Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men's normal hill individual
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Men's normal hill individual; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	12–13 February
Competitors	61 from 18 nations
Winning Score	276.5
Medalists
	← 2006 2014 →

The men's normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 12 and 13 February 2010 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. It was the first medal event of the 2010 Games.

Sixty-one athletes took part in the qualifying round of the competition, from which 50 athletes advanced to the two competition rounds. Swiss athlete Simon Ammann had the longest jumps in both competition rounds, winning the gold medal. The silver medal was won by Polish jumper Adam Małysz who had the third best results in both the first and second competition rounds. German jumper Michael Uhrmann was in second place following the first jump, but did poorly on his second jump and ended up fifth in the overall standings. Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria moved up from seventh place to win the bronze medal after jumping a full 5 meters (16 ft) longer on his second attempt.

Background

The men's normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 12 and 13 February 2010 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.^[1] It was the first medal event of the 2010 Games.^[2]

A normal hill in ski jumping is defined as a jump in which the width of the hill ranges from 85 meters (279 ft) to 109 meters (358 ft). Skiers ski down a sloped ramp, which then turns flat into a takeoff jump, and complete their jump on a landing slope. The rules of international ski jumping competitions, set by the governing body for ski jumping, the Fédération Internationale de Ski, award points based on two factors: distance and judge's score. Distance is measured from the edge of the takeoff ramp to the point where the jumper first touches the landing slope. The three judges are able to award up to 20 points each, for a total of 60 points. The judge's scores are based on a variety of factors including the timing of the takeoff, the skier's ability to carry out the movements involved in the jump, and their stability in the air.^[3]

The field

Allocation of slots in the Olympic ski jumping competition was based upon the World Ranking List (WRL) consisting of Ski Jumping World Cup and Grand Prix points, followed by Continental Cup Standings from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Ski Jumping World Cup, with no nation being allowed more than five skiers.^[4]

Norway's Lars Bystøl was the defending Olympic champion on the normal hill, but he retired after the 2007-08 season and therefore did not participate in the 2010 Games.^[5] However, The 2006 large hill gold medalist, Austrian Thomas Morgenstern was present. Morgenstern had won the last scheduled normal hill event of the World Cup (on 14 December 2007 in Villach, Austria), and was expected to be among the strongest competitors in the event.^[6]^[7] The last World Cup event in this discipline took place on 8 March 2009 at Lahti, Finland (though it was originally scheduled to be a large hill event) and was won by Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria.^[8] Although a relative newcomer to the sport, having only started competing in 2005-06, Schlierenzauer entered the competition with thirty-five World Cup victories under his belt.

Other competitors expected to finish strongly included Poland's Adam Małysz and Finland's Janne Ahonen, the latter of whom had come out of retirement in hopes of winning an Olympic medal. Simon Ammann, who had won gold medals in both normal and large hill competitions at the 2002 Winter Olympics but failed to medal in 2006, was expected to be a strong competitor as well.^[7] Wolfgang Loitzl of Austria was the defending world champion.^[9]

Qualifying

The qualifying round for the men's normal hill individual event took place on 12 February with a trial qualification at 09:00 PST and a qualification round at 10:00 PST the same day.^[1] Sixty-one athletes participated in the qualification round, with ten pre-qualified, including all four athletes from Austria.^[10] The forty athletes with the highest scores advanced to the medal round on 13 February, joining the ten pre-qualified jumpers.^[11]

Roberto Dellasega of Italy was disqualified, and therefore excluded from any opportunity to advance. Norway's Anders Jacobsen did not show, but because he was pre-qualified he advanced to the competition round anyway. The top finisher in the qualifying round was Michael Uhrmann of Germany. His countryman Michael Neumayer had the second-longest jump but placed third to Czech jumper Jakub Janda because of Janda's higher judge's score. All four jumpers from the host country of Canada failed to qualify.^[11]

