Vikkollen (Vikkollbakken, or. Wikkollen) was a K80
ski jumping hill in
Mjøndalen,
Norway opened in 1914. It was owned by
Mjøndalen IF.
History
On 28 March 1914 hill was officially opened, but hill was completed already two years earlier and was converted and enlarged in 1933.
On 7 February 1915, Norwegian
Reidar Amble Ommundsen
Reidar Amble Ommundsen (17 March 1890 – 26 December 1940) was a Norwegian ski jumper and soccer player.
Career
In 1911 he won the Norwegian soccer cup final 5–2, with his club Lyn Fotball against IF Urædd.
On 7 February 1915 he set the ski ...
set the only official
world record at 54 metres (177 ft).
Vikkollen was scheduled to be the site of the national championships 1941, but the event was cancelled because of the sport strike during the World War II.
The hill where it was constructed was at the farm of Bothnia, just south of Mjøndalen center. It was the venue for the National Ski Jump Championships in 1946 and Nordic Combined Championships in 1960.
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The jump was reconstructed again in 1950, the year after Erling Hook extended the world record to 86 meters. After yet another modification, the national ski jumping championships in 1960 were held in Vikkollen.
Ole Tom Nord was the Norwegian champion. In March 1960, the last jump record of 86.5 meters was set by the Finnish Paavo Lukkariniemi in a Nordic race. The last race in Vikkollen was held in 1963, and three years later, the scaffolding collapsed.
Ski jumping world record
References
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External links
Vikkollen
skisprungschanzen.com
Ski jumping venues in Norway
Sports venues in Buskerud