1954–55 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:Germany, Austria
Dates:
Nations:6
Gold: Hemmo Silvennoinen
Silver: Eino Kirjonen
Bronze: Aulis Kallakorpi
Prev:1953-54
Next:1955-56

At the third edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, Hemmo Silvennoinen became the first ski jumper to win the tournament without winning any of the single events. He won ahead of two other Finns.

Participating nations and athletes

Defending champion Olaf Bjørnstad did not compete. The winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl did compete and ended up fourth overall, in spite of disappointing results on the German hills (15th and 12th).

The following athletes are on the FIS record, although it is likely incomplete.

Nation Athletes
Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Ewald Roscher
Sepp Bradl, Franz Gradwohl, Walter Haberstatter, Ernst Hohenegg, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Willi Lichtenegger, Karl Mair, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Gunder Gundersen, Kjell Knarvik, Asbjørn Moland, Torbjørn Ruste, Thorleif Schjelderup
Lars-Åke Bergseije, Toivo Lauren
Gottfried Bühler, Andreas Däscher, Hans Däscher

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1954[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Aulis Kallakorpi224.0
2 Eino Kirjonen220.0
Hemmo Silvennoinen220.0
4 Kjell Knarvik217.0
Torbjørn Ruste217.0
6 Toni Brutscher216.5
7 Sepp Hohenleitner216.0
8 Gunder Gundersen215.0
9 Max Bolkart213.5
10 Sepp Kleisl210.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1955[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Aulis Kallakorpi228.0
2 Eino Kirjonen220.5
3 Hemmo Silvennoinen218.5
4 Sepp Hohenleitner215.5
Kjell Knarvik215.5
6 Asbjørn Moland205.0
7 Franz Dengg203.5
8 Lars-Åke Bergseije199.0
9 Sepp Kleisl196.0
Alwin Plank196.0

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1954[3]

After two consecutive victories, Aulis Kallakorpi only finished twentieth in Innsbruck, falling back in the overall ranking. Winner Ruste, similarly, was missing a competitive result from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thus, Hemmo Silvennoinen took the overall lead, only 1.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen.

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Torbjørn Ruste225.0
2 Hemmo Silvennoinen222.0
3 Max Bolkart221.0
4 Eino Kirjonen218.5
5 Sepp Bradl212.0
6 Sepp Hohenleitner211.5
7 Alwin Plank210.5
8 Gunder Gundersen209.5
9 Toni Brutscher209.0
10 Toivo Lauren206.0

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1954[4]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Torbjørn Ruste224.5
2 Hemmo Silvennoinen217.5
3 Eino Kirjonen216.2
4 Sepp Bradl215.1
5 Franz Eder205.8
6 Aulis Kallakorpi205.1
7 Toivo Lauren204.2
8 Alwin Plank201.9
9 Kjell Knarvik200.8
10 Otto Leodolter199.0

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Hemmo Silvennoinen2nd3rd2nd2nd878.0
2 Eino Kirjonen2nd2nd4th3rd875.2
3 Aulis Kallakorpi1st1st20th6th851.1
4 Sepp Bradl15th12th5th4th830.1
5 Kjell Knarvik4th4th24th9th824.3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS. Oberstdorf (GER).
  2. Web site: FIS. Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER).
  3. Web site: FIS. Innsbruck (AUT).
  4. Web site: FIS. Bischofshofen (AUT).