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Four Hills Tournament

Annual ski jumping event in Germany and Austria

Field	Value
name	Four Hills Tournament
native_name	Vierschanzentournee
native_name_lang	de
logo	Vierschanzentournee logo.png
logo_caption	logotype
status	active
genre	sporting event
date	29/30 December – 6 January
frequency	annual
country	Austria
Germany
first
last	2025–26
organised	FIS
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The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski jumping events held at Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, in this order.

The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events. Unlike the World Cup ranking, however, the actual points scored during the competitions are the ones that are used to determine the winner. In 2005–06, Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda shared the overall victory after finishing with exactly the same points total after the four competitions. In 2001–02, the anniversary 50th edition, Sven Hannawald was the first to achieve the grand slam of ski jumping, winning all four events in the same edition. In 2017–18 season Kamil Stoch became the second ski jumper in history to obtain this achievement, and just a year later, in the 2018–19 edition, Ryōyū Kobayashi became the third.

The four individual events themselves are part of the World Cup and award points toward the world cup in exactly the same manner as all other world cup events.

Tournament hills

Date	Image	Place	Hill name	K-Point	Hill size	Hill record
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29 or 30 December	[[Image:Skisprungschanze oberstdorf.JPG	75px]]	GER Oberstdorf, Germany	Schattenbergschanze	K-120	HS 137	143.5 m (2003)
NOR Sigurd Pettersen
1 January	[[Image:Neue Große Olympiaschanze.jpg	75px]]	GER Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Große Olympiaschanze	K-125	HS 142	145.0 m (2025)
AUT Michael Hayböck
3 or 4 January	[[Image:Bergisel-N.jpg	75px]]	AUT Innsbruck, Austria	Bergiselschanze	K-120	HS 128	138.0 m (2015)
AUT Michael Hayböck
6 January	[[Image:Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze.JPG	75px]]	AUT Bischofshofen, Austria	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze	K-125	HS 142	145.0 m (2019)
POL Dawid Kubacki

Traditionally, the order of the tournament competitions has been: Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck, Bischofshofen – with the following exceptions: :*1953: Garmisch-Partenkirchen was the first, and Oberstdorf the second event. :*1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63: Innsbruck was the second event, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen third. :*1971–72: Innsbruck was first, and Oberstdorf third. :*2007–08, 2021–22: The Innsbruck event was cancelled due to bad weather, and replaced with an additional competition at Bischofshofen.

Knock-out system

One of the tournament's peculiarities is its qualifying system. Unlike other ski jumping events where the best 30 competitors in the first round qualify for the second round, all Four Hills events follow a knock-out system first introduced for the 1996–97 season.

The 50 competitors are divided into 25 pairs. All 25 winners of these duels plus the five best lucky losers qualify for the second round. It is theoretically possible that a competitor who finishes the first round 12th will not qualify for the second round (if he loses his internal duel, five lucky losers and winners of their duels have better results) while the one with the 49th first series result may still qualify (if his "rival" has the worst result). On the other hand, jumpers are less likely to be disadvantaged by a possible significant change in weather conditions between the start and end of the first series. A change in the direction and speed of the wind can make it impossible for the best jumpers to produce a good result. In the event of significantly worse conditions during the second half of the first series, the possibility exists that most of the best jumpers would be eliminated by bad luck alone. Directly pairing rivals reduces the impact of these conditions. In this competition format the qualifying series are valued as well, since jumpers with a better qualification result will have the opportunity to compete against jumpers with worse result. Therefore, it is not enough for a jumper to be among 50 best jumpers in qualifications (with whatever result), but it is better for him to achieve a result as good as possible.

The first jumper in the competition is the one who qualified 26th, followed by his pair who qualified 25th. The next pair has 27th and 24th from the qualification, one after that 28th and 23rd etc. The last pair has last qualified jumper against qualification winner.

If qualification is postponed until the day of competition, the knock-out system is not used, and competition follows regular world cup rules. Because of that in the 2007/08 tournament, the knock-out system was used only in Oberstdorf.