Competition Rounds

The final competition, consisting of two jumps, took place on 13 February. The top thirty jumpers after the first jump qualified for the second jump. The combined total points over the two jumps was used to determine the final ranking. A practice round took place at 08:30 PST, with the first and second rounds of the event taking place at 09:45 PST and 10:45 PST respectively.^[1]

Simon Ammann of Switzerland landed the longest distance in the first jump, 105 meters.^[2]^[10] Following the first jump, Michael Uhrmann of Germany was the second-placed jumper, followed by Adam Małysz of Poland.^[2] Austrian jumper Thomas Morgenstern was just outside of the medal positions in fourth place, whereas his countryman Gregor Schlierenzauer, was 7.5 points behind and in seventh place.^[12] Harri Olli of Finland had a 97.5 meters jump with 116.0 points, and would have been eligible to jump in the final round, but was disqualified.^[10]

In the second jump, Ammann again landed the longest jump, reaching a distance of 108 meters. After Ammann landed the jump, he immediately began pumping his arms in the air, confident that he had secured the gold medal.^[2] Uhrmann, second after the first round, was one of the few competitors who had a shorter jump in the final round, placing tenth in the final round and fifth overall.^[10] Among the jumpers who surpassed him was Adam Małysz, who again took third place in the final round and finished in second overall, winning the silver medal.^[2] The bronze was won by Gregor Schlierenzauer, whose significantly better performance in the final round netted him second place for the round and third overall. Schlierenzauer's second jump was a full five meters longer than his first, the single largest improvement between the two rounds by any competitor.^[10] Uhrmann's fifth-place finish was the top result by an athlete not pre-qualified for the competition round.^[10]

