Skating Individual competition Individual competition Team competition Breaking down the jump Point penalization On the normal and large hill, each competitor takes two official jumps, which are scored for distance and style. The scores for each jump are added together and the competitor with the highest total after the two rounds is declared the winner. A ski jumper takes to the air at sunset. The distance the jumper leaps is measured along the curve of the landing hill from the takeoff point to the point between the jumper's two feet as he first touches the hill.
Video cameras record the distance of each jump.
Once the distance has been measured, that meter figure is then translated into distance points. In the normal hill competition, a jump to the K point is worth 60 points. Each meter over or under that distance is reflected by an increase or decrease of two points. For the large hill, a jump to the K point is again worth 60 points. Each meter over or under that distance is reflected by an increase or decrease of 1.8 points.