After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.[1]
| Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 30 December 1960 – 8 January 1961 | ||||||
| Competitors | 75 from 12 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.
Participating nations and athletes edit
With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.
Results edit
Oberstdorf edit
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1960[2]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juhani Kärkkäinen |
227.0 |
| 2 |  Kjell Sjöberg |
223.0 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen |
220.0 |
 Otto Leodolter |
220.0 | |
| 5 |  Koba Zakadze |
218.0 |
| 6 |  Helmut Recknagel |
217.0 |
| 7 | Veit Kührt |
215.0 |
| 8 | Nikolai Schamov |
213.5 |
| 9 | Walter Habersatter |
212.5 |
| 10 |  Ole Tom Nord |
211.0 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen edit
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1961[3]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koba Zakadze |
220.5 |
| 2 | Helmut Recknagel |
218.0 |
| 3 |  Nilo Zandanell |
217.0 |
| 4 | Otto Leodolter |
215.0 |
| 5 | Nikolay Kamenskiy |
214.0 |
| 6 | Kjell Sjöberg |
213.5 |
| 7 | Juhani Kärkkäinen |
213.0 |
| 8 | Yuri Zubarev |
212.0 |
| 9 | Nikolai Schamov |
209.5 |
| Kurt Schramm |
209.5 |
Innsbruck edit
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
6 January 1961[4]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen |
218.5 |
| 2 | Helmut Recknagel |
217.6 |
| 3 | Otto Leodolter |
213.4 |
| 4 | Olaf Solli |
212.2 |
| 5 | Veikko Kankkonen |
211.6 |
| 6 | Wolfgang Happle |
211.0 |
| 7 | Nikolay Kamenskiy |
210.4 |
| 8 | Helmut Wegscheider |
209.2 |
| 9 | Alwin Plank |
207.7 |
| 10 | Kjell Sjöberg |
207.0 |
Bischofshofen edit
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
8 January 1961[5]
In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmut Recknagel |
229.1 |
| 2 | Otto Leodolter |
225.6 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen |
221.1 |
| 4 | Nikolai Schamov |
219.3 |
| 5 | Wolfgang Happle |
212.8 |
| 6 | Olaf Solli |
211.8 |
| 7 | Nilo Zandanell |
210.0 |
| 8 | Kurt Schramm |
209.7 |
| 9 | Dino De Zordo |
208.7 |
| 10 | Koba Zakadze |
207.7 |
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmut Recknagel |
6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 881.7 |
| 2 | Otto Leodolter |
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 874.0 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen |
3rd | 22nd | 1st | 3rd | 862.1 |
| 4 | Koba Zakadze |
5th | 1st | 11th | 10th | 851.9 |
| 5 | Juhani Kärkkäinen |
1st | 7th | 12th | 11th | 850.7 |
| 6 | Kjell Sjöberg |
2nd | 6th | 10th | 15th | 848.2 |
| 7 | Nilo Zandanell |
11th | 3rd | 14th | 7th | 839.6 |
| 8 | Olaf Solli |
20th | 26th | 4th | 6th | 829.5 |
| 9 | Nikolai Schamov |
8th | 9th | 36th | 4th | 827.4 |
| 10 | Wolfgang Happle |
39th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 826.8 |
References edit
- ^ "Die Geschichte der Vierschanzentournee" (in German). skispringen-news.de. 2014.
- ^ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
- ^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
- ^ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
- ^ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.