At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament, Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.
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Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
Location | West Germany, Austria | ||||||
Dates | 30 December 1976 | – 6 January 1977||||||
Competitors | 74 from 14 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Participating nations and athletes
editResults
editOberstdorf
edit Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1976[1]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Toni Innauer | 255.6 |
2 | Jochen Danneberg | 253.7 |
3 | Walter Steiner | 252.3 |
4 | Harald Duschek | 248.2 |
5 | Henry Glaß | 239.4 |
6 | Alois Lipburger | 236.6 |
7 | Jouko Törmänen | 235.3 |
8 | František Novák | 232.5 |
9 | Reinhold Bachler | 230.9 |
10 | Johan Sætre | 229.8 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
edit Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1977[2]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Jochen Danneberg | 235.2 |
2 | Toni Innauer | 222.3 |
3 | Harald Duschek | 220.1 |
4 | Henry Glaß | 219.3 |
5 | Johan Sætre | 213.5 |
6 | Walter Steiner | 212.7 |
7 | Alois Lipburger | 211.9 |
8 | Alfred Pungg | 209.4 |
9 | Jürgen Thomas | 208.6 |
10 | Martin Weber | 208.3 |
Innsbruck
edit Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1977[3]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Henry Glaß | 233.6 |
2 | Walter Steiner | 226.3 |
3 | Toni Innauer | 217.3 |
4 | Karl Schnabl | 216.4 |
5 | Reinhold Bachler | 216.1 |
6 | Jochen Danneberg | 213.9 |
7 | Yury Ivanov | 213.5 |
8 | Alfred Pungg | 210.4 |
9 | Ján Tánczos | 207.9 |
10 | Thomas Meisinger | 203.5 |
Bischofshofen
edit Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1977[4]
After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg.
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Walter Steiner | 220.4 |
2 | Karl Schnabl | 217.0 |
3 | Jochen Danneberg | 215.7 |
4 | Thomas Meisinger | 211.6 |
5 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 207.5 |
6 | Harald Duschek | 204.4 |
7 | Per Bergerud | 200.2 |
8 | Henry Glaß | 200.1 |
9 | Martin Weber | 198.1 |
10 | Hans Millonig | 196.1 |
Final ranking
editRank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
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1 | Jochen Danneberg | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 918.5 |
2 | Walter Steiner | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 911.7 |
3 | Henry Glaß | 5th | 4th | 1st | 8th | 892.4 |
4 | Toni Innauer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 19th | 876.0 |
5 | Harald Duschek | 4th | 3rd | 11th | 6th | 875.8 |
6 | Thomas Meisinger | 12th | 11th | 10th | 4th | 845.7 |
7 | Karl Schnabl | 29th | 21st | 4th | 2nd | 844.7 |
8 | Reinhold Bachler | 9th | 14th | 5th | 25th | 828.8 |
9 | Alfred Pungg | 16th | 8th | 8th | 14th | 827.1 |
10 | Martin Weber | 21st | 10th | 17th | 9th | 818.7 |