Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Individual

Individual
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Individual; at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for Nordic combined
Venue	Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium (ski jumping); Snow Harp (cross-country skiing)
Dates	13–14 February
Competitors	45 from 14 nations
Winning time	41:21.1
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

Last updated October 20, 2022

Results

Ski Jumping

Athletes did two normal hill ski jumps. The combined points earned on the jumps determined the starting order and times for the cross-country race; each point was equal to a six-second deficit.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Time Difference
1	Bjarte Engen Vik	Norway	116.0	125.0	241.0	+0:00
2	Valery Stolyarov	Russia	120.0	115.0	235.0	+0:36
3	Tsugiharu Ogiwara	Japan	112.5	120.0	232.5	+0:51
4	Junichi Kogawa	Japan	112.0	120.0	232.0	+0:54
5	Christoph Bieler	Austria	112.5	118.5	231.0	+1:00
6	Samppa Lajunen	Finland	108.5	122.0	230.5	+1:03
7	Mario Stecher	Austria	106.0	122.5	228.5	+1:15
8	Milan Kučera	Czech Republic	110.5	117.5	228.0	+1:18
9	Kenji Ogiwara	Japan	107.5	118.5	226.0	+1:30
10	Jens Deimel	Germany	113.5	107.5	221.0	+2:00
11	Nicolas Bal	France	110.0	108.5	218.5	+2:15
12	Jan Matura	Czech Republic	104.5	113.5	218.0	+2:18
13	Todd Lodwick	United States	101.0	116.0	217.0	+2:24
14	Tapio Nurmela	Finland	110.5	103.0	213.5	+2:45
15	Dmitry Sinitsyn	Russia	110.5	103.0	213.5	+2:45
16	Sylvain Guillaume	France	108.0	104.5	212.5	+2:51
17	Jari Mantila	Finland	101.0	111.0	212.0	+2:54
18	Ronny Ackermann	Germany	103.5	106.0	209.5	+3:09
19	Bill Demong	United States	110.5	98.0	208.5	+3:15
20	Hannu Manninen	Finland	101.5	105.5	207.0	+3:24
21	Jean-Yves Cuendet	Switzerland	105.5	100.5	206.0	+3:30
22	Fred Børre Lundberg	Norway	101.5	103.5	205.0	+3:36
23	Ladislav Rygl	Czech Republic	96.0	108.5	204.5	+3:39
24	Jens Salumäe	Estonia	102.5	101.0	203.5	+3:45
25	Kristian Hammer	Norway	105.5	98.0	203.5	+3:45
26	Josef Buchner	Germany	99.5	103.5	203.0	+3:48
27	Ludovic Roux	France	98.0	104.5	202.5	+3:51
28	Fabrice Guy	France	98.0	103.5	201.5	+3:57
29	Christoph Eugen	Austria	98.0	101.5	199.5	+4:09
30	Andrea Longo	Italy	111.0	88.0	199.0	+4:12
31	Denis Tishagin	Russia	98.0	100.5	198.5	+4:15
32	Urs Kunz	Switzerland	102.0	94.0	196.0	+4:30
33	Aleksey Fadeyev	Russia	107.5	88.0	195.5	+4:33
34	Petr Šmejc	Czech Republic	103.0	92.0	195.0	+4:36
35	Dave Jarrett	United States	105.5	89.5	195.0	+4:36
36	Satoshi Mori	Japan	105.5	89.5	195.0	+4:36
37	Magnar Freimuth	Estonia	95.5	99.0	194.5	+4:39
38	Andy Hartmann	Switzerland	90.0	103.0	193.0	+4:48
39	Tim Tetreault	United States	94.0	96.5	190.5	+5:03
40	Felix Gottwald	Austria	98.5	91.5	190.0	+5:06
41	Matthias Looß	Germany	83.0	104.0	187.0	+5:24
42	Halldor Skard	Norway	75.5	110.5	186.0	+5:30
43	Marco Zarucchi	Switzerland	99.0	86.5	185.5	+5:33
44	Ago Markvardt	Estonia	77.5	104.0	181.5	+5:57
45	Konstantin Kalinovsky	Belarus	85.5	95.5	181.0	+6:00
46	Roman Perko	Slovenia	92.5	87.5	180.0	+6:06
47	Tambet Pikkor	Estonia	77.0	88.5	165.5	+7:33
48	Sergey Zakharenko	Belarus	73.0	85.0	158.0	+8:18

