The 27th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish athlete Pentti Kokkonen after two Third place finishes and two victories. No competitor had the necessary constancy over the course of the tournament. Yury Ivanov, the winner of Oberstdorf, only placed 56th (85.2 pts) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Josef Samek's Garmisch victory was followed by a 38th place (169.1 pts) in Innsbruck.
| Event: | Four Hills Tournament |
| Venues: | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze |
| Location: | West Germany, Austria |
| Dates: | – |
| Competitors: | 84 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Gold: |  Pentti Kokkonen |
| Silver: | Hansjörg Sumi |
| Bronze: | Jochen Danneberg |
| Prev: | 1977–78 |
| Next: | 1979–80 |
Spain was represented at the Four Hills Tournament for the first time.
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1978[1]
| align=Center | Rank ! | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Ivanov | 235.4 | |
| 2 | Jochen Danneberg | 234.5 | |
| 3 | Pentti Kokkonen | 232.4 | |
| 4 |  Klaus Tuchscherer | 224.4 | |
| 5 | Ján Tánczos | 222.8 | |
| 6 | Harald Duschek | 222.6 | |
| 7 | Willi Pürstl | 221.6 | |
| 8 | Hansjörg Sumi | 220.2 | |
| 9 | Leoš Škoda | 217.7 | |
| 10 | Jari Puikkonen | 216.3 | |
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2 January 1979[2]
| align=Center | Rank ! | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Samek | 120.5 | |
| 2 | Bogdan Norčič | 117.6 | |
| 3 | Pentti Kokkonen | 114.4 | |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 113.2 | |
| 5 | Matthias Buse | 112.5 | |
| 6 | Ján Tánczos | 111.5 | |
| 7 | Hansjörg Sumi | 111.2 | |
| 8 |  Jim Denney | 110.3 | |
| 9 | Jochen Danneberg | 110.1 | |
| 10 |  Stanisław Bobak | 109.4 | |
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1979[3]
| align=Center | Rank ! | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 231.3 | |
| 2 |  Roger Ruud | 224.6 | |
| 3 | Jochen Danneberg | 218.8 | |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 216.0 | |
| 5 | Hansjörg Sumi | 215.4 | |
| 6 | Manfred Deckert | 213.3 | |
| 7 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 213.2 | |
| 8 | Johan Sætre | 212.3 | |
| 9 | Martin Weber | 212.2 | |
| 10 | Klaus Ostwald | 211.3 | |
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1979[4]
| align=Center | Rank ! | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 237.5 | |
| 2 | Johan Sætre | 236.9 | |
| 3 | Piotr Fijas | 236.0 | |
| 4 | Hansjörg Sumi | 235.8 | |
| 5 | Jouko Törmänen | 221.2 | |
| 6 | Martin Weber | 219.1 | |
| 7 | Leoš Škoda | 217.8 | |
| 8 | Jochen Danneberg | 217.4 | |
| 9 | Tapio Räisänen | 213.7 | |
| 10 | Harald Duschek | 213.6 | |
| align=Center | Rank ! | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 815.6 | |
| 2 | Hansjörg Sumi | 8th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 782.6 | |
| 3 | Jochen Danneberg | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 8th | 780.8 | |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 6th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 765.4 | |
| 5 | Johan Sætre | 11th | 20th | 8th | 2nd | 765.3 | |
| 6 | Leoš Škoda | 9th | 11th | 13th | 7th | 748.3 | |
| 7 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 4th | 23rd | 7th | 15th | 748.1 | |
| 8 | Matthias Buse | 16th | 5th | 11th | 15th | 741.9 | |
| 9 | Martin Weber | 27th | 13th | 9th | 6th | 739.5 | |
| 10 | Piotr Fijas | 38th | 17th | 12th | 3rd | 737.2 | |