# 1978–79 Four Hills Tournament

The 27th annual Four Hills Tournament was won by Finnish athlete Pentti Kokkonen after two Third place finishes and two victories. No competitor had the necessary constancy over the course of the tournament. Yury Ivanov, the winner of Oberstdorf, only placed 56th (85.2 pts) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Josef Samek's Garmisch victory was followed by a 38th place (169.1 pts) in Innsbruck.

## Participating nations and athletes

Spain was represented at the Four Hills Tournament for the first time.
| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| West Germany | 11 | Hans-Jürgen Eschrich, Thomas Klauser, Dirk Kramer, Peter Leitner, Thomas Prosser, Christoph Schwarz, Hubert Schwarz, Peter Schwinghammer, Frank Sternkopf, Georg Waldvogel, Hermann Weinbuch |
| Austria | 12 | Fritz Esser, Edi Federer, Alfred Groyer, Heinz Koch, Armin Kogler, Alfred Lengauer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Hubert Neuper, Willi Pürstl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Rudolf Wanner |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | Ivo Felix, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos |
| East Germany | 8 | Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Manfred Deckert, Bernd Eckstein, Harald Duschek, Klaus Ostwald, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog |
| Finland | 7 | Tauno Käyhkö, Pentti Kokkonen, Keijo Korhonen, Jari Puikkonen, Tapio Räisänen, Jouko Törmänen, Kari Ylianttila |
| France | 4 | Patric Dubiez, Philippe Jacoberger, Bernard Moullier, Thierry Sauvanet |
| Hungary | 4 | László Fischer, Robert Fogarasi, Gábor Gellér, Zoltán Kelemen |
| Italy | 2 | Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher |
| Japan | 3 | Yūji Kawamura, Sakae Tsuruga, Hirokazu Yagi |
| Norway | 4 | Per Bergerud, Ulf Jørgensen, Roger Ruud, Johan Sætre |
| Poland | 3 | Stanisław Bobak, Piotr Fijas, Stanisław Pawlusiak |
| Soviet Union | 7 | Aleksey Borovitin, Vladimir Chernyaev, Yury Ivanov, Sergej Muchin, Valery Savin, Sergey Saychik, Vladimir Vlasov |
| Spain | 1 | Tomás Cano |
| Sweden | 2 | Christer Karlsson, Seppo Reijonen |
| Switzerland | 5 | Paul Egloff, Robert Mösching, Harald Reichenbach, Mario Rinaldi, Hansjörg Sumi |
| United States | 2 | Jim Denney, Kip Sundgaard |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | Zdravko Bogataj, Andrej Kaizer, Marko Mlakar, Bogdan Norčič, Miran Tepeš |

## Results
### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1978
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Yury Ivanov | 235.4 |
| 2 | Jochen Danneberg | 234.5 |
| 3 | Pentti Kokkonen | 232.4 |
| 4 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 224.4 |
| 5 | Ján Tánczos | 222.8 |
| 6 | Harald Duschek | 222.6 |
| 7 | Willi Pürstl | 221.6 |
| 8 | Hansjörg Sumi | 220.2 |
| 9 | Leoš Škoda | 217.7 |
| 10 | Jari Puikkonen | 216.3 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2 January 1979
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Josef Samek | 120.5 |
| 2 | Bogdan Norčič | 117.6 |
| 3 | Pentti Kokkonen | 114.4 |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 113.2 |
| 5 | Matthias Buse | 112.5 |
| 6 | Ján Tánczos | 111.5 |
| 7 | Hansjörg Sumi | 111.2 |
| 8 | Jim Denney | 110.3 |
| 9 | Jochen Danneberg | 110.1 |
| 10 | Stanisław Bobak | 109.4 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1979
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 231.3 |
| 2 | Roger Ruud | 224.6 |
| 3 | Jochen Danneberg | 218.8 |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 216.0 |
| 5 | Hansjörg Sumi | 215.4 |
| 6 | Manfred Deckert | 213.3 |
| 7 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 213.2 |
| 8 | Johan Sætre | 212.3 |
| 9 | Martin Weber | 212.2 |
| 10 | Klaus Ostwald | 211.3 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1979
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 237.5 |
| 2 | Johan Sætre | 236.9 |
| 3 | Piotr Fijas | 236.0 |
| 4 | Hansjörg Sumi | 235.8 |
| 5 | Jouko Törmänen | 221.2 |
| 6 | Martin Weber | 219.1 |
| 7 | Leoš Škoda | 217.8 |
| 8 | Jochen Danneberg | 217.4 |
| 9 | Tapio Räisänen | 213.7 |
| 10 | Harald Duschek | 213.6 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
| 1 | Pentti Kokkonen | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 815.6 |
| 2 | Hansjörg Sumi | 8th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 782.6 |
| 3 | Jochen Danneberg | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 8th | 780.8 |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 6th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 765.4 |
| 5 | Johan Sætre | 11th | 20th | 8th | 2nd | 765.3 |
| 6 | Leoš Škoda | 9th | 11th | 13th | 7th | 748.3 |
| 7 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 4th | 23rd | 7th | 15th | 748.1 |
| 8 | Matthias Buse | 16th | 5th | 11th | 15th | 741.9 |
| 9 | Martin Weber | 27th | 13th | 9th | 6th | 739.5 |
| 10 | Piotr Fijas | 38th | 17th | 12th | 3rd | 737.2 |