1960–61 Four Hills Tournament

After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.[1]

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates30 December 1960 (1960-12-30) – 8 January 1961 (1961-01-08)
Competitors75 from 12 nations
Medalists
  Helmut Recknagel
  Otto Leodolter
  Kalevi Kärkkäinen

East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.

Participating nations and athletes

With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 Germany18Hermann Anwander, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Rudi Duffke, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Edi Lengg, Siegbert Mönch, Josef Pichler, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Axel Zerlaut
 Austria18Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Ernst Kröll, Georg Lackner, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Albin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Czechoslovakia3Drahomír Jebavý, Dalibor Motejlek, Jaromír Novlud
 Finland3Veikko Kankkonen, Juhani Kärkkäinen, Kalevi Kärkkäinen
 France2Phil Devouassoux, Robert Rey
 East Germany9Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, Günter Oettel, Günther Pollmer, Helmut Recknagel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller, Willi Wirth
 Italy4Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanell
 Norway3Gunnar Lie, Ole Tom Nord, Olaf Solli
Soviet Union5V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze, Yuri Zubarev
 Sweden3Harry Bergquist, Gösta Nordin, Kjell Sjöberg
  Switzerland3Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Peter Wenger
 Yugoslavia4Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1960[2]

RankNamePoints
1 Juhani Kärkkäinen227.0
2 Kjell Sjöberg223.0
3 Kalevi Kärkkäinen220.0
Otto Leodolter220.0
5 Koba Zakadze218.0
6 Helmut Recknagel217.0
7 Veit Kührt215.0
8 Nikolai Schamov213.5
9 Walter Habersatter212.5
10 Ole Tom Nord211.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1961[3]

RankNamePoints
1 Koba Zakadze220.5
2 Helmut Recknagel218.0
3 Nilo Zandanell217.0
4 Otto Leodolter215.0
5 Nikolay Kamenskiy214.0
6 Kjell Sjöberg213.5
7 Juhani Kärkkäinen213.0
8 Yuri Zubarev212.0
9 Nikolai Schamov209.5
Kurt Schramm209.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1961[4]

RankNamePoints
1 Kalevi Kärkkäinen218.5
2 Helmut Recknagel217.6
3 Otto Leodolter213.4
4 Olaf Solli212.2
5 Veikko Kankkonen211.6
6 Wolfgang Happle211.0
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy210.4
8 Helmut Wegscheider209.2
9 Albin Plank207.7
10 Kjell Sjöberg207.0

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1961[5]

In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.

RankNamePoints
1 Helmut Recknagel229.1
2 Otto Leodolter225.6
3 Kalevi Kärkkäinen221.1
4 Nikolai Schamov219.3
5 Wolfgang Happle212.8
6 Olaf Solli211.8
7 Nilo Zandanell210.0
8 Kurt Schramm209.7
9 Dino De Zordo208.7
10 Koba Zakadze207.7

Final Ranking
RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Helmut Recknagel6th2nd2nd1st881.7
2 Otto Leodolter3rd4th3rd2nd874.0
3 Kalevi Kärkkäinen3rd22nd1st3rd862.1
4 Koba Zakadze5th1st11th10th851.9
5 Juhani Kärkkäinen1st7th12th11th850.7
6 Kjell Sjöberg2nd6th10th15th848.2
7 Nilo Zandanell11th3rd14th7th839.6
8 Olaf Solli20th26th4th6th829.5
9 Nikolai Schamov8th9th36th4th827.4
10 Wolfgang Happle39th11th6th5th826.8

References
  1. "Die Geschichte der Vierschanzentournee" (in German). skispringen-news.de. 2014.
  2. "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  3. "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  4. "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  5. "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.
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