1968–69_Four_Hills_Tournament
In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall.
| Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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| Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
| Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
| Dates | 29 December 1968 (1968-12-29) – 5 January 1969 (1969-01-05) | ||||||
| Competitors | 76 from 14 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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← 1967-68 | |||||||
For the first time in seven years, no non-European nations participated. The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1968[1]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bjørn Wirkola | 218.7 |
| 2 |  Jiří Raška | 215.7 |
| 3 | Josef Matouš | 210.5 |
| 4 |  Heinz Schmidt | 210.1 |
| 5 | Manfred Queck | 209.9 |
| 6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 205.4 |
| 7 | Ladislav Divila | 199.9 |
| 8 |  Vladimir Belousov | 199.7 |
| 9 |  Reinhold Bachler | 199.3 |
 Ludvik Zajc | 199.3 | |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1969[2]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 241.2 |
| 2 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 235.4 |
| 3 | František Rydval | 233.8 |
| 4 | Vladimir Belousov | 233.6 |
| 5 | Heinz Schmidt | 232.3 |
| 6 | Zbyněk Hubač | 228.4 |
| 7 | Ladislav Divila | 226.5 |
| 8 | Gariy Napalkov | 222.1 |
| 9 | Horst Queck | 221.8 |
| 10 | Lars Grini | 221.2 |
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 December 1969[3]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 236.3 |
| 2 | Jiří Raška | 235.5 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 225.9 |
| 4 | Lars Grini | 222.6 |
| 5 | Zbyněk Hubač | 219.9 |
| 6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 214.1 |
| 7 | František Rydval | 212.4 |
| 8 | Horst Queck | 212.2 |
| 9 | Gariy Napalkov | 210.8 |
| 10 | Heinz Schmidt | 209.7 |
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1969[4]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Raška | 234.7 |
| 2 | Bjørn Wirkola | 228.3 |
| 3 | Lars Grini | 222.6 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 219.2 |
| 5 | Zbyněk Hubač | 218.8 |
| 6 | Wiezeslav Zerbakov | 211.4 |
| 7 | Ladislav Divila | 211.0 |
| 8 | František Rydval | 209.9 |
| 9 | Vladimir Belousov | 208.1 |
| 10 | Bent Tomtum | 207.0 |
| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bjørn Wirkola | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 924.5 |
| 2 | Jiří Raška | 2nd | 21st | 2nd | 1st | 900.5 |
| 3 | Zbyněk Hubač | 11th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 866.0 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Zheglanov | 23rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 862.0 |
| 5 | František Rydval | 14th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 848.2 |
| 6 | Vladimir Belousov | 8th | 4th | 19th | 9th | 839.3 |
| 7 | Rudolf Höhnl | 6th | 15th | 6th | 14th | 838.3 |
| 8 | Heinz Schmidt | 4th | 5th | 10th | 30th | 830.8 |
| 9 | Lars Grini | 59th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 812.5 |
| 10 | Ladislav Divila | 7th | 7th | 41st | 7th | 810.8 |