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The 26th annual
Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper
Kari Ylianttila . In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion
Jochen Danneberg , was the overall leader after his victory in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen , but didn't compete at the events in Austria.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation
Number of Athletes
Athletes
West Germany
7
Hans-Jürgen Eschrich ,
Wolfgang Hahn ,
Peter Leitner ,
Frank Rombach ,
Christoph Schwarz ,
Hubert Schwarz ,
Peter Schwinghammer
Austria
15
Gebhard Aberer ,
Reinhold Bachler ,
Edi Federer ,
Alfred Groyer ,
Rupert Gürtler ,
Armin Kogler ,
Alois Lipburger ,
Hans Millonig ,
Hubert Neuper ,
Alfred Pungg ,
Willi Pürstl ,
Karl Schnabl ,
Klaus Tuchscherer ,
Hans Wallner ,
Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria
3
Vladimir Breitchev ,
Petar Dimitrov ,
Bojan Stoikov
Czechoslovakia
7
Ivo Felix ,
Josef Hýsek ,
František Novák ,
Josef Rusko ,
Josef Samek ,
Leoš Škoda ,
Ján Tánczos
East Germany
8
Matthias Buse ,
Jochen Danneberg ,
Bernd Eckstein ,
Harald Duschek ,
Henry Glaß ,
Jürgen Thomas ,
Martin Weber ,
Falko Weißpflog
Finland
4
Tauno Käyhkö ,
Jari Puikkonen ,
Jouko Törmänen ,
Kari Ylianttila
France
2
Patric Dubiez ,
Eric Fourrier
Italy
3
Ermes De Crignis ,
Lido Tomasi ,
Ivano Wegher
Japan
2
Yūji Kawamura ,
Sakae Tsuruga
Norway
6
Per Bergerud ,
Stein Glømmi ,
Rune Hauge ,
Per Steinar Nordlien ,
Johan Sætre ,
Jens Unosen
Poland
2
Tadeusz Pawlusiak ,
Józef Tajner
Soviet Union
7
Aleksey Borovitin ,
Vladimir Bubjonov ,
Vladimir Chernyaev ,
Yury Ivanov ,
Aleksandr Karapuzov ,
Valery Savin ,
Sergey Saychik
Switzerland
7
Oliver Favre ,
Georges Jaquier ,
Robert Mösching ,
Harald Reichenbach ,
Mario Rinaldi ,
Walter Steiner ,
Hansjörg Sumi
United States
5
Jeff Davis ,
Jeff Denney ,
Jim Denney ,
John Denney ,
Kip Sundgaard
Yugoslavia
5
Zdravko Bogataj ,
Andrej Kaizer ,
Marko Mlakar ,
Bogdan Norčič ,
Ivo Zupan
Results
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze ,
Oberstdorf
30 December 1977
[1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze ,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1978
[2]
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze ,
Innsbruck
4 January 1978
[3]
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ,
Bischofshofen
6 January 1978
[4]
Final ranking
References
External links
Tournaments Ski jumping hills