1962–63 Four Hills Tournament
# 1962–63 Four Hills Tournament

At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.

## Participating nations and athletes

With the exception of Wolfgang Schüller, the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons.

| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| - | - | - |
| Germany | 11 | Max Bolkart, Günther Göllner, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Bernd Moderegger, Sepp Schiffner, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler |
| Austria | 17 | Willi Egger, Fritz Gamweger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Waldemar Heigenhauser, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Sepp Lichtenegger, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Baldur Preiml, Helmut Rauter, Herbert Schiffner, Willi Schuster, Rudi Schweinberger, Walter Steinegger |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | Josef Matouš, Dalibor Motejlek, Jiří Raška, Wladimir Tajner |
| East Germany | 7 | Dieter Bockeloh, Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Helmut Recknagel, Johannes Riedel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller |
| Finland | 3 | Niilo Halonen, Juhani Kärkinen, Pekka Yli-Niemi |
| Hungary | 4 | László Csávás, János Horváth, Endre Kiss, Tamás Sudár |
| Italy | 3 | Giacomo Aimoni, Agosto De Zordo, Bruno De Zordo |
| Norway | 4 | Torgeir Brandtzæg, Jan Petter Devor, Toralf Engan, Torbjørn Yggeseth |
| Poland | 5 | Gustaw Bujok, Andrzej Kocyan, Antoni Łaciak, Jan Pezda, Andrzej Sztolf |
| Soviet Union | 4 | Aleksandr Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze |
| Sweden | 3 | Bengt Eriksson, Olle Martinsson, Rolf Strandberg |
| Switzerland | 3 | Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Heribert Schmid |
| United States | 5 | John Balfanz, John Bower, Roger Dion, Paul Johnson, Ralph Semb |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | Božo Jemc, Andrej Nahtigal, Miro Oman, Ludvik Zajc |

## Results

### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 28 December 1962

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Toralf Engan | 214.2 |
| 2 | Max Bolkart | 199.3 |
| 3 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | 194.8 |
| 4 | Heini Ihle | 193.6 |
| 5 | Willi Egger | 191.6 |
| 6 | Georg Thoma | 185.3 |
| 7 | John Balfanz | 182.7 |
| 8 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | 182.3 |
| 9 | Niilo Halonen | 181.3 |
| 10 | Sepp Lichtenegger | 180.5 |
| 10 | Juhani Kärkinen | 180.5 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 30 December 1962

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Toralf Engan | 231.2 |
| 2 | Helmut Recknagel | 215.7 |
| 3 | Georg Thoma | 215.3 |
| 4 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | 214.9 |
| 5 | Kurt Schramm | 212.1 |
| 6 | John Balfanz | 211.1 |
| 7 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | 210.1 |
| 8 | Max Bolkart | 208.8 |
| 9 | Heini Ihle | 206.8 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Ivannikov | 205.4 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1963

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Toralf Engan | 229.9 |
| 2 | Georg Thoma | 217.3 |
| 3 | Max Bolkart | 216.9 |
| 4 | Niilo Halonen | 211.4 |
| 5 | John Balfanz | 209.9 |
| 6 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | 209.8 |
| 7 | Pekka Yli-Niemi | 207.4 |
| 8 | Antoni Łaciak | 206.5 |
| 9 | Dalibor Motejlek | 204.4 |
| 10 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | 204.0 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1963

After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking.

Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory.

John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event.

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | 205.0 |
| 2 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | 199.5 |
| 3 | John Balfanz | 197.5 |
| 4 | Toralf Engan | 195.4 |
| 5 | Max Bolkart | 191.8 |
| 6 | Baldur Preiml | 188.4 |
| 7 | Willi Egger | 186.8 |
| 8 | Giacomo Aimoni | 186.6 |
| 9 | Max Golser | 185.6 |
| 10 | Helmut Kurz | 184.6 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bischofshofen | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toralf Engan | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 870.7 |
| 2 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 1st | 819.7 |
| 3 | Max Bolkart | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 816.8 |
| 4 | John Balfanz | 7th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 801.2 |
| 5 | Torgeir Brandtzæg | 8th | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 800.7 |
| 6 | Georg Thoma | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 15th | 797.3 |
| 7 | Antoni Łaciak | 13th | 19th | 8th | 13th | 759.9 |
| 8 | Willi Egger | 5th | 23rd | 19th | 7th | 758.4 |
| 9 | Pekka Yli-Niemi | 25th | 12th | 7th | 26th | 747.0 |
| 10 | Josef Matouš | 15th | 20th | 12th | 18th | 742.3 |
