Kastellbakken (later renamed into Husebybakken ) is an abandoned, but first modern ski jumping hill in history, opened in 1879. It was located at Ullern in Oslo , Norway .
6-473: It was the venue of Husebyrennet , Norway's and the world's most prestigious Nordic skiing tournament between 1879 and 1891, due to lack of snow no events in 1880 and 1882. On 12 February 1879, the premiere Husseby race took place in front of 10,000 spectators. Among them there were Norwegian king King Oscar II and his guest Prince Hans of Denmark who had never seen skiing before that. Olaf Haugan made and incredible jump of 20.7 metres (66 Norwegian ft) and set
12-411: A new official world record . During practice Haugan already jumped 22 metres, which didn't count as WR. The runner-up was Torjus Hemmestveit . This was the groundbreaking event for the future of this sport where twenty metres barrier was broken for the first time on the first ever modern ski jumping hill. Between 5 and 7 February 1881, the second Husseby race was held. It is unclear on which exact day
18-608: The Holmenkollbakken in Holmenkollen . The first competitions held by Christiania SK were different from today's ski jumping in that the ski jump formed part of a course that included a 4 km stretch of cross-country skiing (see Nordic combined ). No jump lengths were measured. Instead, judges gave points for style, on a scale from 1 to 5. The ski jump, called Kastellbakken , was viewed as gigantic for its time, with length around 20 meters readily achieved. At
24-600: The first recognized competition held in Husebybakken in 1879, Olaf Haugann of Norway set the first world record for the longest ski jump at 20 meters. In the first years, Sondre Norheim was dominating. Later, the brothers Mikkjel and Torjus Hemmestveit were dominant. In 1883, Fridtjof Nansen participated, and was a main attraction, having then won fame by finishing the distance Bergen to Oslo on skis. The event became very popular, with up to 10,000 spectators. King Oscar II and Prince Hans of Denmark were among
30-485: The ski jumping competition took place, when Norwegian Sveinung Svalastoga set the world record at 22 metres (72 ft). In 1892, the tournament already moved to Holmenkollbakken and was renamed the Holmenkollen Ski Festival , the oldest and most prestigious nordic skiing competition in the world still running to this day. Not recognized! Although landing on both feet, record distance
36-513: Was set at practise. 59°56′14″N 10°40′21″E / 59.9372°N 10.6726°E / 59.9372; 10.6726 Husebyrennet Husebyrennet was a ski jumping competition which was held in Ullern , Oslo , Norway . These yearly competitions, held from 1879 to 1891, were a precursor to the Holmenkollen event. Starting in January 1892, this competition relocated to
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