1953 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Große Olympiaschanze, Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 1953 1 1 y – 1953 1 11 y 6 AUT Sepp Bradl NOR Halvor Næs NOR Asgeir Dølplads 1953–54 The inaugural Four Hills tournament was held in January 1953. It was in planning since 1949, but in the post-war years German athletes were not allowed to compete internationally. The organizers were German and Austrian ski jumpers who knew each other from competing together for Germany under the Nazi regime At the time, ski jumping was an amateur sport and the winners were given material prizes like portable radios or cooking pots.WDR 1. Januar 1953 – Die erste Vier-Schanzen-Tournee startet 2013 https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag7178.html German The first competition was held on New Year's Day, making it the only Four Hills tournament that did not start in December, although the New Year's Day competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen would eventually become traditional. Participating nations and athletes Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 14 Hermann Anwander, Friedl Brandner, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Toni Eisgruber, Robert Engel, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Sepp Hohenleitner, Hans Karg, Heini Klopfer, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler 8 Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Alwin Plank, Fritz Rüpp, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser 3 Asgeir Dølplads, Erling Kroken, Halvor Næs 4 Harry Bergquist, Karl Holmström, Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson 1 Fritz Schneider 3 Karel Klančnik, Janez Polda, Jože Zidar Results Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1953 Rank Name Points1NOR Asgeir Dølplads221.52AUT Sepp Bradl220.53GER Toni Brutscher219.54NOR Halvor Næs218.55SWE Toivo Lauren215.06GER Sepp Weiler212.57GER Sepp Hohenleitner209.58NOR Erling Kroken209.09AUT Walter Steinegger204.510GER Franz Dengg198.0 Oberstorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 4 January 1953 Rank Name Points1NOR Erling Kroken217.02AUT Sepp Bradl215.53NOR Asgeir Dølplads215.04NOR Halvor Næs214.55SWE Karl Holmström213.0GER Sepp Weiler213.07GER Toni Brutscher212.08SWE Toivo Lauren211.59GER Franz Eder210.0GER Sepp Hohenleitner210.0AUT Walter Steinegger210.0 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 6 January 1953 Rank Name Points1AUT Sepp Bradl224.02NOR Asgeir Dølplads223.03SWE Harry Bergquist219.04NOR Halvor Næs216.55GER Sepp Hohenleitner215.06SWE Karl Holmström213.57GER Toni Brutscher212.08YUG Janez Polda211.59SWE Toivo Lauren209.510SUI Fritz Schneider209.0GER Sepp Weiler209.0 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 11 January 1953 Before the last event, Sepp Bradl was leading the tournament ranking by only half a point ahead of Asgeir Dølplads, who in turn had a ten-point lead to fellow Norwegian Halvor Næs. In the competition however, it was Næs rather than Dølplads who put Bradl's tournament victory in danger. Winning the Bischofshofen event clearly, he reduced the distance to Bradl from 10.5 to 1.1 points but ultimately could not prevent him from becoming the first Four Hills winner. Rank Name Points1NOR Halvor Næs228.02AUT Sepp Bradl218.63SWE Harry Bergquist216.44GER Franz Eder210.75GER Sepp Weiler209.46SWE Karl Holmström208.67NOR Asgeir Dølplads208.38SWE Toivo Lauren207.99NOR Erling Kroken205.310YUG Janez Polda204.3 Final ranking Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1AUT Sepp Bradl2nd2nd1st2nd878.62NOR Halvor Næs4th4th4th1st877.53NOR Asgeir Dølplads1st3rd2nd7th867.54GER Toni Brutscher3rd7th7th12th847.05SWE Toivo Lauren5th8th9th8th843.9GER Sepp Weiler6th5th11th5th843.97GER Sepp Hohenleitner7th9th5th14th827.78AUT Walter Steinegger9th9th13th11th822.99SWE Karl Holmström17th5th6th6th813.610NOR Erling Kroken8th1stN/A9th631.3 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1953 in ski jumping