1973–74 Four Hills Tournament

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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.

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Four Hills Tournament
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Venues Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location West Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1973 (1973-12-30) – 5 January 1974 (1974-01-05)
Competitors100 from 17 nations
Medalists
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  1972–73
1974–75  

Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8 Toni Angerer, Klaus Boll, Peter Dubb, Alfred Grosche, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Ernst Wursthorn, Bernd Zapf
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10 Reinhold Bachler, Sepp Gratzer, Walter Habersatter, Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 5 Georgi Geliov, Georgi Lasev, Ivan Scharkov, Ivan Schopov, Tascho Sterev
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5 Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Knut Nordle, Tom Reaper, Peter Wilson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 6 Rudolf Höhnl, Karel Kodejška, Jaromír Liďák, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, Leoš Škoda
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 8 Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Heinz Wosipiwo
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
Flag of France.svg  France 5 Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Yvan Richard, James Yerrly
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4 Ermes Bontempelli, Sandro Dalle Ave, Maurizio Dünnhofer, Lido Tomasi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 7 Kasuhiro Akimoto, Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Takao Itō, Yūji Katsuro, Akitsugu Konno, Hisayoshi Sawada
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4 Odd Grette, Arnfinn Henden, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5 Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Czesław Janik, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 6 Sergei Botschkov, Wladimir Frolov, Yury Kalinin, Aleks Karapusov, Gariy Napalkov, Wladimir Napylow
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5 Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Lundgren, Andreas Lundquist, Rolf Nordgren
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6 Eric Aubert, Josef Bonetti, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen, Josef Zehnder
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6 Arne Haugen, Jerry Martin, Jay Rand, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger, Jeff Wright
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 6 Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Peter Štefančič

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1973 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 245.1
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Heinz Wosipiwo 225.0
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Schmid 222.8
4 Flag of Finland.svg Esko Rautionaho 221.3
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yury Kalinin 218.9
6 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 217.8
7 Flag of Germany.svg Alfred Grosche 217.3
8 Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Pawlusiak 211.8
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 210.5
10 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Itagaki 210.4
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hisayoshi Sawada 210.4

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1974 [2]

Walter Steiner became the first Swiss ski jumper to win an event at a Four Hills Tournament. After a second result that placed him far ahead of the main field, Hans-Georg Aschenbach left the New Year's event with a lead of 34 points to his closest rival, Hans Schmid.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 240.9
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 239.4
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Dietrich Kampf 227.9
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Schmid 227.7
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 227.3
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 226.7
7 Flag of Finland.svg Tauno Käyhkö 226.3
8 Flag of Germany.svg Alfred Grosche 225.2
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 224.8
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gariy Napalkov 224.1

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
3 January 1974 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 251.3
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Schmid 244.6
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 242.9
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 240.5
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 239.2
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Rudolf Höhnl 236.6
7 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 236.0
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yury Kalinin 235.7
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Dietrich Kampf 235.6
10 Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Pawlusiak 234.5

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1974 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 237.4
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 235.7
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 235.0
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Dietrich Kampf 230.0
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 227.3
6 Flag of Norway.svg Odd Grette 223.7
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gariy Napalkov 221.7
8 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Itagaki 219.3
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Heinz Wosipiwo 218.5
10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Schmid 214.7

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 1st2nd1st3rd970.6
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 14th1st3rd2nd927.6
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 16th6th5th1st910.0
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Schmid 3rd4th2nd10th909.8
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 25th5th4th5th893.9
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Dietrich Kampf 22nd3rd9th4th893.3
7 Flag of Germany.svg Alfred Grosche 7th8th11th19th880.5
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Heinz Wosipiwo 2nd16th28th9th876.8
9 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Itagaki 10th18th17th8th869.8
10 Flag of Finland.svg Esko Rautionaho 4th27th14th15th868.0

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  3. "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  4. "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.