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 | |||||||
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| Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 29 December 1956 – 6 January 1957 | ||||||
| Nations | 10 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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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 edit
Results edit
Oberstdorf edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
| 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 |