Hauglibakken

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Hauglibakken
LocationBrunkeberg, Norway
Coordinates59°26′18″N 8°29′10″E / 59.4382°N 8.4860°E / 59.4382; 8.4860Coordinates: 59°26′18″N 8°29′10″E / 59.4382°N 8.4860°E / 59.4382; 8.4860
Opened8 March 1868
Size
K–pointK20
Hill record19.5 m (64 ft)
Norway Sondre Norheim
(8 March 1868)

Hauglibakken is an abandoned ski jumping hill located in Brunkeberg, Norway opened in 1868.

History[]

Sondre Norheim set the second men's ski jumping world record in history and only one on this hill with 19.5 meters (64 ft) on 8 March 1868.[1][2][3]

Distance was originally measured in ells (old Norwegian unit). At that time one Norwegian ell (alen) equaled 62.75 centimetres. First recorded ski jump was originally measured at 31 ells (19.5 metres).[nb 1]

New hills built on the same spot[]

In 1986, Morgedal IL club, built two new K20 and K40 hills called Hauglandsbakken on the exact same spot as the old historic hill. They are now also abandoned.

Ski jumping world record[]

No. Date Ski jumper Country Ells Metres Feet
#2 8 March 1868   Sondre Norheim  Norway 31 19.5 64

Note[]

  1. ^ Tim Ashburner tells in the book The history of ski jumping (ISBN 1-904057-15-2, p. 14) that Norheim's longest jump in the circuit in Hauglibakken should have been measured at 50 Norwegian ells / alen (31.5 meters as one ell then eaquled to 62.75 cm), but that the newspapers in Christiania stated that the length "with a certain exaggeration" should have been 30 ells (19 metres). However all statistics cites 19.5 metres as world record, which corresponds to 31 ells.

References[]

  1. ^ tv2. "Wirkola hyller Fannemel: – Fantastisk! Jeg tror vi har nådd grensen nå". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Luftseilas på ski (page 4)" (in Norwegian). Nordlands Avis. 1 April 1952.
  3. ^ Tim Ashburner: The History of Ski Jumping (page 14). History of Ski Jumping. 31 January 2013. ISBN 978-1-904057-15-4.

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