Four Hills Tournament 1979/80

28th Four Hills Tournament
winner
Tour winner	Hubert Neuper
Oberstdorf	Jochen Danneberg
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Hubert Neuper
innsbruck	Hubert Neuper
Bischofshofen	Martin Weber
Attendees
Nations	19th
athlete	113
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The 28th Four Hills Tournament 1979/80 was a stop of the Ski Jumping World Cup 1979/1980 , which was held in Germany and Austria . The tour took place from December 30, 1979 to January 6, 1980 on the ski jumps in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) as well as in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen (Austria). The Four Hills Tournament was won by the Austrian Hubert Neuper in front of three jumpers from the GDR .

mode

A new mode was used during the tour. For the second round, only the best 50 jumpers from the first round were allowed to compete, and those not placed were also eliminated from the overall ranking of the tour.

Attendees

nation	Athletes
BR Germany	Peter Schwinghammer , Hans-Jürgen Eschrich , Hermann Weinbuch , Thomas Klauser , Albert Wursthorn , Peter Leitner , Hubert Schwarz , Thomas Prosser
GDR	Jochen Danneberg , Martin Weber , Harald Duschk , Falko Weißpflog , Klaus Ostwald , Manfred Deckert , Henry Glaß , Thomas Meisinger
Austria	Hans Millonig , Alois Lipburger , Claus Tuchscherer , Armin Kogler , Hubert Neuper , Hans Wallner , Alfred Groyer , Toni Innauer , Gebhard Aberer , Manfred Steiner , Willi Pürstl , Andreas Felder , Rupert Gürtler , Heinz Koch
Bulgaria	Vladimir Brejtschew , Petar Dimitrov , Angel Stoyanov , Valentin Boschkow
Finland	Jouko Törmänen , Kari Ylianttila , Jari Puikkonen , Pentti Kokkonen , Keijo Korhonen , Jari Pulkkinen , Kari Heinonen , Jari Larinto
France	Patric Dubiez , Philippe Jacoberger , Bernard Moullier , Gérard Colin
Italy	Ivano Wegher , Lido Tomasi , Massimo Rigoni
Japan	Yūji Kawamura , Sakae Tsuruga , Hirokazu Yagi , Takafumi Kawabata , Masaru Nagaoka , Hiroyasu Aizawa , Masahiro Akimoto
Yugoslavia	Marko Mlakar , Bogdan Norčič , Miran Tepeš , Ivo Zupan , Primož Ulaga , Brane Benedik , Vasja Bajc
Canada	Tauno Käyhkö , Ron Richards , Horst Bulau , Steve Collins
Norway	Johan Sætre , Per Bergerud , Ulf Jørgensen , Roger Ruud , Dag Holmen-Jensen , Per Steinar Nordlien , Ole Bremseth , Tom Levorstad
Poland	Stanisław Pawlusiak , Piotr Fijas , Stanisław Bobak , Andrzej Kowalski
Sweden	Christer Karlsson , Jan Holmlund , Seppo Toivonen , Per Balkåsen , Anders Daun
Switzerland	Hansjörg Sumi , Paul Egloff , Robert Mösching , Georges Jaquiery , Placide Schmidinger
Soviet Union	Alexei Borowitin , Yuri Ivanov , Vladimir Chernyayev , Valeri Savin , Vladimir Vlasov , Sergei Saitschik , Anatoly Oparin , Pyotr Sunin
Spain	Thomas Cano , Ángel Janiquet
Czechoslovakia	Leoš Škoda , Ján Tánczos , Josef Samek , František Novák , Josef Brzuchanski
Hungary	László Fischer , Robert Fogarasi , Zoltan Kelemen , Gábor Gellér , Gyula Henyel , Miklos Lovas
United States	Jim Denney , John Broman , Chris McNeill

Venues

Oberstdorf

• Date: December 30, 1979.
• Country: BR Germany 
• Hill: Schattenbergschanze
• Hill record: 110.0 m Toni Innauer (1975) and Jochen Danneberg (1976)  

Since the trial run was canceled after 22 jumpers because of fresh snow and not repeated, the jury chose too long a run for the first run. So it happened that the hill record (110 m) was set once and beaten five times. The new record of 113 m was set by Austrian Alfred Groyer , with whom he was second after his compatriot Hubert Neuper after the first round . For the second pass, the approach to the bottom hatch was shortened. Jochen Danneberg , who was sixth after the first round, secured the victory of the opening competition of this tour with the second largest width of 107 m in the second round.

