The 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.
The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously had not won a single World Cup event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widhölzl in 1999–2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann, the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev of Russia rounded out the top five.
Overall standings Full standings International Ski Federation (FIS) Rank Name Nationality Total points Oberstdorf (Rk) Garmisch (Rk) Innsbruck (Rk) Bis'hofen (Rk)1 Wolfgang Loitzl 1123.7 285.2 (2)276.3 (1)261.0 (1)301.2 (1)2Simon Ammann 1091.1 286.4 (1)274.6 (2)245.7 (8)284.4 (2)3Gregor Schlierenzauer 1077.1 280.1 (4)257.6 (4)260.3 (2)279.1 (4)4Martin Schmitt 1055.2 273.8 (5)245.2 (8)257.7 (3)278.5 (5)5Dimitry Vassiliev 1048.1 284.4 (3)239.6 (9)244.9 (9)279.2 (3)6Anders Jacobsen 1027.9 269.0 (6)247.0 (7)244.4 (10)267.5 (7)7Harri Olli 1019.2 268.5 (7)258.6 (3)239.6 (11)252.5 (10)8Thomas Morgenstern 1001.0 254.7 (11)248.5 (6)250.6 (5)247.2 (16)9Matti Hautamäki 991.4 250.5 (13)237.1 (10)253.2 (4)250.6 (12)10Michael Neumayer 986.3 259.8 (9)211.2 (24)246.5 (7)268.8 (6)
Oberstdorf HS137 Schattenbergschanze, GermanyOfficial results: Oberstdorf , International Ski Federation (FIS) 29 December 2008
Rank Name Nationality 1st (m) 2nd (m) Points Overall FHT points Overall WC points (Rank) 1 Simon Ammann 136.5134.0 286.4286.4 (1) 685 (1) 2 Wolfgang Loitzl 135.0134.0 285.2 285.2 (2) 439 (3) 3 Dimitry Vassiliev 134.5136.0 284.4 284.4 (3) 185 (9) 4 Gregor Schlierenzauer 133.0134.0 280.1 280.1 (4) 560 (2) 5 Martin Schmitt 134.5129.0 273.8 273.8 (5) 248 (6)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS140 Große Olympiaschanze, GermanyOfficial results: Garmisch-Partenkirchen , International Ski Federation (FIS) 1 January 2009
Rank Name Nationality 1st (m) 2nd (m) Points Overall FHT points Overall WC points (Rank) 1 Wolfgang Loitzl 134.5 136.5 276.3 561.5 (1) 539 (3) 2 Simon Ammann 140.0 134.5 274.6 561.0 (2) 765 (1) 3 Harri Olli 133.0 131.5 258.6 527.1 (4) 284 (6) 4 Gregor Schlierenzauer 134.0 130.5 257.6 537.7 (3) 610 (2) 5 Martin Koch 134.5 128.0 249.0 482.5 (11)230 (8)
Innsbruck HS130 Bergiselschanze, AustriaOfficial results: Innsbruck , International Ski Federation (FIS) 4 January 2009
Rank Name Nationality 1st (m) 2nd (m) Points Overall FHT points Overall WC points (Rank) 1 Wolfgang Loitzl 126.5 128.5 261.0 822.5 (1) 639 (3) 2 Gregor Schlierenzauer 126.0 127.5 260.3 798.0 (3) 690 (2) 3 Martin Schmitt 128.5 125.5 257.7 776.7 (4) 340 (5) 4 Matti Hautamäki 123.5 128.0 253.2 740.8 (9) 241 (10) 5 Thomas Morgenstern 124.5 125.0 250.6 753.8 (8) 359 (4)
Bischofshofen
HS140 Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, AustriaOfficial results: Bischofshofen , International Ski Federation (FIS) 6 January 2009
Rank Name Nationality 1st (m) 2nd (m) Points Overall FHT points Overall WC points (Rank) 1 Wolfgang Loitzl 142.5 141.5 301.2 1123.7 (1) 739 (3) 2 Simon Ammann 137.5 140.5 284.4 1091.1 (2) 877 (1) 3 Dimitry Vassiliev 138.0 138.5 279.2 1048.1 (5) 303 (8) 4 Gregor Schlierenzauer 138.5 136.0 279.1 1077.1 (3) 740 (2) 5 Martin Schmitt 138.5 136.5 278.5 1055.2 (4) 385 (4)
See also 2008–09 Ski Jumping World Cup
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