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1955–56 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) – 8 January 1956 (1956-01-08)
Nations11
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

Participating nations and athletes

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The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

Nation Athletes
 Germany Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler
 Austria Sepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger
Canada Canada Jacques Charland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut
 East Germany Helmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser
 Finland Karl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen
 Norway Olaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik
Soviet Union Soviet Union Viktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze
 Sweden Christer Karlsson
 Switzerland Rudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen
 Yugoslavia Janez Polda

Results

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Oberstdorf

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Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
31 December 1955[1]

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 224.0
Finland Eino Kirjonen 224.0
3 East Germany Harry Glaß 219.0
4 Germany Max Bolkart 216.0
5 Germany Toni Brutscher 209.5
East Germany Werner Lesser 209.5
7 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 209.0
8 Norway Sverre Stallvik 208.5
9 Germany Sepp Kleisl 205.0
10 Austria Sepp Bradl 204.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1956[2]

Rank Name Points
1 Finland Hemmo Silvennoinen 221.5
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 219.5
3 East Germany Harry Glaß 218.8
4 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 217.0
5 Norway Asbjørn Osnes 216.5
6 Finland Aulis Kallakorpi 216.0
7 Germany Max Bolkart 213.0
Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 213.0
9 Germany Sepp Weiler 211.5
10 Austria Sepp Bradl 208.5
Germany Georg Thoma 208.5
Germany Sepp Kleisl 208.5

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1956[3]

Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Koba Zakadze 220.0
East Germany Harry Glaß 220.0
3 Germany Max Bolkart 213.5
4 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 210.0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Polda 210.0
6 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 209.5
7 Germany Georg Thoma 207.5
8 Germany Sepp Kleisl 204.5
9 East Germany Werner Lesser 203.0
10 Austria Rudolf Schweinberger 202.5

Bischofshofen

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Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
08 January 1956[4]

Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Yuri Skofzov 218.5
2 Czechoslovakia Mojmír Stuchlík 215.0
Austria Rudolf Schweinberger 215.0
4 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 214.5
5 Austria Sepp Bradl 213.0
6 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 212.5
7 Czechoslovakia Jáchym Bulín 210.5
8 Germany Franz Eder 209.0
East Germany Horst Lesser 209.0
10 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Remsa 208.5

Final ranking

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Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 7th 4th 6th 4th 850.0
2 Austria Sepp Bradl 10th 10th 12th 5th 827.5
3 Austria Rudolf Schweinberger 15th 15th 10th 2nd 818.5

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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