List of winners

	Won three events in the same season

Year	Oberstdorf	Garmisch-
Partenkirchen	Innsbruck	Bischofshofen	Overall victory
1953	NOR Erling Kroken	NOR Asgeir DølpladsIn the inaugural tournament, the first competition was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen	AUT Sepp Bradl	NOR Halvor Næs	AUT Sepp Bradl
1953–54	NOR Olav Bjørnstad	NOR Olav Bjørnstad	NOR Olav Bjørnstad	AUT Sepp Bradl	NOR Olav Bjørnstad
1954–55	FIN Aulis Kallakorpi	FIN Aulis Kallakorpi	NOR Torbjørn Ruste	NOR Torbjørn Ruste	FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen
1955–56	FIN Aulis Kallakorpi
FIN Eino Kirjonen	FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen	URS Koba Zakadze	URS Yuri Skvortsov	URS Nikolay Kamenskiy
1956–57	FIN Pentti Uotinen	URS Nikolay KamenskiyInnsbruck was the second event, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen third.	URS Nikolai Schamov	FIN Eino Kirjonen	FIN Pentti Uotinen
1957–58	URS Nikolay Kamenskiy	AUT Willi Egger	GDR Helmut Recknagel	GDR Helmut Recknagel	GDR Helmut Recknagel
1958–59	GDR Helmut Recknagel	GDR Helmut Recknagel	GDR Helmut Recknagel	AUT Walter Habersatter	GDR Helmut Recknagel
1959–60	FRG Max Bolkart	FRG Max Bolkart	FRG Max Bolkart	AUT Alwin Plank	FRG Max Bolkart
1960–61	FIN Juhani Kärkinen	URS Koba Zakadze	FIN Kalevi Kärkinen	GDR Helmut Recknagel	GDR Helmut Recknagel (3)
1961–62	FIN Eino Kirjonen	FRG Georg Thoma	AUT Willi Egger	AUT Willi Egger	FIN Eino Kirjonen
1962–63	NOR Toralf Engan	NOR Toralf Engan	NOR Toralf Engan	NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth	NOR Toralf Engan
1963–64	NOR Torbjørn Yggeseth	FIN Veikko Kankkonen	FIN Veikko Kankkonen	AUT Baldur Preiml	FIN Veikko Kankkonen
1964–65	NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg	FIN Erkki Pukka	NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Torgeir Brandtzæg
1965–66	FIN Veikko Kankkonen	FIN Paavo Lukkariniemi	GDR Dieter Neuendorf	FIN Veikko Kankkonen	FIN Veikko Kankkonen (2)
1966–67	GDR Dieter Neuendorf	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Bjørn Wirkola
1967–68	GDR Dieter Neuendorf	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	URS Gariy Napalkov	TCH Jiří Raška	NOR Bjørn Wirkola
1968–69	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	TCH Jiří Raška	NOR Bjørn Wirkola (3)
1969–70	URS Gariy Napalkov	TCH Jiří Raška	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	TCH Jiří Raška	GDR Horst Queck
1970–71	NOR Ingolf Mork	NOR Ingolf Mork	TCH Zbyněk Hubač	NOR Ingolf Mork	TCH Jiří Raška
1971–72	JPN Yukio KasayaInnsbruck was the first event, and Oberstdorf third.	JPN Yukio Kasaya	JPN Yukio Kasaya	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	NOR Ingolf Mork
1972–73	GDR Rainer Schmidt	GDR Rainer Schmidt	URS Sergei Botschkov	TCH Rudolf Höhnl	GDR Rainer Schmidt
1973–74	GDR Hans-Georg Aschenbach	SUI Walter Steiner	GDR Hans-Georg Aschenbach	GDR Bernd Eckstein	GDR Hans-Georg Aschenbach
