1965–66 Four Hills Tournament Explained

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:Germany, Austria
Dates:
Competitors:96
Nations:15
Gold: Veikko Kankkonen
Silver: Dieter Neuendorf
Bronze: Bjørn Wirkola
Prev:1964–65
Next:1966–67

At the 14th annual Four Hills Tournament, Veikko Kankkonen became the only second athlete to win the tournament more than once, after he already emerged victorious two years before.

Participating nations and athletes

The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
10 (+5) Günther Göllner, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, Helmut Kurz, Dieter Müller, Henrik Ohlmayr, Oswald Schinze, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider
National Group: Max Bolkart, Udo Pfeffer, Helmut Reicherts, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
7 (+8) Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Sepp Lichtenegger, Peter Müller, Baldur Preiml, Herbert Schiffner, Willi Schuster
National Group:Walter Bründlinger, Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Johann Grander, Albert Haim, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Willi Köstinger, Helmut Voggenberger
4 Rudolf Höhnl, Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška
7 Dieter Bockeloh, Bernd Karwofski, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Horst Queck, Wolfgang Schüller
7 Niilo Halonen, Seppo Hannula, Harri Jussilainen, Veikko Kankkonen, Paavo Lukkariniemi, Topi Mattila, Risto Tarkkila
4 Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot
3 László Csávás, László Gellér, Mihály Gellér
4 Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Bruno De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
4 Lars Grini, Hans Olav Sørensen, Erling Stranden, Bjørn Wirkola
6 Józef Kochel, Józef Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Józef Przybyła, Andrzej Sztolf, Piotr Wala
4 Aleksandr Ivannikov, Juri Subarev, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze
6 Kurt Elimä, Sven Magnusson, Ulf Norberg, Mats Östman, Kjell Sjöberg, Rolf Strandberg
6 Alois Kälin, Richard Pfiffner, Heribert Schmid, Urs Schönl, José Wirth, Sepp Zehnder
4 John Balfanz, Randy Garreton, Dave Hicks, Dave Norby
7 Peter Eržen, Otto Giacomelli, Janez Jurman, Marian Koprivsek, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1965[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Veikko Kankkonen213.8
2 Dieter Neuendorf212.9
3 Paavo Lukkariniemi205.1
4 Bjørn Wirkola203.0
5 John Balfanz201.5
6 Aleksandr Ivannikov200.4
7 Dalibor Motejlek200.0
8 Jan Matouš198.4
9 Piotr Wala197.7
10 Günther Göllner194.5
Jiří Raška194.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1966[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Paavo Lukkariniemi215.3
2 Bjørn Wirkola212.6
3 Veikko Kankkonen210.1
4 Niilo Halonen207.1
5 Günther Göllner206.8
6 Dieter Neuendorf206.2
7 Henrik Ohlmayr205.1
8 Jan Matouš204.4
9 Harri Jussilainen203.7
10 Bernd Karwofski203.6

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
2 December 1966[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Dieter Neuendorf226.1
2 Veikko Kankkonen209.9
3 Günther Göllner209.0
4 Jan Matouš208.6
5 Paavo Lukkariniemi208.3
6 Mikhail Veretennikov204.9
7 Peter Lesser203.7
8 Jani Mattila203.2
9 Dave Hicks202.1
10 Heini Ihle201.9

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1966[4]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Veikko Kankkonen235.7
2 Bjørn Wirkola227.2
3 Dieter Neuendorf221.3
4 Kurt Elimä219.9
5 Jiří Raška217.8
6 Peter Eržen215.3
7 Hans Olav Sørensen214.9
8 Seppo Hannula214.8
9 Henrik Ohlmayr213.7
10 Erling Stranden212.2

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name OberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Veikko Kankkonen1st3rd2nd1st869.5
2 Dieter Neuendorf2nd6th1st3rd866.5
3 Bjørn Wirkola4th2nd13th2nd843.0
4 Paavo Lukkariniemi3rd1st5th20th828.7
5 Henrik Ohlmayr16th7th17th9th806.8
6 Dalibor Motejlek7th16th15th14th795.6
7 Hans Olav Sørensen14th18th24th7th789.6
8 Jiří Raška10th19rd34th5th787.1
9 Josef Matouš8th8th4th40th786.4
10 Piotr Wala9th24th20th13th782.2

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).