The 24th edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German Jochen Danneberg.
For the tenth time, three out of the four events were won by the same athlete. However, for the fourth time within six years, it was not enough to win the Tournament: Toni Innauer only placed 24th in Innsbruck and lost too much ground to his competitors.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 6 Alfred Grosche, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Albert Wursthorn 10 Reinhold Bachler, Rupert Gürtler, Walter Habersatter jr., Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner Bulgaria 4 Valentin Bozhkov, Peter Dimitrov, Ivan Iankov, Zdravko Idravkov 6 Kim Fripp, Donald Grady, Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Paul Martin, Peter Wilson Czechoslovakia 6 Jaroslav Balcar, Jindřich Balcar, Ivo Felix, Rudolf Höhnl, Zdeněk Janouch, Karel Kodejška, Leoš Škoda 8 Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Martin Weber 6 Harri Blumen, P. Hyvävinen, Tauno Käyhkö, Tapio Räisänen, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen 4 Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Michel Roche 7 Per Bergerud, Odd Grette, Finn Halvorsen, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre, Kai Solbustad 5 Stanisław Bobak, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Aleksander Stołowski, Janusz Waluś Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Ivanov, Yury Kalinin, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Gariy Napalkov, Sergey Saychik, Sergey Suslikov 9 Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Håkon Lindbäck, Thomas Lundgren, Anders Lundqvist, Esa Mattila, Rolf Nordgren, N.O. Westberg 6 Josef Bonetti, Ernst Egloff, Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen 5 Jim Denney, Jerry Martin, Chris McNeill, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger 6 Janez Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Janez Loštrek, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Peter Štefančič
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1975
Rank Name Points1 Toni Innauer252.22 Jochen Danneberg249.83 Reinhold Bachler247.14 Hans-Georg Aschenbach242.85 Stanisław Bobak239.26 Rudolf Wanner239.07 Karl Schnabl238.28 Bernd Eckstein237.09 Walter Steiner236.110 Sepp Schwinghammer229.8
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1976
Rank Name Points1 Toni Innauer231.32 Karl Schnabl229.63 Jochen Danneberg227.54 Reinhold Bachler214.75 Aleksey Borovitin213.06 Ernst von Grünigen212.97 Tadeusz Pawlusiak212.58 Hans-Georg Aschenbach212.29 Dietmar Aschenbach208.610 Aleksandr Karapuzov207.7
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1976
After his two victories, Toni Innauer only placed 24th (181.5 pts), losing over 30 points to his closest competitors and falling back to 4th place in the overall ranking.
Rank Name Points1 Jochen Danneberg220.92 Karl Schnabl219.63 Reinhold Bachler217.74 Walter Steiner208.35 Rudolf Wanner205.46 Rudolf Höhnl203.07 Hans Wallner198.18 Walter Schwabl196.5 Johan Sætre196.510 Sepp Schwinghammer195.7
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1976
Rank Name Points1 Toni Innauer236.22 Stanisław Bobak225.53 Johan Sætre225.04 Karl Schnabl223.55 Reinhold Bachler222.46 Jochen Danneberg222.07 Rudolf Wanner218.08 Bernd Eckstein216.99 Rudolf Höhnl212.210 Aleksey Borovitin211.2
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1 Jochen Danneberg2nd3rd1st6th920.22 Karl Schnabl7th2nd2nd4th910.93 Reinhold Bachler3rd4th3rd5th901.94 Toni Innauer1st1st24th1st901.25 Rudolf Wanner6th13th5th7th868.96 Stanisław Bobak5th22nd15th2nd851.47 Walter Steiner9th24th4th14th848.68 Rudolf Höhnl11th15th6th9th847.89 Bernd Eckstein8th27th16th8th834.810 Sepp Schwinghammer10th26th10th11th831.6
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site