title: 1961–62 Four Hills Tournament
text: # 1961–62 Four Hills Tournament
  
  Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.
  
  ## Participating nations and athletes
  
  The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.
  
  | Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
  | - | - | - |
  | West Germany | 14 | Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Edi Heilingbrunner, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Sepp Schiffner, Wolfgang Schüller, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Axel Zerlaut |
  | Austria | 11 | Willi Egger, Walter Habersatter, Willi Köstinger, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner |
  | Czechoslovakia | 3 | Zbyněk Hubač, Drahomír Jebavý, Jaromír Novlud |
  | East Germany | 7 | Dieter Bockeloh, Peter Lesser, Siegbert Münch, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Willi Wirth |
  | Finland | 5 | Niilo Halonen, Antero Immonen, Veiko Kankkonen, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen |
  | France | 2 | Claude Jean-Prost, Guy Mollier |
  | Hungary | 4 | László Gellér, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár |
  | Italy | 5 | Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanel |
  | Norway | 3 | Guttorm Heldahl, Asbjørn Osnes, Oddvar Saga |
  | Poland | 9 | Stanisław Bobak, Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Stanisław Polok, Władysław Tajner, Piotr Wala, Antoni Wieczorek, Ryszard Witke |
  | Soviet Union | 6 | Rudolf Bykov, Wladimir Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Yuri Samsonov, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze |
  | Sweden | 6 | Bert Andersson, Harry Bergquist, Bengt Eriksson, Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Kjell Sjöberg |
  | Switzerland | 3 | Toni Cecchinato, Francis Perret, Ueli Scheidegger |
  | Yugoslavia | 7 | Peter Eržen, Božo Jemc, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Milan Rojina, Jože Šlibar, Ludvik Zajc |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Oberstdorf
  
  Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 28 December 1961
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eino Kirjonen | 226.5 |
  | 2 | Božo Jemc | 219.5 |
  | 3 | Oddvar Saga | 219.0 |
  | 4 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 218.0 |
  | 5 | Holger Karlsson | 216.0 |
  | 6 | Wolfgang Happle | 215.5 |
  | 7 | Kjell Sjöberg | 215.0 |
  | 7 | Koba Zakadze | 215.0 |
  | 9 | Nikolai Schamov | 214.0 |
  | 10 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 213.0 |
  | 10 | Inger Lindquist | 213.0 |
  | 10 | Georg Thoma | 213.0 |
  
  ### Innsbruck
  
  Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1961
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Willi Egger | 225.0 |
  | 2 | Koba Zakadze | 219.7 |
  | 3 | Walter Habersatter | 219.4 |
  | 4 | Eino Kirjonen | 218.5 |
  | 5 | Antoni Wieczorek | 214.4 |
  | 6 | Max Bolkart | 213.4 |
  | 7 | Nikolai Schamov | 212.6 |
  | 8 | Kjell Sjöberg | 212.5 |
  | 9 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 212.2 |
  | 10 | Yuri Samsonov | 210.1 |
  
  ### Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  
  Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1962
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Georg Thoma | 225.5 |
  | 2 | Willi Egger | 221.7 |
  | 3 | Wolfgang Happle | 220.0 |
  | 4 | Max Bolkart | 216.4 |
  | 5 | Eino Kirjonen | 216.2 |
  | 6 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 215.5 |
  | 7 | Niilo Halonen | 214.2 |
  | 7 | Inger Lindquist | 214.2 |
  | 9 | Veiko Kankkonen | 213.9 |
  | 10 | Holger Karlsson | 212.4 |
  
  ### Bischofshofen
  
  Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 06 January 1962
  
  In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.
  
  | Rank | Name | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Willi Egger | 222.7 |
  | 2 | Helmut Recknagel | 220.3 |
  | 3 | Wolfgang Happle | 215.0 |
  | 4 | Dieter Bockeloh | 213.6 |
  | 5 | Peter Lesser | 212.8 |
  | 6 | Heini Ihle | 210.5 |
  | 7 | Koba Zakadze | 210.0 |
  | 8 | Oddvar Saga | 208.8 |
  | 9 | Antoni Wieczorek | 208.5 |
  | 10 | Nikolai Schamov | 206.1 |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bischofshofen | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eino Kirjonen | 1st | 4th | 5th | 12th | 865.1 |
  | 2 | Willi Egger | 52nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 853.4 |
  | 3 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 4th | 9th | 12th | 14th | 843.2 |
  | 4 | Nikolai Schamov | 9th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 840.7 |
  | 5 | Antoni Wieczorek | 13th | 5th | 26th | 9th | 839.4 |
  | 6 | Walter Habersatter | 23rd | 3rd | 17th | 18th | 833.4 |
  | 7 | Koba Zakadze | 7th | 2nd | 43rd | 7th | 833.0 |
  | 8 | Inger Lindquist | 10th | 13th | 7th | 24th | 832.5 |
  | 9 | Oddvar Saga | 3rd | 27th | 21st | 8th | 830.4 |
  | 10 | Max Bolkart | 42nd | 6th | 4th | 11th | 828.7 |
  