1953–54 Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	31 December 1953 – 6 January 1954
Nations	8
Medalists
	Olaf Bjørnstad
	Eino Kirjonen
	Sepp Bradl

The second Four Hills tournament was the first one to use the traditional event order of Oberstdorf in December, the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then Innsbruck and the final in Bischofshofen on Three Kings' Day.

Participating nations and athletes

Jeremy Baig was the first non-European to compete at the Four Hills. Finland was represented for the first time and achieved good results (5 podiums). The defending champion was Sepp Bradl.

The following athletes are on the FIS record, although it is likely incomplete.

Nation	Athletes
Germany	Helmut Böck, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Heinz Hauser, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler
Austria	Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Siegfried Kostner, Lois Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser, Karl Wilhelm, Heinz Winkler
Canada	Jeremy Baig
Finland	Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Esko Mömme, Matti Pietikäinen
Norway	Arnfin Bergman, Olaf Bjørnstad, Arne Ellingsen
Sweden	Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson
Switzerland	Gottfried Brügger, Andreas Däscher, Fritz Schneider
Yugoslavia	Rude Finžgar, Jože Langus, Albin Rogelj

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1953[1]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Olaf Bjørnstad	222.0
2	Sepp Bradl	220.5
3	Aulis Kallakorpi	216.0
4	Arne Ellingsen	215.5
5	Albin Rogelj	207.0
6	Eino Kirjonen	206.0
7	Franz Dengg	204.0
8	Franz Eder	202.0
9	Toni Brutscher	201.0
9	Axel-Hermann Nilsson	201.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1954[2]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Olaf Bjørnstad	226.0
2	Eino Kirjonen	221.5
3	Esko Mömme	217.0
4	Arnfinn Bergmann	216.5
5	Franz Eder	205.5
6	Aulis Kallakorpi	204.5
7	Toivo Lauren	197.0
8	Axel-Hermann Nilsson	192.5
9	Toni Brutscher	191.5
9	Sepp Kleisl	191.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
03 January 1954[3]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Olaf Bjørnstad	224.5
2	Matti Pietikäinen	223.5
3	Arnfinn Bergmann	218.5
4	Arne Ellingsen	218.0
5	Eino Kirjonen	217.5
6	Sepp Bradl	212.5
7	Esko Mömme	211.5
8	Aulis Kallakorpi	207.5
9	Albin Rogelj	206.0
10	Axel-Hermann Nilsson	203.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1954[4]

After three victories in three events, Olaf Bjørnstad was leading the tournament ranking by 27.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen. Defending champion Sepp Bradl was already 51 points behind, but was able to secure the Bischofshofen victory and a third place overall.

Rank	Name	Points
1	Sepp Bradl	222.5
2	Arnfinn Bergmann	218.4
3	Olaf Bjørnstad	215.6
3	Matti Pietikäinen	215.6
5	Franz Eder	213.4
6	Aulis Kallakorpi	210.1
7	Sepp Kleisl	208.8
8	Toivo Lauren	207.0
9	Eino Kirjonen	206.2
10	Arne Ellingsen	205.6

Final ranking

Rank	Name	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Oberstorf	Innsbruck	Bischofshofen	Points
1	Olaf Bjørnstad	1st	1st	1st	3rd	888.1
2	Eino Kirjonen	6th	2nd	5th	9th	851.2
3	Sepp Bradl	2nd	14th	6th	1st	844.0
4	Arnfinn Bergmann	21st	4th	3rd	2nd	840.9
5	Aulis Kallakorpi	3rd	6th	8th	6th	838.1

References

External links

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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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