1973–74 Four Hills Tournament
# 1973–74 Four Hills Tournament

The 21st annual Four Hills Tournament was won by East German athlete Hans-Georg Aschenbach. After a dominating victory at the first event in Oberstdorf, and three more podium finishes, he ended up with a 43-point lead over second-placed Walter Steiner, who became the first Swiss to win a Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

## Participating nations and athletes

| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| - | - | - |
| West Germany | 8 | Toni Angerer, Klaus Boll, Peter Dubb, Alfred Grosche, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Ernst Wursthorn, Bernd Zapf |
| Austria | 10 | Reinhold Bachler, Sepp Gratzer, Walter Habersatter, Toni Innauer, Hans Millonig, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner |
| Bulgaria | 5 | Georgi Geliov, Georgi Lasev, Ivan Scharkov, Ivan Schopov, Tascho Sterev |
| Canada | 5 | Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Knut Nordle, Tom Reaper, Peter Wilson |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 | Rudolf Höhnl, Karel Kodejška, Jaromír Liďák, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, Leoš Škoda |
| East Germany | 8 | Dietmar Aschenbach, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Heinz Wosipiwo |
| Finland | 4 | Tauno Käyhkö, Esko Rautionaho, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila |
| France | 5 | Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot, Yvan Richard, James Yerrly |
| Italy | 4 | Ermes Bontempelli, Sandro Dalle Ave, Maurizio Dünnhofer, Lido Tomasi |
| Japan | 7 | Kasuhiro Akimoto, Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Takao Itō, Yūji Katsuro, Akitsugu Konno, Hisayoshi Sawada |
| Norway | 4 | Odd Grette, Arnfinn Henden, Bjarne Næs, Johan Sætre |
| Poland | 5 | Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Czesław Janik, Adam Krzysztofiak, Tadeusz Pawlusiak |
| Soviet Union | 6 | Sergei Botschkov, Wladimir Frolov, Yury Kalinin, Aleks Karapusov, Gariy Napalkov, Wladimir Napylow |
| Sweden | 5 | Lennart Elimä, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Lundgren, Andreas Lundquist, Rolf Nordgren |
| Switzerland | 6 | Eric Aubert, Josef Bonetti, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen, Josef Zehnder |
| United States | 6 | Arne Haugen, Jerry Martin, Jay Rand, Ron Steele, Greg Windsperger, Jeff Wright |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | Branko Dolhar, Janez Jurman, Marjan Mesec, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Peter Štefančič |

## Results

### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1973

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 245.1 |
| 2 | Heinz Wosipiwo | 225.0 |
| 3 | Hans Schmid | 222.8 |
| 4 | Esko Rautionaho | 221.3 |
| 5 | Yury Kalinin | 218.9 |
| 6 | Kari Ylianttila | 217.8 |
| 7 | Alfred Grosche | 217.3 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Pawlusiak | 211.8 |
| 9 | Jochen Danneberg | 210.5 |
| 10 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 210.4 |
| 10 | Hisayoshi Sawada | 210.4 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1974

Walter Steiner became the first Swiss ski jumper to win an event at a Four Hills Tournament. After a second result that placed him far ahead of the main field, Hans-Georg Aschenbach left the New Year's event with a lead of 34 points to his closest rival, Hans Schmid.

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Walter Steiner | 240.9 |
| 2 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 239.4 |
| 3 | Dietrich Kampf | 227.9 |
| 4 | Hans Schmid | 227.7 |
| 5 | Henry Glaß | 227.3 |
| 6 | Bernd Eckstein | 226.7 |
| 7 | Tauno Käyhkö | 226.3 |
| 8 | Alfred Grosche | 225.2 |
| 9 | Jochen Danneberg | 224.8 |
| 10 | Gariy Napalkov | 224.1 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 3 January 1974

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 251.3 |
| 2 | Hans Schmid | 244.6 |
| 3 | Walter Steiner | 242.9 |
| 4 | Henry Glaß | 240.5 |
| 5 | Bernd Eckstein | 239.2 |
| 6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 236.6 |
| 7 | Reinhold Bachler | 236.0 |
| 8 | Yury Kalinin | 235.7 |
| 9 | Dietrich Kampf | 235.6 |
| 10 | Tadeusz Pawlusiak | 234.5 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 5 January 1974

| Rank | Name | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Bernd Eckstein | 237.4 |
| 2 | Walter Steiner | 235.7 |
| 3 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 235.0 |
| 4 | Dietrich Kampf | 230.0 |
| 5 | Henry Glaß | 227.3 |
| 6 | Odd Grette | 223.7 |
| 7 | Gariy Napalkov | 221.7 |
| 8 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 219.3 |
| 9 | Heinz Wosipiwo | 218.5 |
| 10 | Hans Schmid | 214.7 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 970.6 |
| 2 | Walter Steiner | 14th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 927.6 |
| 3 | Bernd Eckstein | 16th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 910.0 |
| 4 | Hans Schmid | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 10th | 909.8 |
| 5 | Henry Glaß | 25th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 893.9 |
| 6 | Dietrich Kampf | 22nd | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 893.3 |
| 7 | Alfred Grosche | 7th | 8th | 11th | 19th | 880.5 |
| 8 | Heinz Wosipiwo | 2nd | 16th | 28th | 9th | 876.8 |
| 9 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 10th | 18th | 17th | 8th | 869.8 |
| 10 | Esko Rautionaho | 4th | 27th | 14th | 15th | 868.0 |
