1956–57 Four Hills Tournament

The fifth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by Pentti Uotinen. Another Finnish athlete, Eino Kirjonen placed second in the overall ranking for the third time. It was the first edition without the winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates29 December 1956 (1956-12-29) – 6 January 1957 (1957-01-06)
Nations10
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1955-56
1957-58 →

The defending champion, Nikolay Kamenskiy, won the event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but had already missed out on producing a competitive result at the first event in Oberstdorf.

Participating nations and athletes

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Nation Athletes
  Germany Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Hans Kriner, Georg Thoma, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
  Austria Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
  Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík
  East Germany Herbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen
  Norway Toralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes
  Poland Józef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz
  Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
  Sweden Toivo Lauren, Arne Strøm
  Switzerland Andreas Däscher, Francis Perret

Results

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Oberstdorf

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  Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1956[1]

Toni Brutscher placed in the Top Ten in Oberstdorf in each of the first five Four Hills tournaments.

Rank Name Points
1   Pentti Uotinen 227.0
2   Aulis Kallakorpi 223.0
3   Toni Brutscher 219.5
  Werner Lesser 219.5
5   Andreas Däscher 218.5
6   Max Bolkart 217.5
7   Kjell Kopstad 215.5
8   Harry Glaß 212.5
9   Walter Steinegger 212.0
10   Toivo Lauren 210.5
  Asbjørn Osnes 210.5
  Georg Thoma 210.5

Innsbruck

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  Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1956[2]

Rank Name Points
1   Nikolai Schamov 221.5
2   Nikolay Kamenskiy 218.5
3   Max Bolkart 217.5
4   Koba Zakadze 213.5
5   Werner Lesser 213.0
6   Eino Kirjonen 212.5
  Helmut Recknagel 212.5
8   Pentti Uotinen 211.5
9   Zdeněk Remsa 210.5
10   Aulis Kallakorpi 209.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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  Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1957[3]

Rank Name Points
1   Nikolay Kamenskiy 217.9
2   Eino Kirjonen 217.6
3   Pentti Uotinen 215.4
4   Nikolai Schamov 215.0
5   Koba Zakadze 212.3
6   Nikolai Trussow 211.8
7   Max Bolkart 210.7
8   Harry Glaß 206.4
9   Toralf Engan 205.8
10   Władysław Tajner 202.5

Bischofshofen

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  Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1957[4]

After three events, Pentti Uotinen was still in the lead in the overall ranking. His closest pursuer was Max Bolkart, but the German only placed 11th in Bischofshofen (210.2p) and thus stayed behind the Finn. Eino Kirjonen on the other hand, who was fourth after the New Year's event, almost closed the gap by reducing the point difference from 22.3 to 1.5 points.

Rank Name Points
1   Eino Kirjonen 232.9
2   Nikolay Kamenskiy 223.7
3   Nikolai Schamov 219.5
4   Georg Thoma 217.0
5   Helmut Recknagel 216.9
6   Harry Glaß 216.1
7   Werner Lesser 215.3
8   Pentti Uotinen 212.1
9   Walter Habersatter 210.9
10   Walter Steinegger 210.8

Final ranking

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Rank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points
1   Pentti Uotinen 1st 8th 3rd 8th 866.0
2   Eino Kirjonen 17th 6th 2nd 1st 864.5
3   Max Bolkart 6th 3rd 7th 11th 855.9
4   Werner Lesser 3rd 5th 11th 7th 848.4
5   Harry Glaß 8th 24th 8th 6th 831.5
6   Walter Steinegger 9th 11th 13th 10th 828.2
7   Helmut Recknagel 35th 6th 12th 5th 816.0
8   Georg Thoma 10th 25th 18th 4th 815.4
9   Władysław Tajner 15th 15th 10th 20th 810.9
10   Toivo Lauren 10th 13th 32nd 18th 794.6

References

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