| Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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| Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | West Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 28 December 1960 – 6 January 1961 | ||||||
| Competitors | 85 from 14 nations | ||||||
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Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.
The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1961 [1]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eino Kirjonen | 226.5 |
| 2 |  Božo Jemc | 219.5 |
| 3 |  Oddvar Saga | 219.0 |
| 4 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 218.0 |
| 5 |  Holger Karlsson | 216.0 |
| 6 | Wolfgang Happle | 215.5 |
| 7 | Kjell Sjöberg | 215.0 |
 Koba Zakadze | 215.0 | |
| 9 | Nikolai Schamov | 214.0 |
| 10 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 213.0 |
| Inger Lindquist | 213.0 | |
| Georg Thoma | 213.0 | |
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1961 [2]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willi Egger | 225.0 |
| 2 | Koba Zakadze | 219.7 |
| 3 | Walter Habersatter | 219.4 |
| 4 | Eino Kirjonen | 218.5 |
| 5 |  Antoni Wieczorek | 214.4 |
| 6 | Max Bolkart | 213.4 |
| 7 | Nikolai Schamov | 212.6 |
| 8 | Kjell Sjöberg | 212.5 |
| 9 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 212.2 |
| 10 | Yuri Samsonov | 210.1 |
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1962 [3]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georg Thoma | 225.5 |
| 2 | Willi Egger | 221.7 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Happle | 220.0 |
| 4 | Max Bolkart | 216.4 |
| 5 | Eino Kirjonen | 216.2 |
| 6 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 215.5 |
| 7 | Niilo Halonen | 214.2 |
| Inger Lindquist | 214.2 | |
| 9 | Veiko Kankkonen | 213.9 |
| 10 | Holger Karlsson | 212.4 |
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1962 [4]
In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willi Egger | 222.7 |
| 2 |  Helmut Recknagel | 220.3 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Happle | 215.0 |
| 4 | Dieter Bockeloh | 213.6 |
| 5 | Peter Lesser | 212.8 |
| 6 | Heini Ihle | 210.5 |
| 7 | Koba Zakadze | 210.0 |
| 8 | Oddvar Saga | 208.8 |
| 9 | Antoni Wieczorek | 208.5 |
| 10 | Nikolai Schamov | 206.1 |
| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bischofshofen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eino Kirjonen | 1st | 4th | 5th | 12th | 865.1 |
| 2 | Willi Egger | 52nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 853.4 |
| 3 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 4th | 9th | 12th | 14th | 843.2 |
| 4 | Nikolai Schamov | 9th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 840.7 |
| 5 | Antoni Wieczorek | 13th | 5th | 26th | 9th | 839.4 |
| 6 | Walter Habersatter | 23rd | 3rd | 17th | 18th | 833.4 |
| 7 | Koba Zakadze | 7th | 2nd | 43rd | 7th | 833.0 |
| 8 | Inger Lindquist | 10th | 13th | 7th | 24th | 832.5 |
| 9 | Oddvar Saga | 3rd | 27th | 21st | 8th | 830.4 |
| 10 | Max Bolkart | 42nd | 6th | 4th | 11th | 828.7 |
The second Four Hills tournament was the first one to use the traditional event order of Oberstdorf in December, the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then Innsbruck and the final in Bischofshofen on Three Kings' Day.
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.
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.
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.
The sixth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by East German athlete Helmut Recknagel, who won on both Austrian hills. It was his first of three tournament victories within four years.
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.
The eighth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was influenced by the German flag controversy, which led to the teams of the Warsaw pact zone withdrawing from the tournament. In addition, Finland and Norway decided not to compete due to preparations for the upcoming 1960 Winter Olympics. Finland ultimately sent prospective athletes.
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.
At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.
At the 14th annual Four Hills Tournament, Veikko Kankkonen became the only second athlete to win the tournament more than once, after he already emerged victorious two years before.
The 15th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Norwegian athlete Bjørn Wirkola who secured three dominating victories after a surprising double victory for the East German team in Oberstdorf.
In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall.
In 1971, Jiří Raška became the first Czechoslovakian to win the Four Hills Tournament. For the first time, an athlete who won three out of four events did not end up winning the tournament after Ingolf Mork lost twenty points to Raška and Hubac in Innsbruck.
For the 20th edition of the Four Hills Tournament, the FIS deviated from the traditional order of events and started the tour in Innsbruck. The overall winner was Norwegian Ingolf Mork. In the previous year, Mork won three out of four events while only placing second overall.
The 21st annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German athlete Hans-Georg Aschenbach. After a dominating victory at the first event in Oberstdorf, and three more podium finishes, he ended up with a 43-point lead over second-placed Walter Steiner, who became the first Swiss to win a Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
At the 23rd edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament, Willi Pürstl became the first Austrian tour winner since Sepp Bradl, who won the inaugural tournament.
The 24th edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German Jochen Danneberg.
At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament, Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.
The 26th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper Kari Ylianttila. In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion Jochen Danneberg, was the overall leader after his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but didn't compete at the events in Austria.
The 27th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish athlete Pentti Kokkonen after two Third place finishes and two victories. No competitor had the necessary constancy over the course of the tournament. Yury Ivanov, the winner of Oberstdorf, only placed 56th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Josef Samek's Garmisch victory was followed by a 38th place in Innsbruck.
