1. NORWAY2, Norway has managed to receive only nine of the subequent 69 medals awarded in ski jumping events, and a third of those nine Norwegian medals came at home during the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
2. A GOLDEN FINNISH
After winning the large-hill gold and the normal-hill silver at the 1984 Sarajevo Games, Finlandvidual events, becoming the first ski jumper to win two golds in one Olympics. The high-flying Finn added a third later as a member of Finlandm competition. Constantly reminded of his failure and his two fourth-place finishes at the 1992 Albertville Games, Harada saw his self-confidence sour In the meantime, Japan enjoyed the individual successes of Funaki Kazuyoshi, who won the large-hill gold and the normal-hill silver at Nagano. Harada got in on the feel-good act and was welcomed back into good graces by his fellow countrymen as he joined Funaki and two other teammates to give Japan the gold medal in team competition. Reveling in the redemption, .
4. THE HOSTS WITH THE MOST
As host of the 1972 Sapporo Games, Japan had managed only one previous Olympic medal. At the tisan crowd of 100,000, which had worked itself to a frenzy pitch following the Japanese medal sweep.
5. STREAK STOPPED, STYLE STARTED
Finlanded over the skis. The result was a more aerodynamic procedure that enhanced jumping distance.
6. A NEW EVENT, BUT SAME MEDALISTS
The normal hill (or K90) event was added to the large hill (K120) at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, with the idea that an additional competition would result in more medalists. That wasnMIDDLE">7. HOW RUUD
With his brother Sigmund winning the ski jumping silver in 1928, Birger Ruud of Norway collected the event event athletes to win both a Summer and Winter Olympics medal by capturing a yachting silver in 1936. A scoring discrepancy discovered 50 years after the Chamonix games revealed Haugen actually finished third and deserved the bronze awarded to a Norwegian competitor who had long since passed away. Haugen was invited to Oslo for a special ceremony where he was presented with his duly earned bronze medal ael Finland, who became the youngest male to win an individual-event gold at the Winter Olympics. Although not old enough to have a driver
