1960–61 Four Hills Tournament

After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.[1]

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates30 December 1960 (1960-12-30) – 8 January 1961 (1961-01-08)
Competitors75 from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.

Participating nations and athletes

With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 Germany18Hermann Anwander, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Rudi Duffke, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Edi Lengg, Siegbert Mönch, Josef Pichler, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Axel Zerlaut
 Austria18Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Ernst Kröll, Georg Lackner, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Alwin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3Drahomír Jebavý, Dalibor Motejlek, Jaromír Novlud
 Finland3Veikko Kankkonen, Juhani Kärkkäinen, Kalevi Kärkkäinen
 France2Phil Devouassoux, Robert Rey
 East Germany9Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, Günter Oettel, Günther Pollmer, Helmut Recknagel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller, Willi Wirth
 Italy4Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanell
 Norway3Gunnar Lie, Ole Tom Nord, Olaf Solli
Soviet Union Soviet Union5V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze, Yuri Zubarev
 Sweden3Harry Bergquist, Gösta Nordin, Kjell Sjöberg
  Switzerland3Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Peter Wenger
 Yugoslavia4Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar

Results

Oberstdorf

Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1960[2]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Juhani Kärkkäinen227.0
2Sweden Kjell Sjöberg223.0
3Finland Kalevi Kärkkäinen220.0
Austria Otto Leodolter220.0
5Soviet Union Koba Zakadze218.0
6East Germany Helmut Recknagel217.0
7East Germany Veit Kührt215.0
8Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov213.5
9Austria Walter Habersatter212.5
10Norway Ole Tom Nord211.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1961[3]

RankNamePoints
1Soviet Union Koba Zakadze220.5
2East Germany Helmut Recknagel218.0
3Italy Nilo Zandanell217.0
4Austria Otto Leodolter215.0
5Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy214.0
6Sweden Kjell Sjöberg213.5
7Finland Juhani Kärkkäinen213.0
8Soviet Union Yuri Zubarev212.0
9Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov209.5
East Germany Kurt Schramm209.5

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1961[4]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Kalevi Kärkkäinen218.5
2East Germany Helmut Recknagel217.6
3Austria Otto Leodolter213.4
4Norway Olaf Solli212.2
5Finland Veikko Kankkonen211.6
6Germany Wolfgang Happle211.0
7Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy210.4
8Germany Helmut Wegscheider209.2
9Austria Alwin Plank207.7
10Sweden Kjell Sjöberg207.0

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1961[5]

In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.

RankNamePoints
1East Germany Helmut Recknagel229.1
2Austria Otto Leodolter225.6
3Finland Kalevi Kärkkäinen221.1
4Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov219.3
5Germany Wolfgang Happle212.8
6Norway Olaf Solli211.8
7Italy Nilo Zandanell210.0
8East Germany Kurt Schramm209.7
9Italy Dino De Zordo208.7
10Soviet Union Koba Zakadze207.7

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1East Germany Helmut Recknagel6th2nd2nd1st881.7
2Austria Otto Leodolter3rd4th3rd2nd874.0
3Finland Kalevi Kärkkäinen3rd22nd1st3rd862.1
4Soviet Union Koba Zakadze5th1st11th10th851.9
5Finland Juhani Kärkkäinen1st7th12th11th850.7
6Sweden Kjell Sjöberg2nd6th10th15th848.2
7Italy Nilo Zandanell11th3rd14th7th839.6
8Norway Olaf Solli20th26th4th6th829.5
9Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov8th9th36th4th827.4
10Germany Wolfgang Happle39th11th6th5th826.8

References

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