1968–69 Four Hills Tournament
In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall.
Participating nations and athletes
For the first time in seven years, no non-European nations participated. The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.| Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Franz Bisle, Günther Göllner, Walter Lampe, Henrik Ohlmayr, Oswald Schinze National Group: Alfred Grosche, Friedhelm Klapproth, Ralph Pöhland, Sepp Schwinghammer, Alfred Winkler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Reinhold Bachler, Helmut Diess, Max Golser, Albert Haim, Ernst Kröll, Sepp Lichtenegger, Franz Salhofer, Willi Schuster, Erich Schwabl, Walter Schwabl, Janko Zwitter National Group: Heinz Jölly, Franz Kuchlbacher, Ernst Wimmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 GDRFINFRAHUNITANORPOLResultsOberstdorfSchattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf29 December 1968
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