Eino Kirjonen Eino Kirjonen (25 February 1933, in Koivisto – 21 August 1988, in Kouvola) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1962. He finished seventh in the individual large hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Kirjon ...

became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition,

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was the second single event, switching with

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, which was held third.

Participating nations and athletes

The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
28 December 1961

Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze The Bergisel Ski Jump (german: Bergiselschanze), whose stadium has a capacity of 26,000, is a ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, annually hosting the ...

30 December 1961

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze,

01 January 1962

Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
06 January 1962 In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf,

was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.

Final ranking

References

External links

FIS website

Four Hills Tournament web site
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