2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
Rank Name Nationality 1st ( m ) 2nd ( m ) Points Overall FHT points Overall WC points ( Rank )
1 Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 126.5 128.5 261.0 822.5 ( 1 ) 639 ( 3 )
2 Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 126.0 127.5 260.3 798.0 ( 3 ) 690 ( 2 )
3 Martin Schmitt Germany 128.5 125.5 257.7 776.7 ( 4 ) 340 ( 5 )
4 Matti Hautamäki Finland 123.5 128.0 253.2 740.8 ( 9 ) 241 ( 10 )
5 Thomas Morgenstern Austria 124.5 125.0 250.6 753.8 ( 8 ) 359 ( 4 )
Innsbruck
HS130 Bergiselschanze , Austria [ 4 ] 4 January 2009
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.