Item	Jumper	Points	Width 1	Width 2
01	Jochen Danneberg	248.2	111.0 m	107.0 m
02	Hubert Neuper	243.5	112.0 m	100.5 m
03	Alfred Groyer	241.8	113.0 m	099.0 m
04th	Keijo Korhonen	241.0	104.5 m	108.0 m
05	Harald showerk	239.0	108.0 m	104.5 m
06th	Takafumi Kawabata	235.2	111.0 m	097.0 m
07th	Klaus Ostwald	234.3	110.0 m	099.5 m
08th	Per Bergerud	233.1	104.0 m	105.0 m
	Vladimir Vlasov	233.1	112.0 m	097.0 m
10	Martin Weber	232.7	105.0 m	100.5 m
...	...	...	...	...
18th	Falko Weißpflog	227.6	105.0 m	099.0 m
20th	Henry Glass	223.1	104.0 m	097.5 m
24	Hermann Weinbuch	220.2	104.0 m	096.5 m
28	Manfred Deckert	217.2	102.0 m	098.5 m
39	Peter Schwinghammer	209.1	100.5 m	093.5 m
43	Thomas Meisinger	203.7	099.0 m	094.0 m
44	Hubert Black	203.1	098.5 m	093.0 m
47	Peter Leitner	200.1	099.5 m	092.0 m

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

• Date: January 1, 1980.
• Country: BR Germany 
• Hill: Large Olympic hill
• Hill record: 101.0 m Josef Samek (1979) 

After his second place in the opening competition in Oberstdorf , 19-year-old Austrian Hubert Neuper secured the New Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen under the best conditions . In the first round, the Finn Jari Puikkonen had the longest jump, but was in second place behind Neuper due to the poor posture marks. After a long run both came to the same distance in the second round, which gave Neuper the victory. The longest and only 100 m jump was achieved by the Japanese Hirokazu Yagi , which earned him fourth place. Opening winner Jochen Danneberg missed the jump twice and ended up in 28th place.

Item	Jumper	Points	Width 1	Width 2
01	Hubert Neuper	232.2	96.0 m	99.0 m
02	Jari Puikkonen	230.4	96.5 m	99.0 m
03	Johan Sætre	229.7	94.0 m	98.5 m
04th	Hirokazu Yagi	224.6	91.0 m	100.0 m0
05	Alfred Groyer	224.3	94.0 m	97.5 m
06th	Stanislaw Bobak	224.1	95.0 m	96.0 m
07th	Steve Collins	223.7	94.5 m	98.0 m
08th	Henry Glass	223.6	94.0 m	97.0 m
09	Pentti Kokkonen	221.4	92.5 m	98.0 m
10	Vladimir Vlasov	221.0	92.5 m	97.0 m
11	Klaus Ostwald	220.1	93.0 m	98.0 m
...	...	...	...	...
13	Thomas Meisinger	218.8	92.0 m	97.0 m
21st	Martin Weber	212.4	90.0 m	93.0 m
23	Manfred Deckert	212.0	89.0 m	95.5 m
28	Jochen Danneberg	209.8	89.0 m	95.0 m
30th	Falko Weißpflog	208.9	90.0 m	93.0 m
34	Harald showerk	206.8	89.5 m	92.0 m

innsbruck

• Date: January 4, 1980.
• Country: Austria 
• Ski jump: Bergisel ski jump
• Hill record: 106.0 m Falko Weißpflog (1978) 

After the first round, Hubert Neuper, who was leading in the overall standings, was in first place after a new hill record of 107 m ahead of the Swiss Hansjörg Sumi and Klaus Ostwald . The second round was canceled after ten jumpers to shorten the run-up. Neuper, who was able to defend his top position from the first round ahead of Sumi, won his second competition on this tour and increased his lead in the overall standings. Ostwald was relegated to fifth place due to poor posture grades from Henry Glaß and Jari Puikkonen .

