Four Hills Tournament 1961/62
10th Four Hills Tournament | ||
winner | ||
Tour winner | Eino Kirjonen | |
Oberstdorf | Eino Kirjonen | |
innsbruck | Willi Egger | |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Georg Thoma | |
Bischofshofen | Willi Egger | |
Attendees | ||
Nations | 14 (AUT, FIN, FRA, FRG, GDR, HUN, ITA, NOR, POL, SUI, SWE, URS, TCH, YUG) |
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athlete | 84 | |
← 1960/61 | 1962/63 → |
During the 10th Four Hills Tournament 1961/62 the jumping took place in Oberstdorf on December 28th, the jumping in Innsbruck on December 30th and the jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 1st . The event in Bischofshofen took place on January 6th. A new attendance record was set for the anniversary tour. A total of athletes from 14 countries competed, including for the first time from Hungary, a rather exotic ski jumping nation. After several years of abstinence, a Polish team took part in the tour again, which of course wanted to look good at the upcoming World Cup in Zakopane .
The tour in the shadow of the wall
On the anniversary of all things, the tour got caught up in the maelstrom of inner-German sports relations, as it did in its 8th edition. If in 1959 it was still the flag dispute, the construction of the Wall on August 13, 1961 had another impact on the field of participants. As a result of this event, the DSB passed its so-called Düsseldorf resolutions on August 16, 1961 . Among other things, these prohibited the holding of sports events with sports groups from the GDR in the Federal Republic until further notice. Since the federal government ensured compliance with these resolutions and the mood in the West German population of the GDR was not necessarily well-disposed, the DSV failed to invite ski jumpers from the GDR to the jumps in Oberstdorf and Garmisch. The ÖSV, however, issued an invitation, which was also accepted by the GDR side. This made it clear from the start that defending champion Helmut Recknagel would not be able to tackle a fourth tour win. Unlike in 1959, however, this time not all Eastern European sports associations showed solidarity with the GDR jumpers. Only the Czechoslovak athletes did not compete on the German jumps, while the Polish, Hungarian and Soviet jumpers competed in all four competitions.
Nominee athletes
With Silvennoinen, Kamenski, Bolkart and Helmut Recknagel there were four tour winners at the start, with Recknagel only taking part in two competitions.
Oberstdorf
- Date: December 28, 1961
- Country: BR Germany
- Hill: Schattenbergschanze
- Spectators: 10,000
In the best weather, an old friend won on the Schattenbergschanze. Kirjonen had already finished second three times in the overall tour. He prevailed with the best stylistic jumps. The Yugoslav Božo Jemc came in surprisingly second. Of the German jumpers, only Wolfgang Happle was among the top ten. Max Bolkart jumped two maximum distances, but could not stand both jumps in the run and so fell back hopelessly.
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1 | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 226.5 |
2 | Božo Jemc | Yugoslavia | 219.5 |
3 | Oddvar saga | Norway | 219.0 |
4th | Hemmo Silvennoinen | Finland | 218.0 |
5 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 216.0 |
6th | Wolfgang Happle | BR Germany | 215.5 |
7th | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 215.0 |
7th | Kjell Sjöberg | Sweden | 215.0 |
9 | Nikolai Shamov | Soviet Union | 214.0 |
10 | Georg Thoma | BR Germany | 213.0 |
10 | Inge Lindqvist | Sweden | 213.0 |
10 | Nikolai Kamensky | Soviet Union | 213.0 |
innsbruck
On the construction site at Bergisel, construction work was taking place for the next Olympic Games, the Austrians were ahead of the game. Willi Egger won with a hill record of 89.5 m and Walter Habersatter just missed second place, 0.3 points behind. First of all, the big Polish team in the form of Antoni Wieczorek put a warning, he came in fifth. Last year's winner Helmut Recknagel took eleventh place, according to press releases he had not completed enough training jumps. Due to his fourth place, Eino Kirjonen consolidated his first place in the overall ranking.
Intermediate result after 2 jumps | ||
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Item | Jumper | Points |
1. | Kirjonen | 445.0 |
2. | Zakadze | 434.7 |
3. | Silvennoinen | 430.2 |
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Willi Egger | Austria | 225.0 |
2 | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 219.7 |
3 | Walter Habersatter | Austria | 219.4 |
4th | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 218.5 |
5 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 214.4 |
6th | Max Bolkart | BR Germany | 213.4 |
7th | Nikolai Shamov | Soviet Union | 212.6 |
8th | Kjell Sjöberg | Sweden | 212.5 |
9 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | Finland | 212.2 |
10 | Yuri Samsonov | Soviet Union | 210.1 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Date: January 1, 1962
- Country: BR Germany
- Hill: Large Olympic hill
- Spectators: 30,000
Just as it was the day of the Austrians in Innsbruck, the New Year's competition was the day of the German team. There had not yet been three German jumpers among the top four places on the tour. Ironically, a combiner won the day's ranking. The Olympic champion in Nordic combined , Georg Thoma, won ahead of the again strong Austrian Willi Egger and Wolfgang Happle. Former master Max Bolkart rounded off the good performance of the West German jumpers with fourth place. Due to this result and the fact that Koba Zakadze, who had been second in the overall standings up to that point, only finished in 43rd place, the overall standings were upset. Kirjonen was still the undisputed leader with almost 20 points, but behind Georg Thoma suddenly there was a chance of a podium place in the overall standings. Somewhat surprisingly, the Swede Lindqvist took 4th place in the overall ranking at this point.
