Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

, consisted of three events held over ten days, from 9 February to 22 February. The ski jumping part took place in Park City

Park City, Utah

Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...

, while the cross-country part took place in Soldier Hollow

Soldier Hollow

Soldier Hollow is a cross-country ski resort located southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch Mountain State Park, Utah, United States. The resort was created for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and during the games it hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing and the cross country skiing portion of the...

Medal table

1	3	1	0	4
2	0	2	0	2
3	0	0	3	3

Events

Sprint	\|16:40.1	\|16:49.1		17:20.3
Individual Gundersen	\|39:11.7	\|39:36.4		40:06.5
Team	Jari Mantila Jari Mantila Jari Mantila is a Finnish nordic combined athlete who competed from 1992 to 2003. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics... Hannu Manninen Hannu Manninen Hannu Kalevi Manninen is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships... Jaakko Tallus Jaakko Tallus Jaakko Tapio Tallus is a nordic combined athlete from Finland who won gold and silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics... Samppa Lajunen Samppa Lajunen Samppa Lajunen is a retired Finnish Nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990s and early 2000s....	48:42.2	Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000... Georg Hettich Georg Hettich Georg Hettich is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist.... Marcel Höhlig Marcel Höhlig Marcel Höhlig is a Nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 4 x 5 km team Competition.-External links:... Ronny Ackermann Ronny Ackermann Ronny Ackermann is a successful German Nordic combined skier.Ackermann started to learn to ski when he was five years old and took up ski-jumping two years later. As of 2004, he belongs to the team of Rhöner WSV Dermbach...	48:49.7	Christoph Bieler Christoph Bieler Christoph Bieler is an athlete from Austria competing in Nordic combined who has competed since 1996. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with a gold in 2006 and a bronze medal in 2002... Michael Gruber Mario Stecher Mario Stecher Mario Stecher is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds and a bronze... Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009...	48:53.2

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