1976–77 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament, Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events. Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze West Germany, Austria 1976 12 30 y – 1977 1 6 y 74 14 GDR Jochen Danneberg SUI Walter Steiner GDR Henry Glaß 1975–76 1977–78 Participating nations and athletes Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 8 Alfred Grosche, Dirk Kramer, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Manfred Runge, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch 13 Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Rupert Gürtler, Walter Habersatter jr., Toni Innauer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 Jaroslav Balcar, Zdeněk Janouch, František Novák, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Thomas Meisinger, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog 4 P. Hyvävinen, Pentti Kokkonen, Tapio Räisänen, Jouko Törmänen 3 Leo De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher JPN 1870 Japan 3 Takao Itō, Yūji Kawamura, Manabu Ono 4 Per Bergerud, Bjarne Næs, Roger Ruud, Johan Sætre 3 Stanisław Bobak, Henryk Tajner, Janusz Waluś SOV Soviet Union 5 Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Leonid Komarov, Sergey Saychik 3 Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Seppo Reijonen 6 Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi, Jean Luc Ungricht, Ernst von Grünigen 4 Jim Denney, Jim Maki, Chris McNeill, Ron Steele 4 Jože Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Janez Loštrek, Bogdan Norčič Results Oberstdorf FRG Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1976FIS Oberstdorf (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=945 Rank Name Points1AUT Toni Innauer255.62GDR Jochen Danneberg253.73SUI Walter Steiner252.34GDR Harald Duschek248.25GDR Henry Glaß239.46AUT Alois Lipburger236.67FIN Jouko Törmänen235.38Czechoslovakia František Novák232.59AUT Reinhold Bachler230.910NOR Johan Sætre229.8 Garmisch-Partenkirchen FRG Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1977FIS Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=946 Rank Name Points1GDR Jochen Danneberg235.22AUT Toni Innauer222.33GDR Harald Duschek220.14GDR Henry Glaß219.35NOR Johan Sætre213.56SUI Walter Steiner212.77AUT Alois Lipburger211.98AUT Alfred Pungg209.49GDR Jürgen Thomas208.610GDR Martin Weber208.3 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1977FIS Innsbruck (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=948 Rank Name Points1GDR Henry Glaß233.62SUI Walter Steiner226.33AUT Toni Innauer217.34AUT Karl Schnabl216.45AUT Reinhold Bachler216.16GDR Jochen Danneberg213.97SOV Yury Ivanov213.58AUT Alfred Pungg210.49Czechoslovakia Ján Tánczos207.910GDR Thomas Meisinger203.5 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1977FIS Bischofshofen (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=947 After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg. Rank Name Points1SUI Walter Steiner220.42AUT Karl Schnabl217.03GDR Jochen Danneberg215.74GDR Thomas Meisinger211.65AUT Klaus Tuchscherer207.56GDR Harald Duschek204.47NOR Per Bergerud200.28GDR Henry Glaß200.19GDR Martin Weber198.110AUT Hans Millonig196.1 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1GDR Jochen Danneberg2nd1st6th3rd918.52SUI Walter Steiner3rd6th2nd1st911.73GDR Henry Glaß5th4th1st8th892.44AUT Toni Innauer1st2nd3rd19th876.05GDR Harald Duschek4th3rd11th6th875.86GDR Thomas Meisinger12th11th10th4th845.77AUT Karl Schnabl29th21st4th2nd844.78AUT Reinhold Bachler9th14th5th25th828.89AUT Alfred Pungg16th8th8th14th827.110GDR Martin Weber21st10th17th9th818.7 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1976 in ski jumping Category:1977 in ski jumping