1977–78 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition The 26th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper Kari Ylianttila. In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion Jochen Danneberg, was the overall leader after his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but didn't compete at the events in Austria. Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze West Germany, Austria 1977 12 30 y – 1978 1 6 y 83 15 FIN Kari Ylianttila GDR Matthias Buse GDR Martin Weber 1976–77 1978–79 Participating nations and athletes Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 7 Hans-Jürgen Eschrich, Wolfgang Hahn, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Christoph Schwarz, Hubert Schwarz, Peter Schwinghammer 15 Gebhard Aberer, Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, Rupert Gürtler, Armin Kogler, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner BUL 1971 Bulgaria 3 Vladimir Breitchev, Petar Dimitrov, Bojan Stoikov Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 Ivo Felix, Josef Hýsek, František Novák, Josef Rusko, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila 2 Patric Dubiez, Eric Fourrier 3 Ermes De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher JPN 1870 Japan 2 Yūji Kawamura, Sakae Tsuruga 6 Per Bergerud, Stein Glømmi, Rune Hauge, Per Steinar Nordlien, Johan Sætre, Jens Unosen 2 Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Józef Tajner SOV Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Vladimir Bubjonov, Vladimir Chernyaev, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik 7 Oliver Favre, Georges Jaquier, Robert Mösching, Harald Reichenbach, Mario Rinaldi, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi 5 Jeff Davis, Jeff Denney, Jim Denney, John Denney, Kip Sundgaard 5 Zdravko Bogataj, Andrej Kaizer, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Ivo Zupan Results Oberstdorf FRG Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1977FIS Oberstdorf (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=949 Rank Name Points1GDR Matthias Buse118.22GDR Martin Weber110.13FIN Kari Ylianttila109.34GDR Bernd Eckstein105.75FRG Peter Leitner105.16GDR Jochen Danneberg104.77SUI Walter Steiner101.38GDR Henry Glaß94.89JPN 1870 Sakae Tsuruga92.310NOR Per Bergerud91.9 Garmisch-Partenkirchen FRG Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1978FIS Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=950 Rank Name Points1GDR Jochen Danneberg235.62FIN Kari Ylianttila222.23GDR Henry Glaß219.64GDR Falko Weißpflog218.35Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda213.06GDR Matthias Buse212.07GDR Bernd Eckstein209.08FRG Peter Leitner208.69SUI Walter Steiner207.510GDR Jürgen Thomas204.8 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1978FIS Innsbruck (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=951 Rank Name Points1NOR Per Bergerud247.12FIN Kari Ylianttila239.13FIN Jouko Törmänen231.24GDR Falko Weißpflog229.25AUT Klaus Tuchscherer227.36GDR Matthias Buse223.37FIN Jari Puikkonen219.08GDR Martin Weber218.59GDR Bernd Eckstein207.910GDR Henry Glaß203.5 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1978FIS Bischofshofen (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=952 Rank Name Points1FIN Kari Ylianttila242.32SUI Walter Steiner229.03GDR Henry Glaß227.94GDR Martin Weber227.55GDR Falko Weißpflog221.16GDR Bernd Eckstein220.87GDR Matthias Buse219.78NOR Per Bergerud218.99GDR Harald Duschek217.210FIN Jouko Törmänen209.7 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1FIN Kari Ylianttila3rd2nd2nd1st812.92GDR Matthias Buse1st6th6th7th773.23GDR Martin Weber2nd11th8th4th760.44GDR Henry Glaß8th3rd10th3rd760.25GDR Falko Weißpflog14th4th4th5th757.46GDR Bernd Eckstein4th7th9th6th753.67NOR Per Bergerud10th22nd1st8th749.78SUI Walter Steiner7th9th24th2nd734.49FIN Jouko Törmänen16th15th3rd10th727.810GDR Harald Duschek11th18th11th9th718.8 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1977 in ski jumping Category:1978 in ski jumping