Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Team

Team
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Team; at the XX Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for Nordic combined
Venue	Pragelato
Dates	February 15–16
Competitors	44 from 11 nations
Winning time	49:42.6
Medalists
	← 2002 2010 →

Last updated October 20, 2022

The Men's team Nordic combined competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato, Italy. It was originally scheduled for 15 February, but high winds meant that only part of the ski jumping competition was completed on that day, with the conclusion, and the cross-country race, taking place on 16 February.^[1]^[2]

Results

Ski Jumping

Each of the four team members, performed two jumps, which were judged in the same fashion as the Olympic ski jumping competition. The scores for all the jumps each team took were summed, and used to calculate their deficit in the cross-country race. Each one point behind the leading score of Germany was equivalent to one second of time deficit.^[3] Heavy winds delayed the competition after the first round of jumps; these jumps eventually counted, and the competition was resumed the following day. The world championship team from Norway had to pull out of the competition, as four of its athletes became sick. Had the competition been restarted, they would have been able to compete with a different group of athletes, but keeping the scores from the first day meant that Norway was out. Italy also had to pull out, when Davide Bresadola was forced to go to hospital on account of illness.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Deficit
1	Germany Jens Gaiser Björn Kircheisen Ronny Ackermann Georg Hettich	464.5 114.5 113.7 114.2 125.1	1	449.0 108.7 114.1 109.5 116.7	2	913.5	0:00
2	Austria Michael Gruber Mario Stecher Felix Gottwald Christoph Bieler	453.4 115.9 108.3 110.5 118.7	2	449.8 109.6 113.5 107.0 119.7	1	903.2	0:10
3	Russia Dimitry Matveev Ivan Fesenko Anton Kamenev Sergej Maslennikov	450.1 106.8 105.9 106.6 130.8	3	440.0 102.7 103.7 109.6 124.0	3	890.1	0:23
4	Finland Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	444.7 120.4 97.9 112.5 113.9	4	433.9 108.1 100.1 111.9 113.8	4	878.6	0:35
5	Japan Yosuke Hatakeyama Norihito Kobayashi Takashi Kitamura Daito Takahashi	437.7 112.4 109.9 105.5 109.9	5	433.9 111.6 111.4 93.6 109.9	5	864.2	0:49
6	France Francois Braud Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Jason Lamy Chappuis	431.9 112.3 93.0 102.7 123.9	6	416.3 93.4 89.1 110.5 123.3	6	848.2	1:05
7	Switzerland Jan Schmid Andreas Hurschler Ronny Heer Ivan Rieder	427.5 112.8 103.1 111.5 100.1	7	412.1 109.4 90.3 100.5 111.9	7	839.6	1:14
8	United States Bill Demong Carl Van Loan Johnny Spillane Todd Lodwick	409.9 107.0 82.1 112.8 108.0	8	410.7 111.0 82.1 105.4 112.2	8	820.6	1:33
9	Czech Republic Ales Vodsedalek Tomas Slavik Ladislav Rygl Pavel Churavy	396.3 98.7 99.0 96.6 102.0	9	408.8 109.0 99.6 99.9 100.3	9	805.1	1:48
	Italy Davide Bresadola Jochen Strobl Daniele Munari Giuseppe Michielli	393.9 111.4 88.5 89.8 104.2	10	DNS	—	—	—
	Norway Havard Klemetsen Kristian Hammer Magnus Moan Petter Tande	DNS	—	—	—	—	—

Cross-Country

The start for the 4 x 5 kilometre relay race was staggered, with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a one second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first team across the finish line, Austria was the overall winner of the event. The German team, which started first, led after the third relay leg, but Austria's Mario Stecher gained 36 seconds on Germany's Jens Gaiser on the final leg, taking the Austrian team to the gold medal.^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Deficit	Time	Rank	Total
	Austria Michael Gruber Christoph Bieler Felix Gottwald Mario Stecher	+0:10	49:42.6 11:50.3 13:01.0 12:01.4 12:49.9	1	49:52.6
	Germany Björn Kircheisen Georg Hettich Ronny Ackermann Jens Gaiser	+0:00	50:07.9 11:23.9 12:50.4 12:27.6 13:26.0	4	+0:15.3
	Finland Antti Kuisma Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen	+0:35	49:44.4 11:56.8 13:01.0 12:25.5 12:21.1	2	+0:26.8
4	Switzerland Ronny Heer Jan Schmid Andreas Hurschler Ivan Rieder	+1:14	50:00.9 11:42.5 13:23.0 12:02.5 12:52.9	3	+1:22.3
5	France Francois Braud Ludovic Roux Jason Lamy Chappuis Nicolas Bal	+1:05	50:19.6 12:09.2 12:49.6 12:23.6 12:57.2	6	+1:32.0
6	Japan Daito Takahashi Takashi Kitamura Norihito Kobayashi Yosuke Hatakeyama	+0:49	50:47.0 12:02.5 12:49.5 12:33.7 13:21.3	7	+1:43.4
7	United States Johnny Spillane Carl Van Loan Bill Demong Todd Lodwick	+1:33	50:19.5 11:53.2 13:20.9 12:24.2 12:41.2	5	+1:59.9
8	Czech Republic Ladislav Rygl Pavel Churavy Ales Vodsedalek Tomas Slavik	+1:48	52:10.5 12:33.7 12:38.2 13:15.8 13:42.8	8	+4:05.9
9	Russia Ivan Fesenko Anton Kamenev Dimitry Matveev Sergej Maslennikov	+0:23	53:42.1 12:38.0 13:52.4 13:18.5 13:53.2	9	+4:12.5

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References

1 2 Janie McCauley (February 16, 2006). "Germany Leads Nordic Combined; U.S. Eighth". Associated Press. SFGate.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Nordic Combined at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Team". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
1 2 "Torino 2006 Official Report - NordicCombined" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

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[Delay-1] 1 2 Janie McCauley (February 16, 2006). "Germany Leads Nordic Combined; U.S. Eighth". Associated Press. SFGate.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.^{[ dead link ]}

[SR-2] "Nordic Combined at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Team". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[NordicCombined-3] 1 2 "Torino 2006 Official Report - NordicCombined" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

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