2008–09 Four Hills Tournament


The 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.
The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously had not won a single World Cup event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widhölzl in 1999–2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann, who was the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev of Russia rounded out the top five.

Overall standings

RankNameNationalityTotal pointsOberstdorf Garmisch Innsbruck Bis'hofen
1Wolfgang LoitzlAUT1123.7285.2 276.3 261.0 301.2
2Simon AmmannSUI1091.1286.4 274.6 245.7 284.4
3Gregor SchlierenzauerAUT1077.1280.1 257.6 260.3 279.1
4Martin SchmittGER1055.2273.8 245.2 257.7 278.5
5Dimitry VassilievRUS1048.1284.4 239.6 244.9 279.2
6Anders JacobsenNOR1027.9269.0 247.0 244.4 267.5
7Harri OlliFIN1019.2268.5 258.6 239.6 252.5
8Thomas MorgensternAUT1001.0254.7 248.5 250.6 247.2
9Matti HautamäkiFIN991.4250.5 237.1 253.2 250.6
10Michael NeumayerGER986.3259.8 211.2 246.5 268.8
11Martin KochAUT974.1233.5 249.0 234.6 257.0
12Michael UhrmannGER967.9256.9 222.9 230.1 258.0
13Noriaki KasaiJPN953.5243.9 220.5 249.0 240.1
14Ville LarintoFIN944.5249.9 221.9 221.5 251.2
15Stephan HockeGER937.1247.3 214.6 226.1 249.1

Oberstdorf

HS137 Schattenbergschanze, Germany

29 December 2008
RankNameNationality1st 2nd PointsOverall FHT pointsOverall WC points
1Simon AmmannSUI136.5134.0286.4286.4 685
2Wolfgang LoitzlAUT135.0134.0285.2285.2 439
3Dimitry VassilievRUS134.5136.0284.4284.4 185
4Gregor SchlierenzauerAUT133.0134.0280.1280.1 560
5Martin SchmittGER134.5129.0273.8273.8 248

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

HS140 Große Olympiaschanze, Germany

1 January 2009
RankNameNationality1st 2nd PointsOverall FHT pointsOverall WC points
1Wolfgang LoitzlAUT134.5136.5276.3561.5 539
2Simon AmmannSUI140.0134.5274.6561.0 765
3Harri OlliFIN133.0131.5258.6527.1 284
4Gregor SchlierenzauerAUT134.0130.5257.6537.7 610
5Martin KochAUT134.5128.0249.0482.5 230

Innsbruck

HS130 Bergiselschanze, Austria

4 January 2009
RankNameNationality1st 2nd PointsOverall FHT pointsOverall WC points
1Wolfgang LoitzlAUT126.5128.5261.0822.5 639
2Gregor SchlierenzauerAUT126.0127.5260.3798.0 690
3Martin SchmittGER128.5125.5257.7776.7 340
4Matti HautamäkiFIN123.5128.0253.2740.8 241
5Thomas MorgensternAUT124.5125.0250.6753.8 359

Bischofshofen

HS140 Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Austria

6 January 2009
RankNameNationality1st 2nd PointsOverall FHT pointsOverall WC points
1Wolfgang LoitzlAUT142.5141.5301.21123.7 739
2Simon AmmannSUI137.5140.5284.41091.1 877
3Dimitry VassilievRUS138.0138.5279.21048.1 303
4Gregor SchlierenzauerAUT138.5136.0279.11077.1 740
5Martin SchmittGER138.5136.5278.51055.2 385