List of longest ski jumps
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Ski jumping is a winter sport in which athletes compete on distance and style in a jump from a ski jumping hill. The sport has traditionally focused on a combination of style and distance, and it was therefore early seen as unimportant in many milieus to have the longest jump.[2] The International Ski Federation (Fédération Internationale de Ski; FIS) has largely been opposed to the inflation in hill sizes, as well as they don't recognize an official jump distance world record
«...Fourth on the start was Gering. He was flying and flying, very high and landed in a perfect position. We all knew something extraordinary happened. People responsible for distance measuring didn't have numbers, they figured out little later that he landed at 118 metres. After WR, when extatic crowd finally calmed down, competition continued with Paul Schneidenbach who had landed at 101 metres, after him Hans Lahr landed at 111 metres, then after that Paul Krauß at 112 metres and the very last was Franz Maier who crashed at 109 metres.»
—Only two WRs set in Planica 1941
("Jutro: Serija senzacij", p.1, column 4)[1]
Since 1936, when the first jump beyond 100 metres (330 ft) was made, all world records in the sport have been made in the discipline of ski flying, an offshoot of ski jumping using larger hills where distance is explicitly emphasised. As of March 2017, the longest jump ever recorded in any official competition is 253.5 m (832 ft), set by Stefan Kraft at Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway.From March 2024, the women's world record stands at 230.5m, set by Silje Opseth also in Vikersund.
On April 23rd and 24th 2024 Ryoyu Kobayashi has made 4 successful attempts of beating the record on a temporary ski flying hill made by Red Bull specifically for this occasion in promotional purposes at Hlíðarfjall in Akureyri, Iceland. On first day he jumped 256 meters, than on the next day improved it at 259, 282 and his last and now furthest ever jump was landed at 291 metres (955 ft).[3]