The 26th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper Kari Ylianttila. In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion Jochen Danneberg, was the overall leader after his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but didn't compete at the events in Austria.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 7 Hans-Jürgen Eschrich, Wolfgang Hahn, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Christoph Schwarz, Hubert Schwarz, Peter Schwinghammer 15 Gebhard Aberer, Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, Rupert Gürtler, Armin Kogler, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner Bulgaria 3 Vladimir Breitchev, Petar Dimitrov, Bojan Stoikov Czechoslovakia 7 Ivo Felix, Josef Hýsek, František Novák, Josef Rusko, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos 8 Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog 4 Tauno Käyhkö, Jari Puikkonen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila 2 Patric Dubiez, Eric Fourrier 3 Ermes De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher Japan 2 Yūji Kawamura, Sakae Tsuruga 6 Per Bergerud, Stein Glømmi, Rune Hauge, Per Steinar Nordlien, Johan Sætre, Jens Unosen 2 Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Józef Tajner Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin, Vladimir Bubjonov, Vladimir Chernyaev, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik 7 Oliver Favre, Georges Jaquier, Robert Mösching, Harald Reichenbach, Mario Rinaldi, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi 5 Jeff Davis, Jeff Denney, Jim Denney, John Denney, Kip Sundgaard 5 Zdravko Bogataj, Andrej Kaizer, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Ivo Zupan
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1977
Rank Name Points1 Matthias Buse118.22 Martin Weber110.13 Kari Ylianttila109.34 Bernd Eckstein105.75 Peter Leitner105.16 Jochen Danneberg104.77 Walter Steiner101.38 Henry Glaß94.89 Sakae Tsuruga92.310 Per Bergerud91.9
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1978
Rank Name Points1 Jochen Danneberg235.62 Kari Ylianttila222.23 Henry Glaß219.64 Falko Weißpflog218.35 Leoš Škoda213.06 Matthias Buse212.07 Bernd Eckstein209.08 Peter Leitner208.69 Walter Steiner207.510 Jürgen Thomas204.8
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1978
Rank Name Points1 Per Bergerud247.12 Kari Ylianttila239.13 Jouko Törmänen231.24 Falko Weißpflog229.25 Klaus Tuchscherer227.36 Matthias Buse223.37 Jari Puikkonen219.08 Martin Weber218.59 Bernd Eckstein207.910 Henry Glaß203.5
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1978
Rank Name Points1 Kari Ylianttila242.32 Walter Steiner229.03 Henry Glaß227.94 Martin Weber227.55 Falko Weißpflog221.16 Bernd Eckstein220.87 Matthias Buse219.78 Per Bergerud218.99 Harald Duschek217.210 Jouko Törmänen209.7
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1 Kari Ylianttila3rd2nd2nd1st812.92 Matthias Buse1st6th6th7th773.23 Martin Weber2nd11th8th4th760.44 Henry Glaß8th3rd10th3rd760.25 Falko Weißpflog14th4th4th5th757.46 Bernd Eckstein4th7th9th6th753.67 Per Bergerud10th22nd1st8th749.78 Walter Steiner7th9th24th2nd734.49 Jouko Törmänen16th15th3rd10th727.810 Harald Duschek11th18th11th9th718.8
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site