Size
K–point90 metres (300 ft)
115 metres (377 ft)
Hill size100 metres (330 ft)
128 metres (420 ft)
Hill record136 metres (446 ft)
Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi
(11 February 2023)
Top events
Olympics1932, 1980
World Championships1950

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
  • Construction point: 115 m
  • Hill size (HS): 128 m
  • Official hill record: 136.0 metres (446.2 ft) – Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi (11 February 2023)
  • Inrun length: 98.07 m
  • Inrun angle: 35.1°
  • Take-off length: 6.89 m
  • Take-off angle: 11°
  • Take-off height: 3.08 m
  • Landing angle: 34.1°
  • Average speed: 93.1 km/h
  • Homologation source: [5]

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.

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
Year Date Hill Winner Second place Third place Ref
↓ Men's Individual ↓
193212 February  K60Norway Birger RuudNorway Hans BeckNorway Kåre Walberg[12]
198017 February  K86Austria Toni InnauerJapan Hirokazu Yagi
East Germany Manfred Deckert		[13]
23 February  K114Finland Jouko TörmänenAustria Hubert NeuperFinland Jari Puikkonen

FIS Nordic World Championships
Year Date Hill Winner Second place Third place Ref
↓ Men's Individual ↓
19505 February  K61Norway Hans BjørnstadSweden Thure LindgrenNorway Arnfinn Bergmann[14]

FIS World Cup
Season Date Hill Winner Second place Third place Ref
↓ Men's Individual ↓
1982/8315 January  K114Finland Matti NykänenAustria Armin KoglerUnited States Jeff Hastings [15]
16 January  K114Finland Matti NykänenAustria Armin KoglerNorway Steinar Bråten [16]
1983/8417 December  K86Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož UlagaFinland Matti NykänenCanada Horst Bulau
United States Jeff Hastings		[17]
18 December  K114United States Jeff HastingsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož UlagaCzechoslovakia Jiří Parma [18]
1984/8515 December  K114Austria Andreas FelderCzechoslovakia Jiří ParmaAustria Ernst Vettori[19]
16 December  K86Austria Andreas FelderFinland Jari PuikkonenNorway Per Bergerud [20]
1985/8614 December  K114Norway Vegard OpaasSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož UlagaCzechoslovakia Pavel Ploc[21]
15 December  K86Austria Franz NeuländtnerAustria Ernst VettoriCanada Steve Collins [22]
1986/8713 December  K114Norway Vegard OpaasAustria Ernst VettoriSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož Ulaga[23]
14 December  K86Austria Ernst VettoriSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primož UlagaNorway Vegard Opaas [24]
1987/8812 December  K114Czechoslovakia Pavel PlocWest Germany Dieter ThomaWest Germany Andreas Bauer[25]
13 December  K86Czechoslovakia Pavel PlocCzechoslovakia Jiří ParmaNorway Vegard Opaas [26]
1988/8910 December  K114Sweden Jan BoklövAustria Ernst VettoriFinland Pekka Suorsa[27]
11 December  K86Norway Vegard OpaasAustria Ernst VettoriWest Germany Thomas Klauser [28]
1989/909 December  K114Austria Ernst VettoriFinland Matti NykänenSweden Jan Boklöv[29]
10 December  K86Finland Ari-Pekka NikkolaAustria Ernst VettoriAustria Andreas Felder
1990/911 December  K86Austria Andreas FelderFinland Ari-Pekka NikkolaFinland Anssi Nieminen[30]
2 December  K114Germany André KiesewetterSwitzerland Stephan ZündAustria Ernst Vettori
2022/2311 February  HS128Germany Andreas WellingerJapan Ryōyū KobayashiAustria Daniel Tschofenig[31]
12 February  HS128Norway Halvor Egner GranerudGermany Andreas WellingerAustria Stefan Kraft[32]
2023/2410 February  HS128Slovenia Lovro KosJapan Ryōyū KobayashiNorway Marius Lindvik[33]
11 February  HS128Austria Stefan KraftSlovenia Lovro Kos
Germany Philipp Raimund		–[34]
↓ Men's Super team ↓
2022/2311 February  HS128  Poland
Dawid Kubacki
Piotr Żyła
 Austria
Daniel Tschofenig
Stefan Kraft
 Japan
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Naoki Nakamura
[35]
2023/2410 February  HS128  Austria
Michael Hayböck
Stefan Kraft
 Germany
Philipp Raimund
Andreas Wellinger
 Norway
Johann André Forfang
Marius Lindvik
[36]

FIS Junior Nordic World Championships
Season Date Hill Winner Second place Third place Ref
↓ Men's Individual ↓
198616 February  K114Italy Virginio LunardiWest Germany Christian RimmelNorway Clas Brede Bråthen [37]
↓ Men's team ↓
198613 February  HS128  West Germany
Dieter Thoma
Christian Rimmel
Robert Leonhardt
Friedrich Braun
  Italy
Virginio Lunardi
Carlo Pinzani
Paolo Rigoni

  Soviet Union
Juri Durinov
Michail Esin
Sergej Badenko
Evgeny Vashurin
 [38]

FISU Winter World University Games
Year Date Hill Winner Second place Third place Ref
↓ Men's Individual ↓
19725 March  K70Japan Hideki NakanoSoviet Union Gariy NapalkovSoviet Union Yuriy Kalinin[39][40]
202316 January  HS100Kazakhstan Danil VassilyevAustria Maximilian LienherAustria Timon-Pascal Kahofer[41]
↓ Women's Individual ↓
202316 January  HS100Poland Nicole KonderlaJapan Machiko KubotaPoland Kinga Rajda[42]
↓ Mixed team ↓
202318 January  HS100 Poland I
Nicole Konderla
Adam Niżnik
 Japan
Machiko Kubota
Ryusei Ikeda
 Poland II
Kinga Rajda
Szymon Jojko
[43]
↓ Men's team ↓
202320 January  HS100 Austria
Timon-Pascal Kahofer
Maximilian Lienher
 Kazakhstan
Sergey Tkachenko
Danil Vassilyev
 Japan
Sakutaro Kobayashi
Ryusei Ikeda
[44]
↓ Women's team ↓
202320 January  HS100 Poland I
Kinga Rajda
Nicole Konderla
 Poland II
Paulina Cieślar
Anna Twardosz
 Japan
Miki Ikeda
Machiko Kubota
[45]

Other

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