# 1972–73 Four Hills Tournament
## Participating nations and athletes

| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| West Germany | 7 | Alfred Grosche, Heini Ihle, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch, Albert Wursthorn, Ernst Wursthorn, Bernd Zapf |
| Austria | 7 | Reinhold Bachler, Willi Pürstl, Franz Salhofer, Karl Schnabl, Walter Schwabl, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner |
| Bulgaria | 4 | Georgi Guedurov, Georgi Lasev, Ivan Sandov, Ivan Scharkov |
| Canada | 7 | Kim Fripp, Richard Grady, Richard Graves, Paul Martin, Tom Reaper, Lyle Speers, Peter Wilson |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 | Ladislav Divila, Bohumil Doležal, Rudolf Höhnl, Zbynek Hubac, Karel Kodejška, Jaromír Liďák, Leoš Škoda, Jaroslav Slama |
| East Germany | 8 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg, Bernd Eckstein, Henry Glaß, Dietrich Kampf, Rainer Schmidt, Manfred Wolf, Heinz Wosipiwo |
| Finland | 4 | Tauno Käyhkö, Esko Rautionaho, Juhani Ruotsalainen, Kari Ylianttila |
| France | 3 | Jacques Gaillard, Philippe Jacoberger, Gilbert Poirot |
| Italy | 3 | Ermes Bontempelli, Mario Ceccon, Leo De Crignis |
| Japan | 6 | Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Koji Kakuta, Yukio Kasaya, Takafumi Kawabata, Hisayoshi Sawada |
| Norway | 6 | Odd Grette, Knut Kongsgård, Frithjof Prydz, Nils-Per Skarseth, Kai Solbustad, Bent Tomtum |
| Poland | 7 | Stanisław Bobak, Wojciech Fortuna, Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel, Czesław Janik, Slawomir Kardas, Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Józef Tajner |
| Soviet Union | 6 | Sergei Botschkov, Wladimir Galuschin, Yury Kalinin, Menschikow, Vladimir Smirnov, Vladimir Terichev |
| Sweden | 4 | Christer Karlsson, Eilerth Mähler, Andreas Lundquist, Rolf Nordgren |
| Switzerland | 6 | Eric Aubert, Fredy Guinard, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Ernst von Grünigen, Josef Zehnder |
| United States | 6 | Mike Devecka, Chris McNeill, Ron Neal, Ron Steele, Dave Tomten, Jeff Wright |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | Janez Loštrek, Marjan Mesec, Bogdan Norčič, Marian Prelovšek, Danilo Pudgar, Peter Štefančič |

## Results
### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1972
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Rainer Schmidt | 237.0 |
| 2 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 233.5 |
| 3 | Henry Glaß | 226.2 |
| 4 | Hans Schmid | 220.3 |
| 5 | Manfred Wolf | 215.5 |
| 6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 215.0 |
| 7 | Dietrich Kampf | 210.7 |
| 8 | Reinhold Bachler | 208.7 |
| 9 | Esko Rautionaho | 208.4 |
| 10 | Alfred Grosche | 205.4 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1973
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Rainer Schmidt | 229.1 |
| 2 | Dietrich Kampf | 222.4 |
| 3 | Jaromír Liďák | 217.3 |
| 4 | Manfred Wolf | 216.8 |
| 5 | Jochen Danneberg | 215.0 |
| 6 | Henry Glaß | 214.6 |
| 7 | Walter Steiner | 214.5 |
| 8 | Sergei Botschkov | 212.7 |
| 9 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 209.5 |
| 10 | Wojciech Fortuna | 208.4 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 3 January 1973
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Sergei Botschkov | 231.9 |
| 2 | Rainer Schmidt | 228.9 |
| 3 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 224.4 |
| 4 | Walter Steiner | 221.5 |
| 5 | Hans Schmid | 216.7 |
| 6 | Yukio Kasaya | 214.8 |
| 7 | Tauno Käyhkö | 212.1 |
| 8 | Manfred Wolf | 210.6 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Pawlusiak | 210.6 |
| 10 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 209.6 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1973
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Rudolf Höhnl | 234.6 |
| 2 | Sergei Botschkov | 233.4 |
| 3 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 231.8 |
| 4 | Jaromír Liďák | 231.2 |
| 5 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 230.7 |
| 6 | Jochen Danneberg | 229.8 |
| 7 | Karel Kodejška | 225.1 |
| 8 | Walter Steiner | 224.3 |
| 9 | Manfred Wolf | 223.2 |
| 10 | Reinhold Bachler | 222.7 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Innsbruck | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Oberstdorf | Bischofshofen | Points |
| 1 | Rainer Schmidt | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 12th | 913.9 |
| 2 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 2nd | 11th | 3rd | 3rd | 897.5 |
| 3 | Sergei Botschkov | 17th | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 874.2 |
| 4 | Hans Schmid | 4th | 12th | 5th | 11th | 867.2 |
| 5 | Manfred Wolf | 5th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 866.1 |
| 6 | Rudolf Höhnl | 6th | 16th | 12th | 1st | 858.9 |
| 7 | Walter Steiner | 19th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 855.8 |
| 8 | Henry Glaß | 3rd | 6th | 22nd | 21st | 846.1 |
| 9 | Hiroshi Itagaki | 20th | 9th | 10th | 5th | 844.8 |
| 10 | Jochen Danneberg | 21st | 5th | 13th | 6th | 841.4 |