Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Sprint
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The Men's sprint Nordic combined
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...

 competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 was held in Pragelato
Pragelato
Pragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name Pragelato, meaning ‘icy meadow’, has been derived from the harsh climate and the fact that the ground is covered with ice for long periods...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It took place on 21 February.

Ski Jumping

Forty-nine athletes entered the ski jumping portion of the sprint; each made one jump, which was judged in the same fashion as the Olympic ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 competition. The scores for these jumps were used to calculate the deficit with which each athlete began the cross-country portion of the event. Each one point behind the leading score of Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist....

 was equivalent to four seconds of time deficit.
Rank Name Country Score Deficit Notes
1 Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist....

 
125.7 0:00
2 Jason Lamy Chappuis  124.4 +0:05
3 Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Koivuranta is a ski jumper, formerly nordic combined skier from Finland. Known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup...

 
121.5 +0:17
4 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...

 
120.9
0:19
5 Petter Tande
Petter Tande
Petter Laukslett Tande is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002, representing Byåsen IL...

 
118.2
0:30
6 Michael Gruber  116.9
0:35
7 Yosuke Hatakeyama  116.1
0:38
8 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...

 
115.8
0:40
9 Akito Watabe
Akito Watabe
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2005. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of 31st in the 7.5 km sprint at Sapporo in 2007.Competing in two...

 
115.4
0:41
10 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...

 
114.0
0:47
11 Ivan Fesenko
Ivan Fesenko
Ivan Fesenko is a mathematician working in number theory and other areas of mathematics. In 1992 Fesenko won the Young Mathematician Prize of the Petersburg Mathematical Society for his work on class field theory.- Work :...

 
112.2
0:54
12 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...

 
112.1
0:54
13 Magnus Moan
Magnus Moan
Magnus Hovdal Moan born 26 August 1983 in Lillehammer, Norway; is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with the Byåsen IL club. When he is not training or competing Moan...

 
111.8
0:56
14 Johnny Spillane  109.5
1:05
15 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...

 
108.9
1:07
16 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...

 
108.3
1:10
17 Damjan Vtic  107.8
1:12
18 Daito Takahashi
Daito Takahashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice ....

 
107.7
1:12
19 Todd Lodwick
Todd Lodwick
Todd Lodwick is an American nordic combined skier and by several measures the most successful North American in this sport ever...

 
107.3
1:14
20 Dimitry Matveev  106.8
1:16
21 Björn Kircheisen
Björn Kircheisen
Björn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000...

 
106.5
1:17
22 Ronny Heer
Ronny Heer
Ronny Heer is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Turin in 2006 while earning his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver four...

 
105.6
1:20
23 Ivan Rieder
Ivan Rieder
Ivan Rieder is a retired Swiss Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1999. He finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and earned his best finish of 30th in the 7.5 km sprint at those same championships.Reider's best...

 
105.5
1:21
24 Seppi Hurschler
Seppi Hurschler
Seppi Hurschler is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best individual finish of 22nd in the 15 km individual at Turin in 2006.Hurschler's...

 
105.3
1:22
25 Tomas Slavik
Tomáš Slavík
Tomáš Slavík is a Czech nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth twice while earning his best individual finish of 20th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010.Slavík's best finish at the FIS...

 
104.9
1:23
26 Giuseppe Michielli
Giuseppe Michielli
Giuseppe Michielli is an Italian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best finish of 14th in the 15 km individual event at Turin four years...

 
104.7
1:24
26 Ladislav Rygl
Ladislav Rygl, Jr.
Ladislav Rygl, Jr. is a Czech nordic combined skier who competed from 1995 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 17th in the 7.5 km sprint event at Turin in...

 
104.7
1:24
28 Norihito Kobayashi
Norihito Kobayashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill at those same...

 
103.9
1:27
29 Janne Ryynaenen  102.5
1:33
30 Bill Demong
Bill Demong
Bill Demong is an American Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medalist. Demong is a four-time Olympian competing in Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver.-Career:...

 
102.2
1:34
31 Davide Bresadola
Davide Bresadola
Davide Bresadola is an Italian Nordic combined athlete. He has competed in World Cup in the most competitions since 2005.At the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin, Bresadola placed 44th with a time of 21 minutes 43.3 seconds....

 
102.0
1:35
32 Sergej Maslennikov  99.3
1:46
33 Andreas Hurschler
Andreas Hurschler
Andreas Hurschler is a retired Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed internationally since 1995. He finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and had his best individual finish of 15th in the 7.5 km sprint event at the 2003...

 
98.1
1:50
34 Håvard Klemetsen
Håvard Klemetsen
Håvard Klemetsen is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino I.L. He debuted in the World Cup in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011...

