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Longest ski jump
254.5 m
835.0 ft
- Holder
- Domen Prevc
- Date
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The International Ski Federation does not recognise any world record; this jump was made in ski flying, on the Planica hill.
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 254.5 m | Domen Prevc | |
| 253.5 m | Stefan Kraft | |
| 239 m | Bjørn E. Romøren | |
| 219.5 m | T. Ingebrigtsen | |
| 194 m | Piotr Fijas | |
| 176 m | Toni Innauer | |
| 165 m | Manfred Wolf | |
| 139 m | Tauno Luiro | |
| 120 m | Fritz Tschannen | |
| 107 m | Josef Bradl | |
| 73.1 m | Nels Nelsen | |
| 64.9 m | Anders Haugen | |
| 45 m | Harald Smith | |
| 32.5 m | Asbjørn Nilssen | |
| 25.5 m | Olaf Bergland | |
| 20.7 m | Olaf Haugann | |
| 19.5 m | Sondre Norheim | |
| 9.4 m | Olaf Rye |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 165 mManfred Wolf
- 64.9 mAnders Haugen
- 9.4 mOlaf Rye
- 254.5 mDomen Prevc
What to remember
On the Letalnica bratov Gorišek ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia's Domen Prevc landed at 254.5 m on 30 March 2025. At that point it was the longest jump ever recorded in an official competition.
Oddly, the International Ski Federation recognises no world records at all: it has opposed the growth of hill sizes and wants to avoid a dangerous race for distance between athletes. Ski flying has been recognised by the FIS since 1950. Since 1936, when the first jump beyond 100 m was made, every record has come from ski flying, an offshoot of ski jumping on larger hills where distance is explicitly the point.
The scale of the climb is clear: 9.4 m for Olaf Rye in 1808, 107 m for Josef Bradl in 1938, 253.5 m for Stefan Kraft in 2017, a ratio of 27.07 between the 1808 jump and Prevc's. Prevc is also one of only two jumpers, with Matti Nykänen, to have won all five major titles in the sport: Olympic gold, world titles in both ski jumping and ski flying, the Four Hills Tournament and the overall World Cup.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of longest ski jumps” (revision used 1373625752). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Geir A Granviken, Photo licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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