1962–63 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:Germany, Austria
Dates:
Competitors:77
Nations:14
Gold: Toralf Engan
Silver: Torbjørn Yggeseth
Bronze: Max Bolkart
Prev:1961-62
Next:1963-64

At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.

Participating nations and athletes

With the exception of Wolfgang Schüller, the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons.

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
11 Max Bolkart, Günther Göllner, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Bernd Moderegger, Sepp Schiffner, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler
17 Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Helmut Rauter, Herbert Schiffner, Willi Schuster, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
4 Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška, Wladimir Tajner
7 Dieter Bockeloh, Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller
3 Niilo Halonen, Juhani Kärkinen, Pekka Yli-Niemi
4 László Csávás, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár
3 Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo
4 Torgeir Brandtzæg, Jan Petter Devor, Toralf Engan, Torbjørn Yggeseth
5 Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Jan Pezda, Andrzej Sztolf
4 Aleksandr Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze
3 Bengt Eriksson, Olle Martinsson, Rolf Strandberg
3 Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Heribert Schmid
5 John Balfanz, John Bower, Roger Dion, Paul Johnson, Ralph Semb
4 Božo Jemc, Andrej Nahtigal, Miro Oman, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1962[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Toralf Engan214.2
2 Max Bolkart199.3
3 Torbjørn Yggeseth194.8
4 Heini Ihle193.6
5 Willi Egger191.6
6 Georg Thoma185.3
7 John Balfanz182.7
8 Torgeir Brandtzæg182.3
9 Niilo Halonen181.3
10 Sepp Lichtenegger180.5
Juhani Kärkinen180.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1962[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Toralf Engan231.2
2 Helmut Recknagel215.7
3 Georg Thoma215.3
4 Torgeir Brandtzæg214.9
5 Kurt Schramm212.1
6 John Balfanz211.1
7 Torbjørn Yggeseth210.1
8 Max Bolkart208.8
9 Heini Ihle206.8
10 Aleksandr Ivannikov205.4

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1963[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Toralf Engan229.9
2 Georg Thoma217.3
3 Max Bolkart216.9
4 Niilo Halonen211.4
5 John Balfanz209.9
6 Torbjørn Yggeseth209.8
7 Pekka Yli-Niemi207.4
8 Antoni Łaciak206.5
9 Dalibor Motejlek204.4
10 Torgeir Brandtzæg204.0

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1963[4]

After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking.

Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory.

John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event.

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Torbjørn Yggeseth205.0
2 Torgeir Brandtzæg199.5
3 John Balfanz197.5
4 Toralf Engan195.4
5 Max Bolkart191.8
6 Baldur Preiml188.4
7 Willi Egger186.8
8 Giacomo Aimoni186.6
9 Max Golser185.6
10 Helmut Kurz184.6

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name OberstdorfInnsbruck Garmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofen Points
1 Toralf Engan1st1st1st4th870.7
2 Torbjørn Yggeseth3rd7th6th1st819.7
3 Max Bolkart2nd8th3rd5th816.8
4 John Balfanz7th6th5th3rd801.2
5 Torgeir Brandtzæg8th4th10th2nd800.7
6 Georg Thoma6th3rd2nd15th797.3
7 Antoni Łaciak13th19th8th13th759.9
8 Willi Egger5th23rd19th7th758.4
9 Pekka Yli-Niemi25th12th7th26th747.0
10 Josef Matouš15th20th12th18th742.3

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).