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Hauglibakken

Coordinates: 59°26′18″N 8°29′10″E / 59.4382°N 8.4860°E / 59.4382; 8.4860
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Hauglibakken
LocationBrunkeberg, Norway
Coordinates59°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

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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]

Originally, distance was measured in ells, an old Norwegian unit. One Norwegian ell (alen) equaled 62.75 centimetres. The first recorded ski jump[clarification needed] was originally measured at 31 ells (19.5 metres).[nb 1]

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

Ski jumping world record

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

Note

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  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 was then equal 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 the world record, which corresponds to 31 ells.

References

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  1. ^ tv2 (15 February 2015). "Wirkola hyller Fannemel: – Fantastisk! Jeg tror vi har nådd grensen nå". Retrieved 15 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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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