Vikersundbakken

Vikersundbakken
Location	Vikersund Norway
Opened	29 Jan 1936 (LH test) 16 Feb 1936 (LH official) 12 Mar 1966 (FH conver.)
Renovated	1956, 1966, 1977, 1990, 2000, 2011
Size
K–point	200 m
Hill size	225 m
Longest jump (unofficial / fall)	254 m (833 ft)* Dimitry Vassiliev (15 February 2015)
Hill record	253,5 m (831.7 ft) Stefan Kraft (18 March 2017)
Top events
Ski Flying World Championships	1977, 1990, 2000, 2012
World Cup	1980, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016

Vikersundbakken or Vikersund Hill is a ski flying hill at Vikersund in Modum, Norway. It is one of the largest in the world. Nine world records have been set on the hill, with the current of 253.5 meters being set by Stefan Kraft. The complex also consists of a large hill, a normal hill and several training hills.

The hill opened in 1936 as a large hill. It was rebuilt to become a ski flying hill in 1964 and has later been converted in 1989, 1999 and 2010. The large hill was built in 1988. The hill was the first to receive floodlights in 2006. It has hosted the FIS Ski Flying World Championships four times, in 1977, 1990, 2000, 2012.

In 1894, Vikersund SK was established and started with ski jumping. Until the 1930s, they used six different ski jumping hills around the area. By then, the club had fostered sufficiently good jumpers that it was proposed to build a proper hill. A committee was established on 19 March 1935 and led by Gustav N. Hovde. At first they found a suitable location north of Heggen. However, they failed to reach an agreement with the land owner. Instead, Hovde proposed using the steep hill close to Heggen Church. After purchasing the land, construction started later in 1935. The original hill was designed by Thunold Hansen. Construction cost 6,290 Norwegian krone (NOK), of which NOK 1000 was borrowed and the rest of financed through private donations.

The first hill had a length from the top of the in-run to the bottom of the out-run of 425 meters (1,394 ft) and an elevation difference of 130 meters (430 ft). The in-run was 115 meters (377 ft) long and had an elevation difference of 46 meters (151 ft). The hill was inaugurated on 29 January 1936 with a 50-meter jump by Birger Henriksen. The longest jump on the opening day was made by Reidar Andersen, who jumped 86 meters. At the most he was 10 to 12 meters (33 to 39 ft) above the landing slope, so the take-off was lowered 40 centimeters (16 in) from 6 to 11 degrees.

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