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List Of Olympic Venues In Nordic Combined ...
For the Winter Olympics, there are 36 venues that have been or will be used for Nordic combined. With the sport being a combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, the sport shares its venues with the other two sports. It is one of the sports that have been at every Winter Olympics. References {{Olympic venues Venues Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Combined Pictogram
Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe * a native of Northern Europe * Nordic or North Germanic languages Nordic may also refer to: Synonym for Scandinavian or Norse * Nordic Bronze Age, a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history * Nordic folklore * Nordic mythology * Nordic paganism Relating to a racial category * Nordic race, a race group * Nordic theory or Nordicism, the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race", a theory which influenced Adolf Hitler. * Nordic League, a far right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939 * Nordic aliens, a group of supposed humanoid extraterrestrial beings whose appearance resembles the Nordic physical type Sports * Bidding system for Contract bridge * Nordic combined, a wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Patrol At The 1924 Winter Olympics
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, in Chamonix, France, a military patrol competition was held. The Olympic results database lists the official medal winners for the event, as does the Official Report (1924),Official Report (1924), pp 701-703: EPREUVE No 139 SKI MILITAIRE (Event Number 139 Military Ski). This gives both the rules and the results of the competition. (Note: It is event Number 139 of the combined Winter and Summer Games, but event Number 12 on the programme of the Winter Games). yet several sources have incorrectly counted this competition as a demonstration event only.Official Report (1924), pp 618-628: Les démonstrations hors~programme (Demonstrations outside the official programme). This gives a complete account of the demonstration sports. Military Patrol is not among them. The event was also demonstrated in 1928, 1936, and 1948, but those results are still considered unofficial. A full 36 years would pass before the modern version of the sport, biathlon, became an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Jumping At The 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Sunday, 16 February 1936. Medalists Final standings The competition took place at "Olympiaschanze" with a K-point of 80 metres.Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006 It started at 11 a.m. The weather conditions were good with temperatures between 0° to 3° Celsius and no wind. The 80 metres were not reached due to difficult snow conditions, so the winner's lengths were 74.5 meters and 75 meters respectively. The second placed Sven Eriksson was able to stand 76 metres twice. In the second run Shinji Tatsuta reached 77 metres but was not able to stand his jump. Four jumpers fell Goro Adachi in the second run after a very attractive performance in the first heat. Shinji Tatsuta and Sauli Pälli fell in both runs, and Mario Bonomo was the only competitor who did not finish the contest after his fall in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The games began on 6 February 1936, and ended on 16 February 1936. There were three cross-country skiing events held, in which only men competed. There were 109 male competitors from 22 different nations. The youngest participant was 17-year-old Resat Erces from Turkey, while the oldest participant was Nils Backstrom from the United States of America at 34 years old. The athletes whom collected the most medals were Oddbjørn Hagen of Norway, and Erik Larsson of Sweden – each received two medals. Sweden collected more medals than any other country in the cross-country skiing events at a total of five. Events consisted of the 18 km and 50 km Classical, and the 4 × 10 km relay event was added. The relay event was held on Monday, 10 February 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, 12 February 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, 15 February 1936. Rule Changes Imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Große Olympiaschanze
The Große Olympiaschanze ( en, Great Olympic Hill) is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping. 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, the venue hosted the ski jumping event and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined event. The outrun of the ski jump formed the ski stadium which held the opening and closing ceremonies and the start / finish area of the cross-country skiing competitions. 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, Beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The country also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin. It was the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games both took place in the same country (the cancelled 1940 Olympics would have been held in Japan, with Tokyo hosting the Summer Games and Sapporo hosting the Winter Games). The 1936 Winter Games were organized on behalf of the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt, who had been named president of the committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by ''Reichssportführer'' Hans von Tschammer und Osten. Highlights * German skier Willy Bogner took the Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 1932 Winter Olympics
At the 1932 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, 10 February 1932, while the 50 km event was held on Saturday, 13 February 1932. Medal summary Medal table Events Participating nations Cross-country skiers from Austria and France only competed in the 18 km event. Sixteen cross-country skiers competed in both events. A total of 58 cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed at the Lake Placid Games: * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1932 Winter Olympics 1932 Winter Olympics events Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... Cross-country s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh. Lake Placid, along with nearby Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, comprise what is known as the Tri-Lakes region. Lake Placid hosted the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid also hosted the 1972 Winter Universiade, the 2000 Goodwill Games, and will host the 2023 Winter Universiade. History Lake Placid was founded in the early 19th century to develop an iron ore mining operation. By 1840, the population of "North Elba" (four miles southeast of the present village, near where the road to the Adirondak Loj crosses the Ausable River), was six families. In 1845, the philanthropist Gerrit Smith arrived in North Elba and not only bought a great deal of land around the village but granted large tracts to former slaves. He reformed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Jumping At The 1932 Winter Olympics
At the 1932 Winter Olympics one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Friday, February 12, 1932. Medalists Results The competition took place at "Intervales Hill" with a K-Point of 61 meters.Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-mail to Chris Miller. 5 Jun 2006 Participating nations A total of 34 ski jumpers from ten nations competed at the Lake Placid Games: * * * * * * * * * * References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ski Jumping At The 1932 Winter Olympics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex
The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex comprises a HS100- and HS128-meter ski jumps towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States, and modernized and lengthened in 2021, making them the only jumps in North America homologated for winter and summer jumping competitions. They are located two miles from Lake Placid, off the Old Military Road, in Essex County, New York. The complex is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The sky deck on the 120-meter jump offers views of nearby John Brown's Farm and the surrounding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. 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. In 2018, funding was approved to upgrade the tracks with cooling to ensure winter operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Winter Olympics
The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 13. It was the first of four Winter Olympics held in the United States; Lake Placid hosted again in 1980. The games were awarded to Lake Placid in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System. California also had a bid for the 1932 Winter Games. William May Garland, president of the California X Olympiad Association, wanted the games to take place in Wrightwood and Big Pines, California. The world's largest ski jump at the time was constructed in Big Pines for the event, but the games were ultimately awarded to Lake Placid. Highlights * Coca-Cola became the official provider of that games' soft drinks and would remain so for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Jumping At The 1928 Winter Olympics
The men's ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiaschanze in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on 18 February. Thirty-eight competitors from thirteen nations competed, with the event being won by Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Norway's Alf Andersen ahead of countryman Sigmund Ruud and Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Czechoslovakia's Rudolf Burkert. Norway sent a strong contingent with four jumpers able to win the event, including reigning Olympic and world champion Jacob Tullin Thams. Andersen had won all eight Norwegian qualification events. World record holder Nels Nelsen from Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Canada was not permitted to participate due to financial problems. Japan at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Japan participated in an international ski jumping competition for the first time, also becoming the first Asian country to do so. After the first jump, three Norwegians were in the lead. A 40-minute discussion erupted regarding the spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
