2003–04 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament 2003-04 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 2003 12 28 y – 2004 1 6 y 84 21 NOR Sigurd Pettersen AUT Martin Höllwarth SLO Peter Žonta 2002–03 2004–05 thumb|Tournament winner Sigurd Pettersen won six World Cup events during his career - all of them within one month, and three of them during the Four Hills.|319x319px The 52nd edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament was held in the traditional venues: Oberstorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, and Innsbruck and Bischofshofen in Austria. Format At each of the four events, a qualification round was held. The 50 best jumpers qualified for the competition. The fifteen athletes leading the World Cup at the time qualified automatically. In case of an omitted qualification or a result that would normally result in elimination, they would instead qualify as 50th. Unlike the procedure at normal World Cup events, the 50 qualified athletes were paired up for the first round of the final event, with the winner proceeding to the second round. The rounds start with the duel between #26 and #25 from the qualification round, followed by #27 vs #24, up to #50 vs #1. The five best duel losers, so-called 'Lucky Losers' also proceed. For the tournament ranking, the total points earned from each jump are added together. The World Cup points collected during the four events are disregarded in this ranking. Pre-Tournament World Cup Standings At the time of the tournament, eight out of twenty-eight events were supposed to be completed, but three were cancelled. The standings were as follows:FIS "e.on ruhrgas" FIS World Cup Ski-Jumping 2003/2004 World Cup Standings 2003 http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2004/JP/3071/3071WC.pdf Rank Name Points 1. NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy 288 2. FIN Janne Ahonen 268 3. POL Adam Małysz 240 4. NOR Sigurd Pettersen 206 5. FIN Tami Kiuru 176 FIN Veli-Matti Lindström 176 7. GER Sven Hannawald 172 8. FIN Matti Hautamäki 158 9. NOR Bjørn Einar Romøren 145 10. AUT Andreas Widhölzl 133 Participating nations and athletes The number of jumpers a nation was allowed to nominate was dependent on previous results. In Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, the amount of Austrian athletes was doubled. The defending champion was Janne Ahonen. Six other competitors had also previously won the Four Hills tournament: Andreas Goldberger in 1992-93 and 1994–95, Primož Peterka in 1996-97, Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1997-98, Andreas Widhölzl in 1999-00, Adam Małysz in 2000-01 and Sven Hannawald in 2001-02. The following athletes were nominated: Nation Starting Spots Number of Athletes Athletes 8 8 Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Maximilian Mechler, Georg Spaeth, Martin Schmitt, Stephan Hocke, Alexander Herr, Jörg Ritzerfeld 8 + 8 16 Martin Höllwarth, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Goldberger, Andreas Kofler, Florian Liegl, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Martin KochNational Group: Wolfgang Loitzl, Stefan Kaiser, Roland Müller, Mathias Hafele, Stefan Thurnbichler, Manuel Fettner, Christian Nagiller, Balthasar Schneider 2 2 Maksim Anisimov, Dimitri Afanasenko (Oberstorf only) 2 2 Li Yang (Garmisch-Partenkirchen onward), Tian Zhandong (Garmisch-Partenkirchen onward) 3 3 Jakub Janda (until Innsbruck), Jan Matura (until Innsbruck), Michal Doležal (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen) 2 2 Jens Salumäe, Jaan Jüris 8 8 Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Veli-Matti Lindström, Matti Hautamäki, Akseli Kokkonen, Jussi Hautamäki, Arttu Lappi (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Janne Happonen (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen) 2 2 Emmanuel Chedal, Nicolas Dessum 3 3 Alessio