Intermediate result after 3 jumps | ||
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Item | Jumper | Points |
1. | Kirjonen | 661.2 |
2. | Silvennoinen | 641.4 |
3. | Thoma | 641.0 |
4th | Lindqvist | 636.5 |
5. | Shamov | 634.6 |
6th | Kamensky | 633.9 |
7th | Habersatter | 633.7 |
8th. | Wieczorek | 630.9 |
9. | Egger | 630.7 |
10. | Samsonov | 624.5 |
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1 | Georg Thoma | BR Germany | 225.5 |
2 | Willy Egger | Austria | 221.7 |
3 | Wolfgang Happle | BR Germany | 220.0 |
4th | Max Bolkart | BR Germany | 216.4 |
5 | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 216.2 |
6th | Nikolai Kamensky | Soviet Union | 215.2 |
7th | Niilo halons | Finland | 214.2 |
7th | Inge Lindqvist | Sweden | 214.2 |
9 | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 213.0 |
10 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 212.4 |
Bischofshofen
- Date: January 6, 1962
- Country: Austria
- Hill: Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
- Spectators: 15,000
The final competition turned out to be memorable in every respect. It started with the fact that Georg Thoma, who was third in the overall ranking, did not take part in the fourth jumping and instead competed in the Nordic Combined around Neukirch . He gave up this in the running competition after running about 1.5 km because he had become completely overgrown. If the German performance in Garmisch was already outstanding, the German jumpers of both teams went one better in Bischofshofen. In second to sixth place five German jumpers, 3 from the GDR, 2 from the Federal Republic, came in among the top ten places. To the delight of the audience, Willi Egger won his second jumping of this tour after Innsbruck and improved from ninth to second place in the overall ranking. The overall leading Kirjonen took 12th place.
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1 | Willy Egger | Austria | 222.7 |
2 | Helmut Recknagel | GDR | 220.3 |
3 | Wolfgang Happle | BR Germany | 215.0 |
4th | Dieter Bokeloh | GDR | 213.6 |
5 | Werner Lesser | GDR | 212.8 |
6th | Heini Ihle | BR Germany | 210.5 |
7th | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 210.0 |
8th | Oddvar saga | Norway | 208.8 |
9 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 208.5 |
10 | Nikolai Shamov | Soviet Union | 206.1 |
Total status
Old master Eino Kirjonen made a strong comeback after three second places. He laid the foundation stone for this right from the first competition in Oberstdorf, where he also benefited from Willi Egger's fall. The Austrian was the outstanding jumper on this tour, winning two competitions and finishing second in Garmisch. But his fall in Oberstdorf robbed him of the overall victory.
rank | Surname | nation | Overall rating |
Colonel village |
Inns- bruck |
Garmisch- Partenk.- |
Episcopate hofen |
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1 | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 865.1 | 226.5 / | 1.218.5 / | 4.216.2 / | 5.203.9 / 12. |
2 | Willi Egger | Austria | 853.4 | 184.0 / 52. | 225.0 / | 1.221.7 / | 2.222.7 / | 1.
3 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | Finland | 843.2 | 218.0 / | 4.212.2 / | 9.211.2 / 12. | 201.8 / 14. |
4th | Nikolai Shamov | Soviet Union | 840.7 | 214.0 / | 9.212.6 / | 7.208.0 / 18. | 206.1 / 10. |
5 | Antoni Wieczorek | Poland | 839.4 | 212.0 / 13. | 214.4 / | 5.204.5 / 26. | 209.5 / | 9.
6th | Walter Habersatter | Austria | 833.4 | 206.0 / 23. | 219.4 / | 3.208.3 / 17. | 199.7 / 18. |
7th | Koba Zakadze | Soviet Union | 833.0 | 215.0 / | 7.219.7 / | 2.188.3 / 43. | 210.0 / | 7.
8th | Inge Lindqvist | Sweden | 832.5 | 213.0 / 10. | 209.3 / 13. | 214.2 / | 7.196.0 / 24. |
9 | Oddvar saga | Norway | 830.4 | 219.0 / | 3.195.4 / 27. | 207.2 / 21. | 208.8 / | 8.
10 | Max Bolkart | BR Germany | 828.7 | 193.0 / 42. | 213.4 / | 6.216.4 / | 4.205.9 / 11. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eino Kirjonen won in world class style . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 29, 1961, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of December 29, 1961 p. 10
- ↑ Jumps like in a dream - that was the victory . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 31, 1961, p. 37 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Austria's jumpers not yet in shape . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 3, 1962, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Egger is one of the best in the world . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1962, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, January 8, 1962, p. 6
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