Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of three events held from 14 February to 24 February, taking place at Canada Olympic Park.^[1] The Calgary Games featured the addition of a new event, the first program change since 1964, with the debut of the team event.^[2] Britain's Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards achieved celebrity by finishing last in both individual events, with less than half the points of the second-last competitor.^[3]

Ski jumping at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue	Canada Olympic Park
Dates	February 14–24, 1988
No. of events	3
Competitors	65 from 19 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	0	0	3
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Finland led the medal table, winning all three gold medals, Matti Nykänen taking both individual events and helping the Finnish team to victory. Given that this was the first year in which there were three ski jumping event, this made Nykänen the most successful ski jumper in a single Games.

The two medals for Yugoslavia were the only ones that country would win in ski jumping (though Slovenia, where all four Yugoslavian team members were from, would win its first as an independent country in 2002).

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Normal hill individual details	Matti Nykänen  Finland	229.1	Pavel Ploc  Czechoslovakia	212.1	Jiří Malec  Czechoslovakia	211.8
Large hill individual details	Matti Nykänen  Finland	224.0	Erik Johnsen  Norway	207.9	Matjaž Debelak  Yugoslavia	207.7
Large hill team details	Finland (FIN) Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen	634.4	Yugoslavia (YUG) Primož Ulaga Matjaž Zupan Matjaž Debelak Miran Tepeš	625.5	Norway (NOR) Ole Christian Eidhammer Jon Inge Kjørum Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Erik Johnsen	596.1

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Calgary Games. Great Britain made their Olympic ski jumping debut, with Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards their sole participant.^[1]

•  Austria (4)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Canada (4)
•  Spain (1)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (2)
•  West Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (4)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (2)
•  Switzerland (4)
•  Sweden (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (4)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  United States (6)
•  Yugoslavia (5)