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Distance (m)	Distance Points	Judges Points	Total	Notes
1	51	Michael Uhrmann	Germany	106.0	82.0	56.5	138.5	Q
2	44	Jakub Janda	Czech Republic	105.0	80.0	55.5	135.5	Q
3	45	Michael Neumayer	Germany	105.5	81.0	54.0	135.0	Q
4	43	Antonín Hájek	Czech Republic	105.0	80.0	54.5	134.5	Q
5	49	Daiki Ito	Japan	104.5	79.0	55.5	134.5	Q
6	46	Noriaki Kasai	Japan	105.5	81.0	52.5	133.5	Q
7	48	Harri Olli	Finland	105.0	80.0	53.5	133.5	Q
8	24	Janne Happonen	Finland	104.5	79.0	54.0	133.0	Q
9	40	Martin Schmitt	Germany	103.5	77.0	55.5	132.5	Q
10	41	Tom Hilde	Norway	103.5	77.0	55.0	132.0	Q
11	35	Kalle Keituri	Finland	103.0	76.0	54.0	130.0	Q
12	42	Kamil Stoch	Poland	103.0	76.0	51.5	127.5	Q
13	29	Peter Prevc	Slovenia	101.5	73.0	54.0	127.0	Q
13	47	Emmanuel Chedal	France	102.0	74.0	53.0	127.0	Q
15	34	Krzysztof Mietus	Poland	101.5	73.0	53.5	126.5	Q
15	38	Jernej Damjan	Slovenia	102.5	75.0	51.5	126.5	Q
17	22	Stefan Hula	Poland	101.5	73.0	52.5	125.5	Q
18	23	Vincent Descombes Sevoie	France	100.5	71.0	52.5	123.5	Q
18	25	Roman Koudelka	Czech Republic	100.0	70.0	53.5	123.5	Q
18	50	Pascal Bodmer	Germany	100.5	71.0	52.5	123.5	Q
21	33	Anders Bardal	Norway	99.5	69.0	53.5	122.5	Q
22	17	Kim Hyun-Ki	South Korea	99.0	68.0	53.5	121.5	Q
23	5	Volodymyr Boshchuk	Ukraine	99.0	68.0	52.5	120.5	Q
23	37	Andreas Kuettel	Switzerland	99.0	68.0	52.5	120.5	Q
25	8	David Lazzaroni	France	97.5	65.0	52.5	117.5	Q
26	26	Denis Kornilov	Russia	97.5	65.0	52.0	117.0	Q
27	27	Primoz Pikl	Slovenia	97.5	65.0	51.5	116.5	Q
27	28	Pavel Karelin	Russia	97.5	65.0	51.5	116.5	Q
29	15	Alexey Korolev	Kazakhstan	97.0	64.0	52.0	116.0	Q
30	7	Peter Frenette	United States	97.0	64.0	51.0	115.0	Q
31	18	Nikolay Karpenko	Kazakhstan	97.0	64.0	50.5	114.5	Q
32	30	Andrea Morassi	Italy	96.5	63.0	51.0	114.0	Q
33	20	Dimitry Ipatov	Russia	96.0	62.0	51.5	113.5	Q
33	31	Taku Takeuchi	Japan	96.0	62.0	51.5	113.5	Q
35	13	Nicholas Alexander	United States	96.0	62.0	51.0	113.0	Q
35	36	Sebastian Colloredo	Italy	96.0	62.0	51.0	113.0	Q
37	21	Vitaliy Shumbarets	Ukraine	95.5	61.0	51.0	112.0	Q
37	32	Lukáš Hlava	Czech Republic	95.5	61.0	51.0	112.0	Q
39	39	Shōhei Tochimoto	Japan	95.0	60.0	51.0	111.0	Q
40	2	Anders Johnson	United States	93.5	57.0	51.5	108.5	Q
40	14	Choi Heung-Chul	South Korea	93.5	57.0	51.5	108.5	Q
42	4	Tomas Zmoray	Slovakia	94.0	58.0	49.5	107.5
43	10	Choi Yong-Jik	South Korea	93.5	57.0	50.0	107.0
44	9	Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes	Canada	92.5	55.0	50.0	105.0
45	19	Ilya Rosliakov	Russia	92.0	54.0	50.5	104.5
46	6	Trevor Morrice	Canada	92.0	54.0	49.5	103.5
47	3	Stefan Read	Canada	91.5	53.0	50.0	103.0
48	12	Oleksandr Lazarovych	Ukraine	90.5	51.0	49.0	100.0
49	1	Eric Mitchell	Canada	89.0	48.0	50.5	98.5
50	11	Alexandre Mabboux	France	89.0	48.0	49.5	97.5
*	52	Robert Kranjec	Slovenia	102.0	74.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	53	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Norway	97.5	65.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	54	Anders Jacobsen	Norway	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	55	Janne Ahonen	Finland	102.0	74.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	56	Adam Małysz	Poland	105.0	81.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	57	Wolfgang Loitzl	Austria	103.5	77.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	58	Andreas Kofler	Austria	105.0	80.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	59	Thomas Morgenstern	Austria	105.5	81.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	60	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Austria	107.0	84.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
*	61	Simon Ammann	Switzerland	103.0	76.0	N/A	N/A	Q, ^[1]
	16	Roberto Dellasega	Italy	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	DSQ

^ 1: These skiers were pre-qualified; they did perform jumps in the qualification round, but were not ranked with the non-pre-qualified jumpers.

