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
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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