1978–79 Four Hills Tournament

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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 (85.2 pts) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Josef Samek's Garmisch victory was followed by a 38th place (169.1 pts) in Innsbruck.

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Four Hills Tournament
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
Venues Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location West Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1978 (1978-12-30) – 6 January 1979 (1979-01-06)
Competitors84 from 17 nations
Medalists
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Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  1977–78
1979–80  

Participating nations and athletes

Spain was represented at the Four Hills Tournament for the first time.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 11 Hans-Jürgen Eschrich, Thomas Klauser, Dirk Kramer, Peter Leitner, Thomas Prosser, Christoph Schwarz, Hubert Schwarz, Peter Schwinghammer, Frank Sternkopf, Georg Waldvogel, Hermann Weinbuch
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12 Fritz Esser, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, Heinz Koch, Armin Kogler, Alfred Lengauer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, Willi Pürstl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Rudolf Wanner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 4 Ivo Felix, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Manfred Deckert, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Klaus Ostwald, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7 Tauno Käyhkö, Pentti Kokkonen, Keijo Korhonen, Jari Puikkonen, Tapio Räisänen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
Flag of France.svg  France 4 Patric Dubiez, Philippe Jacoberger, Bernard Moullier, Thierry Sauvanet
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4 László Fischer, Robert Fogarasi, Gábor Gellér, Zoltán Kelemen
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 3 Yūji Kawamura, Sakae Tsuruga, Hirokazu Yagi
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4 Per Bergerud, Ulf Jørgensen, Roger Ruud, Johan Sætre
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3 Stanisław Bobak, Piotr Fijas, Stanisław Pawlusiak
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Vladimir Chernyaev, Yury Ivanov, Sergej Muchin, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik, Vladimir Vlasov
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Spain 1 Tomás Cano
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2 Christer Karlsson, Seppo Reijonen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5 Paul Egloff, Robert Mösching, Harald Reichenbach, Mario Rinaldi, Hansjörg Sumi
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 Jim Denney, Kip Sundgaard
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 5 Zdravko Bogataj, Andrej Kaizer, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Miran Tepeš

Results

Oberstdorf

Flag of Germany.svg Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1978 [1]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yury Ivanov 235.4
2 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 234.5
3 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Kokkonen 232.4
4 Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Tuchscherer 224.4
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ján Tánczos 222.8
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 222.6
7 Flag of Austria.svg Willi Pürstl 221.6
8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hansjörg Sumi 220.2
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Leoš Škoda 217.7
10 Flag of Finland.svg Jari Puikkonen 216.3

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Flag of Germany.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2 January 1979 [2]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Samek 120.5
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bogdan Norčič 117.6
3 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Kokkonen 114.4
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 113.2
5 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 112.5
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ján Tánczos 111.5
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hansjörg Sumi 111.2
8 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Denney 110.3
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 110.1
10 Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Bobak 109.4

Innsbruck

Flag of Austria.svg Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1979 [3]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Kokkonen 231.3
2 Flag of Norway.svg Roger Ruud 224.6
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 218.8
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 216.0
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hansjörg Sumi 215.4
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Manfred Deckert 213.3
7 Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Tuchscherer 213.2
8 Flag of Norway.svg Johan Sætre 212.3
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 212.2
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Klaus Ostwald 211.3

Bischofshofen

Flag of Austria.svg Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1979 [4]

RankNamePoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Kokkonen 237.5
2 Flag of Norway.svg Johan Sætre 236.9
3 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Fijas 236.0
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hansjörg Sumi 235.8
5 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Törmänen 221.2
6 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 219.1
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Leoš Škoda 217.8
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 217.4
9 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Räisänen 213.7
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 213.6

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Pentti Kokkonen 3rd3rd1st1st815.6
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hansjörg Sumi 8th7th5th4th782.6
3 Flag of East Germany.svg Jochen Danneberg 2nd9th3rd8th780.8
4 Flag of East Germany.svg Harald Duschek 6th4th4th10th765.4
5 Flag of Norway.svg Johan Sætre 11th20th8th2nd765.3
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Leoš Škoda 9th11th13th7th748.3
7 Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Tuchscherer 4th23rd7th15th748.1
8 Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Buse 16th5th11th15th741.9
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Martin Weber 27th13th9th6th739.5
10 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Fijas 38th17th12th3rd737.2

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