Bolognani (Garmisch-Partenkirchen only), Giancarlo Adami (Garmisch-Partenkirchen only), Stefano Chiapolino (Garmisch-Partenkirchen only) 5 5 Noriaki Kasai, Hiroki Yamada, Hideharu Miyahira, Kazuyoshi Funaki, Akira Higashi 2 2 Radik Zhaparov, Asan Tahtahunov 1 1 Christoph Kreuzer (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen) 8 8 Roar Ljøkelsøy, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Anders Bardal, Henning Stensrud, Morten Solem, Lars Bystøl 3 4 Adam Małysz, Wojciech Tajner, Tomisław Tajner (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Marcin Bachleda (Innsbruck onward) 2 4 Denis Kornilov (Oberstorf and Bischofshofen), Dmitry Ipatov (Oberstorf and Bischofshofen), Alexei Silaev (Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck), Dmitri Vassiliev (Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck) 1 1 Martin Mesík 5 5 Peter Žonta, Rok Benkovič, Robert Kranjec, Damjan Fras, Primož Peterka 1 1 Kang Chil-ku 2 3 Johan Erikson, Andreas Arén (until Innsbruck), Isak Grimholm (Bischofshofen only) 2 2 Andreas Küttel, Simon Ammann 2 2 Clint Jones, Brian Welch (Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bischofshofen) Results Oberstorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 28-29 December 2003 Jumping 133.0 meters, Sigurd Pettersen was already in the lead after the first round. During the rest of the tournament, only Martin Höllwarth equalled this distance. In the last jump, Pettersen then soared to 143.5 meters, setting a new hill record and securing his victory. Qualification winner: NOR Sigurd Pettersen Rank Name Points1NOR Sigurd Pettersen295.22AUT Thomas Morgenstern272.73AUT Martin Höllwarth269.14GER Michael Uhrmann267.95JPN Noriaki Kasai261.86SLO Rok Benkovič261.67GER Georg Spaeth261.38NOR Tommy Ingebrigtsen260.29POL Adam Małysz254.4NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy254.4 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 December 2003 - 1 January 2004 Qualification winner: FIN Janne Ahonen Rank Name Points1NOR Sigurd Pettersen253.82AUT Martin Höllwarth253.13GER Georg Spaeth248.74FIN Janne Ahonen248.55SLO Peter Žonta241.26JPN Noriaki Kasai239.87GER Michael Uhrmann238.68AUT Thomas Morgenstern233.79GER Sven Hannawald231.910FIN Veli-Matti Lindström230.8 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 03-4 January 2004 Aged 24, Slovenian jumper Peter Žonta celebrated the first and only World Cup victory of his career in Innsbruck. Runners-up Lindström, for whom two second places were career bests, was denied this honour. Qualification winner: FIN Janne Ahonen Rank Name Points1SLO Peter Žonta265.22FIN Veli-Matti Lindström253.93FIN Janne Ahonen253.84NOR Sigurd Pettersen251.85AUT Martin Höllwarth251.76JPN Noriaki Kasai249.57AUT Thomas Morgenstern247.68NOR Lars Bystøl245.79GER Sven Hannawald244.410GER Georg Spaeth242.6 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 05-6 January 2004 Qualification winner: SUI Andreas Küttel Rank Name Points1NOR Sigurd Pettersen265.82SLO Peter Žonta263.43FIN Janne Ahonen261.34AUT Thomas Morgenstern258.95AUT Martin Höllwarth257.66GER Georg Spaeth257.27FIN Veli-Matti Lindström256.18FIN Matti Hautamäki251.79GER Michael Uhrmann250.210NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy247.1 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1NOR Sigurd Pettersen1st1st4th1st1066.62AUT Martin Höllwarth3rd2nd5th5th1031.53SLO Peter Žonta11th5th1st2nd1023.64AUT Thomas Morgenstern2nd8th7th4th1012.95FIN Janne Ahonen13th4th3rd3rd1012.66GER Georg Spaeth7th3rd10th6th1009.87GER Michael Uhrmann4th7th11th9th998.78JPN Noriaki Kasai5th6th6th11th996.59NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy9th14th19th10th956.510NOR Lars Bystøl21st11th8th13th952.6 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2003-04 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament, 2003-04 Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament