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1973–74 Four Hills Tournament

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The 21st annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German athlete Hans-Georg Aschenbach. After a dominating victory at the first event in Oberstdorf, and three more podium finishes, he ended up with a 43-point lead over second-placed Walter Steiner, who became the first Swiss to win a Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Four Hills Tournament
VenuesSchattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
LocationWest Germany, Austria
Dates30 December 1973 (1973-12-30) – 5 January 1974 (1974-01-05)
Competitors100 from 17 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

Participating nations and athletes

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Nation Number of Athletes Athletes
 West Germany 8 Toni Angerer, Klaus Boll, Peter Dubb, Alfred Grosche, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Ernst Wursthorn, Bernd Zapf
 Austria 10 Reinhold Bachler, Sepp Gratzer, Walter Habersatter, Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 Georgi Geliov, Georgi Lasev, Ivan Scharkov, Ivan Schopov, Tascho Sterev
 Canada 5 Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Knut Nordle, Tom Reaper, Peter Wilson
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 Rudolf Höhnl, Karel Kodejška, Jaromír Liďák, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, Leoš Škoda
 East Germany 8 Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Heinz Wosipiwo
 Finland 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila
 France 5 Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Yvan Richard, James Yerrly
 Italy 4 Ermes Bontempelli, Sandro Dalle Ave, Maurizio Dünnhofer, Lido Tomasi
Japan Japan 7 Kasuhiro Akimoto, Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Takao Itō, Yūji Katsuro, Akitsugu Konno, Hisayoshi Sawada
 Norway 4 Odd Grette, Arnfinn Henden, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre
 Poland 5 Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Czesław Janik, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak
Soviet Union Soviet Union 6 Sergei Botschkov, Wladimir Frolov, Yury Kalinin, Aleks Karapusov, Gariy Napalkov, Wladimir Napylow
 Sweden 5 Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Lundgren, Andreas Lundquist, Rolf Nordgren
 Switzerland 6 Eric Aubert, Josef Bonetti, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen, Josef Zehnder
 United States 6 Arne Haugen, Jerry Martin, Jay Rand, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger, Jeff Wright
 Yugoslavia 6 Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Peter Štefančič

Results

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Oberstdorf

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West Germany Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
30 December 1973[1]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach 245.1
2 East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo 225.0
3 Switzerland Hans Schmid 222.8
4 Finland Esko Rautionaho 221.3
5 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 218.9
6 Finland Kari Ylianttila 217.8
7 Germany Alfred Grosche 217.3
8 Poland Tadeusz Pawlusiak 211.8
9 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 210.5
10 Japan Hiroshi Itagaki 210.4
Japan Hisayoshi Sawada 210.4

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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West Germany Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1974[2]

Walter Steiner became the first Swiss ski jumper to win an event at a Four Hills Tournament. After a second result that placed him far ahead of the main field, Hans-Georg Aschenbach left the New Year's event with a lead of 34 points to his closest rival, Hans Schmid.

Rank Name Points
1 Switzerland Walter Steiner 240.9
2 East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach 239.4
3 East Germany Dietrich Kampf 227.9
4 Switzerland Hans Schmid 227.7
5 East Germany Henry Glaß 227.3
6 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 226.7
7 Finland Tauno Käyhkö 226.3
8 Germany Alfred Grosche 225.2
9 East Germany Jochen Danneberg 224.8
10 Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov 224.1

Innsbruck

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Austria Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
3 January 1974[3]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach 251.3
2 Switzerland Hans Schmid 244.6
3 Switzerland Walter Steiner 242.9
4 East Germany Henry Glaß 240.5
5 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 239.2
6 Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl 236.6
7 Austria Reinhold Bachler 236.0
8 Soviet Union Yury Kalinin 235.7
9 East Germany Dietrich Kampf 235.6
10 Poland Tadeusz Pawlusiak 234.5

Bischofshofen

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Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1974[4]

Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 237.4
2 Switzerland Walter Steiner 235.7
3 East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach 235.0
4 East Germany Dietrich Kampf 230.0
5 East Germany Henry Glaß 227.3
6 Norway Odd Grette 223.7
7 Soviet Union Gariy Napalkov 221.7
8 Japan Hiroshi Itagaki 219.3
9 East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo 218.5
10 Switzerland Hans Schmid 214.7

Final ranking

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Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points
1 East Germany Hans-Georg Aschenbach 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 970.6
2 Switzerland Walter Steiner 14th 1st 3rd 2nd 927.6
3 East Germany Bernd Eckstein 16th 6th 5th 1st 910.0
4 Switzerland Hans Schmid 3rd 4th 2nd 10th 909.8
5 East Germany Henry Glaß 25th 5th 4th 5th 893.9
6 East Germany Dietrich Kampf 22nd 3rd 9th 4th 893.3
7 West Germany Alfred Grosche 7th 8th 11th 19th 880.5
8 East Germany Heinz Wosipiwo 2nd 16th 28th 9th 876.8
9 Japan Hiroshi Itagaki 10th 18th 17th 8th 869.8
10 Finland Esko Rautionaho 4th 27th 14th 15th 868.0

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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