1957–58 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:Germany, Austria
Dates:
Nations:11
Gold: Helmut Recknagel
Silver: Nikolai Schamov
Bronze: Nikolay Kamenskiy
Prev:1956-57
Next:1958-59

The sixth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by East German athlete Helmut Recknagel, who won on both Austrian hills. It was his first of three tournament victories within four years.

Participating nations and athletes

Nation Athletes
Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Leopold Bartenschlager, Helmut Bleier, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Bernd Drexl, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Otto Herz, Toni Hörterer, Hans Kießling, Sepp Kleisl, Helmut Kurz, Toni Landenhammer, Klaus Lechler, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Konrad Simerl, Georg Thoma, Hias Winkler, Heinrich Zapf
Willi Egger, Klaus Fichtner, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ferdi Kerber, Andi Krallinger, Ernst Kröll, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Peter Müller, Alwin Plank, Fredi Schirmer, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner, Ernst Wilhelm, Karl Wilhelm
Jaques Charland, Claude Dupuis
Jáchym Bulín, František Felix, Jaromír Novlud, Zdeněk Remsa
Adolf Baldauf, Manfred Brunner, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Werner Lesser, Manfred Münch, Sigmund Papst, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
Luigi Pennaccio, Nilo Zandanell
Daniel Gasienica, Józef Huczek, Władysław Tajner
Soviet UnionRudolf Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Vallary Kandratjew, Boris Nikolajev, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze
Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Folke Mikaelsson, Erik Styf
X. Giovannelli, Francis Perret
Jože Demšar, Mato Krznačić, Jože Langus, Jože Zidar

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1957[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Nikolay Kamenskiy227.5
2 Helmut Recknagel222.0
3 Walter Habersatter216.5
Walter Steinegger216.5
5 Werner Lesser215.5
6 Jáchym Bulín211.5
7 Nikolai Schamov210.5
8 Rudolf Bykov210.0
9 Otto Leodolter209.5
10 Folke Mikaelsson207.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1958[2]

Two jumpers who placed on the podium of Oberstdorf only three days prior placed poorly in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, falling back in the overall ranking: Helmut Recknagel finished 35th (189.1p), Walter Habersatter 42nd (183.6p).

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Willi Egger226.6
2 Nikolai Schamov223.2
3 Werner Lesser215.4
4 Walter Steinegger214.4
5 Boris Nikolajev211.8
6 Max Bolkart210.1
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy209.3
8 Rudolf Bykov208.2
9 Jáchym Bulín205.9
10 Hugo Fuchs205.7

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
5 January 1958[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Helmut Recknagel226.5
2 Nikolay Kamenskiy216.5
3 Walter Habersatter216.0
4 Otto Leodolter215.5
5 Harry Glaß215.0
6 Max Bolkart214.0
7 Rudolf Bykov213.0
Werner Lesser213.0
9 Nikolai Schamov211.0
10 Walter Steinegger207.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1958[4]

Leading 8.6 points ahead of Schamov, Nikolay Kamenskiy was in a promising position to become the first ski jumper to win the Four Hills Tournament twice after his success two years prior.

However, Kamenskiy classified in a disappointing 18th place. Helmut Recknagel, who was only fifth in the overall ranking prior to Bischofshofen, won the event and snatched tournament victory.

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Helmut Recknagel227.5
2 Harry Glaß225.0
3 Koba Zakadze219.2
4 Otto Leodolter218.8
5 Max Bolkart215.8
6 Nikolai Schamov215.6
7 Walter Habersatter215.2
8 Werner Lesser214.1
9 Willi Egger213.2
10 Manfred Brunner212.9

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name OberstdorfInnsbruckGarmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points
1 Helmut Recknagel2nd35th1st1st865.1
2 Nikolai Schamov7th2nd9th6th860.3
3 Nikolay Kamenskiy1st7th2nd18th859.2
4 Werner Lesser5th3rd7th8th858.0
5 Walter Steinegger3rd4th10th13th848.6
6 Otto Leodolter9th14th4th4th846.6
7 Max Bolkart13th6th6th5th844.9
8 Rudolf Bykov8th8th7th12th841.5
9 Walter Habersatter3rd42nd3rd7th831.3
10 Erik Styf12th13th14th15th816.6

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).