1961–62 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:West Germany, Austria
Dates:
Competitors:85
Nations:14
Gold: Eino Kirjonen
Silver: Willi Egger
Bronze: Hemmo Silvennoinen
Prev:1960-61
Next:1962-63

Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.

Participating nations and athletes

The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
14 Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Edi Heilingbrunner, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Axel Zerlaut
11 Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Willi Köstinger, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
3 Zbyněk Hubač, Drahomír Jebavý, Jaromír Novlud
7 Dieter Bockeloh, Peter Lesser, Siegbert Münch, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Willi Wirth
5 Niilo Halonen, Antero Immonen, Veiko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
2 Claude Jean-Prost, Guy Mollier
4 László Gellér, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár
5 Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
3 Guttorm Heldahl, Asbjørn Osnes, Oddvar Saga
9 Stanisław Bobak, Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Stanisław Polok, Władysław Tajner, Piotr Wala, Antoni Wieczorek, Ryszard Witke
6 Rudolf Bykov, Wladimir Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Yuri Samsonov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze
6 Bert Andersson, Harry Bergquist, Bengt Eriksson, Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Kjell Sjöberg
3 Toni Cecchinato, Francis Perret, Ueli Scheidegger
7 Peter Eržen, Božo Jemc, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Milan Rojina, Jože Šlibar, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1961[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Eino Kirjonen226.5
2 Božo Jemc219.5
3 Oddvar Saga219.0
4 Hemmo Silvennoinen218.0
5 Holger Karlsson216.0
6 Wolfgang Happle215.5
7 Kjell Sjöberg215.0
Koba Zakadze215.0
9 Nikolai Schamov214.0
10 Nikolay Kamenskiy213.0
Inger Lindquist213.0
Georg Thoma213.0

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1961[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Willi Egger225.0
2 Koba Zakadze219.7
3 Walter Habersatter219.4
4 Eino Kirjonen218.5
5 Antoni Wieczorek214.4
6 Max Bolkart213.4
7 Nikolai Schamov212.6
8 Kjell Sjöberg212.5
9 Hemmo Silvennoinen212.2
10 Yuri Samsonov210.1

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1962[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Georg Thoma225.5
2 Willi Egger221.7
3 Wolfgang Happle220.0
4 Max Bolkart216.4
5 Eino Kirjonen216.2
6 Nikolay Kamenskiy215.5
7 Niilo Halonen214.2
Inger Lindquist214.2
9 Veiko Kankkonen213.9
10 Holger Karlsson212.4

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1962[4]

In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Willi Egger222.7
2 Helmut Recknagel220.3
3 Wolfgang Happle215.0
4 Dieter Bockeloh213.6
5 Peter Lesser212.8
6 Heini Ihle210.5
7 Koba Zakadze210.0
8 Oddvar Saga208.8
9 Antoni Wieczorek208.5
10 Nikolai Schamov206.1

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name OberstdorfInnsbruck Garmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofen Points
1 Eino Kirjonen1st4th5th12th865.1
2 Willi Egger52nd1st2nd1st853.4
3 Hemmo Silvennoinen4th9th12th14th843.2
4 Nikolai Schamov9th7th9th4th840.7
5 Antoni Wieczorek13th5th26th9th839.4
6 Walter Habersatter23rd3rd17th18th833.4
7 Koba Zakadze7th2nd43rd7th833.0
8 Inger Lindquist10th13th7th24th832.5
9 Oddvar Saga3rd27th21st8th830.4
10 Max Bolkart42nd6th4th11th828.7

External links

Notes and References

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