Solbergbakken was a K60 ski jumping hill located at Valler (

Gjettum Gjettum is a neighbourhood in Bærum, Akershus, Norway. It is located south of Kolsås. The area is named after the Gjettum farm. Gjettum is served by the Gjettum station on the Kolsås Line The Kolsås Line ( no, Kolsåsbanen) is a line of th ...

) in

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and owned by

Bærums SK Bærums Skiklub is a Norwegian multi sports club founded in 1885. It has sections for cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, biathlon and orienteering. Venues include Solbergbakken, Skuibakken and . Notable club m ...

History

On 29 January 1888, Solbergbakken located at the western suburb of Oslo, was officially opened as one of the largest in the world, but already constructed in 1886. Total of four official

world records A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

have been set. On 5 February 1899, Asbjørn Nilssen and Morten Hansen set 32.5 meters (107 ft), while Olaf Tandberg improved it at 35.5 meters (116 ft) the following year. Between 1897 and 1902 also total of six invalid world record were set by Norwegian men; Cato Aall (31.5 m), Asbjørn Nilssen (35 m), Trygve Smith (36 m), Aksel Refstad (2 x 36 m) and Albert Wüller (36.5 m). On 6 February 1910, Hilda Stang from Norway set the only world record for women on this hill at 22 meters (77 ft). In 1917, the ski jump was extended for the first time and reopened with a new hill record of 44 meters (144 ft). And two years later 15,000 spectators attended “Hovedlandsrenn”. In 1935, for the first time, the 50 meter bench-mark was over-leaped. From 1955 on, the facility was only used as training ski jumping hill, on larger Skuibakken Bærums Skiklub even hosted several Norwegian Championships and two World Cup competitions. In 1977, the 60 meter hill was covered with plastic matting and in 1992 the very last summer competition on plastic was hosted there. When Bærums SK arranged Norwegian Championships, these were normally held in the hill

Skuibakken Skuibakken is a ski jumping hill in Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. Skuibakken was opened in 1928. It is owned by Bærums Skiklub. The first major rebuilding began in the autumn of 1938. By the end of the 1950s, it was considered to build a ...

. The Nazi national championships were however held in Solbergbakken in 1942 and 1943.Røhne, 1985: p. 54

Ski jumping world records

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Ladies

References

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External links

Video clip, 1924
barum.folkebibl.no
Solbergbakken
skisprungschanzen.com Ski jumping venues in Norway Sports venues in Bærum