List of the longest ski jumps

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. The International Ski Federation (FIS) in particular has largely been opposed to the inflation in hill sizes and setting of distance records. No world records have therefore been set at Olympic, World Championship, Holmenkollen Ski Festival or Four Hills Tournament events, as these have never been among the largest hills in the world.

Since 1936, when the first jump beyond 100 metres (330 ft) was made, the discipline of ski flying – an offshoot of ski jumping – has produced all the world records. As of March 2017, the official world record for the longest ski jump is 253.5 metres (832 ft), set by Stefan Kraft at Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway. Two years prior, also in Vikersund, Dimitry Vassiliev reached 254 metres (833 ft) but fell upon landing; his jump is unofficially the longest ever made and he also holds the summer world record on a plastic-surface hill with 147.5 metres (484 ft), set at the Russian National Championships on 15 October 2016 in Sochi, Russia.

Ski jumping originated in Norway, and has been practiced since time immemorial, using handmade temporary hills. The first record is credited to Olaf Rye, a soldier who set up a show spectated by his fellow soldiers in 1808, reaching 9.5 metres (31 ft) in Eidsberg, Norway. This small hill was probably near Eidsberg church, possibly at the farm Lekum.

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