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Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium

Coordinates: 37°39′42″N 128°40′50″E / 37.66167°N 128.68056°E / 37.66167; 128.68056
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Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre
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Location325, Daegwallyeong-myeon Pyeongchang, South Korea
Coordinates37°39′42″N 128°40′50″E / 37.66167°N 128.68056°E / 37.66167; 128.68056
OwnerPyeongchang County
Capacity13,500
SurfaceSnow and Grass
Opened2008
Tenants
Gangwon FC (2016–2017)
Large hill
Size
K–point125 metres (410 ft)
Hill size142 metres (466 ft)
Hill record143.5 metres (471 ft)
Japan Ryoyu Kobayashi
(16 February 2018)
Top events
Olympics2018
Normal hill
Size
K–point98 metres (322 ft)
Hill size109 metres (358 ft)
Longest jump
(unofficial / fall)
114.5 metres (376 ft)
Slovenia Jure Šinkovec
(FIS Cup; 23 January 2016)
Hill record113.5 metres (372 ft)
Austria Stefan Kraft
(16 February 2017)
Norway Robert Johansson
(10 February 2018)
Germany Andreas Wellinger
(10 February 2018)
Top events
Olympics2018

Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre (Korean알펜시아 스키점프 경기장) is a ski jumping hills located at Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events during the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also operate as an association football venue by using their landing area as the pitch.[1]

History

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The ski jumping hills hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] The stadium holds a maximum of 13,500 spectators, and was built in 2008; for the Olympics, the capacity was reduced to 8,500 seats.[3]

Ski jumping events

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Men

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Date Hillsize Competition Winner Second Third
(night) 15 February 2017   HS140 WC Austria Stefan Kraft Germany Andreas Wellinger Poland Kamil Stoch
(night) 16 February 2017   HS109 WC Poland Maciej Kot Austria Stefan Kraft Germany Andreas Wellinger
(night) 10 February 2018   HS109 WOG-I Germany Andreas Wellinger Norway Johann André Forfang Norway Robert Johansson
(night) 17 February 2018   HS142 WOG-I Poland Kamil Stoch Germany Andreas Wellinger Norway Robert Johansson
(night) 19 February 2018   HS142 WOG-T  Norway
Daniel-André Tande
Andreas Stjernen
Johann André Forfang
Robert Johansson
 Germany
Karl Geiger
Stephan Leyhe
Richard Freitag
Andreas Wellinger
 Poland
Maciej Kot
Stefan Hula
Dawid Kubacki
Kamil Stoch

Ladies

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Date Hillsize Competition Winner Second Third
(night) 15 February 2017   HS109 WC Japan Yūki Itō Japan Sara Takanashi Slovenia Ema Klinec
16 February 2017   HS109 WC Japan Sara Takanashi Japan Yūki Itō Norway Maren Lundby
(night) 12 February 2018   HS109 WOG-I Norway Maren Lundby Germany Katharina Althaus Japan Sara Takanashi

References

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  1. ^ Price, Steve (2017-04-20). "What is the last thing a football club needs? A stadium with ski jumps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: Alpensia resort and water park complete and full for summer season". sportsfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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