1974–75	AUT Willi Pürstl	AUT Karl Schnabl	AUT Karl Schnabl	AUT Karl Schnabl	AUT Willi Pürstl
1975–76	AUT Toni Innauer	AUT Toni Innauer	GDR Jochen Danneberg	AUT Toni Innauer	GDR Jochen Danneberg
1976–77	AUT Toni Innauer	GDR Jochen Danneberg	GDR Henry Glaß	SUI Walter Steiner	GDR Jochen Danneberg (2)
1977–78	GDR Matthias Buse	GDR Jochen Danneberg	NOR Per Bergerud	FIN Kari Ylianttila	FIN Kari Ylianttila
1978–79	URS Yury Ivanov	TCH Josef Samek	FIN Pentti Kokkonen	FIN Pentti Kokkonen	FIN Pentti Kokkonen
1979–80	GDR Jochen Danneberg	AUT Hubert Neuper	AUT Hubert Neuper	GDR Martin Weber	AUT Hubert Neuper
1980–81	AUT Hubert Neuper	CAN Horst Bulau	FIN Jari Puikkonen	AUT Armin Kogler	AUT Hubert Neuper (2)
1981–82	FIN Matti Nykänen	NOR Roger Ruud	NOR Per Bergerud
GDR Manfred Deckert	AUT Hubert Neuper	GDR Manfred Deckert
1982–83	CAN Horst Bulau	AUT Armin Kogler	FIN Matti Nykänen	GDR Jens Weißflog	FIN Matti Nykänen
1983–84	GDR Klaus Ostwald	GDR Jens Weißflog	GDR Jens Weißflog	GDR Jens Weißflog	GDR Jens Weißflog
1984–85	AUT Ernst Vettori	GDR Jens Weißflog	FIN Matti Nykänen	NOR Hroar Stjernen	GDR Jens Weißflog
1985–86	FIN Pekka Suorsa	TCH Pavel Ploc	FIN Jari Puikkonen	AUT Ernst Vettori	AUT Ernst Vettori
1986–87	NOR Vegard Opaas	FRG Andreas Bauer	YUG Primož Ulaga	FIN Tuomo Ylipulli	AUT Ernst Vettori (2)
1987–88	TCH Pavel Ploc	FIN Matti Nykänen	FIN Matti Nykänen	FIN Matti Nykänen	FIN Matti Nykänen (2)
1988–89	FRG Dieter Thoma	FIN Matti Nykänen	SWE Jan Boklöv	USA Mike Holland	FIN Risto Laakkonen
1989–90	FRG Dieter Thoma	GDR Jens Weißflog	FIN Ari-Pekka Nikkola	TCH František Jež	FRG Dieter Thoma
1990–91	GER Jens Weißflog	AUT Andreas FelderGER Jens Weißflog	FIN Ari-Pekka Nikkola	AUT Andreas Felder	GER Jens Weißflog
1991–92	FIN Toni Nieminen	AUT Andreas Felder	FIN Toni Nieminen	FIN Toni Nieminen	FIN Toni Nieminen
1992–93	GER Christof Duffner	JPN Noriaki Kasai	AUT Andreas Goldberger	AUT Andreas Goldberger	AUT Andreas Goldberger
1993–94	GER Jens Weißflog	NOR Espen Bredesen	AUT Andreas Goldberger	NOR Espen Bredesen	NOR Espen Bredesen
1994–95	AUT Reinhard Schwarzenberger	FIN Janne Ahonen	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	AUT Andreas Goldberger	AUT Andreas Goldberger (2)
1995–96	FIN Mika Laitinen	AUT Reinhard Schwarzenberger	AUT Andreas Goldberger	GER Jens Weißflog	GER Jens Weißflog (4)
1996–97	GER Dieter Thoma	SVN Primož Peterka	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	GER Dieter Thoma	SVN Primož Peterka
1997–98	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	GER Sven Hannawald	JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki
1998–99	GER Martin Schmitt	GER Martin Schmitt	JPN Noriaki Kasai	AUT Andreas Widhölzl	FIN Janne Ahonen
1999–00	GER Martin Schmitt	AUT Andreas Widhölzl	AUT Andreas Widhölzl	AUT Andreas Widhölzl	AUT Andreas Widhölzl
2000–01	GER Martin Schmitt	JPN Noriaki Kasai	POL Adam Małysz	POL Adam Małysz	POL Adam Małysz
