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.
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
3
Vladimir Breitchev , ,
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
2
,
Norway
6
Per Bergerud , , , , Johan Sætre ,
Poland
2
Tadeusz Pawlusiak ,
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 [ ]
Schattenbergschanze , Oberstdorf
30 December 1977[1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen [ ]
Große Olympiaschanze , Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1978[2]
Innsbruck [ ]
Bergiselschanze , Innsbruck
4 January 1978[3]
Bischofshofen [ ]
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Bischofshofen
6 January 1978[4]
Final Ranking [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Tournaments Ski jumping hills