1954–55 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
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Venues Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1954 (1954-12-30) – 8 January 1955 (1955-01-08)
Nations6
Medalists
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  1953-54
1955-56  

At the third edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, Hemmo Silvennoinen became the first ski jumper to win the tournament without winning any of the single events. He won ahead of two other Finns.

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Participating nations and athletes

Defending champion Olaf Bjørnstad did not compete. The winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl did compete and ended up fourth overall, in spite of disappointing results on the German hills (15th and 12th).

The following athletes are on the FIS record, although it is likely incomplete.

NationAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Ewald Roscher
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Sepp Bradl, Franz Gradwohl, Walter Haberstatter, Ernst Hohenegg, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Willi Lichtenegger, Karl Mair, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gunder Gundersen, Kjell Knarvik, Asbjørn Moland, Torbjørn Ruste, Thorleif Schjelderup
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lars-Åke Bergseije, Toivo Lauren
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gottfried Bühler, Andreas Däscher, Hans Däscher

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1954 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 224.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 220.0
Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 220.0
4 Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Knarvik 217.0
Flag of Norway.svg Torbjørn Ruste 217.0
6 Flag of Germany.svg Toni Brutscher 216.5
7 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Hohenleitner 216.0
8 Flag of Norway.svg Gunder Gundersen 215.0
9 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 213.5
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Kleisl 210.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1955 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 228.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 220.5
3 Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 218.5
4 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Hohenleitner 215.5
Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Knarvik 215.5
6 Flag of Norway.svg Asbjørn Moland 205.0
7 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Dengg 203.5
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Lars-Åke Bergseije 199.0
9 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Kleisl 196.0
Flag of Austria.svg Alwin Plank 196.0

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1954 [3]

After two consecutive victories, Aulis Kallakorpi only finished twentieth in Innsbruck, falling back in the overall ranking. Winner Ruste, similarly, was missing a competitive result from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thus, Hemmo Silvennoinen took the overall lead, only 1.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Norway.svg Torbjørn Ruste 225.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 222.0
3 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 221.0
4 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 218.5
5 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 212.0
6 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Hohenleitner 211.5
7 Flag of Austria.svg Alwin Plank 210.5
8 Flag of Norway.svg Gunder Gundersen 209.5
9 Flag of Germany.svg Toni Brutscher 209.0
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Toivo Lauren 206.0

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1954 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Norway.svg Torbjørn Ruste 224.5
2 Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 217.5
3 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 216.2
4 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 215.1
5 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Eder 205.8
6 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 205.1
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Toivo Lauren 204.2
8 Flag of Austria.svg Alwin Plank 201.9
9 Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Knarvik 200.8
10 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 199.0

Final ranking

RankNameGarmisch-PartenkirchenOberstorfInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 2nd3rd2nd2nd878.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 2nd2nd4th3rd875.2
3 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 1st1st20th6th851.1
4 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 15th12th5th4th830.1
5 Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Knarvik 4th4th24th9th824.3

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References

  1. "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  2. "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  3. "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  4. "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.