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The 15th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Norwegian athlete Bjørn Wirkola who secured three dominating victories after a surprising double victory for the East German team in Oberstdorf.

Four Hills Tournament
Venues Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1966 (1966-12-30) – 8 January 1967 (1967-01-08)
Competitors81 from 16 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.

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
  Germany 5 (+2) Günther Göllner, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, Henrik Ohlmayr
National Group: Oswald Schinze, Alfred Winkler
  Austria 7 (+7) Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Sepp Lichtenegger, Baldur Preiml, Willi Schuster, Walter Schwabl
National Group: Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Erich Schwabl, Heinz Themesl, Janko Zwitter
  Canada 2 Ulf Kvendbo, Patrick Morris
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ, Jozef Metelka, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří RaÅ¡ka, FrantiÅ¡ek Rydval
  East Germany 7 Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Manfred Queck, Heinz Schmidt, Wolfgang Stöhr
  Finland 6 Niilo Halonen, Veikko Kankkonen, Olli Korhonen, Paavo Maunu, Erkki Pukka, Heikki Väisänen
  France 5 Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot, James Yerrly
  Italy 3 Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Ezio Damolin
Japan Japan 3 Takashi Fujisawa, Yoshihiko ItÅ, Kimio SaitÅ
  Norway 3 Ronald Jensen, Christoffer Selbekk, Bjørn Wirkola
  Poland 5 SÅ‚awomir Kardas, Józef Kocyan, Józef Przybyla, Piotr Wala, Ryszard Witke
Soviet Union Soviet Union 4 Waleri Jemeljanow, Pyotr Kovalenko, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze
  Sweden 3 Thord Karlsson, Tommy Karlsson, Mats Östman
  Switzerland 5 Richard Pfiffner, Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, Max Walter, Sepp Zehnder
  United States 3 Dave Lundmark, Jay Martin, Adrian Watt
  Yugoslavia 4 Peter Eržen, Marjan Pecar, Stanko Smolej, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1966 [1]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 202.2
2 East Germany Peter Lesser 201.5
3 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 200.6
Norway Bjørn Wirkola 200.6
5 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 198.9
6 Poland Józef Przybyla 198.3
7 Soviet Union Waleri Jemeljanow 194.5
Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov 194.5
9 East Germany Wolfgang Stöhr 192.6
10 Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 190.3

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1967 [2]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 229.0
2 Austria Reinhold Bachler 222.8
3 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 222.4
4 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 220.5
5 East Germany Manfred Queck 215.8
6 Soviet Union Waleri Jemeljanow 214.1
7 East Germany Peter Lesser 213.0
8 Norway Ronald Jensen 209.4
9 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 208.8
10 Austria Max Golser 208.4

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
6 December 1967 [3]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 237.7
2 Germany Franz Keller 228.3
3 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 223.2
4 Norway Christoffer Selbekk 222.0
5 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 215.9
6 East Germany Peter Lesser 215.2
7 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 214.4
8 United States Jay Martin 214.0
9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen 213.7
10 Poland Józef Kocyan 213.2

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
8 January 1967 [4]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 242.7
2 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 233.4
3 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 219.4
4 Norway Ronald Jensen 219.1
5 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 214.8
6 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 209.4
Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 209.4
8 Germany Franz Keller 208.9
9 United States Adrian Watt 206.8
10 East Germany Manfred Queck 205.3

Final ranking

Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 3rd 1st 1st 1st 910.0
2 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 2nd 6th 1st 3rd 847.6
3 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 1st 4th 7th 6th 846.5
4 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 3rd 3rd 27th 5th 834.8
5 East Germany Peter Lesser 2nd 7th 6th 14th 833.0
6 Germany Franz Keller 23rd 21st 2nd 8th 820.8
7 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 42nd 9th 5th 2nd 820.1
8 Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 10th 15th 16th 7th 812.6
9 Poland Józef Przybyla 6th 22nd 15th 12th 811.9
10 Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov 7th 12th 18th 15th 810.2

References

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

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 15th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Norwegian athlete Bjørn Wirkola who secured three dominating victories after a surprising double victory for the East German team in Oberstdorf.

