# 1960–61 Four Hills Tournament

After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.
East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.

## Participating nations and athletes

With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.
| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| Germany | 18 | Hermann Anwander, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Rudi Duffke, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Edi Lengg, Siegbert Mönch, Josef Pichler, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Axel Zerlaut |
| Austria | 18 | Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Ernst Kröll, Georg Lackner, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Alwin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | Drahomír Jebavý, Dalibor Motejlek, Jaromír Novlud |
| Finland | 3 | Veikko Kankkonen, Juhani Kärkkäinen, Kalevi Kärkkäinen |
| France | 2 | Phil Devouassoux, Robert Rey |
| East Germany | 9 | Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, Günter Oettel, Günther Pollmer, Helmut Recknagel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller, Willi Wirth |
| Italy | 4 | Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanell |
| Norway | 3 | Gunnar Lie, Ole Tom Nord, Olaf Solli |
| Soviet Union | 5 | V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze, Yuri Zubarev |
| Sweden | 3 | Harry Bergquist, Gösta Nordin, Kjell Sjöberg |
| Switzerland | 3 | Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Peter Wenger |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar |

## Results
### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1960
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Juhani Kärkkäinen | 227.0 |
| 2 | Kjell Sjöberg | 223.0 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen | 220.0 |
| 3 | Otto Leodolter | 220.0 |
| 5 | Koba Zakadze | 218.0 |
| 6 | Helmut Recknagel | 217.0 |
| 7 | Veit Kührt | 215.0 |
| 8 | Nikolai Schamov | 213.5 |
| 9 | Walter Habersatter | 212.5 |
| 10 | Ole Tom Nord | 211.0 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1961
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Koba Zakadze | 220.5 |
| 2 | Helmut Recknagel | 218.0 |
| 3 | Nilo Zandanell | 217.0 |
| 4 | Otto Leodolter | 215.0 |
| 5 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 214.0 |
| 6 | Kjell Sjöberg | 213.5 |
| 7 | Juhani Kärkkäinen | 213.0 |
| 8 | Yuri Zubarev | 212.0 |
| 9 | Nikolai Schamov | 209.5 |
| 9 | Kurt Schramm | 209.5 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 6 January 1961
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen | 218.5 |
| 2 | Helmut Recknagel | 217.6 |
| 3 | Otto Leodolter | 213.4 |
| 4 | Olaf Solli | 212.2 |
| 5 | Veikko Kankkonen | 211.6 |
| 6 | Wolfgang Happle | 211.0 |
| 7 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | 210.4 |
| 8 | Helmut Wegscheider | 209.2 |
| 9 | Alwin Plank | 207.7 |
| 10 | Kjell Sjöberg | 207.0 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 8 January 1961
In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Helmut Recknagel | 229.1 |
| 2 | Otto Leodolter | 225.6 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen | 221.1 |
| 4 | Nikolai Schamov | 219.3 |
| 5 | Wolfgang Happle | 212.8 |
| 6 | Olaf Solli | 211.8 |
| 7 | Nilo Zandanell | 210.0 |
| 8 | Kurt Schramm | 209.7 |
| 9 | Dino De Zordo | 208.7 |
| 10 | Koba Zakadze | 207.7 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
| 1 | Helmut Recknagel | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 881.7 |
| 2 | Otto Leodolter | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 874.0 |
| 3 | Kalevi Kärkkäinen | 3rd | 22nd | 1st | 3rd | 862.1 |
| 4 | Koba Zakadze | 5th | 1st | 11th | 10th | 851.9 |
| 5 | Juhani Kärkkäinen | 1st | 7th | 12th | 11th | 850.7 |
| 6 | Kjell Sjöberg | 2nd | 6th | 10th | 15th | 848.2 |
| 7 | Nilo Zandanell | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 7th | 839.6 |
| 8 | Olaf Solli | 20th | 26th | 4th | 6th | 829.5 |
| 9 | Nikolai Schamov | 8th | 9th | 36th | 4th | 827.4 |
| 10 | Wolfgang Happle | 39th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 826.8 |