2001–02	GER Sven Hannawald	GER Sven Hannawald	GER Sven Hannawald	GER Sven Hannawald	GER Sven Hannawald *
2002–03	GER Sven Hannawald	SVN Primož Peterka	FIN Janne Ahonen	NOR Bjørn Einar Romøren	FIN Janne Ahonen
2003–04	NOR Sigurd Pettersen	NOR Sigurd Pettersen	SVN Peter Žonta	NOR Sigurd Pettersen	NOR Sigurd Pettersen
2004–05	FIN Janne Ahonen	FIN Janne Ahonen	FIN Janne Ahonen	AUT Martin Höllwarth	FIN Janne Ahonen
2005–06	FIN Janne Ahonen	CZE Jakub Janda	NOR Lars Bystøl	FIN Janne Ahonen	FIN Janne Ahonen
CZE Jakub Janda
2006–07	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	SUI Andreas Küttel	NOR Anders Jacobsen	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	NOR Anders Jacobsen
2007–08	AUT Thomas Morgenstern	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	FIN Janne AhonenThe competition was held in Bischofshofen due to bad weather	FIN Janne Ahonen	FIN Janne Ahonen (5)
2008–09	SUI Simon Ammann	AUT Wolfgang Loitzl	AUT Wolfgang Loitzl	AUT Wolfgang Loitzl	AUT Wolfgang Loitzl
2009–10	AUT Andreas Kofler	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Thomas Morgenstern	AUT Andreas Kofler
2010–11	AUT Thomas Morgenstern	SUI Simon Ammann	AUT Thomas Morgenstern	NOR Tom Hilde	AUT Thomas Morgenstern
2011–12	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Andreas Kofler	AUT Thomas Morgenstern	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer
2012–13	NOR Anders Jacobsen	NOR Anders Jacobsen	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer (2)
2013–14	SUI Simon Ammann	AUT Thomas Diethart	FIN Anssi Koivuranta	AUT Thomas Diethart	AUT Thomas Diethart
2014–15	AUT Stefan Kraft	NOR Anders Jacobsen	GER Richard Freitag	AUT Michael Hayböck	AUT Stefan Kraft
2015–16	GER Severin Freund	SLO Peter Prevc	SLO Peter Prevc	SLO Peter Prevc	SLO Peter Prevc
2016–17	AUT Stefan Kraft	NOR Daniel-André Tande	NOR Daniel-André Tande	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch
2017–18	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch *
2018–19	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi *
2019–20	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	NOR Marius Lindvik	NOR Marius Lindvik	POL Dawid Kubacki	POL Dawid Kubacki
2020–21	GER Karl Geiger	POL Dawid Kubacki	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch	POL Kamil Stoch (3)
2021–22	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	AUT Daniel Huber	JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi
2022–23	NOR Halvor Egner Granerud	NOR Halvor Egner Granerud	POL Dawid Kubacki	NOR Halvor Egner Granerud	NOR Halvor Egner Granerud
2023–24	GER Andreas Wellinger	SLO Anže Lanišek	AUT Jan Hörl	AUT Stefan Kraft	JAP Ryōyū Kobayashi (3)
2024–25	AUT Stefan Kraft	AUT Daniel Tschofenig	AUT Stefan Kraft	AUT Daniel Tschofenig	AUT Daniel Tschofenig
2025–26	SLO Domen Prevc	SLO Domen Prevc	JPN Ren Nikaido	AUT Daniel Tschofenig	SLO Domen Prevc

