1953 Four Hills Tournament
The inaugural Four Hills tournament was held in January 1953. It was in planning since 1949, but in the post-war years German athletes were not allowed to compete internationally. The organizers were German and Austrian ski jumpers who knew each other from competing together for Germany under the Nazi regime
At the time, ski jumping was an amateur sport and the winners were given material prizes like portable radios or cooking pots.
The first competition was held on New Year's Day, making it the only Four Hills tournament that did not start in December, although the New Year's Day competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen would eventually become traditional.
Participating nations and athletes
| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
| 14 | Hermann Anwander, Friedl Brandner, Toni Brutscher, Franz Dengg, Franz Eder, Toni Eisgruber, Robert Engel, Willi Fischer, Willy Gotthold, Sepp Hohenleitner, Hans Karg, Heini Klopfer, Toni Landenhammer, Sepp Weiler | |
| 8 | Sepp Bradl, Rudi Dietrich, Ferdi Kerber, Alwin Plank, Fritz Rüpp, Erwin Steinegger, Walter Steinegger, Toni Wieser | |
| 3 | Asgeir Dølplads, Erling Kroken, Halvor Næs | |
| 4 | Harry Bergquist, Karl Holmström, Toivo Lauren, Axel-Hermann Nilsson | |
| 1 | Fritz Schneider | |
| 3 | Karel Klančnik, Janez Polda, Jože Zidar |
Results
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen1 January 1953
| Rank | Name | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  OberstorfSchattenbergschanze, Oberstorf4 January 1953
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