Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Nordic combined
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Nordic Combined, PyeongChang 2018.svg
Nordic combined pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre (ski jumping)
Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre (cross-country skiing)
Dates14–22 February 2018
No. of events3 (3 men)
Competitors55 from 16 nations
  2014
2022  

Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre and Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre. The three events were scheduled to take place between 14 and 22 February 2018.

Qualification

A total of 55 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of five athletes could be entered by any one National Olympic Committee. Competitors were eligible to compete if they had scored points at a World or Continental cup event during the qualification period of July 2016 to 21 January 2018. The top 55 on the Olympic quota allocation list respecting the maximum of four per country qualified to compete. [1]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all three events. [2] [3]

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
14 February15:30 Men's individual normal hill
18:00 Men's individual 10 km
20 February19:00 Men's individual large hill
21:45 Men's individual 10 km
22 February16:30 Men's team large hill
19:20 Men's team relay 4 x 5 km

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3115
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0101
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0101
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0022
Totals (4 entries)3339

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual large hill/10 km [4]
details
Johannes Rydzek
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23:52.5 Fabian Rießle
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23:52.9 Eric Frenzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23:53.3
Individual normal hill/10 km [5]
details
Eric Frenzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
24:51.4 Akito Watabe
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
24:56.2 Lukas Klapfer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
25:09.5
Team large hill/4 x 5 km [6]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Vinzenz Geiger
Fabian Rießle
Eric Frenzel
Johannes Rydzek
46:09.8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Jan Schmid
Espen Andersen
Jarl Magnus Riiber
Jørgen Graabak
47:02.5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Wilhelm Denifl
Lukas Klapfer
Bernhard Gruber
Mario Seidl
47:17.6

Participating nations

A total of 55 athletes from 16 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate.

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References

  1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Ski Federation . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "calendar". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. Individual large hill/10 km results
  5. Individual normal hill/10 km results
  6. Team large hill/4 × 5 km results