1961–62 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze West Germany, Austria 1960 12 28 y – 1961 1 6 y 85 14 FIN Eino Kirjonen AUT Willi Egger FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen 1960-61 1962-63 Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third. Participating nations and athletes The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons. Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 14 Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Edi Heilingbrunner, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Axel Zerlaut 11 Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Willi Köstinger, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 Zbyněk Hubač, Drahomír Jebavý, Jaromír Novlud 7 Dieter Bockeloh, Peter Lesser, Siegbert Münch, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Willi Wirth 5 Niilo Halonen, Antero Immonen, Veiko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen 2 Claude Jean-Prost, Guy Mollier 4 László Gellér, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár 5 Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel 3 Guttorm Heldahl, Asbjørn Osnes, Oddvar Saga 9 Stanisław Bobak, Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Stanisław Polok, Władysław Tajner, Piotr Wala, Antoni Wieczorek, Ryszard Witke SOV Soviet Union 6 Rudolf Bykov, Wladimir Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Yuri Samsonov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze 6 Bert Andersson, Harry Bergquist, Bengt Eriksson, Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Kjell Sjöberg 3 Toni Cecchinato, Francis Perret, Ueli Scheidegger 7 Peter Eržen, Božo Jemc, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Milan Rojina, Jože Šlibar, Ludvik Zajc Results Oberstdorf FRG Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 28 December 1961FIS Oberstdorf (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=885 Rank Name Points1FIN Eino Kirjonen226.52YUG Božo Jemc219.53NOR Oddvar Saga219.04FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen218.05SWE Holger Karlsson216.06FRG Wolfgang Happle215.57SWE Kjell Sjöberg215.0SOV Koba Zakadze215.09SOV Nikolai Schamov214.010SOV Nikolay Kamenskiy213.0SWE Inger Lindquist213.0FRG Georg Thoma213.0 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1961FIS Innsbruck (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=886 Rank Name Points1AUT Willi Egger225.02SOV Koba Zakadze219.73AUT Walter Habersatter219.44FIN Eino Kirjonen218.55POL Antoni Wieczorek214.46FRG Max Bolkart213.47SOV Nikolai Schamov212.68SWE Kjell Sjöberg212.59FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen212.210SOV Yuri Samsonov210.1 Garmisch-Partenkirchen FRG Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1962FIS Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=887 Rank Name Points1FRG Georg Thoma225.52AUT Willi Egger221.73FRG Wolfgang Happle220.04FRG Max Bolkart216.45FIN Eino Kirjonen216.26SOV Nikolay Kamenskiy215.57FIN Niilo Halonen214.2SWE Inger Lindquist214.29FIN Veiko Kankkonen213.910SWE Holger Karlsson212.4 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 06 January 1962FIS Bischofshofen (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=888 In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking. Rank Name Points1AUT Willi Egger222.72GDR Helmut Recknagel220.33FRG Wolfgang Happle215.04GDR Dieter Bockeloh213.65GDR Peter Lesser212.86FRG Heini Ihle210.57SOV Koba Zakadze210.08NOR Oddvar Saga208.89POL Antoni Wieczorek208.510SOV Nikolai Schamov206.1 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points1FIN Eino Kirjonen1st4th5th12th865.12AUT Willi Egger52nd1st2nd1st853.43FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen4th9th12th14th843.24SOV Nikolai Schamov9th7th9th4th840.75POL Antoni Wieczorek13th5th26th9th839.46AUT Walter Habersatter23rd3rd17th18th833.47SOV Koba Zakadze7th2nd43rd7th833.08SWE Inger Lindquist10th13th7th24th832.59NOR Oddvar Saga3rd27th21st8th830.410FRG Max Bolkart42nd6th4th11th828.7 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1961 in ski jumping Category:1962 in ski jumping