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Vanha Salpausselkä (Vaneri):

K-Point:	84 m
Hill record:	83.5 m (Hans Schmid , 1973-03-04)
Tower height:	37.8 m
Inrun angle:	36°
Take-off length:	5 m
Take-off angle:	8°
Speed:	84.6 km/h
P-Point:	73 m
Landing angle:	36°
Hill certificate:
Year of construction:	1964
Conversions:	1971
Year of destruction:	1976

– K84 (1964-1976) – K75 (1957-1964) – K62.5 (1937-1954) – K40 (1922-1937) –

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1922
Year of destruction:	1976
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Lahden Hiihtoseura
Coordinates:	60.981907, 25.633737 ✔

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History:

Lahden Hiihtoseura (Lahti ski club) was founded on March 4, 1922 and in fall of the same year the construction of the first ski jumping hill started at Salpausselkä area, which had been leased to the club by the town council for 50 years. The hill was projected by Robert Persson from Norway and finished in December 1922 - the very first jump was (only) 11 meters long. This 40-meter hill was located on the Intiaanikukkula hill, on the southern side of today's Salpausselkä ski stadium, opposite of the main spectator stands. On February 3-4, 1923, the very first Lahti ski games, the "Salpausselän kisat", were organized - establishing one of the most traditional competitions in Nordic skiing.
The first WSC at Lahti was held in 1926. In the following years the hill had been constantly modified and was enlarged in 1932. For the next World Championships in 1938 the ski jumping hill was completely rebuilt as K62.5 with a might wooden inrun structure and knoll. Also the ski stadium and stands were enlarged, such that ca. 60,000 spectators could cheer for the new World Champion, Norway’s Asbjörn Ruud. For the next WSC in 1957 the ski stadium was once again modernized, but the hill had not been enlarged. 67,000 spectators were witnesses to Finland’s Juhani Kärkinen becoming new world champion. A new spectator record of 114,082 visitors was registered during Ski Games of 1964 - before that the hill had been enlarged to K74. Two years later the very first team competition was held at Lahti with the GDR claiming the victory.
In 1970 the complete remodelling of Salpausselkä ski stadium in its current form started. The new K113 large hill with a 55 meter high inrun tower and knoll made from reinforced concrete was completed in 1972. It was built a few hundred meters from the old hill. Both operated in parallel until the old jump was dismantled in 1976.

K84	1973-03-04:	83.5 m	Hans Schmid
K84	1972-03-05:	82.5 m	Manfred Wolf
K84	1972-03-05:	82.5 m	Manfred Wolf
K84	1969-03-02:	81.0 m	Christian Kiehl
K84	1966-03-06:	80.5 m	Dieter Neuendorf
K84	1965-03-07:	80.0 m	Peter Lesser
K84	1965-03-07:	79.5 m	Dieter Neuendorf
K84	1964-03-08:	77.5 m	Torgeir Brandtzæg
K84	1964-03-08:	76.5 m	Veikko Kankkonen
K75	1958-03-09:	74.0 m	Juhani Kärkinen	WSC
K62.5	1953-03-08:	76.5 m	Aulis Kallakorpi
K62.5	1952-03-09:	71.0 m	Pentti Uotinen
K62.5	1939-02-26:	71.0 m	Arnholdt Kongsgård
K62.5	1938-02-27:	67.0 m	Stanisław Marusarz	WSC
K62.5	1938-02-27:	66.0 m	Hilmar Myhra	WSC
K62.5	1938-02-27:	66.0 m	Stanisław Marusarz	WSC
K40	1937-03-07:	51.5 m	Veikko Iivanainen
K40	1937-03-07:	48.0 m	Lauri Valonen
K40	1932-03-13:	47.5 m	Paavo Nuotio
K40	1932-03-13:	47.5 m	V. Svenholm

K40	1932-03-13:	47.0 m	Paavo Nuotio
K40	1932-03-12:	50.5 m
K40	1931-03-08:	44.0 m	Sven Eriksson
K40	1931-03-08:	43.0 m	Sven Eriksson
K40	1928-03-18:	40.5 m	Kaj Rusten
K40	1928-03-18:	40.5 m	Harald Holm
K40	1927-02-20:	39.0 m	Lauri Vesalainen
K40	1927-02-20:	38.5 m	Lauri Vesalainen
K40	1926-02-07:	38.5 m	Jacob Tullin Thams	WSC
K40	1926-02-07:	37.5 m	Otto Aasen	WSC
K40	1926-02-06:	39.5 m	Jacob Tullin Thams	WSC
K40	1924-01-13:	35.0 m	Sulo Jääskeläinen
K40	1923-02-04:	32.5 m	Sulo Jääskeläinen

Su.	1973-03-04	:	INT	K84	1. Tauno Käyhkö
Su.	1972-03-05	:	INT	K84	1. Manfred Wolf
Sa.	1971-03-06	:	INT-T	K84	1. Japan
Sa.	1971-03-06	:	INT	K84	1. Frithjof Prydz
Sa.	1970-02-28	:	INT-T	K84	1. Finland
Sa.	1970-02-28	:	INT	K84	1. Gari Napalkov
Su.	1969-03-02	:	INT	K84	1. Christian Kiehl
Su.	1968-03-03	:	INT-T	K84	1. Finland
Su.	1968-03-03	:	INT	K84	1. Veikko Kankkonen
Su.	1967-02-26	:	INT-T	K84	1. Finland
Su.	1967-02-26	:	INT	K84	1. Veikko Kankkonen
Su.	1966-03-06	:	INT-T	K84	1. GDR
Su.	1966-03-06	:	INT	K84	1. Niilo Halonen
Su.	1965-03-07	:	INT	K84	1. Torgeir Brandtzæg
Su.	1958-03-09	:	WSC	K62.5	1. Juhani Kärkinen
Su.	1958-03-02	:	NC-WSC	K62.5	1. Paavo Korhonen
Su.	1938-02-27	:	WSC	K62.5	1. Birger Ruud
Th.	1938-02-24	:	NC-WSC	K62.5	1. Olaf Hoffsbakken
Th.	1926-02-04	:	WSC	K40	1. Jacob Tullin Thams
Th.	1926-02-04	:	NC-WSC	K40	1. Johan Grøttumsbråten

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K-Point:	ca. 75 m
Hill record:	74.0 m (Juhani Kärkinen , 1958-03-09, WSC)
Year of construction:	1957
Operating until:	1964

K-Point:	62.5 m
Hill record:	76.5 m (Aulis Kallakorpi , 1953-03-08)
Year of construction:	1937
Operating until:	1954

K-Point:	40 m
Hill record:	51.5 m (Veikko Iivanainen , 1937-03-07)
Year of construction:	1922
Conversions:	1925, 1931
Operating until:	1937

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