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The 21st annual
Four Hills Tournament was won by East German athlete
Hans-Georg Aschenbach . After a dominating victory at the first event in Oberstdorf, and three more podium finishes, he ended up with a 43-point lead over second-placed
Walter Steiner , who became the first Swiss to win a Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation
Number of Athletes
Athletes
West Germany
8
Toni Angerer ,
Klaus Boll ,
Peter Dubb ,
Alfred Grosche ,
Sepp Schwinghammer ,
Rudi Tusch ,
Ernst Wursthorn ,
Bernd Zapf
Austria
10
Reinhold Bachler ,
Sepp Gratzer ,
Walter Habersatter ,
Toni Innauer ,
Hans Millonig ,
Willi Pürstl ,
Karl Schnabl ,
Walter Schwabl ,
Hans Wallner ,
Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria
5
Georgi Geliov ,
Georgi Lasev ,
Ivan Scharkov ,
Ivan Schopov ,
Tascho Sterev
Canada
5
Richard Grady ,
Richard Graves ,
Knut Nordle ,
Tom Reaper ,
Peter Wilson
Czechoslovakia
6
Rudolf Höhnl ,
Karel Kodejška ,
Jaromír Liďák ,
Jan Matouš ,
Jiří Raška ,
Leoš Škoda
East Germany
8
Dietmar Aschenbach ,
Hans-Georg Aschenbach ,
Jochen Danneberg ,
Bernd Eckstein ,
Henry Glaß ,
Dietrich Kampf ,
Rainer Schmidt ,
Heinz Wosipiwo
Finland
4
Tauno Käyhkö ,
Esko Rautionaho ,
Jouko Törmänen ,
Kari Ylianttila
France
5
Jacques Gaillard ,
Philippe Jacoberger ,
Gilbert Poirot ,
Yvan Richard ,
James Yerrly
Italy
4
Ermes Bontempelli ,
Sandro Dalle Ave ,
Maurizio Dünnhofer ,
Lido Tomasi
Japan
7
Kasuhiro Akimoto ,
Masakatsu Asari ,
Hiroshi Itagaki ,
Takao Itō ,
Yūji Katsuro ,
Akitsugu Konno ,
Hisayoshi Sawada
Norway
4
Odd Grette ,
Arnfinn Henden ,
Bjarne Næs ,
Johan Sætre
Poland
5
Stanisław Bobak ,
Wojciech Fortuna ,
Czesław Janik ,
Adam Krzysztofiak ,
Tadeusz Pawlusiak
Soviet Union
6
Sergei Botschkov ,
Wladimir Frolov ,
Yury Kalinin ,
Aleks Karapusov ,
Gariy Napalkov ,
Wladimir Napylow
Sweden
5
Lennart Elimä ,
Christer Karlsson ,
Thomas Lundgren ,
Andreas Lundquist ,
Rolf Nordgren
Switzerland
6
Eric Aubert ,
Josef Bonetti ,
Hans Schmid ,
Walter Steiner ,
Ernst von Grünigen ,
Josef Zehnder
United States
6
Arne Haugen ,
Jerry Martin ,
Jay Rand ,
Ron Steele ,
Greg Windsperger ,
Jeff Wright
Yugoslavia
6
Branko Dolhar ,
Janez Jurman ,
Marjan Mesec ,
Marian Prelovšek ,
Danilo Pudgar ,
Peter Štefančič
Results
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze ,
Oberstdorf
30 December 1973
[1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze ,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1974
[2]
Walter Steiner became the first
Swiss ski jumper to win an event at a Four Hills Tournament. After a second result that placed him far ahead of the main field, Hans-Georg Aschenbach left the New Year's event with a lead of 34 points to his closest rival, Hans Schmid.
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze ,
Innsbruck
3 January 1974
[3]
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ,
Bischofshofen
5 January 1974
[4]
Final ranking
References
External links
Tournaments Ski jumping hills