1955–56 Four Hills Tournament

The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) – 8 January 1956 (1956-01-08)
Nations	11
Medalists
Nikolay Kamenskiy   Sepp Bradl   Rudolf Schweinberger

The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

Participating nations and athletes

The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

Nation	Athletes
Germany	Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler
Austria	Sepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
Canada	Jacques Charland
Czechoslovakia	Jáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut
East Germany	Helmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser
Finland	Karl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
Norway	Olaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik
Soviet Union	Viktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
Sweden	Christer Karlsson
Switzerland	Rudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen
Yugoslavia	Janez Polda

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1955

Rank	Name	Points
1	Aulis Kallakorpi	224.0
	Eino Kirjonen	224.0
3	Harry Glaß	219.0
4	Max Bolkart	216.0
5	Toni Brutscher	209.5
	Werner Lesser	209.5
7	Nikolay Kamenskiy	209.0
8	Sverre Stallvik	208.5
9	Sepp Kleisl	205.0
10	Sepp Bradl	204.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1956

Rank	Name	Points
1	Hemmo Silvennoinen	221.5
2	Eino Kirjonen	219.5
3	Harry Glaß	218.8
4	Nikolay Kamenskiy	217.0
5	Asbjørn Osnes	216.5
6	Aulis Kallakorpi	216.0
7	Max Bolkart	213.0
	Nikolai Schamov	213.0
9	Sepp Weiler	211.5
10	Sepp Bradl	208.5
	Georg Thoma	208.5
	Sepp Kleisl	208.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1956

Rank	Name	Points
1	Koba Zakadze	220.0
	Harry Glaß	220.0
3	Max Bolkart	213.5
4	Nikolai Schamov	210.0
	Janez Polda	210.0
6	Nikolay Kamenskiy	209.5
7	Georg Thoma	207.5
8	Sepp Kleisl	204.5
9	Werner Lesser	203.0
10	Rudolf Schweinberger	202.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1956

Rank	Name	Points
1	Yuri Skofzov	218.5
2	Mojmír Stuchlík	215.0
	Rudolf Schweinberger	215.0
4	Nikolay Kamenskiy	214.5
5	Sepp Bradl	213.0
6	Nikolai Schamov	212.5
7	Jáchym Bulín	210.5
8	Franz Eder	209.0
	Horst Lesser	209.0
10	Zdeněk Remsa	208.5

Final ranking

Rank	Name	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Oberstorf	Innsbruck	Bischofshofen	Points
1	Nikolay Kamenskiy	7th	4th	6th	4th	850.0
2	Sepp Bradl	10th	10th	12th	5th	827.5
3	Rudolf Schweinberger	15th	15th	10th	2nd	818.5

External links

• FIS website
• Four Hills Tournament web site