Four Hills Tournament
Venues Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1966 (1966-12-30) – 8 January 1967 (1967-01-08)
Competitors81 from 16 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.

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
  Germany 5 (+2) Günther Göllner, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, Henrik Ohlmayr
National Group: Oswald Schinze, Alfred Winkler
  Austria 7 (+7) Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Sepp Lichtenegger, Baldur Preiml, Willi Schuster, Walter Schwabl
National Group: Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Erich Schwabl, Heinz Themesl, Janko Zwitter
  Canada 2 Ulf Kvendbo, Patrick Morris
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ, Jozef Metelka, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří RaÅ¡ka, FrantiÅ¡ek Rydval
  East Germany 7 Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Manfred Queck, Heinz Schmidt, Wolfgang Stöhr
  Finland 6 Niilo Halonen, Veikko Kankkonen, Olli Korhonen, Paavo Maunu, Erkki Pukka, Heikki Väisänen
  France 5 Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot, James Yerrly
  Italy 3 Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Ezio Damolin
Japan Japan 3 Takashi Fujisawa, Yoshihiko ItÅ, Kimio SaitÅ
  Norway 3 Ronald Jensen, Christoffer Selbekk, Bjørn Wirkola
  Poland 5 SÅ‚awomir Kardas, Józef Kocyan, Józef Przybyla, Piotr Wala, Ryszard Witke
Soviet Union Soviet Union 4 Waleri Jemeljanow, Pyotr Kovalenko, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze
  Sweden 3 Thord Karlsson, Tommy Karlsson, Mats Östman
  Switzerland 5 Richard Pfiffner, Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, Max Walter, Sepp Zehnder
  United States 3 Dave Lundmark, Jay Martin, Adrian Watt
  Yugoslavia 4 Peter Eržen, Marjan Pecar, Stanko Smolej, Ludvik Zajc

Results

Oberstdorf

Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1966 [1]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 202.2
2 East Germany Peter Lesser 201.5
3 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 200.6
Norway Bjørn Wirkola 200.6
5 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 198.9
6 Poland Józef Przybyla 198.3
7 Soviet Union Waleri Jemeljanow 194.5
Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov 194.5
9 East Germany Wolfgang Stöhr 192.6
10 Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 190.3

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1967 [2]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 229.0
2 Austria Reinhold Bachler 222.8
3 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 222.4
4 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 220.5
5 East Germany Manfred Queck 215.8
6 Soviet Union Waleri Jemeljanow 214.1
7 East Germany Peter Lesser 213.0
8 Norway Ronald Jensen 209.4
9 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 208.8
10 Austria Max Golser 208.4

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
6 December 1967 [3]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 237.7
2 Germany Franz Keller 228.3
3 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 223.2
4 Norway Christoffer Selbekk 222.0
5 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 215.9
6 East Germany Peter Lesser 215.2
7 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 214.4
8 United States Jay Martin 214.0
9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen 213.7
10 Poland Józef Kocyan 213.2

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
8 January 1967 [4]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 242.7
2 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 233.4
3 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 219.4
4 Norway Ronald Jensen 219.1
5 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 214.8
6 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 209.4
Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 209.4
8 Germany Franz Keller 208.9
9 United States Adrian Watt 206.8
10 East Germany Manfred Queck 205.3

Final ranking

Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 3rd 1st 1st 1st 910.0
2 Austria Sepp Lichtenegger 2nd 6th 1st 3rd 847.6
3 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 1st 4th 7th 6th 846.5
4 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 3rd 3rd 27th 5th 834.8
5 East Germany Peter Lesser 2nd 7th 6th 14th 833.0
6 Germany Franz Keller 23rd 21st 2nd 8th 820.8
7 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 42nd 9th 5th 2nd 820.1
8 Czechoslovakia ZbynÄ›k HubaÄ 10th 15th 16th 7th 812.6
9 Poland Józef Przybyla 6th 22nd 15th 12th 811.9
10 Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov 7th 12th 18th 15th 810.2

References

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

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