1975–76 Four Hills Tournament

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The 24th edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German Jochen Danneberg.

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For the tenth time, three out of the four events were won by the same athlete. However, for the fourth time within six years, it was not enough to win the Tournament: Toni Innauer only placed 24th in Innsbruck and lost too much ground to his competitors.

Four Hills Tournament
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Venues Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location West Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1975 (1975-12-30) – 6 January 1976 (1976-01-06)
Competitors96 from 15 nations
Medalists
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Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  1974–75
1976–77  

Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6 Alfred Grosche, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Albert Wursthorn
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10 Reinhold Bachler, Rupert Gürtler, Walter Habersatter jr., Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 4 Valentin Bozhkov, Peter Dimitrov, Ivan Iankov, Zdravko Idravkov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6 Kim Fripp, Donald Grady, Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Paul Martin, Peter Wilson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 6 Jaroslav Balcar, Jindřich Balcar, Ivo Felix, Rudolf Höhnl, Zdeněk Janouch, Karel Kodejška, 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, Martin Weber
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6 Harri Blumen, P. Hyvävinen, Tauno Käyhkö, Tapio Räisänen, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen
Flag of France.svg  France 4 Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Michel Roche
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7 Per Bergerud, Odd Grette, Finn Halvorsen, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre, Kai Solbustad
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5 Stanisław Bobak, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Aleksander Stołowski, Janusz Waluś
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Ivanov, Yury Kalinin, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Gariy Napalkov, Sergey Saychik, Sergey Suslikov
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9 Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Håkon Lindbäck, Thomas Lundgren, Anders Lundqvist, Esa Mattila, Rolf Nordgren, N.O. Westberg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6 Josef Bonetti, Ernst Egloff, Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 Jim Denney, Jerry Martin, Chris McNeill, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 6 Janez Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Janez Loštrek, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Peter Štefančič

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1975 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Austria.svg Toni Innauer 252.2
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 249.8
3 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 247.1
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 242.8
5 Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Bobak 239.2
6 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Wanner 239.0
7 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schnabl 238.2
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 237.0
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 236.1
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Schwinghammer 229.8

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1976 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Austria.svg Toni Innauer 231.3
2 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schnabl 229.6
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 227.5
4 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 214.7
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksey Borovitin 213.0
6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ernst von Grünigen 212.9
7 Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Pawlusiak 212.5
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Hans-Georg Aschenbach 212.2
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Dietmar Aschenbach 208.6
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Karapuzov 207.7

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1976 [3]

After his two victories, Toni Innauer only placed 24th (181.5 pts), losing over 30 points to his closest competitors and falling back to 4th place in the overall ranking.

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 220.9
2 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schnabl 219.6
3 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 217.7
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 208.3
5 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Wanner 205.4
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Rudolf Höhnl 203.0
7 Flag of Austria.svg Hans Wallner 198.1
8 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Schwabl 196.5
Flag of Norway.svg Johan Sætre 196.5
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Schwinghammer 195.7

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1976 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Austria.svg Toni Innauer 236.2
2 Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Bobak 225.5
3 Flag of Norway.svg Johan Sætre 225.0
4 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schnabl 223.5
5 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 222.4
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 222.0
7 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Wanner 218.0
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 216.9
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Rudolf Höhnl 212.2
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksey Borovitin 211.2

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 2nd3rd1st6th920.2
2 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schnabl 7th2nd2nd4th910.9
3 Flag of Austria.svg Reinhold Bachler 3rd4th3rd5th901.9
4 Flag of Austria.svg Toni Innauer 1st1st24th1st901.2
5 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Wanner 6th13th5th7th868.9
6 Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Bobak 5th22nd15th2nd851.4
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 9th24th4th14th848.6
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Rudolf Höhnl 11th15th6th9th847.8
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 8th27th16th8th834.8
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Schwinghammer 10th26th10th11th831.6

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  3. "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
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