1960–61 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
Venues Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1960 (1960-12-30) – 8 January 1961 (1961-01-08)
Competitors75 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Finland.svg Kalevi Kärkkäinen
←  1959-60
1961-62  →

After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club. [1]

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East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.

Participating nations and athletes

With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18 Hermann Anwander, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Rudi Duffke, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Edi Lengg, Siegbert Mönch, Josef Pichler, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Axel Zerlaut
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18 Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Ernst Kröll, Georg Lackner, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Alwin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 3 Drahomír Jebavý, Dalibor Motejlek, Jaromír Novlud
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3 Veikko Kankkonen, Juhani Kärkkäinen, Kalevi Kärkkäinen
Flag of France.svg  France 2 Phil Devouassoux, Robert Rey
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9 Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, Günter Oettel, Günther Pollmer, Helmut Recknagel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller, Willi Wirth
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4 Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanell
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3 Gunnar Lie, Ole Tom Nord, Olaf Solli
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze, Yuri Zubarev
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 Harry Bergquist, Gösta Nordin, Kjell Sjöberg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3 Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Peter Wenger
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 4 Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1960 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Juhani Kärkkäinen 227.0
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Sjöberg 223.0
3 Flag of Finland.svg Kalevi Kärkkäinen 220.0
Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 220.0
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 218.0
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 217.0
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Veit Kührt 215.0
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 213.5
9 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Habersatter 212.5
10 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Tom Nord 211.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1961 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 220.5
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 218.0
3 Flag of Italy.svg Nilo Zandanell 217.0
4 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 215.0
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 214.0
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Sjöberg 213.5
7 Flag of Finland.svg Juhani Kärkkäinen 213.0
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Zubarev 212.0
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 209.5
Flag of East Germany.svg Kurt Schramm 209.5

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
6 January 1961 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Kalevi Kärkkäinen 218.5
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 217.6
3 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 213.4
4 Flag of Norway.svg Olaf Solli 212.2
5 Flag of Finland.svg Veikko Kankkonen 211.6
6 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Happle 211.0
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Kamenskiy 210.4
8 Flag of Germany.svg Helmut Wegscheider 209.2
9 Flag of Austria.svg Alwin Plank 207.7
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Sjöberg 207.0

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
8 January 1961 [5]

In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 229.1
2 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 225.6
3 Flag of Finland.svg Kalevi Kärkkäinen 221.1
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 219.3
5 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Happle 212.8
6 Flag of Norway.svg Olaf Solli 211.8
7 Flag of Italy.svg Nilo Zandanell 210.0
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Kurt Schramm 209.7
9 Flag of Italy.svg Dino De Zordo 208.7
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 207.7

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Helmut Recknagel 6th2nd2nd1st881.7
2 Flag of Austria.svg Otto Leodolter 3rd4th3rd2nd874.0
3 Flag of Finland.svg Kalevi Kärkkäinen 3rd22nd1st3rd862.1
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Koba Zakadze 5th1st11th10th851.9
5 Flag of Finland.svg Juhani Kärkkäinen 1st7th12th11th850.7
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Sjöberg 2nd6th10th15th848.2
7 Flag of Italy.svg Nilo Zandanell 11th3rd14th7th839.6
8 Flag of Norway.svg Olaf Solli 20th26th4th6th829.5
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Schamov 8th9th36th4th827.4
10 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Happle 39th11th6th5th826.8

References

  1. ↑ "Die Geschichte der Vierschanzentournee" (in German). skispringen-news.de. 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  3. ↑ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  4. ↑ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  5. ↑ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.
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