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Round 1 Distance (m)	Round 1 Points	Round 1 Rank	Final Round Distance (m)	Final Round Points	Final Round Rank	Total Points
	51	Simon Ammann	Switzerland	105.0	135.5	1	108.0	141.0	1	276.5
	46	Adam Małysz	Poland	103.5	132.5	3	105.0	137.0	3	269.5
	50	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Austria	101.5	128.0	7	106.5	140.0	2	268.0
4	45	Janne Ahonen	Finland	102.0	129.5	5	104.0	133.5	5	263.0
5	41	Michael Uhrmann	Germany	103.5	133.0	2	102.0	129.5	10	262.5
6	42	Robert Kranjec	Slovenia	102.0	129.0	6	102.5	130.5	8	259.5
7	19	Peter Prevc	Slovenia	100.0	124.0	13	104.5	135.0	4	259.0
8	49	Thomas Morgenstern	Austria	102.0	130.0	4	101.5	128.5	11	258.5
9	44	Anders Jacobsen	Norway	99.5	123.5	15	104.0	133.5	5	257.0
10	30	Martin Schmitt	Germany	99.5	123.0	16	103.5	133.0	7	256.0
11	47	Wolfgang Loitzl	Austria	100.0	124.5	12	102.5	130.5	8	255.0
12	31	Tom Hilde	Norway	100.0	124.0	13	101.5	128.0	12	252.0
12	15	Roman Koudelka	Czech Republic	101.5	127.0	9	100.5	125.0	13	252.0
14	34	Jakub Janda	Czech Republic	101.0	127.5	8	99.5	123.0	18	250.5
15	39	Daiki Ito	Japan	100.5	125.0	10	100.0	124.5	14	249.5
16	35	Michael Neumayer	Germany	101.0	125.0	10	99.5	122.0	19	247.0
17	36	Noriaki Kasai	Japan	99.0	120.5	19	100.5	124.0	15	244.5
18	23	Anders Bardal	Norway	98.0	118.5	22	100.0	124.0	15	242.5
19	48	Andreas Kofler	Austria	98.0	121.0	17	98.5	120.5	21	241.5
19	14	Janne Happonen	Finland	97.5	117.5	25	100.0	124.0	15	241.5
21	33	Antonin Hajek	Czech Republic	98.5	121.0	17	98.0	118.5	22	239.5
22	25	Kalle Keituri	Finland	97.0	116.0	27	99.5	122.0	19	238.0
23	43	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Norway	98.5	120.5	19	96.0	114.5	27	235.0
24	37	Emmanuel Chedal	France	99.0	120.0	21	96.5	114.5	27	234.5
24	17	Primoz Pikl	Slovenia	97.5	117.5	25	97.5	117.0	23	234.5
26	16	Denis Kornilov	Russia	98.0	118.5	22	96.5	114.0	29	232.5
27	32	Kamil Stoch	Poland	98.5	118.5	22	96.5	113.5	30	232.0
28	13	Vincent Descombes Sevoie	France	96.0	113.5	29	97.0	116.5	24	230.0
29	26	Sebastian Colloredo	Italy	96.0	114.0	28	96.5	115.0	26	229.0
29	9	Nikolay Karpenko	Kazakhstan	96.0	113.0	30	97.0	116.0	25	229.0
31	40	Pascal Bodmer	Germany	95.5	112.5	31				112.5
31	12	Stefan Hula	Poland	95.0	112.5	31				112.5
33	18	Pavel Karelin	Russia	95.0	111.5	33				111.5
34	21	Taku Takeuchi	Japan	94.5	110.5	34				110.5
35	27	Andreas Küttel	Switzerland	94.0	110.0	35				110.0
36	24	Krzysztof Mietus	Poland	94.0	109.0	36				109.0
37	29	Shōhei Tochimoto	Japan	93.5	108.5	37				108.5
38	28	Jernej Damjan	Slovenia	93.5	108.0	38				108.0
38	22	Lukas Hlava	Czech Republic	94.0	108.0	38				108.0
40	8	Kim Hyun-Ki	South Korea	93.0	107.0	40				107.0
41	5	Nicholas Alexander	United States	93.5	106.5	41				106.5
41	3	Peter Frenette	United States	93.0	106.5	41				106.5
43	20	Andrea Morassi	Italy	92.5	106.0	43				106.0
44	7	Alexey Korolev	Kazakhstan	93.0	105.0	44				105.0
45	11	Vitaliy Shumbarets	Ukraine	92.0	104.5	45				104.5
46	10	Dimitry Ipatov	Russia	91.0	102.5	46				102.5
47	4	David Lazzaroni	France	90.5	101.0	47				101.0
48	6	Choi Heung-Chul	South Korea	87.5	95.0	48				95.0
49	1	Anders Johnson	United States	86.5	92.5	49				92.5
50	2	Volodymyr Boshchuk	Ukraine	87.5	91.5	50				91.5
	38	Harri Olli	Finland		DSQ

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