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Four Hills Tournament
Venues Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location Germany, Austria
Dates31 December 1953 (1953-12-31) – 6 January 1954 (1954-01-06)
Nations8
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
←  1953
1954-55 →

The second Four Hills tournament was the first one to use the traditional event order of Oberstdorf in December, the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then Innsbruck and the final in Bischofshofen on Three Kings' Day.

Participating nations and athletes

Jeremy Baig was the first non-European to compete at the Four Hills. Finland was represented for the first time and achieved good results (5 podiums). The defending champion was Sepp Bradl.

The following athletes are on the FIS record, although it is likely incomplete.

Nation Athletes
  Germany Helmut Böck, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Heinz Hauser, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler
  Austria Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Siegfried Kostner, Lois Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser, Karl Wilhelm, Heinz Winkler
Canada Canada Jeremy Baig
  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Esko Mömme, Matti Pietikäinen
  Norway Arnfin Bergman, Olaf Bjørnstad, Arne Ellingsen
  Sweden Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson
  Switzerland Gottfried Brügger, Andreas Däscher, Fritz Schneider
  Yugoslavia Rude Finžgar, Jože Langus, Albin Rogelj

Results

Oberstdorf

Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1953 [1]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad 222.0
2 Austria Sepp Bradl 220.5
3 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 216.0
4 Norway Arne Ellingsen 215.5
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Albin Rogelj 207.0
6 Finland Eino Kirjonen 206.0
7 Germany Franz Dengg 204.0
8 Germany Franz Eder 202.0
9 Germany Toni Brutscher 201.0
Sweden Axel-Hermann Nilsson 201.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1954 [2]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad 226.0
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 221.5
3 Finland Esko Mömme 217.0
4 Norway Arnfinn Bergmann 216.5
5 Germany Franz Eder 205.5
6 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 204.5
7 Sweden Toivo Lauren 197.0
8 Sweden Axel-Hermann Nilsson 192.5
9 Germany Toni Brutscher 191.5
Germany Sepp Kleisl 191.5

Innsbruck

Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
03 January 1954 [3]

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad 224.5
2 Finland Matti Pietikäinen 223.5
3 Norway Arnfinn Bergmann 218.5
4 Norway Arne Ellingsen 218.0
5 Finland Eino Kirjonen 217.5
6 Austria Sepp Bradl 212.5
7 Finland Esko Mömme 211.5
8 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 207.5
9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Albin Rogelj 206.0
10 Sweden Axel-Hermann Nilsson 203.5

Bischofshofen

Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1954 [4]

After three victories in three events, Olaf Bjørnstad was leading the tournament ranking by 27.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen. Defending champion Sepp Bradl was already 51 points behind, but was able to secure the Bischofshofen victory and a third place overall.

Rank Name Points
1 Austria Sepp Bradl 222.5
2 Norway Arnfinn Bergmann 218.4
3 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad 215.6
Finland Matti Pietikäinen 215.6
5 Germany Franz Eder 213.4
6 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 210.1
7 Germany Sepp Kleisl 208.8
8 Sweden Toivo Lauren 207.0
9 Finland Eino Kirjonen 206.2
10 Norway Arne Ellingsen 205.6

Final ranking

Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad 1st 1st 1st 3rd 888.1
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 6th 2nd 5th 9th 851.2
3 Austria Sepp Bradl 2nd 14th 6th 1st 844.0
4 Norway Arnfinn Bergmann 21st 4th 3rd 2nd 840.9
5 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 3rd 6th 8th 6th 838.1

References

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

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