▁of ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁attended ▁the ▁event . ▁The ▁ven ue ▁had ▁also ▁hosted ▁the ▁Nord ic ▁combined ▁event ▁and ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁Winter ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁Background ▁Norway ▁sent ▁a ▁strong ▁deleg ation ▁with ▁four ▁participants ▁able ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁event . ▁Jacob ▁T ull in ▁Th ams ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁event ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁World ▁Championships , ▁making ▁him ▁reign ing ▁Olympic ▁and ▁world ▁champion . ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁deleg ation ▁consisted ▁Alf ▁Anders en , ▁Sig mund ▁Ru ud — the ▁oldest ▁of ▁the ▁Ru ud ▁brothers — and ▁Hans ▁Kle ppen . ▁Anders en ▁had ▁won ▁all ▁eight ▁Norwegian ▁qual ifications ▁for ▁the ▁Olympics . ▁Other ▁favor ites ▁were ▁Rudolf ▁Bur k ert , ▁who ▁had ▁won ▁and ▁the ▁ski ▁jump ing ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Nord ic ▁combined ▁event , ▁and ▁the ▁host ▁nation ' s ▁G ér ard ▁V u ille um ier . ▁Asia ▁participated ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁an ▁international ▁tournament , ▁represented ▁by ▁Japan ' s ▁Mot oh iko ▁Ban . ▁ ▁Canada ▁had ▁originally ▁planned ▁to ▁send ▁two ▁ski ▁jump ers , ▁N els ▁N elsen ▁and ▁Melbourne ▁McK en zie . ▁N elsen ▁held ▁world ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁longest ▁ski ▁jump . ▁However , ▁lack ▁of ▁fund ing ▁meant ▁that ▁they ▁planned ▁for ▁work ▁for ▁their ▁fare ▁on ▁a ▁fre ighter . ▁These ▁plans ▁were