Four Hills Tournament 1965/66
14th Four Hills Tournament | ||
winner | ||
Tour winner | Veikko Kankkonen | |
Oberstdorf | Veikko Kankkonen | |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Paavo Lukkariniemi | |
innsbruck | Dieter Neuendorf | |
Bischofshofen | Veikko Kankkonen | |
Attendees | ||
Nations | 15 ( AUT , FIN , FRA , FRG , GDR , HUN , ITA , NOR , POL , SUI , SWE , TCH , URS , USA , YUG ,) |
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athlete | 93 | |
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The 14th Four Hills Tournament 1965/66 took place from December 30, 1965 to January 6, 1966 in the 4 traditional host cities of Oberstdorf , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Innsbruck and Bischofshofen . The overall winner was the Finn Veikko Kankkonen ahead of Dieter Neuendorf from the GDR and the Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola.
Development in advance
With 93 starters from 15 countries there was a new participation record. After 4 tours that saw no GDR jumpers on the ski jumps in Oberstdorf and Garmisch as a result of political disputes, the entire world class in ski jumping competed on all four hills for the first time. It was on October 8, 1965 on the 63rd IOC mission in Madrid that the GDR's IOC was recognized as an independent member. Thus, in the end, the German government had to allow GDR athletes to compete on German territory. However, you couldn't bring yourself to introduce the athletes as jumpers from the GDR. So it was agreed to indicate the home clubs of the GDR athletes instead. After the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 and the previous year's tour, there was only one tour favorite left with the Olympic champion from Innsbruck, the Finn Veikko Kankkonen. The Norwegians Toralf Engan and Torgeir Brandtzæg , but also the three-time tour winner Helmut Recknagel , had retired from competitive sports. The previous year's runner-up, the Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola, and the up-and-coming Czechoslovakian jumpers were also to be expected. The GDR jumpers around the Holmenkollensieger of 1965, Dieter Neuendorf, who are now fully competing again for the first time, were the great unknown.
Nominee athletes
Oberstdorf
- Date: December 30, 1965
- Country: BR Germany
- Hill: Schattenbergschanze
- Spectators: 6,000
In very adverse weather conditions, which changed from fog to snowfall and finally to rain, the inrun track iced over with increasing cold. As a result, there were more falls than confessed jumps in the end. Prominent fall victims were, for example, fellow favorite Lars Grini or the Soviet jumper Yuri Subarew, who was still in second place after the first round. Nevertheless, the jumping became extremely exciting in the end. The GDR jumper Dieter Neuendorf, who was fifth after the first round, moved up to second place thanks to the daily best distance of 75 m and very good posture marks. In the end, only 0.9 points separated him from the winner Veikko Kankkonen. In the shadow of this exciting final, the Czechoslovak jumpers once again attracted attention. After a 3rd place from Dalibor Motejlek in the overall ranking of the previous year's tour, the Czechoslovak team was able to bring 3 athletes into the top ten this time in the opening competition.
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1. | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 213.8 |
2. | Dieter Neuendorf | GDR | 212.9 |
3. | Paavo Lukkariniemi | Finland | 205.1 |
4th | Bjørn Wirkola | Norway | 203.0 |
5. | John Balfanz | United States | 201.5 |
6th | Alexander Ivannikov | Soviet Union | 200.4 |
7th | Dalibor Motejlek | Czechoslovakia | 200.0 |
8th. | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 198.4 |
9. | Piotr Wala | Poland | 197.7 |
10. | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | 194.5 |
Günther Göllner | BR Germany | 194.5 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Date: January 1, 1966
- Country: BR Germany
- Hill: Large Olympic hill
- Spectators: 30,000
In front of a large backdrop, jumping on the Olympic hill was firmly in Finnish hands. 4 jumpers from the Scandinavian country were placed among the top ten. The winner Paavo Lukkariniemi moved up to second place in the overall standings with his victory, while Dieter Neuendorf slipped down to third place with sixth place in the daily standings. However, only five points separated him from overall leader Kankkonen. Both German teams showed a great improvement in Garmisch, and a total of four German jumpers made it into the top ten. Thanks to their good results for the day, Göllner, Ohlmeyer and Karwofsky also moved into the top ten jumpers in the overall ranking. Due to falls in Oberstdorf, the Norwegian Grini and the Austrian Preiml did not compete in Garmisch. The Soviet jumper Subarew had to give up after a fall in the first round.
Intermediate result after 2 jumps | ||
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Item | Jumper | Points |
1. | Kankkonen | 423.9 |
2. | Lukkariniemi | 420.4 |
3. | Neuendorf | 419.1 |
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Paavo Lukkariniemi | Finland | 215.3 |
2. | Bjørn Wirkola | Norway | 212.6 |
3. | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 210.1 |
4th | Niilo halons | Finland | 207.1 |
5. | Günther Göllner | BR Germany | 206.8 |
6th | Dieter Neuendorf | GDR | 206.2 |
7th | Henrik Ohlmeyer | BR Germany | 205.1 |
8th. | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 204.4 |
9. | Harri Jussilainen | Finland | 203.7 |
10. | Bernd Karwofsky | GDR | 203.6 |
innsbruck
With the first victory of a GDR jumper since Helmut Recknagel, the cards in the overall standings were reshuffled. Since Kankkonen landed on an indisputable 17th place after the first round due to overgrowth, Neuendorf was able to confidently win the jumping with the two longest jumps of the day by a considerable margin in the second round, despite the Finn's enormous catch-up. Kankkonen was able to move up to second just ahead of Günther Göllner because of his excellent jumping style. After the third competition, Neuendorf now had an apparently reassuring lead of over 11 points over Kankkonen. It looked a lot like that after Recknagel the next GDR athlete could win the tour.
