# 1976–77 Four Hills Tournament

At the 25th annual Four Hills Tournament, Jochen Danneberg became the third ski jumper after Helmut Recknagel and Bjørn Wirkola to defend his title. Crucial was a clear victory at the New Year's event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For the first time in ten years, there were four different winners at the single events.

## Participating nations and athletes

| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| West Germany | 8 | Alfred Grosche, Dirk Kramer, Peter Leitner, Frank Rombach, Manfred Runge, Sepp Schwinghammer, Rudi Tusch |
| Austria | 13 | Reinhold Bachler, Edi Federer, Rupert Gürtler, Walter Habersatter jr., Toni Innauer, Alois Lipburger, Hans Millonig, Alfred Pungg, Willi Pürstl, Karl Schnabl, Klaus Tuchscherer, Hans Wallner, Rudolf Wanner |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 | Jaroslav Balcar, Zdeněk Janouch, František Novák, Josef Samek, Leoš Škoda, Ján Tánczos |
| East Germany | 8 | Matthias Buse, Jochen Danneberg, Harald Duschek, Henry Glaß, Thomas Meisinger, Jürgen Thomas, Martin Weber, Falko Weißpflog |
| Finland | 4 | P. Hyvävinen, Pentti Kokkonen, Tapio Räisänen, Jouko Törmänen |
| Italy | 3 | Leo De Crignis, Lido Tomasi, Ivano Wegher |
| Japan | 3 | Takao Itō, Yūji Kawamura, Manabu Ono |
| Norway | 4 | Per Bergerud, Bjarne Næs, Roger Ruud, Johan Sætre |
| Poland | 3 | Stanisław Bobak, Henryk Tajner, Janusz Waluś |
| Soviet Union | 5 | Aleksey Borovitin, Yury Ivanov, Aleksandr Karapuzov, Leonid Komarov, Sergey Saychik |
| Sweden | 3 | Odd Brandsegg, Lennart Elimä, Seppo Reijonen |
| Switzerland | 6 | Robert Mösching, Hans Schmid, Walter Steiner, Hansjörg Sumi, Jean Luc Ungricht, Ernst von Grünigen |
| United States | 4 | Jim Denney, Jim Maki, Chris McNeill, Ron Steele |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | Jože Demšar, Branko Dolhar, Janez Loštrek, Bogdan Norčič |

## Results
### Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1976
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Toni Innauer | 255.6 |
| 2 | Jochen Danneberg | 253.7 |
| 3 | Walter Steiner | 252.3 |
| 4 | Harald Duschek | 248.2 |
| 5 | Henry Glaß | 239.4 |
| 6 | Alois Lipburger | 236.6 |
| 7 | Jouko Törmänen | 235.3 |
| 8 | František Novák | 232.5 |
| 9 | Reinhold Bachler | 230.9 |
| 10 | Johan Sætre | 229.8 |

### Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1977
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Jochen Danneberg | 235.2 |
| 2 | Toni Innauer | 222.3 |
| 3 | Harald Duschek | 220.1 |
| 4 | Henry Glaß | 219.3 |
| 5 | Johan Sætre | 213.5 |
| 6 | Walter Steiner | 212.7 |
| 7 | Alois Lipburger | 211.9 |
| 8 | Alfred Pungg | 209.4 |
| 9 | Jürgen Thomas | 208.6 |
| 10 | Martin Weber | 208.3 |

### Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 4 January 1977
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Henry Glaß | 233.6 |
| 2 | Walter Steiner | 226.3 |
| 3 | Toni Innauer | 217.3 |
| 4 | Karl Schnabl | 216.4 |
| 5 | Reinhold Bachler | 216.1 |
| 6 | Jochen Danneberg | 213.9 |
| 7 | Yury Ivanov | 213.5 |
| 8 | Alfred Pungg | 210.4 |
| 9 | Ján Tánczos | 207.9 |
| 10 | Thomas Meisinger | 203.5 |

### Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 6 January 1977
After three events, the leading four were close together. Toni Innauer, leader Danneberg's closest rival, only placed 19th and fell back in the overall ranking. In spite of his win, Walter Steiner did not close the gap to Danneberg.
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Walter Steiner | 220.4 |
| 2 | Karl Schnabl | 217.0 |
| 3 | Jochen Danneberg | 215.7 |
| 4 | Thomas Meisinger | 211.6 |
| 5 | Klaus Tuchscherer | 207.5 |
| 6 | Harald Duschek | 204.4 |
| 7 | Per Bergerud | 200.2 |
| 8 | Henry Glaß | 200.1 |
| 9 | Martin Weber | 198.1 |
| 10 | Hans Millonig | 196.1 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
| 1 | Jochen Danneberg | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 918.5 |
| 2 | Walter Steiner | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 911.7 |
| 3 | Henry Glaß | 5th | 4th | 1st | 8th | 892.4 |
| 4 | Toni Innauer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 19th | 876.0 |
| 5 | Harald Duschek | 4th | 3rd | 11th | 6th | 875.8 |
| 6 | Thomas Meisinger | 12th | 11th | 10th | 4th | 845.7 |
| 7 | Karl Schnabl | 29th | 21st | 4th | 2nd | 844.7 |
| 8 | Reinhold Bachler | 9th | 14th | 5th | 25th | 828.8 |
| 9 | Alfred Pungg | 16th | 8th | 8th | 14th | 827.1 |
| 10 | Martin Weber | 21st | 10th | 17th | 9th | 818.7 |