1968–69 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall. Four Hills Tournament Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 1968 12 29 y – 1969 1 5 y 76 14 NOR Bjørn Wirkola Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač 1967-68 1969-70 Participating nations and athletes For the first time in seven years, no non-European nations participated. The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries. Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 5 (+5) Franz Bisle, Günther Göllner, Walter Lampe, Henrik Ohlmayr, Oswald SchinzeNational Group: Alfred Grosche, Friedhelm Klapproth, Ralph Pöhland, Sepp Schwinghammer, Alfred Winkler 11 (+3) Reinhold Bachler, Helmut Diess, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Ernst Kröll, Sepp Lichtenegger, Franz Salhofer, Willi Schuster, Erich Schwabl, Walter Schwabl, Janko ZwitterNational Group: Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Ernst Wimmer Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, Zbyněk Hubač, Karel Kodejška, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, František Rydval 7 Bernd Karwofski, Horst Queck, Manfred Queck, Heinz Schmidt, Rainer Schmidt, Wilfried Schüller, Clemens Walter 3 Keijo Leiho, Topi Mattila, Juhani Ruotsalainen 4 Jannie Arnould, Nicolas Gaide, Alain Macle, Gilbert Poirot 3 László Gellér, Mihály Gellér, János Taffener 3 Giacomo Aimoni, Albino Bazana, Mario Ceccon 3 Lars Grini, Knut Kongsgård, Jan Olaf Roaldset, Bent Tomtum, Bjørn Wirkola 2 Andrej Sztolf, Ryszard Witke SOV Soviet Union 5 Vladimir Belousov, Aleksandr Ivannikov, Gariy Napalkov, Wiezeslav Zerbakov, Anatoliy Zheglanov 3 Torbjörn Hedberg, Thord Karlsson, Olle Martinsson 4 Richard Pfiffner, Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, Urs Schönl, Sepp Zehnder 6 Vinko Bogataj, Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Peter Štefančič, Ludvik Zajc Results Oberstdorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 29 December 1968FIS Oberstdorf (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=913 Rank Name Points1NOR Bjørn Wirkola218.72Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška215.73Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš210.54GDR Heinz Schmidt210.15GDR Manfred Queck209.96Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl205.47Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila199.98SOV Vladimir Belousov199.79AUT Reinhold Bachler199.3YUG Ludvik Zajc199.3 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1969FIS Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=914 Rank Name Points1NOR Bjørn Wirkola241.22SOV Anatoliy Zheglanov235.43Czechoslovakia František Rydval233.84SOV Vladimir Belousov233.65GDR Heinz Schmidt232.36Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač228.47Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila226.58SOV Gariy Napalkov222.19GDR Horst Queck221.810NOR Lars Grini221.2 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 December 1969FIS Innsbruck (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=915 Rank Name Points1NOR Bjørn Wirkola236.32Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška235.53SOV Anatoliy Zheglanov225.94NOR Lars Grini222.65Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač219.96Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl214.17Czechoslovakia František Rydval212.48GDR Horst Queck212.29SOV Gariy Napalkov210.810GDR Heinz Schmidt209.7 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 5 January 1969FIS Bischofshofen (AUT) https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=916 Rank Name Points1Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška234.72NOR Bjørn Wirkola228.33NOR Lars Grini222.64SOV Anatoliy Zheglanov219.25Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač218.86SOV Wiezeslav Zerbakov211.47Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila211.08Czechoslovakia František Rydval209.99SOV Vladimir Belousov208.110NOR Bent Tomtum207.0 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1NOR Bjørn Wirkola1st1st1st2nd924.52Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška2nd21st2nd1st900.53Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač11th6th5th5th866.04SOV Anatoliy Zheglanov23rd2nd3rd4th862.05Czechoslovakia František Rydval14th3rd7th8th848.26SOV Vladimir Belousov8th4th19th9th839.37Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl6th15th6th14th838.38GDR Heinz Schmidt4th5th10th30th830.89NOR Lars Grini59th10th4th3rd812.510Czechoslovakia Ladislav Divila7th7th41st7th810.8 References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Category:1968 in ski jumping Category:1969 in ski jumping