1956–57 Four Hills Tournament

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.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates29 December 1956 (1956-12-29) – 6 January 1957 (1957-01-06)
Nations10
Medalists
 
 
 

The defending champion, Nikolay Kamenskiy, won the event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but had already missed out on producing a competitive result at the first event in Oberstdorf.

Participating nations and athletes

NationAthletes
 GermanyHelmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Hans Kriner, Georg Thoma, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
 AustriaWilli Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Albin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
CzechoslovakiaJáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík
 East GermanyHerbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
 FinlandAulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen
 NorwayToralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes
 PolandJózef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz
Soviet UnionNikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
 SwedenToivo Lauren, Arne Strøm
  SwitzerlandAndreas Däscher, Francis Perret

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1956[1]

Toni Brutscher placed in the Top Ten in Oberstdorf in each of the first five Four Hills tournaments.

RankNamePoints
1 Pentti Uotinen227.0
2 Aulis Kallakorpi223.0
3 Toni Brutscher219.5
Werner Lesser219.5
5 Andreas Däscher218.5
6 Max Bolkart217.5
7 Kjell Kopstad215.5
8 Harry Glaß212.5
9 Walter Steinegger212.0
10 Toivo Lauren210.5
Asbjørn Osnes210.5
Georg Thoma210.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1956[2]

RankNamePoints
1 Nikolai Schamov221.5
2 Nikolay Kamenskiy218.5
3 Max Bolkart217.5
4 Koba Zakadze213.5
5 Werner Lesser213.0
6 Eino Kirjonen212.5
Helmut Recknagel212.5
8 Pentti Uotinen211.5
9 Zdeněk Remsa210.5
10 Aulis Kallakorpi209.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1957[3]

RankNamePoints
1 Nikolay Kamenskiy217.9
2 Eino Kirjonen217.6
3 Pentti Uotinen215.4
4 Nikolai Schamov215.0
5 Koba Zakadze212.3
6 Nikolai Trussow211.8
7 Max Bolkart210.7
8 Harry Glaß206.4
9 Toralf Engan205.8
10 Władysław Tajner202.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1957[4]

After three events, Pentti Uotinen was still in the lead in the overall ranking. His closest pursuer was Max Bolkart, but the German only placed 11th in Bischofshofen (210.2p) and thus stayed behind the Finn. Eino Kirjonen on the other hand, who was fourth after the New Year's event, almost closed the gap by reducing the point difference from 22.3 to 1.5 points.

RankNamePoints
1 Eino Kirjonen232.9
2 Nikolay Kamenskiy223.7
3 Nikolai Schamov219.5
4 Georg Thoma217.0
5 Helmut Recknagel216.9
6 Harry Glaß216.1
7 Werner Lesser215.3
8 Pentti Uotinen212.1
9 Walter Habersatter210.9
10 Walter Steinegger210.8

Final Ranking

RankNameOberstdorfInnsbruckGarmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofenPoints
1 Pentti Uotinen1st8th3rd8th866.0
2 Eino Kirjonen17th6th2nd1st864.5
3 Max Bolkart6th3rd7th11th855.9
4 Werner Lesser3rd5th11th7th848.4
5 Harry Glaß8th24th8th6th831.5
6 Walter Steinegger9th11th13th10th828.2
7 Helmut Recknagel35th6th12th5th816.0
8 Georg Thoma10th25th18th4th815.4
9 Władysław Tajner15th15th10th20th810.9
10 Toivo Lauren10th13th32nd18th794.6

References

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