Intermediate result after 3 jumps | ||
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Item | Jumper | Points |
1. | Neuendorf | 645.2 |
2. | Kankkonen | 633.8 |
3. | Lukkariniemi | 628.7 |
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1. | Dieter Neuendorf | GDR | 226.1 |
2. | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 209.9 |
3. | Günther Göllner | BR Germany | 209.0 |
4th | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 208.6 |
5. | Paavo Lukkariniemi | Finland | 208.3 |
6th | Mikhail Veretennikov | Soviet Union | 204.9 |
7th | Peter Lesser | GDR | 203.7 |
8th. | Topi Mattila | Finland | 203.2 |
9. | Dave Hicks | United States | 202.1 |
10. | Heini Ihle | BR Germany | 201.9 |
Bischofshofen
- Date: January 6, 1966
- Country: Austria
- Hill: Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
After the Czechoslovak Moteiljek fell in the trial run, the run-up was shortened by 3 meters before the start of the competition. Nonetheless, jumpers with a poorer position came back to jumps of over 100 meters, some of which they could not stand. Therefore, Dieter Neuendorf's trainer Hans Renner decided to let his protégé start two meters further down, so that the approach speed was reduced to make the jump safely. This safety thinking resulted in a jump of 97 meters, which was graded 109.7 points. Rival Kankkonen took this rather cautious jump at full risk and was rewarded. He jumped 100.5 meters and landed stylistically clean, so that he was given 116.6 points in the end. As a result, Neuendorf's lead was reduced to 4.5 points after the first round. After the first round, the jury shortened the run-up by four meters. Neuendorf now jumped 98 meters while Kankkonen landed again at 100.5 meters. In addition, there were three times 19 points in the posture marks, the best posture mark during the entire tour. So Kankkonen won the jumping with over 14 points ahead of Neuendorf, who was also overtaken by Wirkola. The Swede Elimä, who took fourth place, provided a warning sign.
Item | Jumper | country | Points |
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1. | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 235.7 |
2. | Bjørn Wirkola | Norway | 227.2 |
3. | Dieter Neuendorf | GDR | 221.3 |
4th | Kurt Elimae | Sweden | 219.9 |
5. | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | 217.8 |
6th | Peter Eržen | Yugoslavia | 215.3 |
7th | Hans Olav Sørensen | Norway | 214.9 |
Seppo Hannula | Finland | 214.9 | |
9. | Henrik Ohlmeyer | BR Germany | 213.7 |
10. | Erling stranding | Norway | 212.2 |
Total status
The tour lived off the duel in Kankkonen- Neuendorf, which the Finn won in a dramatic final in Bischofshofen and thus won the 14th tour. It was his second overall victory after 1963/64. With Dieter Neuendorf, the GDR team had a title candidate in their ranks, but his coach gambled away in Bischofshofen. With third place in the overall standings, the Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola already indicated his class, which would later lead him to three tour victories. The Czechoslovak jumpers did not have a winning jumper yet, but got 3 jumpers in the top ten. The German jumper Hendrik Ohlmeyer achieved his best tour result with fifth place. The performance of the jumpers from Austria, who had nothing to do with the decision, was disappointing. Sepp Lichtenegger was ranked 18th as the best jumper.
rank |
Surname | nation | Overall rating |
Colonel village |
Garmisch- Partenk. |
Inns- Bruckhaus |
Episcopate hofen |
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1 | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 870.0 | 213.8 / | 1.210.1 / | 3.209.9 / | 2.235.7 / | 1.
2 | Dieter Neuendorf | GDR | 866.5 | 212.9 / | 2.206.2 / | 6.226.1 / | 1.221.3 / | 3.
3 | Bjørn Wirkola | Norway | 843.0 | 203.0 / | 4.212.6 / | 2.213.8 / | 5.227.2 / | 2.
4th | Paavo Lukkariniemi | Finland | 828.7 | 205.1 / | 3.215.3 / | 1.208.3 / | 5.200.0 / | 20.
5 | Henrik Ohlmeyer | BR Germany | 806.8 | 191.1 / 16. | 205.1 / | 7.196.9 / 17. | 213.7 / | 9.
6th | Dalibor Motejlek | Czechoslovakia | 795.6 | 200.0 / | 7.192.2 / 16. | 198.1 / 15. | 205.3 / 14. |
7th | Hans Olav Sørensen | Norway | 789.6 | 191.6 / 14. | 190.3 / 18. | 192.8 / 24. | 214.9 / | 7.
8th | Jiří Raška | Czechoslovakia | 787.1 | 194.5 / 10. | 190.1 / 18. | 184.7 / 34. | 217.8 / | 5.
9 | Josef Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 786.4 | 198.4 / | 8.204.4 / | 8.208.6 / | 4.175.0 / 40. |
10 | Piotr Wala | Poland | 782.2 | 197.7 / | 9.183.3 / 24. | 194.6 / 20. | 206.6 / 13. |
Individual evidence
- ^ FIS-Ski - results Oberstdorf
- ^ FIS-Ski - results Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 2, 1966 p. 5
- ↑ FIS Ski Results Innsbruck
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 3, 1966 p. 5
- ↑ FIS ski results in Bischofshofen
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, January 7, 1966, p. 8
- ↑ FIS-Ski - Cup evaluation
- ↑ FIS results list
- ↑ FIS results list
- ↑ FIS results list
- ↑ FIS results list
literature
- Robert Kauer, Raymund Stolze, Klaus Taglauer: 50 + 1 years International Four Hills Tournament Flying & Siegen . 3. Edition. wero press, Pfaffenweiler 2002, ISBN 3-9808049-0-9 .