2002–03 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament 2002-03 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 2002 12 28 y – 2003 1 6 y 110 20 FIN Janne Ahonen GER Sven Hannawald POL Adam Małysz 2001–02 2003–04 The 51st 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. The defending champion was Sven Hannawald. After being the first ski jumper to win on all four hills in the previous year, he also won the first event of 2003-04. This fifth consecutive victory at a Four Hills tournament equalized a record set by Helmut Recknagel in the late 1950s. Kamil Stoch achieved the same feat in 2018. The tournament victor was Janne Ahonen, who had already won the tournament four years prior. Ahonen would continue to win it three more times, becoming the most successful athlete of the Four Hills tournament. 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 already held. The standings were as follows:FIS "e.on ruhrgas" FIS World Cup Ski-Jumping 2002/2003 World Cup Standings 2002 http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3142/3142WC.pdf Rank Name Points 1. AUT Martin Höllwarth 469 2. FIN Janne Ahonen 427 3. AUT Andreas Widhölzl 405 4. NOR Sigurd Pettersen 396 5. POL Adam Małysz 381 6. GER Michael Uhrmann 320 7. AUT Andreas Goldberger 279 8. SLO Primož Peterka 278 9. GER Sven Hannawald 224 10. AUT Andreas Kofler 220 SLO Peter Žonta 220 Participating nations and athletes The number of jumpers a nation was allowed to nominate was dependent on previous results. At each event, a 'national group' of ten jumpers from the host country was added. The defending champion was Sven Hannawald. 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, Janne Ahonen in 1998-99, Andreas Widhölzl in 1999-00 and Adam Małysz in 2000-01. The following athletes were nominated: Nation Starting Spots Number of Athletes Athletes 8+10 19 Michael Uhrmann, Sven Hannawald, Georg Spaeth, Martin Schmitt, Christof Duffner, Stefan Pieper, Maximilian Mechler, Michael Neumayer (not in Innsbruck), Stephan Hocke (until Innsbruck)National Group: Alexander Herr, Jörg Ritzerfeld, Kai Bracht, Michael Möllinger, Dirk Else, Ferdinand Bader, Frank Ludwig, Daniel Klausmann, Frank Reichel (Oberstdorf only), Roland Audenrieth (Garmisch-Partenkirchen only) 8 + 10 20 Martin Höllwarth, Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Goldberger, Andreas Kofler, Florian Liegl, Mathias Hafele, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Koch (until Innsbruck)National Group: Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Wolfgang Loitzl, Stefan Thurnbichler, Christian Nagiller, Bastian Kaltenböck, Balthasar Schneider, Bernhard Metzler, Stefan Kaiser, Manuel Fettner, Markus Eigentler (Innsbruck only), Stefan Becker (Bischofshofen only), Michael Nagiller (Bischofshofen only) 1 1 Georgi Zharkov 3 4 Jakub Janda, Jan Matura, Lukáš Hlava (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Jiří Parma (Innsbruck onward) 3 3 Jens Salumäe, Jaan Jüris (not Innsbruck), Jouko Hein (Garmisch-Partenkirchen only) 8 8 Janne Ahonen, Arttu Lappi, Matti Hautamäki, Tami Kiuru, Akseli Kokkonen, Veli-Matti Lindström, Jussi Hautamäki, Risto Jussilainen 3 3 Nicolas Dessum (Innsbruck onward, Emmanuel Chedal (Innsbruck onward, Maxime Remy (Innsbruck only) 3 3 Roberto Cecon, Alessio Bolgnani, Giancarlo Adami 5 5 Noriaki Kasai, Kazuyoshi Funaki, Hideharu Miyahira, Hiroki Yamada, Kazuya Yoshioka 3 3 Pawel Gaiduk, Stanislav Filimonov, Maxim Polunin 2 2 Ingemar Mayr, Christoph Kreuzer (Innsbruck onward) 8 8 Sigurd Pettersen, Roar Ljøkelsøy, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Kim-Roar Hansen, Henning Stensrud, Lars Bystøl, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Anders Bardal 4 5 Adam Małysz, Marcin Bachleda, Tomasz Pochwała, Tomisław Tajner (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Robert Mateja (Bischofshofen only) 4 5 Valery Kobelev, Ildar Fatchullin, Ilya Rosliakov, Alexei Silaev (until Innsbruck), Dmitri Vassiliev (Bischofshofen only) 2 2 Martin Mesík, Dušan Oršula 6 6 Primož Peterka, Peter Žonta, Damjan Fras, Robert Kranjec, Igor Medved, Rok