1960–61 Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	30 December 1960 – 8 January 1961
Competitors	75 from 12 nations
Medalists
	Helmut Recknagel
	Otto Leodolter
	← 1959-60 1961-62 →

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]

East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.

Participating nations and athletes[]

With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.

Nation	Number of Athletes	Athletes
Germany	18	, , Max Bolkart, , , , , , Heini Ihle, , , , , Georg Thoma, , , ,
Austria	18	, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, , Willi Köstinger, , , Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, , , , Alwin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger,
Czechoslovakia	3	, Dalibor Motejlek,
Finland	3	Veikko Kankkonen, ,
France	2	, Robert Rey
East Germany	9	Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, , , Helmut Recknagel, , ,
Italy	4	Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo,
Norway	3	, Ole Tom Nord,
Soviet Union	5	V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze,
Sweden	3	, , Kjell Sjöberg
Switzerland	3	, Ueli Scheidegger,
Yugoslavia	4	Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar

Results[]

Oberstdorf[]

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1960^[2]

Rank	Name	Points
1		227.0
2	Kjell Sjöberg	223.0
3		220.0
3	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[]

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1961^[3]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Koba Zakadze	220.5
2	Helmut Recknagel	218.0
3		217.0
4	Otto Leodolter	215.0
5	Nikolay Kamenskiy	214.0
6	Kjell Sjöberg	213.5
7		213.0
8		212.0
9	Nikolai Schamov	209.5
9		209.5

Innsbruck[]

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1961^[4]

Rank	Name	Points
1		218.5
2	Helmut Recknagel	217.6
3	Otto Leodolter	213.4
4		212.2
5	Veikko Kankkonen	211.6
6		211.0
7	Nikolay Kamenskiy	210.4
8		209.2
9	Alwin Plank	207.7
10	Kjell Sjöberg	207.0

Bischofshofen[]

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 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		221.1
4	Nikolai Schamov	219.3
5		212.8
6		211.8
7		210.0
8		209.7
9	Dino De Zordo	208.7
10	Koba Zakadze	207.7

Final Ranking[]

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		3rd	22nd	1st	3rd	862.1
4	Koba Zakadze	5th	1st	11th	10th	851.9
5		1st	7th	12th	11th	850.7
6	Kjell Sjöberg	2nd	6th	10th	15th	848.2
7		11th	3rd	14th	7th	839.6
8		20th	26th	4th	6th	829.5
9	Nikolai Schamov	8th	9th	36th	4th	827.4
10		39th	11th	6th	5th	826.8

References[]

^ "Die Geschichte der Vierschanzentournee" (in German). . 2014.
^ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
^ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
^ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.

External links[]

[1] "Die Geschichte der Vierschanzentournee" (in German). . 2014.

[2] "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.

[3] "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.

[4] "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.

[5] "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.

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