;Notes

Records

Individual wins in a season

Below is an overview of how many of the tournaments' four events were won by the overall winner in each season:

Events won	Instances	First	Most recent
All four	3	2001–02 - GER Sven Hannawald	2018–19 - JAP Ryōyū Kobayashi
Three	17	1953–54 - NOR Olav Bjørnstad	2022–23 - NOR Halvor Egner Granerud
Two	21	1957–58 - GDR Helmut Recknagel	2025–26 - SLO Domen Prevc
One	25	1953 - AUT Sepp Bradl	2019–20 - POL Dawid Kubacki
None	9	1954–55 - FIN Hemmo Silvennoinen	2023–24 - JAP Ryōyū Kobayashi

Note: In the 2005–06 tournament, two competitors ended up as overall winners, so even though there have been 74 tournaments so far, the total in this overview shows 75.

Most individual wins

Name	Events won	First	Last	Span
NOR Bjørn Wirkola	10	1964–65 (Bischofshofen)	1971–72 (Bischofshofen)	8 seasons
DDRGER Jens Weissflog	1982–83 (Bischofshofen)	1995–96 (Bischofshofen)	14 seasons
FIN Janne Ahonen	9	1994–95 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2007–08 (Bischofshofen)	14 seasons
AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	2006–07 (Oberstdorf)	2012–13 (Bischofshofen)	7 seasons
JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	8	2018–19 (Oberstdorf)	2021–22 (Bischofshofen #1)	4 seasons
FIN Matti Nykänen	7	1981–82 (Oberstdorf)	1988–89 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	8 seasons
POL Kamil Stoch	2016–17 (Bischofshofen)	2020–21 (Bischofshofen)	5 seasons
DDR Helmut Recknagel	6	1957–58 (Innsbruck)	1960–61 (Bischofshofen)	4 seasons
GER Sven Hannawald	1997–98 (Bischofshofen)	2002–03 (Oberstdorf)	6 seasons
AUT Andreas Goldberger	5	1992–93 (Innsbruck)	1995–96 (Innsbruck)	4 seasons
JPN Kazuyoshi Funaki	1994–95 (Innsbruck)	1997–98 (Innsbruck)	4 seasons
AUT Thomas Morgenstern	2007–08 (Oberstdorf)	2011–12 (Bischofshofen)	5 seasons
AUT Stefan Kraft	2014–15 (Oberstdorf)	2024–25 (Innsbruck)	11 seasons
FIN Veikko Kankkonen	4	1963–64 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1965–66 (Bischofshofen)	3 seasons
TCH Jiří Raška	1967–68 (Bischofshofen)	1969–70 (Bischofshofen)	3 seasons
AUT Toni Innauer	1975–76 (Oberstdorf)	1976–77 (Oberstdorf)	2 seasons
GER Jochen Danneberg	1975–76 (Innsbruck)	1979–80 (Oberstdorf)	5 seasons
AUT Hubert Neuper	1979–80 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1981–82 (Bischofshofen)	3 seasons
GER Diether Thoma	1988–89 (Oberstdorf)	1996–97 (Bischofshofen)	9 seasons
AUT Andreas Widhölzl	1998–99 (Bischofshofen)	1999–00 (Bischofshofen)	2 seasons
GER Martin Schmitt	1998–99 (Oberstdorf)	2000–01 (Oberstdorf)	4 seasons
NOR Anders Jacobsen	2006–07 (Innsbruck)	2014–15 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	9 seasons
NOR Olav Bjørnstad	3	1953–54 (Oberstdorf)	1953–54 (Innsbruck)	1 season
FIN Aulis Kallakorpi	1954–55 (Oberstdorf)	1955–56 (Oberstdorf)	2 seasons
FRG Max Bolkart	1959–60 (Oberstdorf)	1959–60 (Innsbruck)	1 season
FIN Eino Kirjonen	1955–56 (Oberstdorf)	1961–62 (Oberstdorf)	7 seasons
AUT Willi Egger	1957–58 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1961–62 (Bischofshofen)	5 seasons
NOR Toralf Engan	1962–63 (Oberstdorf)	1962–63 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1 season
DDR Dieter Neuendorf	1965–66 (Innsbruck)	1967–68 (Oberstdorf)	3 seasons
NOR Ingolf Mork	1970–71 (Oberstdorf)	1970–71 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
JPN Yukio Kasaya	1971–72 (Innsbruck)	1971–72 (Oberstdorf)	1 season
AUT Karl Schnabl	1974–75 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1974–75 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
AUT Andreas Felder	1990–91 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	1991–92 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2 seasons
FIN Toni Nieminen	1991–92 (Oberstdorf)	1991–92 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
JPN Noriaki Kasai	1992–93 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2000–01 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	9 seasons
NOR Sigurd Pettersen	2003–04 (Oberstdorf)	2003–04 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
AUT Wolfgang Loitzl	2008–09 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2008–09 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
SUI Simon Ammann	2008–09 (Oberstdorf)	2013–14 (Oberstdorf)	6 seasons
SLO Peter Prevc	2015–16 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2015–16 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
POL Dawid Kubacki	2019–20 (Bischofshofen)	2022–23 (Innsbruck)	4 seasons
NOR Halvor Egner Granerud	2022–23 (Oberstdorf)	2022–23 (Bischofshofen)	1 season
AUT Daniel Tschofenig	2024–25 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)	2025–26 (Bischofshofen)	2 seasons

