1953–54 Four Hills Tournament

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.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates31 December 1953 (1953-12-31) – 6 January 1954 (1954-01-06)
Nations8
Medalists
  Olaf Bjørnstad
  Eino Kirjonen
  Sepp Bradl

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.

NationAthletes
 GermanyHelmut Böck, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Heinz Hauser, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler
 AustriaSepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Siegfried Kostner, Lois Leodolter, Albin Plank, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser, Karl Wilhelm, Heinz Winkler
CanadaJeremy Baig
 FinlandAulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Esko Mömme, Matti Pietikäinen
 NorwayArnfin Bergman, Olaf Bjørnstad, Arne Ellingsen
 SwedenToivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson
  SwitzerlandGottfried Brügger, Andreas Däscher, Fritz Schneider
 YugoslaviaRude Finžgar, Jože Langus, Albin Rogelj

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1953[1]

RankNamePoints
1 Olaf Bjørnstad222.0
2 Sepp Bradl220.5
3 Aulis Kallakorpi216.0
4 Arne Ellingsen215.5
5 Albin Rogelj207.0
6 Eino Kirjonen206.0
7 Franz Dengg204.0
8 Franz Eder202.0
9 Toni Brutscher201.0
Axel-Hermann Nilsson201.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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

RankNamePoints
1 Olaf Bjørnstad226.0
2 Eino Kirjonen221.5
3 Esko Mömme217.0
4 Arnfin Bergman216.5
5 Franz Eder205.5
6 Aulis Kallakorpi204.5
7 Toivo Lauren197.0
8 Axel-Hermann Nilsson192.5
9 Toni Brutscher191.5
Sepp Kleisl191.5

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
03 January 1954[3]

RankNamePoints
1 Olaf Bjørnstad224.5
2 Matti Pietikäinen223.5
3 Arnfin Bergman218.5
4 Arne Ellingsen218.0
5 Eino Kirjonen217.5
6 Sepp Bradl212.5
7 Esko Mömme211.5
8 Aulis Kallakorpi207.5
9 Albin Rogelj206.0
10 Axel-Hermann Nilsson203.5

Bischofshofen

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.

RankNamePoints
1 Sepp Bradl222.5
2 Arnfin Bergman218.4
3 Olaf Bjørnstad215.6
Matti Pietikäinen215.6
5 Franz Eder213.4
6 Aulis Kallakorpi210.1
7 Sepp Kleisl208.8
8 Toivo Lauren207.0
9 Eino Kirjonen206.2
10 Arne Ellingsen205.6

Final Ranking
RankNameGarmisch-PartenkirchenOberstorfInnsbruckBischofshofenPoints
1 Olaf Bjørnstad1st1st1st3rd888.1
2 Eino Kirjonen6th2nd5th9th851.2
3 Sepp Bradl2nd14th6th1st844.0
4 Arnfin Bergman21st4th3rd2nd840.9
5 Aulis Kallakorpi3rd6th8th6th838.1

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