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The 26th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish ski jumper Kari Ylianttila . In the final ranking, he led directly ahead of five East German athletes. Another one, defending champion Jochen Danneberg , was the overall leader after his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , but didn't compete at the events in Austria.
Participating nations and athletes
Nation
Number of Athletes
Athletes
West Germany
7
Hans-Jürgen Eschrich , Wolfgang Hahn , Peter Leitner , Frank Rombach , Christoph Schwarz , Hubert Schwarz , Peter Schwinghammer
Austria
15
Gebhard Aberer , Reinhold Bachler , Edi Federer , Alfred Groyer , Rupert Gürtler , Armin Kogler , Alois Lipburger , Hans Millonig , Hubert Neuper , Alfred Pungg , Willi Pürstl , Karl Schnabl , Klaus Tuchscherer , Hans Wallner , Rudolf Wanner
Bulgaria
3
Vladimir Breitchev , Petar Dimitrov , Bojan Stoikov
Czechoslovakia
7
Ivo Felix , Josef Hýsek , František Novák , Josef Rusko , Josef Samek , Leoš Škoda , Ján Tánczos
East Germany
8
Matthias Buse , Jochen Danneberg , Bernd Eckstein , Harald Duschek , Henry Glaß , Jürgen Thomas , Martin Weber , Falko Weißpflog
Finland
4
Tauno Käyhkö , Jari Puikkonen , Jouko Törmänen , Kari Ylianttila
France
2
Patric Dubiez , Eric Fourrier
Italy
3
Ermes De Crignis , Lido Tomasi , Ivano Wegher
Japan
2
Yūji Kawamura , Sakae Tsuruga
Norway
6
Per Bergerud , Stein Glømmi , Rune Hauge , Per Steinar Nordlien , Johan Sætre , Jens Unosen
Poland
2
Tadeusz Pawlusiak , Józef Tajner
Soviet Union
7
Aleksey Borovitin , Vladimir Bubjonov , Vladimir Chernyaev , Yury Ivanov , Aleksandr Karapuzov , Valery Savin , Sergey Saychik
Switzerland
7
Oliver Favre , Georges Jaquier , Robert Mösching , Harald Reichenbach , Mario Rinaldi , Walter Steiner , Hansjörg Sumi
United States
5
Jeff Davis , Jeff Denney , Jim Denney , John Denney , Kip Sundgaard
Yugoslavia
5
Zdravko Bogataj , Andrej Kaizer , Marko Mlakar , Bogdan Norčič , Ivo Zupan
Results
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze , Oberstdorf
30 December 1977[ 1]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze , Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1978[ 2]
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze , Innsbruck
4 January 1978[ 3]
Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Bischofshofen
6 January 1978[ 4]
Final ranking
References
External links
Tournaments Ski jumping hills