1956–57 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
Dates29 December 1956 (1956-12-29) – 6 January 1957 (1957-01-06)
Nations10
Medalists
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  1955-56
1957-58  

The fifth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by Pentti Uotinen. Another Finnish athlete, Eino Kirjonen placed second in the overall ranking for the third time. It was the first edition without the winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl.

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The defending champion, Nikolay Kamenskiy, won the event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but had already missed out on producing a competitive result at the first event in Oberstdorf.

Participating nations and athletes

NationAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Hans Kriner, Georg Thoma, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Herbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Toralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Józef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Toivo Lauren, Arne Strøm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Andreas Däscher, Francis Perret

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1956 [1]

Toni Brutscher placed in the Top Ten in Oberstdorf in each of the first five Four Hills tournaments.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Uotinen 227.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 223.0
3 Flag of Germany.svg Toni Brutscher 219.5
Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 219.5
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andreas Däscher 218.5
6 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 217.5
7 Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Kopstad 215.5
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 212.5
9 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Steinegger 212.0
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Toivo Lauren 210.5
Flag of Norway.svg Asbjørn Osnes 210.5
Flag of Germany.svg Georg Thoma 210.5

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1956 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 221.5
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 218.5
3 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 217.5
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 213.5
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 213.0
6 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 212.5
Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 212.5
8 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Uotinen 211.5
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Remsa 210.5
10 Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Kallakorpi 209.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1957 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 217.9
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 217.6
3 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Uotinen 215.4
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 215.0
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 212.3
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Trussow 211.8
7 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 210.7
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 206.4
9 Flag of Norway.svg Toralf Engan 205.8
10 Flag of Poland.svg Władysław Tajner 202.5

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1957 [4]

After three events, Pentti Uotinen was still in the lead in the overall ranking. His closest pursuer was Max Bolkart, but the German only placed 11th in Bischofshofen (210.2p) and thus stayed behind the Finn. Eino Kirjonen on the other hand, who was fourth after the New Year's event, almost closed the gap by reducing the point difference from 22.3 to 1.5 points.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 232.9
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 223.7
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 219.5
4 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Thoma 217.0
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 216.9
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 216.1
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 215.3
8 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Uotinen 212.1
9 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 210.9
10 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Steinegger 210.8

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfInnsbruckGarmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Uotinen 1st8th3rd8th866.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 17th6th2nd1st864.5
3 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 6th3rd7th11th855.9
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Lesser 3rd5th11th7th848.4
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 8th24th8th6th831.5
6 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Steinegger 9th11th13th10th828.2
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 35th6th12th5th816.0
8 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Thoma 10th25th18th4th815.4
9 Flag of Poland.svg Władysław Tajner 15th15th10th20th810.9
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Toivo Lauren 10th13th32nd18th794.6

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References

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