1956–57 Four Hills Tournament

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.

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 

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

NationAthletes
 GermanyHelmut 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
 AustriaWilli Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
Czechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaJáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík
 East GermanyHerbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
 FinlandAulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen
 NorwayToralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes
 PolandJózef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz
Soviet Union Soviet UnionNikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
 SwedenToivo Lauren, Arne Strøm
  SwitzerlandAndreas Däscher, Francis Perret

Results

Oberstdorf

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.

RankNamePoints
1Finland Pentti Uotinen227.0
2Finland Aulis Kallakorpi223.0
3Germany Toni Brutscher219.5
East Germany Werner Lesser219.5
5Switzerland Andreas Däscher218.5
6Germany Max Bolkart217.5
7Norway Kjell Kopstad215.5
8East Germany Harry Glaß212.5
9Austria Walter Steinegger212.0
10Sweden Toivo Lauren210.5
Norway Asbjørn Osnes210.5
Germany Georg Thoma210.5

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1956[2]

RankNamePoints
1Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov221.5
2Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy218.5
3Germany Max Bolkart217.5
4Soviet Union Koba Zakadze213.5
5East Germany Werner Lesser213.0
6Finland Eino Kirjonen212.5
East Germany Helmut Recknagel212.5
8Finland Pentti Uotinen211.5
9Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Remsa210.5
10Finland Aulis Kallakorpi209.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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

RankNamePoints
1Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy217.9
2Finland Eino Kirjonen217.6
3Finland Pentti Uotinen215.4
4Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov215.0
5Soviet Union Koba Zakadze212.3
6Soviet Union Nikolai Trussow211.8
7Germany Max Bolkart210.7
8East Germany Harry Glaß206.4
9Norway Toralf Engan205.8
10Poland Władysław Tajner202.5

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 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.

RankNamePoints
1Finland Eino Kirjonen232.9
2Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy223.7
3Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov219.5
4Germany Georg Thoma217.0
5East Germany Helmut Recknagel216.9
6East Germany Harry Glaß216.1
7East Germany Werner Lesser215.3
8Finland Pentti Uotinen212.1
9Austria Walter Habersatter210.9
10Austria Walter Steinegger210.8

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfInnsbruckGarmisch-PartenkirchenBischofshofenPoints
1Finland Pentti Uotinen1st8th3rd8th866.0
2Finland Eino Kirjonen17th6th2nd1st864.5
3Germany Max Bolkart6th3rd7th11th855.9
4East Germany Werner Lesser3rd5th11th7th848.4
5East Germany Harry Glaß8th24th8th6th831.5
6Austria Walter Steinegger9th11th13th10th828.2
7East Germany Helmut Recknagel35th6th12th5th816.0
8Germany Georg Thoma10th25th18th4th815.4
9Poland Władysław Tajner15th15th10th20th810.9
10Sweden Toivo Lauren10th13th32nd18th794.6

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