1961–62 Four Hills Tournament

Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationWest Germany, Austria
Dates28 December 1960 (1960-12-28) – 6 January 1961 (1961-01-06)
Competitors85 from 14 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

Participating nations and athletes

The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 West Germany14Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Edi Heilingbrunner, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Axel Zerlaut
 Austria11Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Willi Köstinger, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3Zbyněk Hubač, Drahomír Jebavý, Jaromír Novlud
 East Germany7Dieter Bockeloh, Peter Lesser, Siegbert Münch, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Willi Wirth
 Finland5Niilo Halonen, Antero Immonen, Veiko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
 France2Claude Jean-Prost, Guy Mollier
 Hungary4László Gellér, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár
 Italy5Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
 Norway3Guttorm Heldahl, Asbjørn Osnes, Oddvar Saga
 Poland9Stanisław Bobak, Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Stanisław Polok, Władysław Tajner, Piotr Wala, Antoni Wieczorek, Ryszard Witke
Soviet Union Soviet Union6Rudolf Bykov, Wladimir Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Yuri Samsonov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze
 Sweden6Bert Andersson, Harry Bergquist, Bengt Eriksson, Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Kjell Sjöberg
  Switzerland3Toni Cecchinato, Francis Perret, Ueli Scheidegger
 Yugoslavia7Peter Eržen, Božo Jemc, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Milan Rojina, Jože Šlibar, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

West Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1961[1]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Eino Kirjonen226.5
2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božo Jemc219.5
3Norway Oddvar Saga219.0
4Finland Hemmo Silvennoinen218.0
5Sweden Holger Karlsson216.0
6West Germany Wolfgang Happle215.5
7Sweden Kjell Sjöberg215.0
Soviet Union Koba Zakadze215.0
9Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov214.0
10Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy213.0
Sweden Inger Lindquist213.0
West Germany Georg Thoma213.0

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1961[2]

RankNamePoints
1Austria Willi Egger225.0
2Soviet Union Koba Zakadze219.7
3Austria Walter Habersatter219.4
4Finland Eino Kirjonen218.5
5Poland Antoni Wieczorek214.4
6West Germany Max Bolkart213.4
7Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov212.6
8Sweden Kjell Sjöberg212.5
9Finland Hemmo Silvennoinen212.2
10Soviet Union Yuri Samsonov210.1

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

West Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1962[3]

RankNamePoints
1West Germany Georg Thoma225.5
2Austria Willi Egger221.7
3West Germany Wolfgang Happle220.0
4West Germany Max Bolkart216.4
5Finland Eino Kirjonen216.2
6Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy215.5
7Finland Niilo Halonen214.2
Sweden Inger Lindquist214.2
9Finland Veiko Kankkonen213.9
10Sweden Holger Karlsson212.4

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1962[4]

In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.

RankNamePoints
1Austria Willi Egger222.7
2East Germany Helmut Recknagel220.3
3West Germany Wolfgang Happle215.0
4East Germany Dieter Bockeloh213.6
5East Germany Peter Lesser212.8
6West Germany Heini Ihle210.5
7Soviet Union Koba Zakadze210.0
8Norway Oddvar Saga208.8
9Poland Antoni Wieczorek208.5
10Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov206.1

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfInnsbruckGarmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofenPoints
1Finland Eino Kirjonen1st4th5th12th865.1
2Austria Willi Egger52nd1st2nd1st853.4
3Finland Hemmo Silvennoinen4th9th12th14th843.2
4Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov9th7th9th4th840.7
5Poland Antoni Wieczorek13th5th26th9th839.4
6Austria Walter Habersatter23rd3rd17th18th833.4
7Soviet Union Koba Zakadze7th2nd43rd7th833.0
8Sweden Inger Lindquist10th13th7th24th832.5
9Norway Oddvar Saga3rd27th21st8th830.4
10West Germany Max Bolkart42nd6th4th11th828.7

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