Ski Jumping

Sport Overview

Ski Jumping at Milano Cortina 2026

Venue: Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium

Competition Dates: February 7, 9-10, 14-16 (Days 1, 3-4, 8-10)

Events: 6 (3 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)

Ski jumping at the Olympic Games is contested on two different hills, designated as “normal” and “large” based on the furthest distance that jumpers can safely travel. Normal hills are between 85m and 109m while large hills are 110m to 149m.

Results are based on both the distance travelled as well as the jumper’s body position in the air and upon landing.

Each hill has a K-point based on its size, typically around 90m for normal hills and around 120m for large hills. A jump to the K-point is worth 60 points. Each metre beyond or short of the K-point respectively increases or decreases the distance score by a set value.

Five judges evaluate each jump for style on a scale of 0 to 20, looking at things such as how quickly and smoothly a jumper achieves the optimal flight position and whether they achieve a correct and stable telemark position on landing. The highest and lowest scores are dropped with the three remaining added together. The sum of distance and style points is the total jump score.

The finals of the individual normal hill and individual large hill events all feature two rounds of jumping, however only the top 30 after the first jump advance to the second jump. The highest combined score from the two jumps wins.

In the men’s super team event, each team consists of two jumpers whose scores are added together to determine the team score. The top 12 teams after the first jump advance to compete in the second jump from which the top eight teams advance to a third and final round of jumping. The highest combined score from all six jumps wins.

The mixed team event features teams of two men and two women competing in a woman-man-woman-man sequence. After one round of jumping, the top eight teams advance to compete in a second and final jump. The scores of all eight jumps are added together to determine the winner.

Canadian Olympic Ski Jumping History (Pre-Milano Cortina 2026)

Canada won its first Olympic ski jumping medal at Beijing 2022. In the inaugural Olympic mixed team event, the quartet of Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate, and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes won the bronze medal.

In individual events, Canada’s best ever Olympic result was recorded at Calgary 1988 where Horst Bulau placed seventh in the men’s individual large hill. It was also at those Games that Steve Collins posted Canada’s best result in the men’s individual normal hill, placing 13^th.

In the Olympic debut of women’s ski jumping at Sochi 2014, Atsuko Tanaka placed 12^th in the individual normal hill.

Olympic Ski Jumping History

Ski jumping has been included at every Olympic Winter Games dating back to the first edition at Chamonix 1924. For the first four decades, there was just one men’s individual event, held on what was designated as a large hill. A second men’s individual event, designated as normal hill, was added at Innsbruck 1964. A men’s team large hill event was first included at Calgary 1988.

Five years after a women’s ski jumping event was first included at the FIS World Championships in 2009, a women’s normal hill event made its Olympic debut at Sochi 2014. The mixed team event, also contested on a normal hill, was added at Beijing 2022. There will be further changes to the Olympic program at Milano Cortina 2026 as a women’s individual large hill event is added and the men’s team event changes format to become a super team event.