1957–58 Four Hills Tournament

The sixth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was won by East German athlete Helmut Recknagel, who won on both Austrian hills. It was his first of three tournament victories within four years.

Four Hills Tournament
Venues	Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Location	Germany, Austria
Dates	29 December 1957 (1957-12-29) – 6 January 1958 (1958-01-06)
Nations	11
Medalists
Helmut Recknagel   Nikolai Schamov   Nikolay Kamenskiy

Participating nations and athletes

Nation	Athletes
Germany	Helmut Ackermann, Hermann Anwander, Leopold Bartenschlager, Helmut Bleier, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Bernd Drexl, Franz Eder, Willy Gotthold, Otto Herz, Toni Hörterer, Hans Kießling, Sepp Kleisl, Helmut Kurz, Toni Landenhammer, Klaus Lechler, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Konrad Simerl, Georg Thoma, Hias Winkler, Heinrich Zapf
Austria	Willi Egger, Klaus Fichtner, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ferdi Kerber, Andi Krallinger, Ernst Kröll, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Peter Müller, Alwin Plank, Fredi Schirmer, Rudi Schweinberger, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner, Ernst Wilhelm, Karl Wilhelm
Canada	Jaques Charland, Claude Dupuis
Czechoslovakia	Jáchym Bulín, František Felix, Jaromír Novlud, Zdeněk Remsa
East Germany	Adolf Baldauf, Manfred Brunner, Hugo Fuchs, Harry Glaß, Werner Lesser, Manfred Münch, Sigmund Papst, Harald Pfeffer, Helmut Recknagel
Italy	Luigi Pennaccio, Nilo Zandanell
Poland	Daniel Gasienica, Józef Huczek, Władysław Tajner
Soviet Union	Rudolf Bykov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Vallary Kandratjew, Boris Nikolajev, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze
Sweden	Holger Karlsson, Inger Lindquist, Folke Mikaelsson, Erik Styf
Switzerland	X. Giovannelli, Francis Perret
Yugoslavia	Jože Demšar, Mato Krznačić, Jože Langus, Jože Zidar

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1957

Rank	Name	Points
1	Nikolay Kamenskiy	227.5
2	Helmut Recknagel	222.0
3	Walter Habersatter	216.5
	Walter Steinegger	216.5
5	Werner Lesser	215.5
6	Jáchym Bulín	211.5
7	Nikolai Schamov	210.5
8	Rudolf Bykov	210.0
9	Otto Leodolter	209.5
10	Folke Mikaelsson	207.0

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1958

Two jumpers who placed on the podium of Oberstdorf only three days prior placed poorly in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, falling back in the overall ranking: Helmut Recknagel finished 35th (189.1p), Walter Habersatter 42nd (183.6p).

Rank	Name	Points
1	Willi Egger	226.6
2	Nikolai Schamov	223.2
3	Werner Lesser	215.4
4	Walter Steinegger	214.4
5	Boris Nikolajev	211.8
6	Max Bolkart	210.1
7	Nikolay Kamenskiy	209.3
8	Rudolf Bykov	208.2
9	Jáchym Bulín	205.9
10	Hugo Fuchs	205.7

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
5 January 1958

Rank	Name	Points
1	Helmut Recknagel	226.5
2	Nikolay Kamenskiy	216.5
3	Walter Habersatter	216.0
4	Otto Leodolter	215.5
5	Harry Glaß	215.0
6	Max Bolkart	214.0
7	Rudolf Bykov	213.0
	Werner Lesser	213.0
9	Nikolai Schamov	211.0
10	Walter Steinegger	207.5

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
6 January 1958

Leading 8.6 points ahead of Schamov, Nikolay Kamenskiy was in a promising position to become the first ski jumper to win the Four Hills Tournament twice after his success two years prior.

However, Kamenskiy classified in a disappointing 18th place. Helmut Recknagel, who was only fifth in the overall ranking prior to Bischofshofen, won the event and snatched tournament victory.

Rank	Name	Points
1	Helmut Recknagel	227.5
2	Harry Glaß	225.0
3	Koba Zakadze	219.2
4	Otto Leodolter	218.8
5	Max Bolkart	215.8
6	Nikolai Schamov	215.6
7	Walter Habersatter	215.2
8	Werner Lesser	214.1
9	Willi Egger	213.2
10	Manfred Brunner	212.9

Final ranking

Rank	Name	Oberstdorf	Innsbruck	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Bischofshofen	Points
1	Helmut Recknagel	2nd	35th	1st	1st	865.1
2	Nikolai Schamov	7th	2nd	9th	6th	860.3
3	Nikolay Kamenskiy	1st	7th	2nd	18th	859.2
4	Werner Lesser	5th	3rd	7th	8th	858.0
5	Walter Steinegger	3rd	4th	10th	13th	848.6
6	Otto Leodolter	9th	14th	4th	4th	846.6
7	Max Bolkart	13th	6th	6th	5th	844.9
8	Rudolf Bykov	8th	8th	7th	12th	841.5
9	Walter Habersatter	3rd	42nd	3rd	7th	831.3
10	Erik Styf	12th	13th	14th	15th	816.6

External links

• FIS website
• Four Hills Tournament web site