Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium
| Ōkurayama 大倉山ジャンプ競技場 |
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| Location | Miyanomori area, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Renovated | 1953, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1996, 1998, 2007 |
| Size | |
| K–point | 120 m (plastic) 123 m (snow) |
| Hill size | 134 m (plastic) 137 m (snow) |
| Longest jump (unofficial / fall) |
146.5 m (481 ft) Anže Lanišek(18 January 2015) |
| Hill record | 144 m (472 ft) Maciej Kot Stefan Kraft(12 February 2017) |
| Top events | |
| Olympics | 1972 |
| World Championships | 2007 |
| World Cup | 1980-1982, 1984-1992, 1994-2016 |
The Ōkurayama Ski Jump Stadium (大倉山ジャンプ競技場 Ōkurayama Janpu Kyōgijō), also known as the Ōkurayama-Schanze (大倉山シャンツェ Ōkurayama Shantse) is a ski jumping venue located in the Miyanomori area in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Owned mostly by Sapporo City, the ski jump is on the eastern slope of the Mt. Okura. The stadium has hosted a number of winter sports events including 1972 Winter Olympics and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007. The area of stadium consists of the Winter Sports Museum, the Ōkurayama Crystal House, and the Mt. Okura Observation Platform, as well as the ski jump.
The stadium has area of 8.2 ha which houses 50,000 people at a maximum during a competition, and the ski jump is categorized as the large hill jump. The total height of the jump hill from the top starting point to the bottom of the slope is 133 metres, also the distance to the K-spot (critical point) is 120 metres.
In 1931, the Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium was constructed by Kishichiro Okura with an advice and financial aid of Prince Chichibu, a brother of Hirohito, and was donated to Sapporo after the completion. Another name "Ōkurayama-Schanze" originated with the inauguration ceremony in 1931, when the mayor of Sapporo at that time, Masaharu Hashimoto, named the ski jump as "Ōkura Schanze" after its founder. The term schanze means ski jump in German. The construction of the stadium was supported by a director of the Norwegian team in 1928 Winter Olympics.
The stadium was renovated with the national expenditure in 1970, which was to suit in coming 1972 Winter Olympics. After the renovation, the stadium had the K-spot at the point of 110 metres, and was capable of housing 50,000 people. At the same time, the word "yama" ("the mountain" in Japanese) was added to its name, thus the stadium was called the "Ōkurayama Jampu Kyōgijō" (Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium) . For the 1972 Winter Olympics, the ski jump was the venue of 90 metres class ski jumping competition.
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