 
98.0
1:51
35 Ales Vodsedalek
Aleš Vodseďálek
Aleš Vodseďálek is a Czech Nordic combined skier from Jilemnice who has competed since 2003.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth twice...

 
97.2
1:54
36 Pavel Churavy
Pavel Churavý
Pavel Churavý is a Czech Nordic combined skier was has competed since 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the 10 km individual large hill event at Vancouver in 2010....

 
96.1
1:58
37 Jochen Strobl  96.0
1:59
38 Tambet Pikkor  95.9
1:59
39 Nicolas Bal
Nicolas Bal
Nicholas Bal is a former French Nordic combined skier who competed from 1996 to present. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event.-External links:...

 
95.4
2:01
40 Eric Camerota
Eric Camerota
Eric Camerota is an American Nordic combined skier.Camerota was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and currently residing in Park City, Utah...

 
94.5
2:05
41 Kristian Hammer
Kristian Hammer
Kristian Hammer is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1995 while representing Eidsvoll IL. He grew up on Setermoen in Bardu....

 
94.3
2:06
42 Sebastian Haseney
Sebastian Haseney
Sebastian Haseney is a former German nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 8th in the 15 km individual event at the 1999 championships.Haseney finished 6th in the 15 km...

 
90.7
2:20
43 Jason Myslicki
Jason Myslicki
Jason Myslicki is a Canadian nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 41st in both the 7.5 km sprint and 15 km individual events at Turin in 2006.Myslicki's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 33rd in...

 
90.0
2:23
44 Daniele Munari  89.2
2:26
45 Max Thompson
Max Thompson (skier)
Max Thompson is a Canadian Nordic combined skier.Thompson made his World Cup debut in January 2006 at Harrachov, Czech Republic...

 
84.5
2:45
46 Alexsej Barannikov  83.5
2:49
47 Sergei Diyachuk  74.9
3:23
48 Volodymyr Trachuk
Volodymyr Trachuk
Volodymyr Trachuk is an Ukrainian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 41st in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010....

 
61.5
4:17
- Ludovic Roux
Ludovic Roux
Ludovic Roux is a former French Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1996. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event....

 
DNS

Cross-Country

The start for the 7.5 kilometre race was staggered, with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a four second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first athlete across the finish line, 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...

 was the overall winner of the event.
Rank Name Country Deficit Cross-Country Time Total Notes
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...

 
+0:54 17:35.0 18.29.0
Magnus Moan
Magnus Moan
Magnus Hovdal Moan born 26 August 1983 in Lillehammer, Norway; is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with the Byåsen IL club. When he is not training or competing Moan...

 
+0:56 17:38.4
0:05.4
Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich
Georg Hettich is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist....

 
0:00 18:38.6
0:09.6
4 Jason Lamy Chappuis  +0:05 18:46.5
0:22.5
5 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...

 
+0:19 18:39.1
0:29.1
6 Petter Tande
Petter Tande
Petter Laukslett Tande is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002, representing Byåsen IL...

 
+0:30 18:29.1
0:30.1
7 Björn Kircheisen
Björn Kircheisen
Björn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000...

 
+1:17 17:48.7
0:36.7
8 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...

 
+0:47 18:20.7
0:38.7
9 Todd Lodwick
Todd Lodwick
Todd Lodwick is an American nordic combined skier and by several measures the most successful North American in this sport ever...

 
+1:14 17:57.4
0:42.4
10 Johnny Spillane  +1:05 18:10.2 +0:46.2
11 Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Koivuranta is a ski jumper, formerly nordic combined skier from Finland. Known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup...

 
+0:17 19:00.7 +0:48.7
12 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...

 
+1:10 18:11.0 +0:52.0
13 Michael Gruber  +0:35 18:48.3 +0:54.3
14 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...

 
+1:07 18:23.3 +1:01.3
15 Daito Takahashi
Daito Takahashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice ....

 
+1:12 18:19.4 +1:02.4
16 Giuseppe Michielli
Giuseppe Michielli
Giuseppe Michielli is an Italian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best finish of 14th in the 15 km individual event at Turin four years...

 
+1:24 18:08.0 +1:03.0
17 Ladislav Rygl
Ladislav Rygl, Jr.
Ladislav Rygl, Jr. is a Czech nordic combined skier who competed from 1995 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 17th in the 7.5 km sprint event at Turin in...

 
+1:24 18:11.2 +1:06.2
18 Norihito Kobayashi
Norihito Kobayashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill at those same...

 
+1:27 18:09.0 +1:07.0
19 Akito Watabe
Akito Watabe
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2005. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of 31st in the 7.5 km sprint at Sapporo in 2007.Competing in two...

 
+0:41 18:56.3 +1:08.3
20 Ronny Heer
Ronny Heer
Ronny Heer is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Turin in 2006 while earning his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver four...

