Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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Venues | Große Olympiaschanze, Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
Dates | 1 January 1953 – 11 January 1953 | ||||||
Nations | 6 | ||||||
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The inaugural Four Hills tournament was held in January 1953. It was in planning since 1949, but in the post-war years German athletes were not allowed to compete internationally. The organizers were German and Austrian ski jumpers who knew each other from competing together for Germany under the Nazi regime
At the time, ski jumping was an amateur sport and the winners were given material prizes like portable radios or cooking pots. [1]
The first competition was held on New Year's day, making it the only Four Hills tournament that did not start in December, although the New Year's day competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen would eventually become traditional.
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1953
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 221.5 |
2 | ![]() | 220.5 |
3 | ![]() | 219.5 |
4 | ![]() | 218.5 |
5 | ![]() | 215.0 |
6 | ![]() | 212.5 |
7 | ![]() | 209.5 |
8 | ![]() | 209.0 |
9 | ![]() | 204.5 |
10 | ![]() | 198.0 |
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf
04 January 1953
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 217.0 |
2 | ![]() | 215.5 |
3 | ![]() | 215.0 |
4 | ![]() | 214.5 |
5 | ![]() | 213.0 |
![]() | 213.0 | |
7 | ![]() | 212.0 |
8 | ![]() | 211.5 |
9 | ![]() | 210.0 |
![]() | 210.0 | |
![]() | 210.0 | |
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1953
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 224.0 |
2 | ![]() | 223.0 |
3 | ![]() | 219.0 |
4 | ![]() | 216.5 |
5 | ![]() | 215.0 |
6 | ![]() | 213.5 |
7 | ![]() | 212.0 |
8 | ![]() | 211.5 |
9 | ![]() | 209.5 |
10 | ![]() | 209.0 |
![]() | 209.0 |
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
11 January 1953
Before the last event, Sepp Bradl was leading the tournament ranking by only half a point ahead of Asgeir Dølplads, who in turn had a ten-point lead to fellow Norwegian Halvor Næs. In the competition however, it was Næs rather than Dølplads who put Bradl's tournament victory in danger. Winning the Bischofshofen event clearly, he reduced the distance to Bradl from 10.5 to 1.1 points but ultimately could not prevent him from becoming the first Four Hills winner.
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 228.0 |
2 | ![]() | 218.6 |
3 | ![]() | 216.4 |
4 | ![]() | 210.7 |
5 | ![]() | 209.4 |
6 | ![]() | 208.6 |
7 | ![]() | 208.3 |
8 | ![]() | 207.9 |
9 | ![]() | 205.3 |
10 | ![]() | 204.3 |
Rank | Name | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Oberstorf | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 878.6 |
2 | ![]() | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 877.5 |
3 | ![]() | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 867.5 |
4 | ![]() | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 12th | 847.0 |
5 | ![]() | 5th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 843.9 |
![]() | 6th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 843.9 | |
7 | ![]() | 7th | 9th | 5th | 14th | 827.7 |
8 | ![]() | 9th | 9th | 13th | 11th | 822.9 |
9 | ![]() | 17th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 813.6 |
10 | ![]() | 8th | 1st | N/A | 9th | 631.3 |
The Four Hills Tournament or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski jumping events held at Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, in this order.
Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria.
Asgeir Dølplads was a Norwegian ski jumper.
The 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament was a series of ski jumping competitions held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006–07 Ski Jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings. Before the tournament started on 28 December 2006 the World Cup leader was Simon Ammann.
The 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.
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