At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament , Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation
Number of Athletes
Athletes
West Germany
8
Alfred Grosche , Dirk Kramer , Peter Leitner , Frank Rombach , Manfred Runge , Sepp Schwinghammer , Rudi Tusch
Austria
13
Reinhold Bachler , Edi Federer , Rupert Gürtler , Walter Habersatter jr. , Toni Innauer , Alois Lipburger , Hans Millonig , Alfred Pungg , Willi Pürstl , Karl Schnabl , Klaus Tuchscherer , Hans Wallner , Rudolf Wanner
Czechoslovakia
6
Jaroslav Balcar , Zdeněk Janouch , František Novák , Josef Samek , Leoš Škoda , Ján Tánczos
East Germany
8
Matthias Buse , Jochen Danneberg , Harald Duschek , Henry Glaß , Thomas Meisinger , Jürgen Thomas , Martin Weber , Falko Weißpflog
Finland
4
P. Hyvävinen, Pentti Kokkonen , Tapio Räisänen , Jouko Törmänen
Italy
3
Leo De Crignis , Lido Tomasi , Ivano Wegher
Japan
3
Takao Itō , Yūji Kawamura , Manabu Ono
Norway
4
Per Bergerud , Bjarne Næs , Roger Ruud , Johan Sætre
Poland
3
Stanisław Bobak , Henryk Tajner , Janusz Waluś
Soviet Union
5
Aleksey Borovitin , Yury Ivanov , Aleksandr Karapuzov , Leonid Komarov , Sergey Saychik
Sweden
3
Odd Brandsegg , Lennart Elimä , Seppo Reijonen
Switzerland
6
Robert Mösching , Hans Schmid , Walter Steiner , Hansjörg Sumi , Jean Luc Ungricht , Ernst von Grünigen
United States
4
Jim Denney , Jim Maki , Chris McNeill , Ron Steele
Yugoslavia
4
Jože Demšar , Branko Dolhar , Janez Loštrek , Bogdan Norčič
Results
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze , Oberstdorf
30 December 1976[ 1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze , Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1977[ 2]
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze , Innsbruck
4 January 1977[ 3]
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Bischofshofen
6 January 1977[ 4]
After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg.
Final ranking
References
External links
Tournaments Ski jumping hills