Benkovič (Innsbruck onward) 4 4 Kim Hyun-ki, Kang Chil-ku, Choi Yong-jik (until Innsbruck), Choi Heung-chul (until Innsbruck) 2 2 Kristoffer Jåfs, Isak Grimholm 4 4 Simon Ammann, Andreas Küttel, Marco Steinauer (until Innsbruck), Sylvain Freiholz (Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck) 3 3 Alan Alborn, Clint Jones (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Tommy Schwall (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Results Oberstorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 28-29 December 2002 Qualification winner: NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy Rank Name Points1GER Sven Hannawald263.12AUT Martin Höllwarth257.73FIN Janne Ahonen257.54GER Martin Schmitt252.55AUT Andreas Kofler245.16NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy243.67SLO Primož Peterka239.78SLO Peter Žonta239.09AUT Thomas Morgenstern237.410AUT Florian Liegl236.8 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 December 2002 - 1 January 2003 The second event saw three former tournament winners on the podium, two of which have not even placed in the Top Ten in Oberstorf. The first event's winner Sven Hannawald on the other hand, only placed 12th (235.1p). Qualification winner: AUT Thomas Morgenstern Rank Name Points1SLO Primož Peterka264.62AUT Andreas Goldberger261.1POL Adam Małysz261.14NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy256.15FIN Janne Ahonen255.66SUI Simon Ammann247.97JPN Hideharu Miyahira245.98AUT Andreas Kofler245.59AUT Andreas Widhölzl239.810AUT Martin Höllwarth236.9 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 03-4 January 2003 The jumbled results of the first two events saw Janne Ahonen in the lead after the tournament's first half. With a clear victory in Innsbruck, the Finn increased his lead in the overall ranking to 26.7 points. Again, the winner of the previous event could not be found in the Top Ten. Peterka placed 15th (198.1p). Qualification winner: AUT Stefan Thurnbichler Rank Name Points1FIN Janne Ahonen227.52AUT Florian Liegl218.73AUT Martin Höllwarth216.64GER Sven Hannawald215.75AUT Andreas Widhölzl214.46POL Adam Małysz211.97NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy210.68AUT Andreas Goldberger208.49GER Martin Schmitt206.910AUT Andreas Kofler204.6 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 2003 Due to bad weather, the qualification was postponed to January 6, and instead of Sudden Death match-ups in the first round, the usual World Cup format was used. The surprise winner was 21-year-old Bjørn Einar Romøren, whose best position during the tournament so far had been a 15th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was his first World Cup victory. Janne Ahonen performed two solid jumps and his comfortable lead in the overall ranking was not in danger. Qualification winner: AUT Thomas Morgenstern Rank Name Points1NOR Bjørn Einar Romøren263.12GER Sven Hannawald262.4AUT Andreas Kofler262.44FIN Janne Ahonen259.35NOR Sigurd Pettersen257.06AUT Thomas Morgenstern255.57POL Adam Małysz253.08SLO Primož Peterka252.39AUT Florian Liegl250.510ITA Roberto Cecon248.1 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1FIN Janne Ahonen3rd5th1st4th999.92GER Sven Hannawald1st12th4th2nd976.33POL Adam Małysz13th2nd6th7th959.74AUT Andreas Kofler5th8th10th2nd957.65SLO Primož Peterka7th1st15th8th954.76NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy6th4th7th15th949.37AUT Martin Höllwarth2nd10th3rd16th945.68AUT Florian Liegl10th17th2nd9th934.29AUT Andreas Goldberger14th2nd8th22nd923.010AUT Thomas Morgenstern9th25th12th6th912.8 The winner of Bischofshofen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, had failed to proceed to the second round of Oberstorf and only placed 19th overall (801.4p). References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2002-03 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2002-03 Four Hills Tournament, 2002-03 Four Hills Tournament, 2002-03 Four Hills Tournament, 2002-03 Four Hills Tournament, 2002-2003 Four Hills Tournament, 2002-2003 Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament