Solbergbakken

Solbergbakken was a K60 ski jumping hill located at Valler (Gjettum) in Bærum, Norway and owned by Bærums SK.

Solbergbakken
Photo taken between 1914 and 1918
LocationValler, Bærum, Norway
Coordinates59°54′15.4″N 10°32′12.7″E
Opened1886 (construction finished)
29 January 1888 (opened)
Closed1992
Size
K–pointK60
Hill record60 m (200 ft)
(1977)

History

On 29 January 1888, Solbergbakken located at the western suburb of Oslo, was officially opened as one of the largest in the world, but already constructed in 1886. Total of four official world records have been set.

On 5 February 1899, Asbjørn Nilssen and Morten Hansen set 32.5 meters (107 ft), while Olaf Tandberg improved it at 35.5 meters (116 ft) the following year.[1][2][3]

Between 1897 and 1902 also total of six invalid world record were set by Norwegian men; Cato Aall (31.5 m), Asbjørn Nilssen (35 m), Trygve Smith (36 m), Aksel Refstad (2 x 36 m) and Albert Wüller (36.5 m).[4][5][6][7]

On 6 February 1910, Hilda Stang from Norway set the only world record for women on this hill at 22 meters (77 ft).[8]

In 1917, the ski jump was extended for the first time and reopened with a new hill record of 44 meters (144 ft). And two years later 15,000 spectators attended “Hovedlandsrenn”.

In 1935, for the first time, the 50 meter bench-mark was over-leaped. From 1955 on, the facility was only used as training ski jumping hill, on larger Skuibakken Bærums Skiklub even hosted several Norwegian Championships and two World Cup competitions. In 1977, the 60 meter hill was covered with plastic matting and in 1992 the very last summer competition on plastic was hosted there.

When Bærums SK arranged Norwegian Championships, these were normally held in the hill Skuibakken.[9] The Nazi national championships were however held in Solbergbakken in 1942 and 1943.[10]

Ski jumping world records

Men
Solbergrendet 1917
No. Date Name Country Metres Feet
UN7 February 1897  Cato Aall Norway31.5103
F7 February 1897  Asbjørn Nilssen Norway35115
#95 February 1899  Asbjørn Nilssen Norway32.5107
#105 February 1899  Morten Hansen Norway32.5107
?1899  Trygve Smith Norway36118
#1111 February 1900  Olaf Tandberg Norway35.5116
F11 February 1900  Aksel Refstad Norway36118
F11 February 1900  Aksel Refstad Norway36118
F9 February 1902  Albert Wüller Norway36.5120

Ladies
No. Date Name Country Metres Feet
#56 February 1910  Hilda Stang Norway2277

References
  1. "Bærum's Skiklubs Landsrend (page 1, column 5)" (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. 6 February 1899.
  2. Asker og Bærums Budstikke: Solbergrendet (s. 4, 14. februar 1900, digitalisert av Nasjonalbiblioteket)
  3. "I Solbergbakken: Hopprekorder (page 2, column 3)" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 12 February 1900.
  4. "Bærums Skiklubs (page 2, column 1)" (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. 8 February 1897.
  5. Tim Ashburner: The History of Ski Jumping. Quiller Press. ISBN 1 904057 15 2 (s. 44)
  6. "Solbergrendet (page 3, column 2)" (in Norwegian). Social-Demokraten. 10 February 1902.
  7. "Vældige hop (page 2, column 5)" (in Norwegian). Grimstad-Posten. 13 February 1902.
  8. "Er kvinde hoppe 22 m (page 1, column 3)" (in Norwegian). Nordre Bergenhus Amtstitende. 12 February 1897.
  9. Røhne, Bjarne; et al. (1985). Bærums Skiklub 1885-1985. Et streiftog gjennom hundre år (in Norwegian). pp. 88–95.
  10. Røhne, 1985: p. 54
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