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1965–66 Four Hills Tournament

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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 

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.

Participating nations and athletes

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

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
 Germany 10 (+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
 Austria 7 (+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 Czechoslovakia 4 Rudolf Höhnl, Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška
 East Germany 7 Dieter Bockeloh, Bernd Karwofski, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Horst Queck, Wolfgang Schüller
 Finland 7 Niilo Halonen, Seppo Hannula, Harri Jussilainen, Veikko Kankkonen, Paavo Lukkariniemi, Topi Mattila, Risto Tarkkila
 France 4 Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot
 Hungary 3 László Csávás, László Gellér, Mihály Gellér
 Italy 4 Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Bruno De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
 Norway 4 Lars Grini, Hans Olav Sørensen, Erling Stranden, Bjørn Wirkola
 Poland 6 Józef Kochel, Józef Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Józef Przybyła, Andrzej Sztolf, Piotr Wala
Soviet Union Soviet Union 4 Aleksandr Ivannikov, Juri Subarev, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze
 Sweden 6 Kurt Elimä, Sven Magnusson, Ulf Norberg, Mats Östman, Kjell Sjöberg, Rolf Strandberg
 Switzerland 6 Alois Kälin, Richard Pfiffner, Heribert Schmid, Urs Schönl, José Wirth, Sepp Zehnder
 United States 4 John Balfanz, Randy Garreton, Dave Hicks, Dave Norby
 Yugoslavia 7 Peter Eržen, Otto Giacomelli, Janez Jurman, Marian Koprivsek, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Ludvik Zajc

Results

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Oberstdorf

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Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1965[1]

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 213.8
2 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 212.9
3 Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi 205.1
4 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 203.0
5 United States John Balfanz 201.5
6 Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivannikov 200.4
7 Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek 200.0
8 Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš 198.4
9 Poland Piotr Wala 197.7
10 Germany Günther Göllner 194.5
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 194.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi 215.3
2 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 212.6
3 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 210.1
4 Finland Niilo Halonen 207.1
5 Germany Günther Göllner 206.8
6 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 206.2
7 Germany Henrik Ohlmayr 205.1
8 Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš 204.4
9 Finland Harri Jussilainen 203.7
10 East Germany Bernd Karwofski 203.6

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
2 December 1966[3]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 226.1
2 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 209.9
3 Germany Günther Göllner 209.0
4 Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš 208.6
5 Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi 208.3
6 Soviet Union Mikhail Veretennikov 204.9
7 East Germany Peter Lesser 203.7
8 Finland Jani Mattila 203.2
9 United States Dave Hicks 202.1
10 Germany Heini Ihle 201.9

Bischofshofen

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

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 235.7
2 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 227.2
3 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 221.3
4 Sweden Kurt Elimä 219.9
5 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 217.8
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peter Eržen 215.3
7 Norway Hans Olav Sørensen 214.9
8 Finland Seppo Hannula 214.8
9 Germany Henrik Ohlmayr 213.7
10 Norway Erling Stranden 212.2

Final ranking

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Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 869.5
2 East Germany Dieter Neuendorf 2nd 6th 1st 3rd 866.5
3 Norway Bjørn Wirkola 4th 2nd 13th 2nd 843.0
4 Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi 3rd 1st 5th 20th 828.7
5 Germany Henrik Ohlmayr 16th 7th 17th 9th 806.8
6 Czechoslovakia Dalibor Motejlek 7th 16th 15th 14th 795.6
7 Norway Hans Olav Sørensen 14th 18th 24th 7th 789.6
8 Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška 10th 19rd 34th 5th 787.1
9 Czechoslovakia Josef Matouš 8th 8th 4th 40th 786.4
10 Poland Piotr Wala 9th 24th 20th 13th 782.2

References

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