title: 1956–57 Four Hills Tournament
text: # 1956–57 Four Hills Tournament
  
  The fifth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by Pentti Uotinen. Another Finnish athlete, Eino Kirjonen placed second in the overall ranking for the third time. It was the first edition without the winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl.
  
  The defending champion, Nikolay Kamenskiy, won the event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but had already missed out on producing a competitive result at the first event in Oberstdorf.
  
  ## Participating nations and athletes
  
  | Nation | Athletes |
  | - | - |
  | Germany | Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Hans Kriner, Georg Thoma, Alfred Winkler, Hias Winkler |
  | Austria | Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger, Heinz Winkler |
  | Czechoslovakia | Jáchym Bulín, Antonin Chraust, Drahomír Jebavý, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík |
  | East Germany | Herbert Arnold, Helmut Döderich, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel |
  | Finland | Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Pentti Uotinen |
  | Norway | Toralf Engan, Kjell Kopstad, Arne Larsen, Asbjørn Osnes |
  | Poland | Józef Huczek, Jan Kula, Władysław Tajner, Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz |
  | Soviet Union | Nikolay Kamenskiy, Trjewalery Kandar, Vallary Kandratjew, Yury Moshkin, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze |
  | Sweden | Toivo Lauren, Arne Strøm |
  | Switzerland | Andreas Däscher, Francis Perret |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Oberstdorf
  
  Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 29 December 1956
  
  Toni Brutscher placed in the Top Ten in Oberstdorf in each of the first five Four Hills tournaments.
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pentti Uotinen | 227.0 |
  | 2 | Aulis Kallakorpi | 223.0 |
  | 3 | Toni Brutscher | 219.5 |
  | 3 | Werner Lesser | 219.5 |
  | 5 | Andreas Däscher | 218.5 |
  | 6 | Max Bolkart | 217.5 |
  | 7 | Kjell Kopstad | 215.5 |
  | 8 | Harry Glaß | 212.5 |
  | 9 | Walter Steinegger | 212.0 |
  | 10 | Toivo Lauren | 210.5 |
  | 10 | Asbjørn Osnes | 210.5 |
  | 10 | Georg Thoma | 210.5 |
  
  ### Innsbruck
  
  Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1956
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nikolai Schamov | 221.5 |
  | 2 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 218.5 |
  | 3 | Max Bolkart | 217.5 |
  | 4 | Koba Zakadze | 213.5 |
  | 5 | Werner Lesser | 213.0 |
  | 6 | Eino Kirjonen | 212.5 |
  | 6 | Helmut Recknagel | 212.5 |
  | 8 | Pentti Uotinen | 211.5 |
  | 9 | Zdeněk Remsa | 210.5 |
  | 10 | Aulis Kallakorpi | 209.0 |
  
  ### Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  
  Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1957
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 217.9 |
  | 2 | Eino Kirjonen | 217.6 |
  | 3 | Pentti Uotinen | 215.4 |
  | 4 | Nikolai Schamov | 215.0 |
  | 5 | Koba Zakadze | 212.3 |
  | 6 | Nikolai Trussow | 211.8 |
  | 7 | Max Bolkart | 210.7 |
  | 8 | Harry Glaß | 206.4 |
  | 9 | Toralf Engan | 205.8 |
  | 10 | Władysław Tajner | 202.5 |
  
  ### Bischofshofen
  
  Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 06 January 1957
  
  After three events, Pentti Uotinen was still in the lead in the overall ranking. His closest pursuer was Max Bolkart, but the German only placed 11th in Bischofshofen (210.2p) and thus stayed behind the Finn. Eino Kirjonen on the other hand, who was fourth after the New Year's event, almost closed the gap by reducing the point difference from 22.3 to 1.5 points.
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eino Kirjonen | 232.9 |
  | 2 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 223.7 |
  | 3 | Nikolai Schamov | 219.5 |
  | 4 | Georg Thoma | 217.0 |
  | 5 | Helmut Recknagel | 216.9 |
  | 6 | Harry Glaß | 216.1 |
  | 7 | Werner Lesser | 215.3 |
  | 8 | Pentti Uotinen | 212.1 |
  | 9 | Walter Habersatter | 210.9 |
  | 10 | Walter Steinegger | 210.8 |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bischofshofen | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pentti Uotinen | 1st | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 866.0 |
  | 2 | Eino Kirjonen | 17th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 864.5 |
  | 3 | Max Bolkart | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 11th | 855.9 |
  | 4 | Werner Lesser | 3rd | 5th | 11th | 7th | 848.4 |
  | 5 | Harry Glaß | 8th | 24th | 8th | 6th | 831.5 |
  | 6 | Walter Steinegger | 9th | 11th | 13th | 10th | 828.2 |
  | 7 | Helmut Recknagel | 35th | 6th | 12th | 5th | 816.0 |
  | 8 | Georg Thoma | 10th | 25th | 18th | 4th | 815.4 |
  | 9 | Władysław Tajner | 15th | 15th | 10th | 20th | 810.9 |
  | 10 | Toivo Lauren | 10th | 13th | 32nd | 18th | 794.6 |
  