At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament , Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.
Participating nations and athletes [ ]
Nation
Number of Athletes
Athletes
West Germany
8
Alfred Grosche , Dirk Kramer , Peter Leitner , , , Sepp Schwinghammer ,
Austria
13
Reinhold Bachler , Edi Federer , , , Toni Innauer , Alois Lipburger , Hans Millonig , , Willi Pürstl , Karl Schnabl , Klaus Tuchscherer , Hans Wallner , Rudolf Wanner
Czechoslovakia
6
Jaroslav Balcar , , , Josef Samek , Leoš Škoda , Ján Tánczos
East Germany
8
Matthias Buse , Jochen Danneberg , Harald Duschek , Henry Glaß , , , Martin Weber , Falko Weißpflog
Finland
4
P. Hyvävinen, Pentti Kokkonen , Tapio Räisänen , Jouko Törmänen
Italy
3
Leo De Crignis , Lido Tomasi ,
Japan
3
Takao Itō , ,
Norway
4
Per Bergerud , , Roger Ruud , Johan Sætre
Poland
3
Stanisław Bobak , , Janusz Waluś
Soviet Union
5
Aleksey Borovitin , Yury Ivanov , Aleksandr Karapuzov , , Sergey Saychik
Sweden
3
Odd Brandsegg , , Seppo Reijonen
Switzerland
6
Robert Mösching , Hans Schmid , Walter Steiner , Hansjörg Sumi , , Ernst von Grünigen
United States
4
Jim Denney , Jim Maki , Chris McNeill , Ron Steele
Yugoslavia
4
, Branko Dolhar , , Bogdan Norčič
Results [ ]
Oberstdorf [ ]
Schattenbergschanze , Oberstdorf
30 December 1976[1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen [ ]
Große Olympiaschanze , Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1977[2]
Innsbruck [ ]
Bergiselschanze , Innsbruck
4 January 1977[3]
Bischofshofen [ ]
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Bischofshofen
6 January 1977[4]
After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg.
Final Ranking [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Tournaments Ski jumping hills