Item	Jumper	Points	Width 1	Width 2
01	Hubert Neuper	250.5	107.0 m	102.0 m
02	Hansjörg Sumi	242.0	105.5 m	101.0 m
03	Henry Glass	239.0	100.0 m	101.5 m
04th	Jari Puikkonen	238.9	102.0 m	100.5 m
05	Klaus Ostwald	238.7	103.5 m	101.0 m
06th	Martin Weber	237.2	103.0 m	099.0 m
07th	Roger Ruud	236.9	102.0 m	103.0 m
08th	Johan Sætre	232.5	102.0 m	097.0 m
09	Claus Tuchscherer	230.7	099.0 m	098.0 m
	Alexei Borowitin	230.7	099.5 m	100.0 m
...	...	...	...	...
16	Harald showerk	225.5	098.0 m	098.5 m
17th	Jochen Danneberg	224.4	100.0 m	095.0 m
18th	Manfred Deckert	224.3	099.0 m	097.0 m
21st	Falko Weißpflog	221.5	097.0 m	097.0 m
25th	Peter Leitner	216.6	098.0 m	095.0 m
43	Thomas Meisinger	200.8	094.0 m	089.5 m
45	Thomas Klauser	196.2	096.0 m	086.0 m

eliminated after the 1st round

62. Thomas Prosser , 75. Peter Schwinghammer , 84. Eschrich and 92. Hermann Weinbuch   

Bischofshofen

• Date: January 6, 1980.
• Country: Austria 
• Hill: Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
• Hill record: 108.0 m Toni Innauer (1976) 

Martin Weber led the field after the longest jump in the first round ahead of Henry Glaß and Hubert Neuper . As in Innsbruck , the second round had to be canceled in Bischofshofen in order to shorten the run-up. After that, Weber took a solid 97 m jump and won his first world cup competition. He was followed by Glaß and the Pole Piotr Fijas , who made the longest jump with 101.5 m in the second round. Hubert Neuper reached a tenth place for the overall victory of the Four Hills Tournament.

Item	Jumper	Points	Width 1	Width 2
01	Martin Weber	230.4	102.0 m	097.0 m
02	Henry Glass	227.2	100.5 m	098.0 m
03	Piotr Fijas	226.8	098.5 m	101.5 m
04th	Harald showerk	225.7	098.5 m	100.0 m
05	Manfred Deckert	220.7	099.5 m	099.0 m
06th	Thomas Meisinger	220.1	097.5 m	099.5 m
07th	Jari Puikkonen	219.7	100.0 m	093.5 m
08th	Klaus Ostwald	219.2	098.0 m	098.0 m
09	Alfred Groyer	214.6	095.5 m	094.0 m
10	Hubert Neuper	213.9	097.5 m	091.5 m
...	...	...	...	...
14th	Jochen Danneberg	211.0	097.5 m	090.5 m
19th	Falko Weißpflog	202.2	094.0 m	089.5 m
24	Thomas Klauser	198.6	091.5 m	093.0 m
32	Peter Leitner	191.0	091.5 m	089.0 m

Tour final score

After a second place in the opening competition in Oberstdorf and two daily victories in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck , a tenth place in Bischofshofen was enough for 19-year-old Hubert Neuper to complete the 28th Four Hills Tournament with a clear lead over Henry Glaß , Martin Weber , Klaus Ostwald (all of them of the GDR ) and his compatriot Alfred Groyer .

Item	Jumper	Points
01	Hubert Neuper	940.1
02	Henry Glass	912.9
03	Martin Weber	912.7
04th	Klaus Ostwald	912.3
05	Alfred Groyer	904.0
06th	Harald showerk	897.0
07th	Jochen Danneberg	893.4
08th	Piotr Fijas	888.3
09	Johan Sætre	885.2
10	Vladimir Vlasov	880.9
11	Hansjörg Sumi	880.3
12	Bogdan Norčič	880.2
13	Manfred Deckert	874.2
14th	Robert Mösching	860.8
15th	Falko Weißpflog	860.2
...	...	...
18th	Thomas Meisinger	843.4
23	Peter Leitner	819.7

literature

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• Manfred Seifert: Sport 80. A yearbook of GDR sport . Sportverlag Berlin, 1980, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 280-281 .
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