1954–55 Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	30 December 1954 – 8 January 1955
Nations	6
Medalists
	Hemmo Silvennoinen
	Eino Kirjonen
	Aulis Kallakorpi

At the third edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, Hemmo Silvennoinen became the first ski jumper to win the tournament without winning any of the single events. He won ahead of two other Finns.

Participating nations and athletes

Defending champion Olaf Bjørnstad did not compete. The winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl did compete and ended up fourth overall, in spite of disappointing results on the German hills (15th and 12th).

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

Nation	Athletes
Germany	Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Ewald Roscher
Austria	Sepp Bradl, Franz Gradwohl, Walter Haberstatter, Ernst Hohenegg, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Willi Lichtenegger, Karl Mair, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Finland	Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Norway	Gunder Gundersen, Kjell Knarvik, Asbjørn Moland, Torbjørn Ruste, Thorleif Schjelderup
Sweden	Lars-Åke Bergseije, Toivo Lauren
Switzerland	Gottfried Bühler, Andreas Däscher, Hans Däscher

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1954[1]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Aulis Kallakorpi	224.0
2	Eino Kirjonen	220.0
2	Hemmo Silvennoinen	220.0
4	Kjell Knarvik	217.0
4	Torbjørn Ruste	217.0
6	Toni Brutscher	216.5
7	Sepp Hohenleitner	216.0
8	Gunder Gundersen	215.0
9	Max Bolkart	213.5
10	Sepp Kleisl	210.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1955[2]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Aulis Kallakorpi	228.0
2	Eino Kirjonen	220.5
3	Hemmo Silvennoinen	218.5
4	Sepp Hohenleitner	215.5
4	Kjell Knarvik	215.5
6	Asbjørn Moland	205.0
7	Franz Dengg	203.5
8	Lars-Åke Bergseije	199.0
9	Sepp Kleisl	196.0
9	Alwin Plank	196.0

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1954[3]

After two consecutive victories, Aulis Kallakorpi only finished twentieth in Innsbruck, falling back in the overall ranking. Winner Ruste, similarly, was missing a competitive result from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thus, Hemmo Silvennoinen took the overall lead, only 1.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen.

Rank	Name	Points
1	Torbjørn Ruste	225.0
2	Hemmo Silvennoinen	222.0
3	Max Bolkart	221.0
4	Eino Kirjonen	218.5
5	Sepp Bradl	212.0
6	Sepp Hohenleitner	211.5
7	Alwin Plank	210.5
8	Gunder Gundersen	209.5
9	Toni Brutscher	209.0
10	Toivo Lauren	206.0

Bischofshofen

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

Rank	Name	Points
1	Torbjørn Ruste	224.5
2	Hemmo Silvennoinen	217.5
3	Eino Kirjonen	216.2
4	Sepp Bradl	215.1
5	Franz Eder	205.8
6	Aulis Kallakorpi	205.1
7	Toivo Lauren	204.2
8	Alwin Plank	201.9
9	Kjell Knarvik	200.8
10	Otto Leodolter	199.0

Final ranking

Rank	Name	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Oberstorf	Innsbruck	Bischofshofen	Points
1	Hemmo Silvennoinen	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	878.0
2	Eino Kirjonen	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	875.2
3	Aulis Kallakorpi	1st	1st	20th	6th	851.1
4	Sepp Bradl	15th	12th	5th	4th	830.1
5	Kjell Knarvik	4th	4th	24th	9th	824.3

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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