The

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at

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between 12 and 22 February 2010.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Three ski jumping events was held at Vancouver 2010 (all competitors are men):

Competition schedule

All times are

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( UTC-8).

Participating nations

For the three events, there are a maximum 70 athletes allowed to compete. No nation can have more than five skiers. For each event, a nation can enter four skiers in individual event or one team in the team event. Host nation Canada is expected to enter skiers in all events. If no skier meets the qualification standards, they can enter one skier per event. Quota allocation per nation is based on the World Ranking List (WRL) consisting of

Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internation ...

and Grand Prix points, followed by Continental Cup Standings from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Ski Jumping World Cup. This will be made by assigning one quota slot per skier from the top of the standings downwards until the maximum five slots have been reached, including host nation Canada. When 60 slots are reached in an event where less than 12 nations have a minimum of four skiers allocated slot (and the nation is entered in the team event), the next nation with three skiers will be given a fourth slot until 12 nations can compete in the team event. Any open quota slots will be allocated until the maximum 70 skiers can be reached, including host nation Canada. This process started on 18 January 2010 and ran until 28 January 2010. Deadline to VANOC was 1 February 2010.

References

External links

May 2009 FIS Qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- accessed 21 January 2010. Ski jumping is on pages 7–8.
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
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