1965-66 Four Hills Tournament

At the 14th annual Four Hills Tournament, Veikko Kankkonen became the only second athlete to win the tournament more than once, after he already emerged victorious two years before.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates30 December 1965 (1965-12-30) – 6 January 1966 (1966-01-06)
Competitors96 from 15 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

Participating nations and athletes

The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 Germany10 (+5)Günther Göllner, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, Helmut Kurz, Dieter Müller, Henrik Ohlmayr, Oswald Schinze, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider
National Group: Max Bolkart, Udo Pfeffer, Helmut Reicherts, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
 Austria7 (+8)Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Sepp Lichtenegger, Peter Müller, Baldur Preiml, Herbert Schiffner, Willi Schuster
National Group:Walter Bründlinger, Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Johann Grander, Albert Haim, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Willi Köstinger, Helmut Voggenberger
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia4Rudolf Höhnl, Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška
 East Germany7Dieter Bockeloh, Bernd Karwofski, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Horst Queck, Wolfgang Schüller
 Finland7Niilo Halonen, Seppo Hannula, Harri Jussilainen, Veikko Kankkonen, Paavo Lukkariniemi, Topi Mattila, Risto Tarkkila
 France4Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot
 Hungary3László Csávás, László Gellér, Mihály Gellér
 Italy4Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Bruno De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
 Norway4Lars Grini, Hans Olav Sørensen, Erling Stranden, Bjørn Wirkola
 Poland6Józef Kochel, Józef Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Józef Przybyła, Andrzej Sztolf, Piotr Wala
Soviet Union Soviet Union4Aleksandr Ivannikov, Juri Subarev, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze
 Sweden6Kurt Elimä, Sven Magnusson, Ulf Norberg, Mats Östman, Kjell Sjöberg, Rolf Strandberg
  Switzerland6Alois Kälin, Richard Pfiffner, Heribert Schmid, Urs Schönl, José Wirth, Sepp Zehnder
 United States4John Balfanz, Randy Garreton, Dave Hicks, Dave Norby
 Yugoslavia7Peter Eržen, Otto Giacomelli, Janez Jurman, Marian Koprivsek, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1965[1]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Veikko Kankkonen213.8
2East Germany Dieter Neuendorf212.9
3Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi205.1
4Norway Bjørn Wirkola203.0
5United States John Balfanz201.5
6Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivannikov200.4
7Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek200.0
8Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš198.4
9Poland Piotr Wala197.7
10Germany Günther Göllner194.5
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška194.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1966[2]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi215.3
2Norway Bjørn Wirkola212.6
3Finland Veikko Kankkonen210.1
4Finland Niilo Halonen207.1
5Germany Günther Göllner206.8
6East Germany Dieter Neuendorf206.2
7Germany Henrik Ohlmayr205.1
8Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš204.4
9Finland Harri Jussilainen203.7
10East Germany Bernd Karwofski203.6

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
2 December 1966[3]

RankNamePoints
1East Germany Dieter Neuendorf226.1
2Finland Veikko Kankkonen209.9
3Germany Günther Göllner209.0
4Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš208.6
5Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi208.3
6Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov204.9
7East Germany Peter Lesser203.7
8Finland Jani Mattila203.2
9United States Dave Hicks202.1
10Germany Heini Ihle201.9

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1966[4]

RankNamePoints
1Finland Veikko Kankkonen235.7
2Norway Bjørn Wirkola227.2
3East Germany Dieter Neuendorf221.3
4Sweden Kurt Elimä219.9
5Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška217.8
6Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen215.3
7Norway Hans Olav Sørensen214.9
8Finland Seppo Hannula214.8
9Germany Henrik Ohlmayr213.7
10Norway Erling Stranden212.2

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1Finland Veikko Kankkonen1st3rd2nd1st869.5
2East Germany Dieter Neuendorf2nd6th1st3rd866.5
3Norway Bjørn Wirkola4th2nd13th2nd843.0
4Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi3rd1st5th20th828.7
5Germany Henrik Ohlmayr16th7th17th9th806.8
6Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek7th16th15th14th795.6
7Norway Hans Olav Sørensen14th18th24th7th789.6
8Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška10th19rd34th5th787.1
9Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš8th8th4th40th786.4
10Poland Piotr Wala9th24th20th13th782.2

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