1953 Four Hills Tournament
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| Venues | Große Olympiaschanze, Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 1 January 1953 – 11 January 1953 | ||||||
| Nations | 6 | ||||||
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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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Results
[edit | edit source]Garmisch-Partenkirchen
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Oberstorf | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
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| 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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