At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.
| Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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| Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1963 | ||||||
| Competitors | 77 from 14 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Participating nations and athletes edit
With the exception of Wolfgang Schüller, the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons.
Results edit
Oberstdorf edit
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1962[1]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Toralf Engan |
214.2 |
| 2 | Max Bolkart |
199.3 |
| 3 | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
194.8 |
| 4 | Heini Ihle |
193.6 |
| 5 |  Willi Egger |
191.6 |
| 6 | Georg Thoma |
185.3 |
| 7 |  John Balfanz |
182.7 |
| 8 | Torgeir Brandtzæg |
182.3 |
| 9 |  Niilo Halonen |
181.3 |
| 10 | Sepp Lichtenegger |
180.5 |
| Juhani Kärkinen |
180.5 |
Innsbruck edit
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
30 December 1962[2]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toralf Engan |
231.2 |
| 2 |  Helmut Recknagel |
215.7 |
| 3 | Georg Thoma |
215.3 |
| 4 | Torgeir Brandtzæg |
214.9 |
| 5 | Kurt Schramm |
212.1 |
| 6 | John Balfanz |
211.1 |
| 7 | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
210.1 |
| 8 | Max Bolkart |
208.8 |
| 9 | Heini Ihle |
206.8 |
| 10 |  Aleksandr Ivannikov |
205.4 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen edit
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1963[3]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toralf Engan |
229.9 |
| 2 | Georg Thoma |
217.3 |
| 3 | Max Bolkart |
216.9 |
| 4 | Niilo Halonen |
211.4 |
| 5 | John Balfanz |
209.9 |
| 6 | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
209.8 |
| 7 | Pekka Yli-Niemi |
207.4 |
| 8 |  Antoni Łaciak |
206.5 |
| 9 |  Dalibor Motejlek |
204.4 |
| 10 | Torgeir Brandtzæg |
204.0 |
Bischofshofen edit
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1963[4]
After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking.
Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory.
John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event.
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
205.0 |
| 2 | Torgeir Brandtzæg |
199.5 |
| 3 | John Balfanz |
197.5 |
| 4 | Toralf Engan |
195.4 |
| 5 | Max Bolkart |
191.8 |
| 6 | Baldur Preiml |
188.4 |
| 7 | Willi Egger |
186.8 |
| 8 |  Giacomo Aimoni |
186.6 |
| 9 | Max Golser |
185.6 |
| 10 | Helmut Kurz |
184.6 |
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bischofshofen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toralf Engan |
1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 870.7 |
| 2 | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
3rd | 7th | 6th | 1st | 819.7 |
| 3 | Max Bolkart |
2nd | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 816.8 |
| 4 | John Balfanz |
7th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 801.2 |
| 5 | Torgeir Brandtzæg |
8th | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 800.7 |
| 6 | Georg Thoma |
6th | 3rd | 2nd | 15th | 797.3 |
| 7 | Antoni Łaciak |
13th | 19th | 8th | 13th | 759.9 |
| 8 | Willi Egger |
5th | 23rd | 19th | 7th | 758.4 |
| 9 | Pekka Yli-Niemi |
25th | 12th | 7th | 26th | 747.0 |
| 10 | Josef Matouš |
15th | 20th | 12th | 18th | 742.3 |