1962–63 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 1962 12 28 y – 1963 1 6 y 77 14 NOR Toralf Engan NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth GER Max Bolkart 1961-62 1963-64 At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier. Participating nations and athletes The athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons. Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 11 Max Bolkart, Günther Göllner, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Bernd Moderegger, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler 17 Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Helmut Rauter, Herbert Schiffner, Willi Schuster, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška, Wladimir Tajner 7 Dieter Bockeloh, Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm 3 Niilo Halonen, Juhani Kärkinen, Pekka Yli-Niemi 4 László Csávás, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár 3 Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo 4 Torgeir Brandtzæg, Jan Petter Devor, Toralf Engan, Torbjørn Yggeseth 5 Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Jan Pezda, Andrzej Sztolf SOV Soviet Union 4 Aleksandr Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze 3 Bengt Eriksson, Olle Martinsson, Rolf Strandberg 3 Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Heribert Schmid 5 John Balfanz, John Bower, Roger Dion, Paul Johnson, Ralph Semb 4 Božo Jemc, Andrej Nahtigal, Miro Oman, Ludvik Zajc Results Oberstdorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 28 December 1962FIS Oberstdorf (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=889 Rank Name Points1NOR Toralf Engan214.22GER Max Bolkart199.33NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth194.84GER Heini Ihle193.65AUT Willi Egger191.66GER Georg Thoma185.37USA John Balfanz182.78NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg182.39FIN Niilo Halonen181.310AUT Sepp Lichtenegger180.5FIN Juhani Kärkinen180.5 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1962FIS Innsbruck (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=890 Rank Name Points1NOR Toralf Engan231.22GDR Helmut Recknagel215.73GER Georg Thoma215.34NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg214.95GDR Kurt Schramm212.16USA John Balfanz211.17NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth210.18GER Max Bolkart208.89GER Heini Ihle206.810SOV Aleksandr Ivannikov205.4 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1963FIS Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=894 Rank Name Points1NOR Toralf Engan229.92GER Georg Thoma217.33GER Max Bolkart216.94FIN Niilo Halonen211.45USA John Balfanz209.96NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth209.87FIN Pekka Yli-Niemi207.48POL Antoni Łaciak206.59Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek204.410NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg204.0 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1963FIS Bischofshofen (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=895 After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking. Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory. John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event. Rank Name Points1NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth205.02NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg199.53USA John Balfanz197.54NOR Toralf Engan195.45GER Max Bolkart191.86AUT Baldur Preiml188.47AUT Willi Egger186.88ITA Giacomo Aimoni186.69AUT Max Golser185.610GER Helmut Kurz184.6 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points1NOR Toralf Engan1st1st1st4th870.72NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth3rd7th6th1st819.73GER Max Bolkart2nd8th3rd5th816.84USA John Balfanz7th6th5th3rd801.25NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg8th4th10th2nd800.76GER Georg Thoma6th3rd2nd15th797.37POL Antoni Łaciak13th19th8th13th759.98AUT Willi Egger5th23rd19th7th758.49FIN Pekka Yli-Niemi25th12th7th26th747.010Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš15th20th12th18th742.3 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1962 in ski jumping Category:1963 in ski jumping