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1958–59 Four Hills Tournament

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Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationGermany, Austria
Dates28 December 1958 (1958-12-28) – 6 January 1959 (1959-01-06)
Competitors60 from 8 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1957-58
1959-60 →

The seventh edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria saw Helmut Recknagel of East Germany win three out of four events and become the first ski jumper to defend his title as Four Hills champion. He also set the record for most consecutive hill victories at Four Hills tournaments (five). It was equalized by Sven Hannawald in 2002 and by Kamil Stoch in 2018.

Participating nations and athletes

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Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
 Germany 19 Hermann Anwander, Helmut Bleier, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Franz Fischer, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Toni Hörterer, Sepp Kleisl, Helmut Kurz, Hans Leppert, Helmut Reicherts, Ewald Roscher, Konrad Simerl, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Heinrich Zapf
 Austria 14 Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ferdi Kerber, Ernst Kröll, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Alwin Plank, Theo Schett, Fredi Schirmer, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 Miroslav Martinák, Emil Ulrych
 Finland 3 Veikko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Pekka Tirkkonen
 East Germany 9 Adolf Baldauf, Manfred Brunner, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Werner Lesser, Manfred Matthey, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel, Willi Wirth
 Italy 3 Dino De Zordo, Luigi Pennaccio, Nilo Zandanell
 Norway 3 Arne Hoel, Kjell Kopstad, Anders Woldseth
Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 Rudolf Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Jaroslav Mazánek, Yuri Samsonov, Vitaly Sannikov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze

Results

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Oberstdorf

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Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1958[1]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 226.5
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 222.0
3 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 221.0
4 Norway Anders Woldseth 219.5
5 Austria Otto Leodolter 218.0
6 Finland Pekka Tirkkonen 217.5
7 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 216.5
8 East Germany Harry Glaß 215.0
9 Norway Arne Hoel 214.0
10 Austria Willi Egger 212.5

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1959[2]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 225.7
2 Soviet Union Koba Zakadze 223.0
3 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 216.5
4 Soviet Union Yuri Samsonov 215.7
5 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 215.3
6 Norway Kjell Kopstad 213.7
7 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 213.1
8 Norway Arne Hoel 212.2
9 Finland Eino Kirjonen 212.1
10 Austria Walter Habersatter 211.8

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 January 1959[3]

The third place in Innsbruck was the only podium in Anders Woldseth's career before his untimely death later that same year.

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 230.0
2 Finland Veikko Kankkonen 222.5
3 Norway Anders Woldseth 219.5
4 East Germany Harry Glaß 217.0
5 Austria Walter Habersatter 214.5
6 Norway Arne Hoel 214.0
7 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 212.5
8 Austria Willi Egger 212.0
Finland Pekka Tirkkonen 212.0
10 Austria Otto Leodolter 211.5
Soviet Union Yuri Samsonov 211.5

Bischofshofen

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Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1959[4]

After three victories, Helmut Recknagel went into the Bischofshofen event with a comfortable 32.2-point lead. He only finished 15th, but still beat his closest pursuer Schamov, who placed 22nd.

With a home victory, Austrian athlete Walter Habersatter interrupted Recknagel's winning streak and snatched silver in the overall ranking.

Max Bolkart's eighth place was the only Top Ten appearance of a (West) German athlete during this tournament.

Rank Name Points
1 Austria Walter Habersatter 222.5
2 Finland Eino Kirjonen 220.2
3 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 218.6
4 Norway Anders Woldseth 215.0
5 East Germany Harry Glaß 214.5
6 Austria Walter Steinegger 211.7
7 Soviet Union Yuri Samsonov 210.4
8 Germany Max Bolkart 210.3
9 Norway Arne Hoel 210.2
10 Soviet Union Rudolf Bykov 206.9

Final ranking

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Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 East Germany Helmut Recknagel 1st 1st 1st 15th 883.2
2 Austria Walter Habersatter 11th 10th 5th 1st 860.8
3 Norway Arne Hoel 9th 8th 6th 9th 850.4
4 Soviet Union Nikolai Schamov 3rd 3rd 7th 22nd 839.7
5 Soviet Union Nikolay Kamenskiy 7th 7th 31st 3rd 838.2
6 Austria Otto Leodolter 5th 15th 10th 13th 837.6
7 Norway Anders Woldseth 4th 34th 3rd 4th 835.2
8 Soviet Union Yuri Samsonov 21st 4th 10th 7th 835.1
9 Soviet Union Rudolf Bykov 12th 11th 15th 10th 833.9
10 East Germany Harry Glaß 8th 31st 4th 5th 831.0

References

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  1. ^ "Oberstdorf (GER)". FIS.
  2. ^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)". FIS.
  3. ^ "Innsbruck (AUT)". FIS.
  4. ^ "Bischofshofen (AUT)". FIS.
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