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Three events at this venue: Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined; ski jumping; downhill, super G, combined downhill  Known for: clear water, national park Altitude: 5,512 ft. Average snowfall: 4.4 ft. Average temperature: 19 degrees F
All Olympic ski jumping events will be held at the Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium in the foothills of Japan's Northern Alps.
Notes on the Site Distance from Olympic Village: 27 miles Design: 90m, 120m hills are parallel to each
other Construction: Completed in 1992Specifications Spectator capacity: 45,000 Height: Both hills are made of steel-framed,
reinforced concrete: 90m hill: 66 ft. Starting tower: 37 ft. Other 1998 Olympic events held at this
site: Ski jumping is at south end of the
Happo'one ski area, the site of the downhill and super G
events
All Olympic downhill, super G and combined downhill ski events will be held at the Happo'one ski area, in the foothills of Japan's Northern Alps mountain range.
Downhill Events Men: 2,923 meters; vertical drop, 840 meters;
maximum grade 65 percent Women: 2,654 meters; vertical drop, 781
meters; maximum grade, 65 percentSuper G Events Men: 1,490 meters; vertical drop, 650 meters;
maximum grade, 51.7 percent Women: 1,486 meters; vertical drop, 587
meters; maximum grade, 51.7 percentNotes on the Site Distance from Olympic Village: 27 miles Starting points: Men and women start at
different places on the mountain; super G events
start on same slopes as downhill skiing, but at
lower points Annual number of visitors to area: 2.6
millionSpecifications Stadium capacity: 20,000 Other international competitions held at
this site: Alpine Skiing World Cup, 1996 men's
speed events and 1997 women's speed events Other 1998 Olympic events held at this
site: Men's and women's combined downhill
(on lower part of men's downhill course)
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