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Ski Jumping

Each contestant gets two jumps with points awarded for distance and style. The normal hill is 90 meters (295 feet) and the large hill is 120 meters (394 feet).

Medal breakdown (3 events): Four medals— Japan (2-1-1); Two— Finland (1-1-0) and Austria (0-0-2); One— Germany (0-1-0).

Normal Hill

		1st (ft)	2nd (ft)	Pts
1	Jani Soininen, FIN	295	292	234.5
2	Kazuyoshi Funaki, JPN	287	297	233.5
3	Andreas Widhoelzl, AUT	289	270	232.5

Best USA: No Americans qualified for final.

Large Hill

		1st (ft)	2nd (ft)	Pts
1	Kazuyoshi Funaki, JPN	413	435	272.3
2	Jani Soininen, FIN	425	415	260.8
3	Masahiko Harada, JPN	394	446	258.3

Best USA: 30th, Casey Colby (298, 298; 165.8 pts)

Team (Large Hill)

		Pts
1	Japan	933.0
2	Germany	897.4
3	Austria	881.5

JPN— Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki; GER— Sven Hannawald, Martin Schmitt, Hansjoerg Jaekle, Dieter Thoma; AUT— Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Martin Hoellwarth, Stefan Horngacher, Andreas Widhoelzl.

USA entry: 12th; Michael Keuler, Alan Alborn, Randy Weber, Casey Colby (490.7 pts).

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