Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.
Participating nations and athletes
The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 14 Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Edi Heilingbrunner, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Axel Zerlaut 11 Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Willi Köstinger, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner Czechoslovakia 3 Zbyněk Hubač, Drahomír Jebavý, Jaromír Novlud 7 Dieter Bockeloh, Peter Lesser, Siegbert Münch, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Willi Wirth 5 Niilo Halonen, Antero Immonen, Veiko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen 2 Claude Jean-Prost, Guy Mollier 4 László Gellér, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár 5 Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel 3 Guttorm Heldahl, Asbjørn Osnes, Oddvar Saga 9 Stanisław Bobak, Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Stanisław Polok, Władysław Tajner, Piotr Wala, Antoni Wieczorek, Ryszard Witke Soviet Union 6 Rudolf Bykov, Wladimir Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Yuri Samsonov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze 6 Bert Andersson, Harry Bergquist, Bengt Eriksson, Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Kjell Sjöberg 3 Toni Cecchinato, Francis Perret, Ueli Scheidegger 7 Peter Eržen, Božo Jemc, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Milan Rojina, Jože Šlibar, Ludvik Zajc
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 28 December 1961
Rank Name Points1 Eino Kirjonen226.52 Božo Jemc219.53 Oddvar Saga219.04 Hemmo Silvennoinen218.05 Holger Karlsson216.06 Wolfgang Happle215.57 Kjell Sjöberg215.0 Koba Zakadze215.09 Nikolai Schamov214.010 Nikolay Kamenskiy213.0 Inger Lindquist213.0 Georg Thoma213.0
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1961
Rank Name Points1 Willi Egger225.02 Koba Zakadze219.73 Walter Habersatter219.44 Eino Kirjonen218.55 Antoni Wieczorek214.46 Max Bolkart213.47 Nikolai Schamov212.68 Kjell Sjöberg212.59 Hemmo Silvennoinen212.210 Yuri Samsonov210.1
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1962
Rank Name Points1 Georg Thoma225.52 Willi Egger221.73 Wolfgang Happle220.04 Max Bolkart216.45 Eino Kirjonen216.26 Nikolay Kamenskiy215.57 Niilo Halonen214.2 Inger Lindquist214.29 Veiko Kankkonen213.910 Holger Karlsson212.4
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 06 January 1962
In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.
Rank Name Points1 Willi Egger222.72 Helmut Recknagel220.33 Wolfgang Happle215.04 Dieter Bockeloh213.65 Peter Lesser212.86 Heini Ihle210.57 Koba Zakadze210.08 Oddvar Saga208.89 Antoni Wieczorek208.510 Nikolai Schamov206.1
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points1 Eino Kirjonen1st4th5th12th865.12 Willi Egger52nd1st2nd1st853.43 Hemmo Silvennoinen4th9th12th14th843.24 Nikolai Schamov9th7th9th4th840.75 Antoni Wieczorek13th5th26th9th839.46 Walter Habersatter23rd3rd17th18th833.47 Koba Zakadze7th2nd43rd7th833.08 Inger Lindquist10th13th7th24th832.59 Oddvar Saga3rd27th21st8th830.410 Max Bolkart42nd6th4th11th828.7
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site