 
+1:20 18:17.7 +1:08.7
21 Andreas Hurschler
Andreas Hurschler
Andreas Hurschler is a retired Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed internationally since 1995. He finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and had his best individual finish of 15th in the 7.5 km sprint event at the 2003...

 
+1:50 17:51.6 +1:12.6
22 Yosuke Hatakeyama  +0:38 19:05.0 +1:14.0
23 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...

 
+0:40 19:04.0 +1:15.0
24 Seppi Hurschler
Seppi Hurschler
Seppi Hurschler is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best individual finish of 22nd in the 15 km individual at Turin in 2006.Hurschler's...

 
+1:22 18:29.4 +1:22.4
25 Bill Demong
Bill Demong
Bill Demong is an American Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medalist. Demong is a four-time Olympian competing in Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver.-Career:...

 
+1:34 18:29.7 +1:34.7
26 Tomas Slavik
Tomáš Slavík
Tomáš Slavík is a Czech nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth twice while earning his best individual finish of 20th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010.Slavík's best finish at the FIS...

 
+1:23 18:40.8 +1:34.8
27 Nicolas Bal
Nicolas Bal
Nicholas Bal is a former French Nordic combined skier who competed from 1996 to present. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event.-External links:...

 
+2:01 18:05.7 +1:37.7
28 Kristian Hammer
Kristian Hammer
Kristian Hammer is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1995 while representing Eidsvoll IL. He grew up on Setermoen in Bardu....

 
+2:06 18:02.1 +1:39.1
29 Sebastian Haseney
Sebastian Haseney
Sebastian Haseney is a former German nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 8th in the 15 km individual event at the 1999 championships.Haseney finished 6th in the 15 km...

 
+2:20 17:49.1 +1:40.1
30 Jochen Strobl  +1:59 18:10.8 +1:40.8
31 Pavel Churavy
Pavel Churavý
Pavel Churavý is a Czech Nordic combined skier was has competed since 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the 10 km individual large hill event at Vancouver in 2010....

 
} +1:58 18:11.9 +1:40.9
32 Tambet Pikkor  +1:59 18:15.1 +1:45.1
33 Ivan Fesenko
Ivan Fesenko
Ivan Fesenko is a mathematician working in number theory and other areas of mathematics. In 1992 Fesenko won the Young Mathematician Prize of the Petersburg Mathematical Society for his work on class field theory.- Work :...

 
+0:54 19:36.6 +2:01.6
34 Damjan Vtic  +1:12 19:23.9 +2:06.9
35 Dimitry Matveev  +1:16 19:21.1 +2:08.1
36 Ivan Rieder
Ivan Rieder
Ivan Rieder is a retired Swiss Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1999. He finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and earned his best finish of 30th in the 7.5 km sprint at those same championships.Reider's best...

 
+1:21 19:21.0 +2:13.0
37 Janne Ryynaenen  +1:33 19:14.6 +2:18.6
38 Daniele Munari  +2:26 19:21.0 +2:34.1
39 Eric Camerota
Eric Camerota
Eric Camerota is an American Nordic combined skier.Camerota was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and currently residing in Park City, Utah...

 
+2:05 18:59.8 +2:35.8
40 Håvard Klemetsen
Håvard Klemetsen
Håvard Klemetsen is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino I.L. He debuted in the World Cup in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011...

 
+1:51 19:15.6 +2:37.6
41 Jason Myslicki
Jason Myslicki
Jason Myslicki is a Canadian nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 41st in both the 7.5 km sprint and 15 km individual events at Turin in 2006.Myslicki's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 33rd in...

 
+2:23 19:00.1 +2:54.1
42 Alexsej Barannikov  +2:49 18:49.2 +3:09.2
43 Sergej Maslennikov  +1:46 19:56.1 +3:13.1
44 Davide Bresadola
Davide Bresadola
Davide Bresadola is an Italian Nordic combined athlete. He has competed in World Cup in the most competitions since 2005.At the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin, Bresadola placed 44th with a time of 21 minutes 43.3 seconds....

 
+1:35 20:08.3 +3:14.3
45 Sergei Diyachuk  +3:23 18:21.1 +3:15.1
46 Max Thompson
Max Thompson (skier)
Max Thompson is a Canadian Nordic combined skier.Thompson made his World Cup debut in January 2006 at Harrachov, Czech Republic...

 
+2:45 19:24.3 +3:40.3
47 Ales Vodsedalek
Aleš Vodseďálek
Aleš Vodseďálek is a Czech Nordic combined skier from Jilemnice who has competed since 2003.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth twice...

 
+1:54 20:51.0 +4:16.0
48 Volodymyr Trachuk
Volodymyr Trachuk
Volodymyr Trachuk is an Ukrainian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 41st in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010....

+4:17 19:40.8 +5:28.8
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