1955–56 Four Hills Tournament
# 1955–56 Four Hills Tournament

The fourth edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria was the first of its kind to have ski jumpers from the Warsaw Pact zone competing.

The Finnish delegation around defending champion Hemmo Silvennoinen did not compete in the second half of the tournament, even though they had a double-lead at that time. Similarly, the two leaders after the third event (Harry Glaß and Max Bolkart) did not record a competitive score at the final event in Bischofshofen. With many athletes not participating through the entire tournament, the victory fell to Nikolay Kamenskiy even though he did not reach the podium at any of the single events.

## Participating nations and athletes

The following athletes are listed on the FIS official record, but it is likely to be incomplete.

| Nation | Athletes |
| - | - |
| Germany | Hermann Anwander, Max Bolkart, Toni Brutscher, Franz Eder, Edi Heilingbrunner, Sepp Hohenleitner, Sepp Kleisl, Toni Landenhammer, Hans Leppert, Ewald Roscher, Georg Thoma, Sepp Weiler |
| Austria | Sepp Bradl, Rudolf Dietrich, Walter Habersatter, Ferdi Kerber, Lois Leodolter, Otto Leodolter, Alwin Plank, Rudolf Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger |
| Canada | Jacques Charland |
| Czechoslovakia | Jáchym Bulín, Zdeněk Remsa, Mojmír Stuchlík, Václav Vašut |
| East Germany | Helmut Döderich, Harry Glaß, Horst Lesser, Werner Lesser |
| Finland | Karl Heinonen, Aulis Kallakorpi, Eino Kirjonen, Hemmo Silvennoinen |
| Norway | Olaf Bjørnstad, Arnfinn Karlstad, Asbjørn Osnes, Sverre Stallvik |
| Soviet Union | Viktor Afanasjew, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Yuri Skofzov, Jury Skworzew, Nikolai Trussow, Koba Zakadze |
| Sweden | Christer Karlsson |
| Switzerland | Rudi Bertschi, Willi Girard, Francis Perret, Fritz Schneider, Fritz Tschannen |
| Yugoslavia | Janez Polda |

## Results

### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 31 December 1955

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Aulis Kallakorpi | 224.0 |
| 1 | Eino Kirjonen | 224.0 |
| 3 | Harry Glaß | 219.0 |
| 4 | Max Bolkart | 216.0 |
| 5 | Toni Brutscher | 209.5 |
| 5 | Werner Lesser | 209.5 |
| 7 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 209.0 |
| 8 | Sverre Stallvik | 208.5 |
| 9 | Sepp Kleisl | 205.0 |
| 10 | Sepp Bradl | 204.5 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1956

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | 221.5 |
| 2 | Eino Kirjonen | 219.5 |
| 3 | Harry Glaß | 218.8 |
| 4 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 217.0 |
| 5 | Asbjørn Osnes | 216.5 |
| 6 | Aulis Kallakorpi | 216.0 |
| 7 | Max Bolkart | 213.0 |
| 7 | Nikolai Schamov | 213.0 |
| 9 | Sepp Weiler | 211.5 |
| 10 | Sepp Bradl | 208.5 |
| 10 | Georg Thoma | 208.5 |
| 10 | Sepp Kleisl | 208.5 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 06 January 1956

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Koba Zakadze | 220.0 |
| 1 | Harry Glaß | 220.0 |
| 3 | Max Bolkart | 213.5 |
| 4 | Nikolai Schamov | 210.0 |
| 4 | Janez Polda | 210.0 |
| 6 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 209.5 |
| 7 | Georg Thoma | 207.5 |
| 8 | Sepp Kleisl | 204.5 |
| 9 | Werner Lesser | 203.0 |
| 10 | Rudolf Schweinberger | 202.5 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 08 January 1956

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Yuri Skofzov | 218.5 |
| 2 | Mojmír Stuchlík | 215.0 |
| 2 | Rudolf Schweinberger | 215.0 |
| 4 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 214.5 |
| 5 | Sepp Bradl | 213.0 |
| 6 | Nikolai Schamov | 212.5 |
| 7 | Jáchym Bulín | 210.5 |
| 8 | Franz Eder | 209.0 |
| 8 | Horst Lesser | 209.0 |
| 10 | Zdeněk Remsa | 208.5 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Oberstorf | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 7th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 850.0 |
| 2 | Sepp Bradl | 10th | 10th | 12th | 5th | 827.5 |
| 3 | Rudolf Schweinberger | 15th | 15th | 10th | 2nd | 818.5 |