Most overall titles

Titles	Name	Tournament(s)
5	FIN Janne Ahonen	1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
4	DDRGER Jens Weissflog	1983–84, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1995–96
3	DDR Helmut Recknagel	1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61
NOR Bjørn Wirkola	1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
POL Kamil Stoch	2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
JPN Ryōyū Kobayashi	2018–19, 2021–22, 2023–24
2	FIN Veikko Kankkonen	1963–64, 1965–66
DDR Jochen Danneberg	1975–76, 1976–77
AUT Hubert Neuper	1979–80, 1980–81
FIN Matti Nykänen	1982–83, 1987–88
AUT Ernst Vettori	1985–86, 1986–87
AUT Andreas Goldberger	1992–93, 1994–95
AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	2011–12, 2012–13

Consecutive titles

Titles	Name	Tournament(s)
3	NOR Bjørn Wirkola	1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
2	DDR Helmut Recknagel	1957–58, 1958–59
DDR Jochen Danneberg	1975–76, 1976–77
AUT Hubert Neuper	1979–80, 1980–81
DDR Jens Weissflog	1983–84, 1984–85
AUT Ernst Vettori	1985–86, 1986–87
FIN Janne Ahonen	2004–05, 2005–06
AUT Gregor Schlierenzauer	2011–12, 2012–13
POL Kamil Stoch	2016–17, 2017–18

Titles by nation

Nations	Titles
AUT Austria	17
FIN Finland	16
NOR Norway	11
DDR East Germany	9
POL Poland	5
JPN Japan	4
FRG West Germany
GER Germany	3
SLO Slovenia
TCH Czechoslovakia	1
CZE Czech Republic
URS Soviet Union

Note: In the 2005–06 tournament, two competitors ended up as overall winners, so even though there have been 74 tournaments so far, the total in this overview shows 75.

Memorable events

In 1965, Polish jumper Stanisław Marusarz (silver medalist at the 1938 World Championship) who was just visiting the tournament, asked the jury in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to allow him to perform a showcase jump. After a long debate, the jury agreed. Marusarz, who, at the time, was 53 years old (and had last competed nine years prior) completed a jump with a distance of 66 meters, using borrowed skies and boots, and wearing a business attire in which he had attended a New Year's party the night before.

Jens Weißflog was the first ski jumper to reach four wins, winning the tournament in 1983–84, 1984–85, 1990–91, and 1995–96.

The only instance when two competitors were proclaimed overall winners was at the 2005–06 tournament, when both Janne Ahone and Jakub Janda were crowned champions.

In 2000–01, Adam Małysz beat second-placed Janne Ahonen by 104.4 points, which is the biggest winning margin in tournament's history.

The following year, Sven Hannawald became the first person to win all four competitions in a single season. In 2017–18, Kamil Stoch repeated Hannawald's feat, and the following year, Ryōyū Kobayashi became the third person to win all four events in the same season.

National quota

As seen in some other competitions as well, the Four Hills Tournament allows many domestic ski jumpers, most of whom are young, participate in the qualifying round of their local competition (in Austria or Germany), thereby giving them an opportunity to gain experience at the highest level.

References

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Marta Wawrzyniak. (2016-12-27). "System KO, czyli zasady Turnieju Czterech Skoczni".
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