At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.
With the exception of Wolfgang Schüller, the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons.
After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking.
Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory.
John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event.
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At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5 Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjornstad 10 years earlier Four Hills TournamentVenuesSchattenbergschanze Bergiselschanze Grosse Olympiaschanze Paul Ausserleitner SchanzeLocationGermany AustriaDates28 December 1962 1962 12 28 6 January 1963 1963 01 06 Competitors77 from 14 nationsMedalists Toralf Engan Torbjorn Yggeseth Max Bolkart 1961 621963 64 Contents 1 Participating nations and athletes 2 Results 2 1 Oberstdorf 2 2 Innsbruck 2 3 Garmisch Partenkirchen 2 4 Bischofshofen 3 Final ranking 4 References 5 External linksParticipating nations and athletes editWith the exception of Wolfgang Schuller the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons Nation Number of Athletes Athletes nbsp Germany 11 Max Bolkart Gunther Gollner Alois Haberstock Wolfgang Happle Heini Ihle Helmut Kurz Bernd Moderegger Sepp Schiffner Georg Thoma Helmut Wegscheider Hias Winkler nbsp Austria 17 Willi Egger Fritz Gamweger Max Golser Walter Habersatter Waldemar Heigenhauser Ernst Kopp Willi Kostinger Sepp Lichtenegger Horst Moser Peter Muller Georg Niederhammer Baldur Preiml Helmut Rauter Herbert Schiffner Willi Schuster Rudi Schweinberger Walter Steinegger nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 Josef Matous Dalibor Motejlek Jiri Raska Wladimir Tajner nbsp East Germany 7 Dieter Bockeloh Veit Kuhrt Peter Lesser Helmut Recknagel Johannes Riedel Kurt Schramm Wolfgang Schuller nbsp Finland 3 Niilo Halonen Juhani Karkinen Pekka Yli Niemi nbsp Hungary 4 Laszlo Csavas Janos Horvath Endre Kiss Tamas Sudar nbsp Italy 3 Giacomo Aimoni Agosto De Zordo Bruno De Zordo nbsp Norway 4 Torgeir Brandtzaeg Jan Petter Devor Toralf Engan Torbjorn Yggeseth nbsp Poland 5 Gustaw Bujok Andrzej Kocyan Antoni Laciak Jan Pezda Andrzej Sztolf nbsp Soviet Union 4 Aleksandr Ivannikov Nikolay Kamenskiy Nikolai Schamov Koba Zakadze nbsp Sweden 3 Bengt Eriksson Olle Martinsson Rolf Strandberg nbsp Switzerland 3 Toni Cecchinato Ueli Scheidegger Heribert Schmid nbsp United States 5 John Balfanz John Bower Roger Dion Paul Johnson Ralph Semb nbsp Yugoslavia 4 Bozo Jemc Andrej Nahtigal Miro Oman Ludvik ZajcResults editOberstdorf edit nbsp Schattenbergschanze Oberstdorf 28 December 1962 1 Rank Name Points 1 nbsp Toralf Engan 214 2 2 nbsp Max Bolkart 199 3 3 nbsp Torbjorn Yggeseth 194 8 4 nbsp Heini Ihle 193 6 5 nbsp Willi Egger 191 6 6 nbsp Georg Thoma 185 3 7 nbsp John Balfanz 182 7 8 nbsp Torgeir Brandtzaeg 182 3 9 nbsp Niilo Halonen 181 3 10 nbsp Sepp Lichtenegger 180 5 nbsp Juhani Karkinen 180 5 Innsbruck edit nbsp Bergiselschanze Innsbruck 30 December 1962 2 Rank Name Points 1 nbsp Toralf Engan 231 2 2 nbsp Helmut Recknagel 215 7 3 nbsp Georg Thoma 215 3 4 nbsp Torgeir Brandtzaeg 214 9 5 nbsp Kurt Schramm 212 1 6 nbsp John Balfanz 211 1 7 nbsp Torbjorn Yggeseth 210 1 8 nbsp Max Bolkart 208 8 9 nbsp Heini Ihle 206 8 10 nbsp Aleksandr Ivannikov 205 4 Garmisch Partenkirchen edit nbsp Grosse Olympiaschanze Garmisch Partenkirchen 1 January 1963 3 Rank Name Points 1 nbsp Toralf Engan 229 9 2 nbsp Georg Thoma 217 3 3 nbsp Max Bolkart 216 9 4 nbsp Niilo Halonen 211 4 5 nbsp John Balfanz 209 9 6 nbsp Torbjorn Yggeseth 209 8 7 nbsp Pekka Yli Niemi 207 4 8 nbsp Antoni Laciak 206 5 9 nbsp Dalibor Motejlek 204 4 10 nbsp Torgeir Brandtzaeg 204 0 Bischofshofen edit nbsp Paul Ausserleitner Schanze Bischofshofen 6 January 1963 4 After three clear victories there was little chance for Engan s opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking Within ten years Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events Like all of his predecessors in that regard he did not manage to secure a fourth victory John Balfanz became the first non European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event Rank Name Points 1 nbsp Torbjorn Yggeseth 205 0 2 nbsp Torgeir Brandtzaeg 199 5 3 nbsp John Balfanz 197 5 4 nbsp Toralf Engan 195 4 5 nbsp Max Bolkart 191 8 6 nbsp Baldur Preiml 188 4 7 nbsp Willi Egger 186 8 8 nbsp Giacomo Aimoni 186 6 9 nbsp Max Golser 185 6 10 nbsp Helmut Kurz 184 6Final ranking editRank Name Oberstdorf Innsbruck Garmisch Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Points 1 nbsp Toralf Engan 1st 1st 1st 4th 870 7 2 nbsp Torbjorn Yggeseth 3rd 7th 6th 1st 819 7 3 nbsp Max Bolkart 2nd 8th 3rd 5th 816 8 4 nbsp John Balfanz 7th 6th 5th 3rd 801 2 5 nbsp Torgeir Brandtzaeg 8th 4th 10th 2nd 800 7 6 nbsp Georg Thoma 6th 3rd 2nd 15th 797 3 7 nbsp Antoni Laciak 13th 19th 8th 13th 759 9 8 nbsp Willi Egger 5th 23rd 19th 7th 758 4 9 nbsp Pekka Yli Niemi 25th 12th 7th 26th 747 0 10 nbsp Josef Matous 15th 20th 12th 18th 742 3References edit Oberstdorf GER FIS Innsbruck AUT FIS Garmisch Partenkirchen GER FIS Bischofshofen AUT FIS External links editFIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Retrieved from 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