1974–75 Four Hills Tournament Explained

At the 23rd edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament, Willi Pürstl became the first Austrian tour winner since Sepp Bradl, who won the inaugural tournament.

Karl Schnabl, who only placed 35th (170.5 pts) in Oberstdorf, became the third person within five years to win three out of four events and still fail to win the tournament.

Event:Four Hills Tournament
Venues:Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location:West Germany, Austria
Dates:
Competitors:86
Nations:17
Gold: Willi Pürstl
Silver: Edi Federer
Bronze: Karl Schnabl
Prev:1973–74
Next:1975–76

Participating nations and athletes

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
5 Toni Angerer, Peter Dubb, Alfred Grosche, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch
8 Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Hans Wallner
5 Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Paul Martin, Lyle Speers, Peter Wilson
6 Jindřich Balcar, Rudolf Höhnl, Karel Kodejška, Břetislav Novák, František Novák, Leoš Škoda
8 Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Eberhard Seifert, Heinz Wosipiwo
4 Harri Blumen, Paavo Maunu, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
4 Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Michel Roche
2 Gyula Henyel, István Roman
3 Marcello Bazana, Leo De Crignis, Lido Tomasi
6 Kasuhiro Akimoto, Takao Itō, Koji Kakuta, Yūji Katsuro, Hideyuki Kuwabara, Manabu Ono
6 Per Bergerud, Dag Fossum, Finn Halvorsen, Odd Hammernes, Johan Sætre, Kai Solbustad
4 Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Adam Krzysztofiak, Aleksander Stołowski
5 Dimitri Abramow, Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Kalinin, Alexei Petrow, Sergey Suslikov
3 Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson
4 Ernst Egloff, Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Ernst von Grünigen
6 Gene Burmeister, Jim Denney, Tom Dargay, Terry Kern, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger
6 Janez Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Bogdan Norčič, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Stane Rakar

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1974[1]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Willi Pürstl217.4
2 Stanisław Bobak210.9
3 Rainer Schmidt210.6
4 Finn Halvorsen203.0
5 Johan Sætre200.9
6 Edi Federer200.5
7 Yury Kalinin199.3
8 Paavo Maunu198.8
9 Heinz Wosipiwo194.6
10 Hans Schmid193.8

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1975[2]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Karl Schnabl226.2
2 Kari Ylianttila226.0
3 Hans Millonig222.2
4 Edi Federer221.6
5 Willi Pürstl220.7
6 Rainer Schmidt220.3
7 Hans-Georg Aschenbach220.1
8 Alois Lipburger216.2
9 Sergey Suslikov213.5
10 Jochen Danneberg209.4

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
3 January 1975[3]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Karl Schnabl239.6
2 Edi Federer233.3
3 Hans Wallner231.3
4 Karel Kodejška226.4
5 Willi Pürstl226.0
6 Stanisław Bobak225.3
7 Jochen Danneberg224.8
8 Rudolf Höhnl224.3
9 Reinhold Bachler222.7
10 Dietrich Kampf221.7

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1975[4]

align=CenterRank !Name Points
1 Karl Schnabl227.0
2 Karel Kodejška224.6
3 Hans-Georg Aschenbach221.1
4 Rudolf Höhnl220.9
5 Edi Federer218.8
6 Hans Millonig215.7
7 Willi Pürstl214.9
8 Jochen Danneberg211.3
9 Dietrich Kampf210.0
10 Eberhard Seifert208.8

Final ranking

align=CenterRank !Name OberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Willi Pürstl1st5th5th7th879.0
2 Edi Federer6th4th2nd5th874.2
3 Karl Schnabl35th1st1st1st863.3
4 Karel Kodejška11th14th4th2nd853.2
5 Stanisław Bobak2nd18th6th22nd839.4
6 Rainer Schmidt3rd6th12th30th834.4
7 Rudolf Höhnl24th22nd8th4th831.7
8 Jochen Danneberg21st10th7th8th829.2
9 Yury Kalinin7th12th19th12th821.8
10 Hans Wallner17th24th3rd20th821.6

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).