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1953 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
VenuesGroße Olympiaschanze, Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates1 January 1953 (1953-01-01) – 11 January 1953 (1953-01-11)
Nations6
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

The inaugural Four Hills tournament was held in January 1953. It was in planning since 1949, but in the post-war years German athletes were not allowed to compete internationally. The organizers were German and Austrian ski jumpers who knew each other from competing together for Germany under the Nazi regime

At the time, ski jumping was an amateur sport and the winners were given material prizes like portable radios or cooking pots.[1]

The first competition was held on New Year's day, making it the only Four Hills tournament that did not start in December, although the New Year's day competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen would eventually become traditional.

Participating nations and athletes

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Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
 Germany 14 Hermann Anwander, Friedl Brandner, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Toni Eisgruber, Robert Engel, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Sepp Hohenleitner, Hans Karg, Heini Klopfer, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler
 Austria 8 Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Alwin Plank, Fritz Rüpp, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser
 Norway 3 Asgeir Dølplads, Erling Kroken, Halvor Næs
 Sweden 4 Harry Bergquist, Karl Holmström, Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson
 Switzerland 1 Fritz Schneider
 Yugoslavia 3 Karel Klančnik, Janez Polda, Jože Zidar

Results

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
01 January 1953

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Asgeir Dølplads 221.5
2 Austria Sepp Bradl 220.5
3 Germany Toni Brutscher 219.5
4 Norway Halvor Næs 218.5
5 Sweden Toivo Lauren 215.0
6 Germany Sepp Weiler 212.5
7 Germany Sepp Hohenleitner 209.5
8 Norway Erling Kroken 209.0
9 Austria Walter Steinegger 204.5
10 Germany Franz Dengg 198.0

Oberstorf

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Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf
04 January 1953

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Erling Kroken 217.0
2 Austria Sepp Bradl 215.5
3 Norway Asgeir Dølplads 215.0
4 Norway Halvor Næs 214.5
5 Sweden Karl Holmström 213.0
Germany Sepp Weiler 213.0
7 Germany Toni Brutscher 212.0
8 Sweden Toivo Lauren 211.5
9 Germany Franz Eder 210.0
Germany Sepp Hohenleitner 210.0
Austria Walter Steinegger 210.0

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
06 January 1953

Rank Name Points
1 Austria Sepp Bradl 224.0
2 Norway Asgeir Dølplads 223.0
3 Sweden Harry Bergquist 219.0
4 Norway Halvor Næs 216.5
5 Germany Sepp Hohenleitner 215.0
6 Sweden Karl Holmström 213.5
7 Germany Toni Brutscher 212.0
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Polda 211.5
9 Sweden Toivo Lauren 209.5
10 Switzerland Fritz Schneider 209.0
Germany Sepp Weiler 209.0

Bischofshofen

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Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
11 January 1953

Before the last event, Sepp Bradl was leading the tournament ranking by only half a point ahead of Asgeir Dølplads, who in turn had a ten-point lead to fellow Norwegian Halvor Næs. In the competition however, it was Næs rather than Dølplads who put Bradl's tournament victory in danger. Winning the Bischofshofen event clearly, he reduced the distance to Bradl from 10.5 to 1.1 points but ultimately could not prevent him from becoming the first Four Hills winner.

Rank Name Points
1 Norway Halvor Næs 228.0
2 Austria Sepp Bradl 218.6
3 Sweden Harry Bergquist 216.4
4 Germany Franz Eder 210.7
5 Germany Sepp Weiler 209.4
6 Sweden Karl Holmström 208.6
7 Norway Asgeir Dølplads 208.3
8 Sweden Toivo Lauren 207.9
9 Norway Erling Kroken 205.3
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janez Polda 204.3

Final ranking

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Rank Name Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstorf Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 Austria Sepp Bradl 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 878.6
2 Norway Halvor Næs 4th 4th 4th 1st 877.5
3 Norway Asgeir Dølplads 1st 3rd 2nd 7th 867.5
4 Germany Toni Brutscher 3rd 7th 7th 12th 847.0
5 Sweden Toivo Lauren 5th 8th 9th 8th 843.9
Germany Sepp Weiler 6th 5th 11th 5th 843.9
7 Germany Sepp Hohenleitner 7th 9th 5th 14th 827.7
8 Austria Walter Steinegger 9th 9th 13th 11th 822.9
9 Sweden Karl Holmström 17th 5th 6th 6th 813.6
10 Norway Erling Kroken 8th 1st N/A 9th 631.3

References

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  1. ^ "1. Januar 1953 – Die erste Vier-Schanzen-Tournee startet" (in German). WDR. 2013.
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