1953–54 Four Hills Tournament

The second Four Hills tournament was the first one to use the traditional event order of Oberstdorf in December, the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then Innsbruck and the final in Bischofshofen on Three Kings' Day.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates31 December 1953 (1953-12-31) – 6 January 1954 (1954-01-06)
Nations8
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1953
1954-55 →

Participating nations and athletes

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Jeremy Baig was the first non-European to compete at the Four Hills. Finland was represented for the first time and achieved good results (5 podiums). The defending champion was Sepp Bradl.

The following athletes are on the FIS record, although it is likely incomplete.

Nation Athletes
  Germany Helmut Böck, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Heinz Hauser, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler
  Austria Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Siegfried Kostner, Lois Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser, Karl Wilhelm, Heinz Winkler
  Canada Jeremy Baig
  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Esko Mömme, Matti Pietikäinen
  Norway Arnfin Bergman, Olaf Bjørnstad, Arne Ellingsen
  Sweden Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson
  Switzerland Gottfried Brügger, Andreas Däscher, Fritz Schneider
  Yugoslavia Rude Finžgar, Jože Langus, Albin Rogelj

Results

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Oberstdorf

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  Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1953[1]

Rank Name Points
1   Olaf Bjørnstad 222.0
2   Sepp Bradl 220.5
3   Aulis Kallakorpi 216.0
4   Arne Ellingsen 215.5
5   Albin Rogelj 207.0
6   Eino Kirjonen 206.0
7   Franz Dengg 204.0
8   Franz Eder 202.0
9   Toni Brutscher 201.0
  Axel-Hermann Nilsson 201.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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  Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1954[2]

Rank Name Points
1   Olaf Bjørnstad 226.0
2   Eino Kirjonen 221.5
3   Esko Mömme 217.0
4   Arnfinn Bergmann 216.5
5   Franz Eder 205.5
6   Aulis Kallakorpi 204.5
7   Toivo Lauren 197.0
8   Axel-Hermann Nilsson 192.5
9   Toni Brutscher 191.5
  Sepp Kleisl 191.5

Innsbruck

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  Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
03 January 1954[3]

Rank Name Points
1   Olaf Bjørnstad 224.5
2   Matti Pietikäinen 223.5
3   Arnfinn Bergmann 218.5
4   Arne Ellingsen 218.0
5   Eino Kirjonen 217.5
6   Sepp Bradl 212.5
7   Esko Mömme 211.5
8   Aulis Kallakorpi 207.5
9   Albin Rogelj 206.0
10   Axel-Hermann Nilsson 203.5

Bischofshofen

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  Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1954[4]

After three victories in three events, Olaf Bjørnstad was leading the tournament ranking by 27.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen. Defending champion Sepp Bradl was already 51 points behind, but was able to secure the Bischofshofen victory and a third place overall.

Rank Name Points
1   Sepp Bradl 222.5
2   Arnfinn Bergmann 218.4
3   Olaf Bjørnstad 215.6
  Matti Pietikäinen 215.6
5   Franz Eder 213.4
6   Aulis Kallakorpi 210.1
7   Sepp Kleisl 208.8
8   Toivo Lauren 207.0
9   Eino Kirjonen 206.2
10   Arne Ellingsen 205.6

Final ranking

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Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1   Olaf Bjørnstad 1st 1st 1st 3rd 888.1
2   Eino Kirjonen 6th 2nd 5th 9th 851.2
3   Sepp Bradl 2nd 14th 6th 1st 844.0
4   Arnfinn Bergmann 21st 4th 3rd 2nd 840.9
5   Aulis Kallakorpi 3rd 6th 8th 6th 838.1

References

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  1. ^ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  2. ^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  3. ^ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  4. ^ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.
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