1955–56 Four Hills Tournament

The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) – 8 January 1956 (1956-01-08)
Nations11
Medalists
  Nikolay Kamenskiy
  Sepp Bradl
  Rudolf Schweinberger

The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

Participating nations and athletes

The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

NationAthletes
 GermanyHermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler
 AustriaSepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Albin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
CanadaJacques Charland
CzechoslovakiaJáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut
 East GermanyHelmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser
 FinlandKarl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
 NorwayOlaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik
Soviet UnionViktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
 SwedenChrister Karlsson
  SwitzerlandRudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen
 YugoslaviaJanez Polda

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1955[1]

RankNamePoints
1 Aulis Kallakorpi224.0
Eino Kirjonen224.0
3 Harry Glaß219.0
4 Max Bolkart216.0
5 Toni Brutscher209.5
Werner Lesser209.5
7 Nikolay Kamenskiy209.0
8 Sverre Stallvik208.5
9 Sepp Kleisl205.0
10 Sepp Bradl204.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1956[2]

RankNamePoints
1 Hemmo Silvennoinen221.5
2 Eino Kirjonen219.5
3 Harry Glaß218.8
4 Nikolay Kamenskiy217.0
5 Asbjørn Osnes216.5
6 Aulis Kallakorpi216.0
7 Max Bolkart213.0
Nikolai Schamov213.0
9 Sepp Weiler211.5
10 Sepp Bradl208.5
Georg Thoma208.5
Sepp Kleisl208.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1956[3]

RankNamePoints
1 Koba Zakadze220.0
Harry Glaß220.0
3 Max Bolkart213.5
4 Nikolai Schamov210.0
Janez Polda210.0
6 Nikolay Kamenskiy209.5
7 Georg Thoma207.5
8 Sepp Kleisl204.5
9 Werner Lesser203.0
10 Rudolf Schweinberger202.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1956[4]

RankNamePoints
1 Yuri Skofzov218.5
2 Mojmír Stuchlík215.0
Rudolf Schweinberger215.0
4 Nikolay Kamenskiy214.5
5 Sepp Bradl213.0
6 Nikolai Schamov212.5
7 Jáchym Bulín210.5
8 Franz Eder209.0
Horst Lesser209.0
10 Zdeněk Remsa208.5

Final Ranking
RankNameGarmisch-PartenkirchenOberstorfInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Nikolay Kamenskiy7th4th6th4th850.0
2 Sepp Bradl10th10th12th5th827.5
3 Rudolf Schweinberger15th15th10th2nd818.5

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