The 15th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Norwegian athlete Bjørn Wirkola who secured three dominating victories after a surprising double victory for the East German team in Oberstdorf.
Participating nations and athletes
The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 5 (+2) Günther Göllner, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Franz Keller, Henrik OhlmayrNational Group: Oswald Schinze, Alfred Winkler 7 (+7) Reinhold Bachler, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Sepp Lichtenegger, Baldur Preiml, Willi Schuster, Walter SchwablNational Group: Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Erich Schwabl, Heinz Themesl, Janko Zwitter 2 Ulf Kvendbo, Patrick Morris Czechoslovakia 7 Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, Zbyněk Hubač, Jozef Metelka, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška, František Rydval 7 Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Karl-Heinz Munk, Dietmar Neuendorf, Manfred Queck, Heinz Schmidt, Wolfgang Stöhr 6 Niilo Halonen, Veikko Kankkonen, Olli Korhonen, Paavo Maunu, Erkki Pukka, Heikki Väisänen 5 Maurice Arbez, Alain Macle, Jean-Marie Poirot, Gilbert Poirot, James Yerrly 3 Giacomo Aimoni, Mario Ceccon, Ezio Damolin Japan 3 Takashi Fujisawa, Yoshihiko Itō, Kimio Saitō 3 Ronald Jensen, Christoffer Selbekk, Bjørn Wirkola 5 Sławomir Kardas, Józef Kocyan, Józef Przybyla, Piotr Wala, Ryszard Witke Soviet Union 4 Waleri Jemeljanow, Pyotr Kovalenko, Mikhail Veretennikov, Koba Zakadze 3 Thord Karlsson, Tommy Karlsson, Mats Östman 5 Richard Pfiffner, Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, Max Walter, Sepp Zehnder 3 Dave Lundmark, Jay Martin, Adrian Watt 4 Peter Eržen, Marjan Pecar, Stanko Smolej, Ludvik Zajc
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1966
Rank Name Points1 Dieter Neuendorf202.22 Peter Lesser201.53 Veikko Kankkonen200.6 Bjørn Wirkola200.65 Sepp Lichtenegger198.96 Józef Przybyla198.37 Waleri Jemeljanow194.5 Mikhail Veretennikov194.59 Wolfgang Stöhr192.610 Zbyněk Hubač190.3
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1967
Rank Name Points1 Bjørn Wirkola229.02 Reinhold Bachler222.83 Veikko Kankkonen222.44 Dieter Neuendorf220.55 Manfred Queck215.86 Waleri Jemeljanow214.17 Peter Lesser213.08 Ronald Jensen209.49 Jiří Raška208.810 Max Golser208.4
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 6 December 1967
Rank Name Points1 Bjørn Wirkola237.72 Franz Keller228.33 Sepp Lichtenegger223.24 Christoffer Selbekk222.05 Jiří Raška215.96 Peter Lesser215.27 Dieter Neuendorf214.48 Jay Martin214.09 Peter Eržen213.710 Józef Kocyan213.2
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 8 January 1967
Rank Name Points1 Bjørn Wirkola242.72 Jiří Raška233.43 Sepp Lichtenegger219.44 Ronald Jensen219.15 Veikko Kankkonen214.86 Dieter Neuendorf209.4 Zbyněk Hubač209.48 Franz Keller208.99 Adrian Watt206.810 Manfred Queck205.3
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1 Bjørn Wirkola3rd1st1st1st910.02 Sepp Lichtenegger2nd6th1st3rd847.63 Dieter Neuendorf1st4th7th6th846.54 Veikko Kankkonen3rd3rd27th5th834.85 Peter Lesser2nd7th6th14th833.06 Franz Keller23rd21st2nd8th820.87 Jiří Raška42nd9th5th2nd820.18 Zbyněk Hubač10th15th16th7th812.69 Józef Przybyla6th22nd15th12th811.910 Mikhail Veretennikov7th12th18th15th810.2
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site