1968–69 Four Hills Tournament
In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall.
Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
Dates | 29 December 1968 (1968-12-29) – 5 January 1969 (1969-01-05) | ||||||
Competitors | 76 from 14 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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← 1967-68 1969-70 → |
Participating nations and athletes
For the first time in seven years, no non-European nations participated. The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.
Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
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Germany | 5 (+5) | Franz Bisle, Günther Göllner, Walter Lampe, Henrik Ohlmayr, Oswald Schinze National Group: Alfred Grosche, Friedhelm Klapproth, Ralph Pöhland, Sepp Schwinghammer, Alfred Winkler |
Austria | 11 (+3) | Reinhold Bachler, Helmut Diess, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Ernst Kröll, Sepp Lichtenegger, Franz Salhofer, Willi Schuster, Erich Schwabl, Walter Schwabl, Janko Zwitter National Group: Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Ernst Wimmer |
Czechoslovakia | 7 | Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, Zbyněk Hubač, Karel Kodejška, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, František Rydval |
East Germany | 7 | Bernd Karwofski, Horst Queck, Manfred Queck, Heinz Schmidt, Rainer Schmidt, Wilfried Schüller, Clemens Walter |
Finland | 3 | Keijo Leiho, Topi Mattila, Juhani Ruotsalainen |
France | 4 | Jannie Arnould, Nicolas Gaide, Alain Macle, Gilbert Poirot |
Hungary | 3 | László Gellér, Mihály Gellér, János Taffener |
Italy | 3 | Giacomo Aimoni, Albino Bazana, Mario Ceccon |
Norway | 3 | Lars Grini, Knut Kongsgård, Jan Olaf Roaldset, Bent Tomtum, Bjørn Wirkola |
Poland | 2 | Andrej Sztolf, Ryszard Witke |
Soviet Union | 5 | Vladimir Belousov, Aleksandr Ivannikov, Gariy Napalkov, Wiezeslav Zerbakov, Anatoliy Zheglanov |
Sweden | 3 | Torbjörn Hedberg, Thord Karlsson, Olle Martinsson |
Switzerland | 4 | Richard Pfiffner, Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, Urs Schönl, Sepp Zehnder |
Yugoslavia | 6 | Vinko Bogataj, Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Peter Štefančič, Ludvik Zajc |
Results
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1968[1]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 218.7 |
2 | Jiří Raška | 215.7 |
3 | Josef Matouš | 210.5 |
4 | Heinz Schmidt | 210.1 |
5 | Manfred Queck | 209.9 |
6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 205.4 |
7 | Ladislav Divila | 199.9 |
8 | Vladimir Belousov | 199.7 |
9 | Reinhold Bachler | 199.3 |
Ludvik Zajc | 199.3 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1969[2]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 241.2 |
2 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 235.4 |
3 | František Rydval | 233.8 |
4 | Vladimir Belousov | 233.6 |
5 | Heinz Schmidt | 232.3 |
6 | Zbyněk Hubač | 228.4 |
7 | Ladislav Divila | 226.5 |
8 | Gariy Napalkov | 222.1 |
9 | Horst Queck | 221.8 |
10 | Lars Grini | 221.2 |
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 December 1969[3]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 236.3 |
2 | Jiří Raška | 235.5 |
3 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 225.9 |
4 | Lars Grini | 222.6 |
5 | Zbyněk Hubač | 219.9 |
6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 214.1 |
7 | František Rydval | 212.4 |
8 | Horst Queck | 212.2 |
9 | Gariy Napalkov | 210.8 |
10 | Heinz Schmidt | 209.7 |
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1969[4]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Jiří Raška | 234.7 |
2 | Bjørn Wirkola | 228.3 |
3 | Lars Grini | 222.6 |
4 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 219.2 |
5 | Zbyněk Hubač | 218.8 |
6 | Wiezeslav Zerbakov | 211.4 |
7 | Ladislav Divila | 211.0 |
8 | František Rydval | 209.9 |
9 | Vladimir Belousov | 208.1 |
10 | Bent Tomtum | 207.0 |
Final ranking
Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
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1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 924.5 |
2 | Jiří Raška | 2nd | 21st | 2nd | 1st | 900.5 |
3 | Zbyněk Hubač | 11th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 866.0 |
4 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 23rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 862.0 |
5 | František Rydval | 14th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 848.2 |
6 | Vladimir Belousov | 8th | 4th | 19th | 9th | 839.3 |
7 | Rudolf Höhnl | 6th | 15th | 6th | 14th | 838.3 |
8 | Heinz Schmidt | 4th | 5th | 10th | 30th | 830.8 |
9 | Lars Grini | 59th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 812.5 |
10 | Ladislav Divila | 7th | 7th | 41st | 7th | 810.8 |
References
External links
- FIS website
- Four Hills Tournament web site
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