Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium

Ōkurayama
大倉山ジャンプ競技場
LocationMiyanomori area,
Chūō-ku, Sapporo,
Hokkaidō, Japan
Opened1931
Renovated1953, 1970, 1982,
1986, 1996, 1998,
2007
Size
K–point120 m (plastic)
123 m (snow)
Hill size134 m (plastic)
137 m (snow)
Longest jump
(unofficial / fall)
148.5 m (487 ft)
Poland Kamil Stoch
(26 January 2019)
Hill record148.5 m (487 ft)
Poland Kamil Stoch
(26 January 2019)
Top events
Olympics1972
World Championships2007

The Ōkurayama Ski Jump Stadium (大倉山ジャンプ競技場, Ōkurayama Janpu Kyōgijō), also known as the Ōkurayama-Schanze (大倉山シャンツェ, Ōkurayama Shantse) is a ski jumping venue located in the Miyanomori area in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Owned mostly by Sapporo City,[1] the ski jump is on the eastern slope of the Mt. Okura. The stadium has hosted a number of winter sports events including 1972 Winter Olympics and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007. The area of stadium consists of the Winter Sports Museum, the Ōkurayama Crystal House, and the Mt. Okura Observation Platform, as well as the ski jump.

The stadium has area of 8.2 ha[1] which houses 50,000 people at a maximum during a competition, and the ski jump is categorized as the large hill jump. The total height of the jump hill from the top starting point to the bottom of the slope is 133 metres, also the distance to the K-spot (critical point) is 120 metres.[2]

  1. ^ a b "the history of the Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  2. ^ Webcity Sapporo, The Mecca of Ski Jumping , Home to Many Ski Jumpers The History and Profile of Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine