1958–59 Four Hills Tournament

The seventh edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria saw Helmut Recknagel of East Germany win three out of four events and become the first ski jumper to defend his title as Four Hills champion. He also set the record for most consecutive hill victories at Four Hills tournaments (five). It was equalized by Sven Hannawald in 2002 and by Kamil Stoch in 2018.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates28 December 1958 (1958-12-28) – 6 January 1959 (1959-01-06)
Competitors60 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 

Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 Germany19Hermann Anwander, Helmut Bleier, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Franz Fischer, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Toni Hörterer, Sepp Kleisl, Helmut Kurz, Hans Leppert, Helmut Reicherts, Ewald Roscher, Konrad Simerl, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Heinrich Zapf
 Austria14Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ferdi Kerber, Ernst Kröll, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Albin Plank, Theo Schett, Fredi Schirmer, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Czechoslovakia2Miroslav Martinák, Emil Ulrych
 Finland3Veikko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Pekka Tirkkonen
 East Germany9Adolf Baldauf, Manfred Brunner, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Werner Lesser, Manfred Matthey, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel, Willi Wirth
 Italy3Dino De Zordo, Luigi Pennaccio, Nilo Zandanell
 Norway3Arne Hoel, Kjell Kopstad, Anders Woldseth
Soviet Union7Rudolf Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Jaroslav Mazánek, Yuri Samsonov, Vitaly Sannikov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1958[1]

RankNamePoints
1 Helmut Recknagel226.5
2 Eino Kirjonen222.0
3 Nikolai Schamov221.0
4 Anders Woldseth219.5
5 Otto Leodolter218.0
6 Pekka Tirkkonen217.5
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy216.5
8 Harry Glaß215.0
9 Arne Hoel214.0
10 Willi Egger212.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1959[2]

RankNamePoints
1 Helmut Recknagel225.7
2 Koba Zakadze223.0
3 Nikolai Schamov216.5
4 Yuri Samsonov215.7
5 Veikko Kankkonen215.3
6 Kjell Kopstad213.7
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy213.1
8 Arne Hoel212.2
9 Eino Kirjonen212.1
10 Walter Habersatter211.8

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
04 January 1959[3]

The third place in Innsbruck was the only podium in Anders Woldseth's career before his untimely death later that same year.

RankNamePoints
1 Helmut Recknagel230.0
2 Veikko Kankkonen222.5
3 Anders Woldseth219.5
4 Harry Glaß217.0
5 Walter Habersatter214.5
6 Arne Hoel214.0
7 Nikolai Schamov212.5
8 Willi Egger212.0
Pekka Tirkkonen212.0
10 Otto Leodolter211.5
Yuri Samsonov211.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1959[4]

After three victories, Helmut Recknagel went into the Bischofshofen event with a comfortable 32.2-point lead. He only finished 15th, but still beat his closest pursuer Schamov, who placed 22nd.

With a home victory, Austrian athlete Walter Habersatter interrupted Recknagel's winning streak and snatched silver in the overall ranking.

Max Bolkart's eighth place was the only Top Ten appearance of a (West) German athlete during this tournament.

RankNamePoints
1 Walter Habersatter222.5
2 Eino Kirjonen220.2
3 Nikolay Kamenskiy218.6
4 Anders Woldseth215.0
5 Harry Glaß214.5
6 Walter Steinegger211.7
7 Yuri Samsonov210.4
8 Max Bolkart210.3
9 Arne Hoel210.2
10 Rudolf Bykov206.9

Final Ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Helmut Recknagel1st1st1st15th883.2
2 Walter Habersatter11th10th5th1st860.8
3 Arne Hoel9th8th6th9th850.4
4 Nikolai Schamov3rd3rd7th22nd839.7
5 Nikolay Kamenskiy7th7th31st3rd838.2
6 Otto Leodolter5th15th10th13th837.6
7 Anders Woldseth4th34th3rd4th835.2
8 Yuri Samsonov21st4th10th7th835.1
9 Rudolf Bykov12th11th15th10th833.9
10 Harry Glaß8th31st4th5th831.0

References

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