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1956–57 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates29 December 1956 (1956-12-29) – 6 January 1957 (1957-01-06)
Nations10
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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The fifth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by Pentti Uotinen. Another Finnish athlete, Eino Kirjonen placed second in the overall ranking for the third time. It was the first edition without the winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl.

The defending champion, Nikolay Kamenskiy, won the event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but had already missed out on producing a competitive result at the first event in Oberstdorf.

Participating nations and athletes

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Nation Athletes
 Germany Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Hans Kriner, Georg Thoma, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler
 Austria Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík
 East Germany Herbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen
 Norway Toralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes
 Poland Józef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz
Soviet Union Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
 Sweden Toivo Lauren, Arne Strøm
 Switzerland Andreas Däscher, Francis Perret

Results

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Oberstdorf

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Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1956[1]

Toni Brutscher placed in the Top Ten in Oberstdorf in each of the first five Four Hills tournaments.

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Pentti Uotinen 227.0
2 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 223.0
3 Germany Toni Brutscher 219.5
East Germany Werner Lesser 219.5
5 Switzerland Andreas Däscher 218.5
6 Germany Max Bolkart 217.5
7 Norway Kjell Kopstad 215.5
8 East Germany Harry Glaß 212.5
9 Austria Walter Steinegger 212.0
10 Sweden Toivo Lauren 210.5
Norway Asbjørn Osnes 210.5
Germany Georg Thoma 210.5

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1956[2]

Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 221.5
2 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 218.5
3 Germany Max Bolkart 217.5
4 Soviet Union Koba Zakadze 213.5
5 East Germany Werner Lesser 213.0
6 Finland Eino Kirjonen 212.5
East Germany Helmut Recknagel 212.5
8 Finland Pentti Uotinen 211.5
9 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Remsa 210.5
10 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 209.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1957[3]

Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 217.9
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 217.6
3 Finland Pentti Uotinen 215.4
4 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 215.0
5 Soviet Union Koba Zakadze 212.3
6 Soviet Union Nikolai Trussow 211.8
7 Germany Max Bolkart 210.7
8 East Germany Harry Glaß 206.4
9 Norway Toralf Engan 205.8
10 Poland Władysław Tajner 202.5

Bischofshofen

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Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1957[4]

After three events, Pentti Uotinen was still in the lead in the overall ranking. His closest pursuer was Max Bolkart, but the German only placed 11th in Bischofshofen (210.2p) and thus stayed behind the Finn. Eino Kirjonen on the other hand, who was fourth after the New Year's event, almost closed the gap by reducing the point difference from 22.3 to 1.5 points.

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Eino Kirjonen 232.9
2 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 223.7
3 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 219.5
4 Germany Georg Thoma 217.0
5 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 216.9
6 East Germany Harry Glaß 216.1
7 East Germany Werner Lesser 215.3
8 Finland Pentti Uotinen 212.1
9 Austria Walter Habersatter 210.9
10 Austria Walter Steinegger 210.8

Final ranking

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Rank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points
1 Finland Pentti Uotinen 1st 8th 3rd 8th 866.0
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 17th 6th 2nd 1st 864.5
3 Germany Max Bolkart 6th 3rd 7th 11th 855.9
4 East Germany Werner Lesser 3rd 5th 11th 7th 848.4
5 East Germany Harry Glaß 8th 24th 8th 6th 831.5
6 Austria Walter Steinegger 9th 11th 13th 10th 828.2
7 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 35th 6th 12th 5th 816.0
8 Germany Georg Thoma 10th 25th 18th 4th 815.4
9 Poland Władysław Tajner 15th 15th 10th 20th 810.9
10 Sweden Toivo Lauren 10th 13th 32nd 18th 794.6

References

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