1977–78 Four Hills Tournament

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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.

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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 1977 (1977-12-30) – 6 January 1978 (1978-01-06)
Competitors83 from 15 nations
Medalists
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  1976–77
1978–79  

Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7 Hans-Jürgen Eschrich, Wolfgang Hahn, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Christoph Schwarz, Hubert Schwarz, Peter Schwinghammer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15 Gebhard Aberer, Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, Rupert Gürtler, Armin Kogler, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 3 Vladimir Breitchev, Petar Dimitrov, Bojan Stoikov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 7 Ivo Felix, Josef Hýsek, František Novák, Josef Rusko, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
Flag of France.svg  France 2 Patric Dubiez, Eric Fourrier
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 Ermes De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 2 Yūji Kawamura, Sakae Tsuruga
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6 Per Bergerud, Stein Glømmi, Rune Hauge, Per Steinar Nordlien, Johan Sætre, Jens Unosen
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2 Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Józef Tajner
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Vladimir Bubjonov, Vladimir Chernyaev, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 7 Oliver Favre, Georges Jaquier, Robert Mösching, Harald Reichenbach, Mario Rinaldi, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 Jeff Davis, Jeff Denney, Jim Denney, John Denney, Kip Sundgaard
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 5 Zdravko Bogataj, Andrej Kaizer, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Ivo Zupan

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1977 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 118.2
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 110.1
3 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 109.3
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 105.7
5 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Leitner 105.1
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 104.7
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 101.3
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 94.8
9 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Sakae Tsuruga 92.3
10 Flag of Norway.svg Per Bergerud 91.9

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1978 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 235.6
2 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 222.2
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 219.6
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Falko Weißpflog 218.3
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Leoš Škoda 213.0
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 212.0
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 209.0
8 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Leitner 208.6
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 207.5
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Jürgen Thomas 204.8

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1978 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Norway.svg Per Bergerud 247.1
2 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 239.1
3 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Törmänen 231.2
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Falko Weißpflog 229.2
5 Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Tuchscherer 227.3
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 223.3
7 Flag of Finland.svg Jari Puikkonen 219.0
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 218.5
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 207.9
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 203.5

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1978 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 242.3
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 229.0
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 227.9
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 227.5
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Falko Weißpflog 221.1
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 220.8
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 219.7
8 Flag of Norway.svg Per Bergerud 218.9
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 217.2
10 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Törmänen 209.7

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Ylianttila 3rd2nd2nd1st812.9
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 1st6th6th7th773.2
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 2nd11th8th4th760.4
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Henry Glaß 8th3rd10th3rd760.2
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Falko Weißpflog 14th4th4th5th757.4
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Bernd Eckstein 4th7th9th6th753.6
7 Flag of Norway.svg Per Bergerud 10th22nd1st8th749.7
8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Walter Steiner 7th9th24th2nd734.4
9 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Törmänen 16th15th3rd10th727.8
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 11th18th11th9th718.8

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References

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