At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament, Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 8 Alfred Grosche, Dirk Kramer, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Manfred Runge, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch 13 Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Rupert Gürtler, Walter Habersatter jr., Toni Innauer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner Czechoslovakia 6 Jaroslav Balcar, Zdeněk Janouch, František Novák, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Thomas Meisinger, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog 4 P. Hyvävinen, Pentti Kokkonen, Tapio Räisänen, Jouko Törmänen 3 Leo De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher Japan 3 Takao Itō, Yūji Kawamura, Manabu Ono 4 Per Bergerud, Bjarne Næs, Roger Ruud, Johan Sætre 3 Stanisław Bobak, Henryk Tajner, Janusz Waluś Soviet Union 5 Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Leonid Komarov, Sergey Saychik 3 Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Seppo Reijonen 6 Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi, Jean Luc Ungricht, Ernst von Grünigen 4 Jim Denney, Jim Maki, Chris McNeill, Ron Steele 4 Jože Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Janez Loštrek, Bogdan Norčič
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1976
Rank Name Points1 Toni Innauer255.62 Jochen Danneberg253.73 Walter Steiner252.34 Harald Duschek248.25 Henry Glaß239.46 Alois Lipburger236.67 Jouko Törmänen235.38 František Novák232.59 Reinhold Bachler230.910 Johan Sætre229.8
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1977
Rank Name Points1 Jochen Danneberg235.22 Toni Innauer222.33 Harald Duschek220.14 Henry Glaß219.35 Johan Sætre213.56 Walter Steiner212.77 Alois Lipburger211.98 Alfred Pungg209.49 Jürgen Thomas208.610 Martin Weber208.3
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1977
Rank Name Points1 Henry Glaß233.62 Walter Steiner226.33 Toni Innauer217.34 Karl Schnabl216.45 Reinhold Bachler216.16 Jochen Danneberg213.97 Yury Ivanov213.58 Alfred Pungg210.49 Ján Tánczos207.910 Thomas Meisinger203.5
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1977
After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg.
Rank Name Points1 Walter Steiner220.42 Karl Schnabl217.03 Jochen Danneberg215.74 Thomas Meisinger211.65 Klaus Tuchscherer207.56 Harald Duschek204.47 Per Bergerud200.28 Henry Glaß200.19 Martin Weber198.110 Hans Millonig196.1
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1 Jochen Danneberg2nd1st6th3rd918.52 Walter Steiner3rd6th2nd1st911.73 Henry Glaß5th4th1st8th892.44 Toni Innauer1st2nd3rd19th876.05 Harald Duschek4th3rd11th6th875.86 Thomas Meisinger12th11th10th4th845.77 Karl Schnabl29th21st4th2nd844.78 Reinhold Bachler9th14th5th25th828.89 Alfred Pungg16th8th8th14th827.110 Martin Weber21st10th17th9th818.7
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site