Full list of hill records

Here is the - more or less - complete list of hill records, sourced from old newspapers.

A few things to mention: Reidar Johansen's record of 42.5 m from 1937 was mentioned many years later, and I haven't found it in reports from competitions at the time. I am guessing that it is not correct. Also, as with many other hills, after rebuilds there have sometimes been noted new hill records that were shorter than the previous record. I have kept these in the list, but it's understandable if you choose to not include them when you prepare the list on this page.

When more than one record has been set on the same day, I have mentioned the first record at the bottom. So for instance on 4 February 1970, Stein Norstad was the first to set a hill record, and Lars Grini did the last of the 55 m jumps.

By the way, the hill size was mentioned as K44 in 1963, K44.5 in 1966, and K53 in 1983. In between, in 1970 or late 60's, the hill was mentioned as a 55 m hill, but I am not absolutely sure if that means that it was K55. And as you probably know, the modern definition of the K-point isn't exactly the same as the critical point that was used until the 1970's. So all this has to be taken with a pinch of salt...

53,5 m, Tor Arne Syversen (NOR), 19.02.1983 (rebuilt hill)
55 m, Lars Grini (NOR), 04.02.1970
55 m, Hiroshi Itagaki (JPN), 04.02.1970
58,5 m, Erling Stranden (NOR), 04.02.1970 (fall)
55 m, Hiroshi Itagaki (JPN), 04.02.1970
54,5 m, Stein Norstad (NOR), 04.02.1970
54 m, Frithjof Prydz (NOR), 24.01.1968
54 m, Terje Holm (NOR), 24.01.1968
53,5 m, Finn Viggo Amundsen (NOR), 24.01.1968
53,5 m, Christoffer Selbekk (NOR), 24.01.1968 (fall)
53,5 m, Gunnar Egil Andersen (NOR), 12.02.1966
52 m, Magne Wøien (NOR), 12.02.1966
52 m, Torbjørn Ruste (NOR), 12.02.1966
51 m, Finn Johansen (NOR), 23.01.1966
50,5 m, Finn Johansen (NOR), 23.01.1966
50 m, Ragnar Nordli (NOR), 10.03.1963 (rebuilt hill)
53 m, Asbjørn Osnes (NOR), 12.02.1956
53 m, Ivar Olaussen (NOR), 12.02.1956 (rebuilt hill)
52 m, Birger Ruud (NOR), 03.02.1946 (rebuilt hill)
40 m, Reidar Jarmann Johansen (NOR), 10.03.1940 (3 jumpers reached 40 m, only Reidar Johansen is named)
42,5 m, Reidar Jarmann Johansen (NOR), 1937 (probably incorrect)
38 m, Erling Trippestad (NOR), 07.02.1937
35,5 m, C.T. Carlsen (NOR), 01.03.1936

More about the hill record

In the international competition on 4 February 1970, Hiroshi Itagaki first jumped 55 m. Then Erling Stranden (Norway) fell at 58.5 m, which seems to be the longest jump at the hill. In the second round, Itagaki again jumped 55 m, and Lars Grini (Norway) also stood at 55 m.

After the last rebuild in 1982, the hill was K53. But the last hill record after that modernisation was only 53.5 m by Tor Arne Syversen (Norway) on 19 February 1983.

Actually, I have collected a reasonably complete list of hill records, compiled from old newspapers. Maybe I'll post it here later.

Hill record

In an international competition on 4 February 1970, Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan) set a hill record of 55 m.