1965-66 Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	30 December 1965 – 6 January 1966
Competitors	96 from 15 nations
Medalists
	Veikko Kankkonen
	Dieter Neuendorf
	Bjørn Wirkola
	← 1966-67 →

At the 14th annual Four Hills Tournament, Veikko Kankkonen became the only second athlete to win the tournament more than once, after he already emerged victorious two years before.

Participating nations and athletes[]

The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.

Nation	Number of Athletes	Athletes
Germany	10 (+5)	Günther Göllner, , Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, , , , , Georg Thoma, National Group: Max Bolkart, , , Alfred Winkler,
Austria	7 (+8)	Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Sepp Lichtenegger, , Baldur Preiml, , National Group:, Willi Egger, , , , Waldemar Heigenhauser, Willi Köstinger, Helmut Voggenberger
Czechoslovakia	4	Rudolf Höhnl, Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška
East Germany	7	, , Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, , Horst Queck,
Finland	7	Niilo Halonen, , , Veikko Kankkonen, Paavo Lukkariniemi, Topi Mattila,
France	4	Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, , Gilbert Poirot
Hungary	3	László Csávás, László Gellér, Mihály Gellér
Italy	4	Giacomo Aimoni, , Bruno De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel
Norway	4	Lars Grini, Hans Olav Sørensen, , Bjørn Wirkola
Poland	6	, Józef Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Józef Przybyła, Andrzej Sztolf, Piotr Wala
Soviet Union	4	Aleksandr Ivannikov, , , Koba Zakadze
Sweden	6	Kurt Elimä, , Ulf Norberg, Mats Östman, Kjell Sjöberg, Rolf Strandberg
Switzerland	6	Alois Kälin, , Heribert Schmid, , , Sepp Zehnder
United States	4	John Balfanz, , Dave Hicks,
Yugoslavia	7	Peter Eržen, , , , Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Ludvik Zajc

Results[]

Oberstdorf[]

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1965^[1]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Veikko Kankkonen	213.8
2	Dieter Neuendorf	212.9
3	Paavo Lukkariniemi	205.1
4	Bjørn Wirkola	203.0
5	John Balfanz	201.5
6	Aleksandr Ivannikov	200.4
7	Dalibor Motejlek	200.0
8	Jan Matouš	198.4
9	Piotr Wala	197.7
10	Günther Göllner	194.5
10	Jiří Raška	194.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen[]

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1966^[2]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Paavo Lukkariniemi	215.3
2	Bjørn Wirkola	212.6
3	Veikko Kankkonen	210.1
4	Niilo Halonen	207.1
5	Günther Göllner	206.8
6	Dieter Neuendorf	206.2
7		205.1
8	Jan Matouš	204.4
9		203.7
10		203.6

Innsbruck[]

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
2 December 1966^[3]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Dieter Neuendorf	226.1
2	Veikko Kankkonen	209.9
3	Günther Göllner	209.0
4	Jan Matouš	208.6
5	Paavo Lukkariniemi	208.3
6		204.9
7	Peter Lesser	203.7
8		203.2
9	Dave Hicks	202.1
10	Heini Ihle	201.9

Bischofshofen[]

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1966^[4]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Veikko Kankkonen	235.7
2	Bjørn Wirkola	227.2
3	Dieter Neuendorf	221.3
4	Kurt Elimä	219.9
5	Jiří Raška	217.8
6	Peter Eržen	215.3
7	Hans Olav Sørensen	214.9
8		214.8
9		213.7
10		212.2

Final Ranking[]

Rank	Name	Oberstdorf	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Innsbruck	Bischofshofen	Points
1	Veikko Kankkonen	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	869.5
2	Dieter Neuendorf	2nd	6th	1st	3rd	866.5
3	Bjørn Wirkola	4th	2nd	13th	2nd	843.0
4	Paavo Lukkariniemi	3rd	1st	5th	20th	828.7
5		16th	7th	17th	9th	806.8
6	Dalibor Motejlek	7th	16th	15th	14th	795.6
7	Hans Olav Sørensen	14th	18th	24th	7th	789.6
8	Jiří Raška	10th	19rd	34th	5th	787.1
9	Josef Matouš	8th	8th	4th	40th	786.4
10	Piotr Wala	9th	24th	20th	13th	782.2

References[]

External links[]

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

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

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

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

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