1973–74 Four Hills Tournament

The 21st annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German athlete Hans-Georg Aschenbach. After a dominating victory at the first event in Oberstdorf, and three more podium finishes, he ended up with a 43-point lead over second-placed Walter Steiner, who became the first Swiss to win a Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationWest Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1973 (1973-12-30) – 5 January 1974 (1974-01-05)
Competitors100 from 17 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

Participating nations and athletes

NationNumber of AthletesAthletes
 West Germany8Toni Angerer, Klaus Boll, Peter Dubb, Alfred Grosche, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Ernst Wursthorn, Bernd Zapf
 Austria10Reinhold Bachler, Sepp Gratzer, Walter Habersatter, Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria Bulgaria5Georgi Geliov, Georgi Lasev, Ivan Scharkov, Ivan Schopov, Tascho Sterev
 Canada5Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Knut Nordle, Tom Reaper, Peter Wilson
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia6Rudolf Höhnl, Karel Kodejška, Jaromír Liďák, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, Leoš Škoda
 East Germany8Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Heinz Wosipiwo
 Finland4Tauno Käyhkö, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
 France5Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Yvan Richard, James Yerrly
 Italy4Ermes Bontempelli, Sandro Dalle Ave, Maurizio Dünnhofer, Lido Tomasi
Japan Japan7Kasuhiro Akimoto, Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Takao Itō, Yūji Katsuro, Akitsugu Konno, Hisayoshi Sawada
 Norway4Odd Grette, Arnfinn Henden, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre
 Poland5Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Czesław Janik, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak
Soviet Union Soviet Union6Sergei Botschkov, Wladimir Frolov, Yury Kalinin, Aleks Karapusov, Gariy Napalkov, Wladimir Napylow
 Sweden5Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Lundgren, Andreas Lundquist, Rolf Nordgren
  Switzerland6Eric Aubert, Josef Bonetti, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen, Josef Zehnder
 United States6Arne Haugen, Jerry Martin, Jay Rand, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger, Jeff Wright
 Yugoslavia6Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Peter Štefančič

Results

Oberstdorf

West Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1973[1]

RankNamePoints
1East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach245.1
2East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo225.0
3Switzerland Hans Schmid222.8
4Finland Esko Rautionaho221.3
5Soviet Union Yury Kalinin218.9
6Finland Kari Ylianttila217.8
7Germany Alfred Grosche217.3
8Poland Tadeusz Pawlusiak211.8
9East Germany Jochen Danneberg210.5
10Japan Hiroshi Itagaki210.4
Japan Hisayoshi Sawada210.4

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

West Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1974[2]

Walter Steiner became the first Swiss ski jumper to win an event at a Four Hills Tournament. After a second result that placed him far ahead of the main field, Hans-Georg Aschenbach left the New Year's event with a lead of 34 points to his closest rival, Hans Schmid.

RankNamePoints
1Switzerland Walter Steiner240.9
2East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach239.4
3East Germany Dietrich Kampf227.9
4Switzerland Hans Schmid227.7
5East Germany Henry Glaß227.3
6East Germany Bernd Eckstein226.7
7Finland Tauno Käyhkö226.3
8Germany Alfred Grosche225.2
9East Germany Jochen Danneberg224.8
10Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov224.1

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
3 January 1974[3]

RankNamePoints
1East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach251.3
2Switzerland Hans Schmid244.6
3Switzerland Walter Steiner242.9
4East Germany Henry Glaß240.5
5East Germany Bernd Eckstein239.2
6Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl236.6
7Austria Reinhold Bachler236.0
8Soviet Union Yury Kalinin235.7
9East Germany Dietrich Kampf235.6
10Poland Tadeusz Pawlusiak234.5

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1974[4]

RankNamePoints
1East Germany Bernd Eckstein237.4
2Switzerland Walter Steiner235.7
3East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach235.0
4East Germany Dietrich Kampf230.0
5East Germany Henry Glaß227.3
6Norway Odd Grette223.7
7Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov221.7
8Japan Hiroshi Itagaki219.3
9East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo218.5
10Switzerland Hans Schmid214.7

Final ranking

RankNameOberstdorfGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach1st2nd1st3rd970.6
2Switzerland Walter Steiner14th1st3rd2nd927.6
3East Germany Bernd Eckstein16th6th5th1st910.0
4Switzerland Hans Schmid3rd4th2nd10th909.8
5East Germany Henry Glaß25th5th4th5th893.9
6East Germany Dietrich Kampf22nd3rd9th4th893.3
7West Germany Alfred Grosche7th8th11th19th880.5
8East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo2nd16th28th9th876.8
9Japan Hiroshi Itagaki10th18th17th8th869.8
10Finland Esko Rautionaho4th27th14th15th868.0

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