1958–59 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
Dates28 December 1958 (1958-12-28) – 6 January 1959 (1959-01-06)
Competitors60 from 8 nations
Medalists
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  1957-58
1959-60  

The seventh edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria saw Helmut Recknagel of East Germany win three out of four events and become the first ski jumper to defend his title as Four Hills champion. He also set the record for most consecutive hill victories at Four Hills tournaments (five). It was equalized by Sven Hannawald in 2002 and by Kamil Stoch in 2018.

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Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19 Hermann Anwander, Helmut Bleier, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Franz Fischer, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Toni Hörterer, Sepp Kleisl, Helmut Kurz, Hans Leppert, Helmut Reicherts, Ewald Roscher, Konrad Simerl, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Heinrich Zapf
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 14 Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ferdi Kerber, Ernst Kröll, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Alwin Plank, Theo Schett, Fredi Schirmer, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 2 Miroslav Martinák, Emil Ulrych
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3 Veikko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Pekka Tirkkonen
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9 Adolf Baldauf, Manfred Brunner, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Werner Lesser, Manfred Matthey, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel, Willi Wirth
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 Dino De Zordo, Luigi Pennaccio, Nilo Zandanell
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3 Arne Hoel, Kjell Kopstad, Anders Woldseth
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 Rudolf Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Jaroslav Mazánek, Yuri Samsonov, Vitaly Sannikov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1958 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 226.5
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 222.0
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 221.0
4 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Woldseth 219.5
5 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 218.0
6 Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Tirkkonen 217.5
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 216.5
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 215.0
9 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Hoel 214.0
10 Flag of Austria.svg Willi Egger 212.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1959 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 225.7
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 223.0
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 216.5
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Samsonov 215.7
5 Flag of Finland.svg Veikko Kankkonen 215.3
6 Flag of Norway.svg Kjell Kopstad 213.7
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 213.1
8 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Hoel 212.2
9 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 212.1
10 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 211.8

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1959 [3]

The third place in Innsbruck was the only podium in Anders Woldseth's career before his untimely death later that same year.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 230.0
2 Flag of Finland.svg Veikko Kankkonen 222.5
3 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Woldseth 219.5
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 217.0
5 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 214.5
6 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Hoel 214.0
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 212.5
8 Flag of Austria.svg Willi Egger 212.0
Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Tirkkonen 212.0
10 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 211.5
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Samsonov 211.5

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1959 [4]

After three victories, Helmut Recknagel went into the Bischofshofen event with a comfortable 32.2-point lead. He only finished 15th, but still beat his closest pursuer Schamov, who placed 22nd.

With a home victory, Austrian athlete Walter Habersatter interrupted Recknagel's winning streak and snatched silver in the overall ranking.

Max Bolkart's eighth place was the only Top Ten appearance of a (West) German athlete during this tournament.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 222.5
2 Flag of Finland.svg Eino Kirjonen 220.2
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 218.6
4 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Woldseth 215.0
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 214.5
6 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Steinegger 211.7
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Samsonov 210.4
8 Flag of Germany.svg Max Bolkart 210.3
9 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Hoel 210.2
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rudolf Bykov 206.9

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 1st1st1st15th883.2
2 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 11th10th5th1st860.8
3 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Hoel 9th8th6th9th850.4
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 3rd3rd7th22nd839.7
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 7th7th31st3rd838.2
6 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 5th15th10th13th837.6
7 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Woldseth 4th34th3rd4th835.2
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Samsonov 21st4th10th7th835.1
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rudolf Bykov 12th11th15th10th833.9
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Harry Glaß 8th31st4th5th831.0

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