Cross-Country

The cross-country race was over a distance of 15 kilometres.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Start time	Cross-country		Finish time
Rank	Name	Country	Start time	Time	Place	Finish time
	Bjarte Engen Vik	Norway	+0:00	41:21.1	16	41:21.1
	Samppa Lajunen	Finland	+1:03	40:45.6	8	41:48.6
	Valery Stolyarov	Russia	+0:36	41:13.3	14	41:49.3
4	Kenji Ogiwara	Japan	+1:30	41:12.2	13	42:42.2
5	Milan Kučera	Czech Republic	+1:18	41:27.8	17	42:45.8
6	Tsugiharu Ogiwara	Japan	+0:51	41:55.4	23	42:46.4
7	Nicolas Bal	France	+2:15	40:31.8	5	42:46.8
8	Mario Stecher	Austria	+1:15	41:54.9	22	43:09.9
9	Sylvain Guillaume	France	+2:51	40:51.5	9	43:42.5
10	Dmitry Sinitsyn	Russia	+2:45	41:03.0	11	43:48.0
11	Hannu Manninen	Finland	+3:24	40:27.0	4	43:51.0
12	Ronny Ackermann	Germany	+3:09	40:43.9	7	43:52.9
13	Jens Deimel	Germany	+2:00	41:56.3	24	43:56.3
14	Ladislav Rygl	Czech Republic	+3:39	40:41.8	6	44:20.8
15	Tapio Nurmela	Finland	+2:45	41:46.6	21	44:31.6
16	Fred Børre Lundberg	Norway	+3:36	40:56.3	10	44:32.3
17	Jean-Yves Cuendet	Switzerland	+3:30	41:04.6	12	44:34.6
18	Urs Kunz	Switzerland	+4:30	40:23.2	3	44:53.2
19	Christoph Bieler	Austria	+1:00	43:55.5	38	44:55.5
20	Todd Lodwick	United States	+2:24	42:33.4	28	44:57.4
21	Felix Gottwald	Austria	+5:06	40:10.2	2	45:16.2
22	Andrea Longo	Italy	+4:12	41:14.2	15	45:26.2
23	Junichi Kogawa	Japan	+0:54	44:42.8	42	45:36.8
24	Christoph Eugen	Austria	+4:09	41:28.7	18	45:37.7
25	Marco Zarucchi	Switzerland	+5:33	40:04.9	1	45:37.9
26	Kristian Hammer	Norway	+3:45	42:22.7	26	46:07.7
27	Jari Mantila	Finland	+2:54	43:16.6	34	46:10.6
28	Andy Hartmann	Switzerland	+4:48	41:30.5	20	46:18.5
29	Fabrice Guy	France	+3:57	42:46.3	30	46:43.3
30	Dave Jarrett	United States	+4:36	42:16.0	25	46:52.0
31	Ludovic Roux	France	+3:51	43:01.2	32	46:52.2
32	Matthias Looß	Germany	+5:24	41:30.2	19	46:54.2
33	Magnar Freimuth	Estonia	+4:39	42:29.5	27	47:08.5
34	Bill Demong	United States	+3:15	44:03.9	40	47:18.9
35	Jan Matura	Czech Republic	+2:18	45:17.0	44	47:35.0
36	Tim Tetreault	United States	+5:03	42:45.5	29	47:48.5
37	Aleksey Fadeyev	Russia	+4:33	43:46.7	36	48:19.7
38	Satoshi Mori	Japan	+4:36	43:53.0	37	48:29.0
39	Jens Salumäe	Estonia	+3:45	44:51.2	43	48:36.2
40	Petr Šmejc	Czech Republic	+4:36	44:01.4	39	48:37.4
41	Roman Perko	Slovenia	+6:06	43:01.4	33	49:07.4
42	Konstantin Kalinovsky	Belarus	+6:00	43:38.2	35	49:38.2
43	Sergey Zakharenko	Belarus	+8:18	42:54.2	31	51:12.2
44	Tambet Pikkor	Estonia	+7:33	44:13.8	41	51:46.8
-	Josef Buchner	Germany	+3:48	DNS	-	-
-	Denis Tishagin	Russia	+4:15	DNF	-	-
-	Halldor Skard	Norway	+5:30	DNF	-	-
-	Ago Markvardt	Estonia	+5:57	DNS	-	-

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References

1 2 3 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
↑ "Nordic Combined at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 3 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2014.

[SR-2] "Nordic Combined at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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