1954–55 Four Hills Tournament

At the third edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, Hemmo Silvennoinen became the first ski jumper to win the tournament without winning any of the single events. He won ahead of two other Finns.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates30 December 1954 (1954-12-30) – 8 January 1955 (1955-01-08)
Nations6
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1953-54
1955-56 →

Participating nations and athletes

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Defending champion Olaf Bjørnstad did not compete. The winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl did compete and ended up fourth overall, in spite of disappointing results on the German hills (15th and 12th).

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

Nation Athletes
  Germany Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Ewald Roscher
  Austria Sepp Bradl, Franz Gradwohl, Walter Haberstatter, Ernst Hohenegg, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Willi Lichtenegger, Karl Mair, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Heinz Winkler
  Finland Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
  Norway Gunder Gundersen, Kjell Knarvik, Asbjørn Moland, Torbjørn Ruste, Thorleif Schjelderup
  Sweden Lars-Åke Bergseije, Toivo Lauren
  Switzerland Gottfried Bühler, Andreas Däscher, Hans Däscher

Results

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Oberstdorf

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  Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1954[1]

Rank Name Points
1   Aulis Kallakorpi 224.0
2   Eino Kirjonen 220.0
  Hemmo Silvennoinen 220.0
4   Kjell Knarvik 217.0
  Torbjørn Ruste 217.0
6   Toni Brutscher 216.5
7   Sepp Hohenleitner 216.0
8   Gunder Gundersen 215.0
9   Max Bolkart 213.5
10   Sepp Kleisl 210.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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  Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1955[2]

Rank Name Points
1   Aulis Kallakorpi 228.0
2   Eino Kirjonen 220.5
3   Hemmo Silvennoinen 218.5
4   Sepp Hohenleitner 215.5
  Kjell Knarvik 215.5
6   Asbjørn Moland 205.0
7   Franz Dengg 203.5
8   Lars-Åke Bergseije 199.0
9   Sepp Kleisl 196.0
  Alwin Plank 196.0

Innsbruck

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  Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1954[3]

After two consecutive victories, Aulis Kallakorpi only finished twentieth in Innsbruck, falling back in the overall ranking. Winner Ruste, similarly, was missing a competitive result from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thus, Hemmo Silvennoinen took the overall lead, only 1.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen.

Rank Name Points
1   Torbjørn Ruste 225.0
2   Hemmo Silvennoinen 222.0
3   Max Bolkart 221.0
4   Eino Kirjonen 218.5
5   Sepp Bradl 212.0
6   Sepp Hohenleitner 211.5
7   Alwin Plank 210.5
8   Gunder Gundersen 209.5
9   Toni Brutscher 209.0
10   Toivo Lauren 206.0

Bischofshofen

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  Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1954[4]

Rank Name Points
1   Torbjørn Ruste 224.5
2   Hemmo Silvennoinen 217.5
3   Eino Kirjonen 216.2
4   Sepp Bradl 215.1
5   Franz Eder 205.8
6   Aulis Kallakorpi 205.1
7   Toivo Lauren 204.2
8   Alwin Plank 201.9
9   Kjell Knarvik 200.8
10   Otto Leodolter 199.0

Final ranking

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Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1   Hemmo Silvennoinen 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 878.0
2   Eino Kirjonen 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 875.2
3   Aulis Kallakorpi 1st 1st 20th 6th 851.1
4   Sepp Bradl 15th 12th 5th 4th 830.1
5   Kjell Knarvik 4th 4th 24th 9th 824.3

References

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