1955–56 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:Germany, Austria
Dates:
Nations:11
Gold: Nikolay Kamenskiy
Silver: Sepp Bradl
Bronze: Rudolf Schweinberger
Prev:1954-55
Next:1956-57

The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

Participating nations and athletes

The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

Nation Athletes
Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler
Sepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
Jacques Charland
Jáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut
Helmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser
Karl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Olaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik
Soviet UnionViktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
Christer Karlsson
Rudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen
Janez Polda

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1955[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Aulis Kallakorpi224.0
Eino Kirjonen224.0
3 Harry Glaß219.0
4 Max Bolkart216.0
5 Toni Brutscher209.5
Werner Lesser209.5
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy209.0
8 Sverre Stallvik208.5
9 Sepp Kleisl205.0
10 Sepp Bradl204.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1956[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Hemmo Silvennoinen221.5
2 Eino Kirjonen219.5
3 Harry Glaß218.8
4 Nikolay Kamenskiy217.0
5 Asbjørn Osnes216.5
6 Aulis Kallakorpi216.0
7 Max Bolkart213.0
Nikolai Schamov213.0
9 Sepp Weiler211.5
10 Sepp Bradl208.5
Georg Thoma208.5
Sepp Kleisl208.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1956[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Koba Zakadze220.0
Harry Glaß220.0
3 Max Bolkart213.5
4 Nikolai Schamov210.0
Janez Polda210.0
6 Nikolay Kamenskiy209.5
7 Georg Thoma207.5
8 Sepp Kleisl204.5
9 Werner Lesser203.0
10 Rudolf Schweinberger202.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1956[4]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Yuri Skofzov218.5
2 Mojmír Stuchlík215.0
Rudolf Schweinberger215.0
4 Nikolay Kamenskiy214.5
5 Sepp Bradl213.0
6 Nikolai Schamov212.5
7 Jáchym Bulín210.5
8 Franz Eder209.0
Horst Lesser209.0
10 Zdeněk Remsa208.5

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Nikolay Kamenskiy7th4th6th4th850.0
2 Sepp Bradl10th10th12th5th827.5
3 Rudolf Schweinberger15th15th10th2nd818.5

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).