1955–56 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
Dates31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) – 8 January 1956 (1956-01-08)
Nations11
Medalists
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  1954-55
1956-57  

The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

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The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

Participating nations and athletes

The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

NationAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Sepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada Jacques Charland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Helmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Karl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Olaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Viktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christer Karlsson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Rudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Janez Polda

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1955 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 224.0
Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 224.0
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 219.0
4 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 216.0
5 Flag of Germany.svg Toni Brutscher 209.5
Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 209.5
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 209.0
8 Flag of Norway.svg Sverre Stallvik 208.5
9 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Kleisl 205.0
10 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 204.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1956 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Hemmo Silvennoinen 221.5
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 219.5
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 218.8
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 217.0
5 Flag of Norway.svg Asbjørn Osnes 216.5
6 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 216.0
7 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 213.0
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 213.0
9 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Weiler 211.5
10 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 208.5
Flag of Germany.svg Georg Thoma 208.5
Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Kleisl 208.5

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1956 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 220.0
Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 220.0
3 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 213.5
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 210.0
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Janez Polda 210.0
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 209.5
7 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Thoma 207.5
8 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Kleisl 204.5
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 203.0
10 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Schweinberger 202.5

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1956 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Skofzov 218.5
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mojmír Stuchlík 215.0
Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Schweinberger 215.0
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 214.5
5 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 213.0
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 212.5
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jáchym Bulín 210.5
8 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Eder 209.0
Flag of East Germany.svg Horst Lesser 209.0
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Remsa 208.5

Final ranking

RankNameGarmisch-PartenkirchenOberstorfInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 7th4th6th4th850.0
2 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Bradl 10th10th12th5th827.5
3 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Schweinberger 15th15th10th2nd818.5

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References

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