1977–78 Four Hills Tournament

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The 26th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper Kari Ylianttila. In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion Jochen Danneberg, was the overall leader after his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but didn't compete at the events in Austria.

Four Hills Tournament
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationWest Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1977 (1977-12-30) – 6 January 1978 (1978-01-06)
Competitors83 from 15 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1976–77
1978–79 →

Participating nations and athletes[]

Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
 West Germany 7 , Wolfgang Hahn, Peter Leitner, , , Hubert Schwarz,
 Austria 15 , Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, , Armin Kogler, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, , Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3 Vladimir Breitchev, ,
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 Ivo Felix, , , , Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos
 East Germany 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, , Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog
 Finland 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
 France 2 ,
 Italy 3 , Lido Tomasi,
Japan Japan 2 ,
 Norway 6 Per Bergerud, , , , Johan Sætre,
 Poland 2 Tadeusz Pawlusiak,
Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, , , Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik
  Switzerland 7 , , Robert Mösching, , Mario Rinaldi, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi
 United States 5 Jeff Davis, , Jim Denney, , Kip Sundgaard
 Yugoslavia 5 , , , Bogdan Norčič, Ivo Zupan

Results[]

Oberstdorf[]

West Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1977[1]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Matthias Buse 118.2
2 East Germany Martin Weber 110.1
3 Finland Kari Ylianttila 109.3
4 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 105.7
5 West Germany Peter Leitner 105.1
6 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 104.7
7 Switzerland Walter Steiner 101.3
8 East Germany Henry Glaß 94.8
9 Japan 92.3
10 Norway Per Bergerud 91.9

Garmisch-Partenkirchen[]

West Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1978[2]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 235.6
2 Finland Kari Ylianttila 222.2
3 East Germany Henry Glaß 219.6
4 East Germany Falko Weißpflog 218.3
5 Czechoslovakia Leoš Škoda 213.0
6 East Germany Matthias Buse 212.0
7 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 209.0
8 West Germany Peter Leitner 208.6
9 Switzerland Walter Steiner 207.5
10 East Germany 204.8

Innsbruck[]

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1978[3]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Per Bergerud 247.1
2 Finland Kari Ylianttila 239.1
3 Finland Jouko Törmänen 231.2
4 East Germany Falko Weißpflog 229.2
5 Austria Klaus Tuchscherer 227.3
6 East Germany Matthias Buse 223.3
7 Finland Jari Puikkonen 219.0
8 East Germany Martin Weber 218.5
9 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 207.9
10 East Germany Henry Glaß 203.5

Bischofshofen[]

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1978[4]

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Kari Ylianttila 242.3
2 Switzerland Walter Steiner 229.0
3 East Germany Henry Glaß 227.9
4 East Germany Martin Weber 227.5
5 East Germany Falko Weißpflog 221.1
6 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 220.8
7 East Germany Matthias Buse 219.7
8 Norway Per Bergerud 218.9
9 East Germany Harald Duschek 217.2
10 Finland Jouko Törmänen 209.7

Final Ranking[]

Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Finland Kari Ylianttila 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 812.9
2 East Germany Matthias Buse 1st 6th 6th 7th 773.2
3 East Germany Martin Weber 2nd 11th 8th 4th 760.4
4 East Germany Henry Glaß 8th 3rd 10th 3rd 760.2
5 East Germany Falko Weißpflog 14th 4th 4th 5th 757.4
6 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 4th 7th 9th 6th 753.6
7 Norway Per Bergerud 10th 22nd 1st 8th 749.7
8 Switzerland Walter Steiner 7th 9th 24th 2nd 734.4
9 Finland Jouko Törmänen 16th 15th 3rd 10th 727.8
10 East Germany Harald Duschek 11th 18th 11th 9th 718.8

References[]

  1. ^ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  2. ^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  3. ^ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  4. ^ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.

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