2001–02 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament 2001-02 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 2001 12 29 y – 2002 1 6 y 108 23 GER Sven Hannawald FIN Matti Hautamäki AUT Martin Höllwarth 2000–01 2002–03 The 50th edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament marked the first time an athlete won all four events of the tournament. In the past, fifteen times a ski jumper won three out of four events, but never the 'Grand Slam'. Sven Hannawald's feat would not be repeated until 2017-18 by Kamil Stoch. 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, nine out of twenty-eight World Cup events were already held. Title holder Adam Małysz had won six of them, a fourth place being his worst finish of the season so far. Thus, he went into the tournament as favourite. The standings were as follows:FIS "ruhrgas" FIS World Cup Ski-Jumping 2001/2002 World Cup Standing 2001 http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2002/JP/3172/3172WC.pdf Rank Name Points 1. POL Adam Małysz 810 2. GER Sven Hannawald 399 3. GER Stephan Hocke 356 4. AUT Martin Höllwarth 317 5. FIN Matti Hautamäki 311 6. GER Martin Schmitt 297 7. AUT Andreas Widhölzl 278 8. JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki 268 9. AUT Andreas Goldberger 265 10. FIN Risto Jussilainen 259 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 Adam Małysz. Six other competitors had also previously won the Four Hills tournament: Toni Nieminen in 1991-92, Andreas Goldberger in 1992-93 and 1994–95, Primož Peterka in 1996-97, Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1997-98, Janne Ahonen in 1998-99 and Andreas Widhölzl in 1999-00. The following athletes were nominated: Nation Starting Spots Number of Athletes Athletes 8+10 18 Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Martin Schmitt, Christof Duffner, Alexander Herr, Michael Uhrmann, Georg Spaeth, Dirk ElseNational Group: Frank Löffler, Jörg Ritzerfeld, Hansjörg Jäkle, Kai Bracht, Michael Neumayer, Roland Audenrieth, Maximilian Mechler, Michael Möllinger, Stefan Pieper, Leif Frey 8+10 18 Martin Höllwarth, Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Goldberger, Martin Koch, Stefan Horngacher, Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Stefan Thurnbichler (Garmisch-Partenkirchen onward)National Group: Markus Eigentler, Christian Nagiller, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Stefan Kaiser, Bernhard Metzler, Bastian Kaltenböck, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Hörl, Gerhard Hofer, Balthasar Schneider 1 1 Georgi Zharkov 4 6 Jakub Janda, Michal Doležal, Jaroslav Sakala (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Jakub Jiroutek (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Jan Matura (Innsbruck onward), Jiří Parma (Innsbruck onward) 2 2 Jaan Jüris, Jouko Hein 8 8 Matti Hautamäki, Risto Jussilainen, Veli-Matti Lindström, Jussi Hautamäki, Toni Nieminen, Tami Kiuru, Janne Ahonen, Janne Ylijärvi 3 3 Nicolas Dessum, Emmanuel Chedal, Rémi Santiago 1 1 Kakhaber Tsakadze 1 1 Roberto Cecon 8 8 Kazuyoshi Funaki, Noriaki Kasai, Hideharu Miyahira, Masahiko Harada, Kazuya Yoshioka, Hiroki Yamada, Yasuhiro Shibata (Bischofshofen only), Teppei Takano (Bischofshofen only) 4 4 Stanislav Filimonov, Pawel Gaiduk, Maxim Polunin, Alexander Korobov (Innsbruck onward) 1 1 Dmitry Chvykov 1 1 Ingemar Mayr 5 5 Roar Ljøkelsøy, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Anders Bardal, Olav Magne Dønnem, Henning Stensrud 5 5 Adam Małysz, Robert Mateja, Tomasz Pochwała, Tomisław Tajner, Wojciech Skupień 4 5 Valery Kobelev, Ildar Fatchullin, Anton Kalinitschenko, Alexander Belov 3 3 Martin Mesík, Dušan Oršula, Jan Zelencik (Oberstorf only) 6 6 Peter Žonta, Damjan Fras, Primož Peterka, Igor Medved, Robert Kranjec, Blaž Vrhovnik (Innsbruck onward) 4 4 Kim Hyun-ki, Kang Chil-ku, Choi Yong-jik, Choi Heung-chul(all until Innsbruck) 2 2 Kristoffer Jåfs, Johan Munters 4 4 Simon Ammann, Andreas Küttel, Sylvain Freiholz, Marco Steinauer (until Innsbruck) 1 1 Glynn Pedersen 2 2 Alan Alborn, Clint Jones Results Oberstorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 29-30 December 2001 Qualification winner: AUT Andreas Widhölzl Rank Name Points1GER Sven Hannawald260.22AUT Martin Höllwarth252.23SUI Simon Ammann248.74FIN Matti Hautamäki248.15POL Adam Małysz245.16AUT Andreas Widhölzl239.77FIN Risto Jussilainen239.38RUS Ildar Fatchullin237.39GER Georg Spaeth232.710AUT Andreas Goldberger232.4 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 December 2001 - 1 January 2002 Qualification winner: AUT Andreas Widhölzl Rank Name Points1GER Sven Hannawald264.52AUT Andreas Widhölzl262.83POL Adam Małysz259.74JPN Hiroki Yamada259.15SUI Simon Ammann253.96FIN Matti Hautamäki252.07AUT Martin Höllwarth245.38GER Martin Schmitt243.3RUS Valery Kobelev243.310AUT Martin Koch241.5 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 03-4 January 2002 With a comfortable lead from the first half of the tournament already to his name, Sven Hannawald won by over 20 points in Innsbruck, all but securing him the title. In the event's first round, Hannawald beat his direct duel opponent Martin Höllwarth by eight meters - Höllwarth's jump was still the second best of the entire round. Qualification winner: AUT Martin Höllwarth Rank Name Points1GER Sven Hannawald270.02POL Adam Małysz247.03AUT Martin Höllwarth244.14FIN Matti Hautamäki240.55GER Martin Schmitt238.36AUT Andreas Widhölzl237.97RUS Valery Kobelev234.98SLO Robert Kranjec234.09GER Stephan Hocke228.310JPN Hideharu Miyahira227.9 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 05-6 January 2002 With Hannawald's large lead after three events, the only hope for his rivals was a failure to proceed to the event's final round. Instead, the German yet again displayed the event's best jump in the first round and did not only secure tournament victory, but became the first athlete in the 50 years of Four Hills history to win all four events. Qualification winner: FIN Matti Hautamäki Rank Name Points1GER Sven Hannawald282.92FIN Matti Hautamäki280.43AUT Martin Höllwarth274.24SLO Robert Kranjec266.85GER Martin Schmitt256.66USA Alan Alborn256.27ITA Roberto Cecon247.88SLO Peter Žonta247.69POL Adam Małysz241.010AUT Andreas Goldberger240.9 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1GER Sven Hannawald1st1st1st1st1077.62FIN Matti Hautamäki4th6th4th2nd1021.03AUT Martin Höllwarth2nd7th3rd3rd1015.84POL Adam Małysz5th3rd2nd9th992.85AUT Andreas Widhölzl6th2nd6th12th980.46SUI Simon Ammann3rd5th11th15th961.47GER Martin Schmitt19th8th5th5th957.58FIN Risto Jussilainen7th20th15th13th923.69AUT Andreas Goldberger10th22nd17th10th918.510GER Stephan Hocke21st11th9th17th914.8 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, 2001-02 Four Hills Tournament, 2001-02 Four Hills Tournament, 2001-02 Four Hills Tournament, 2001-2002 Four Hills Tournament, 2001-2002 Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament