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 [ edit ] Nation Number of Athletes Athletes West Germany 7 Hans-Jürgen Eschrich , Wolfgang Hahn , Peter Leitner , Frank Rombach , Christoph Schwarz , Hubert Schwarz , Peter Schwinghammer Austria 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 East Germany 8 Matthias Buse , Jochen Danneberg , Bernd Eckstein , Harald Duschek , Henry Glaß , Jürgen Thomas , Martin Weber , Falko Weißpflog Finland 4 Tauno Käyhkö , Jari Puikkonen , Jouko Törmänen , Kari Ylianttila France 2 Patric Dubiez , Eric Fourrier Italy 3 Ermes De Crignis , Lido Tomasi , Ivano Wegher Japan 2 Yūji Kawamura , Sakae Tsuruga Norway 6 Per Bergerud , Stein Glømmi , Rune Hauge , Per Steinar Nordlien , Johan Sætre , Jens Unosen Poland 2 Tadeusz Pawlusiak , Józef Tajner Soviet Union 7 Aleksey Borovitin , Vladimir Bubjonov , Vladimir Chernyaev , Yury Ivanov , Aleksandr Karapuzov , Valery Savin , Sergey Saychik Switzerland 7 Oliver Favre , Georges Jaquier , Robert Mösching , Harald Reichenbach , Mario Rinaldi , Walter Steiner , Hansjörg Sumi United States 5 Jeff Davis , Jeff Denney , Jim Denney , John Denney , Kip Sundgaard Yugoslavia 5 Zdravko Bogataj , Andrej Kaizer , Marko Mlakar , Bogdan Norčič , Ivo Zupan
Results [ edit ] Oberstdorf [ edit ] Schattenbergschanze , Oberstdorf 30 December 1977[1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen [ edit ] Große Olympiaschanze , Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1978[2]
Innsbruck [ edit ] Bergiselschanze , Innsbruck 4 January 1978[3]
Bischofshofen [ edit ] Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Bischofshofen 6 January 1978[4]
Final ranking [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Tournaments Ski jumping hills