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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.
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
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]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze ,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1969
[2]
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze ,
Innsbruck
4 December 1969
[3]
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ,
Bischofshofen
5 January 1969
[4]
Final ranking
References
External links
Tournaments Ski jumping hills