| Men's sprint at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for Nordic combined | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Utah Olympic Park (ski jumping) & Soldier Hollow (cross-country) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21–22 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16:40.1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics | |
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| Sprint | men |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's individual sprint Nordic combined competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City at Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow on 21 and 22 February. [1] [2]
Athletes did one large hill ski jump. Points earned on the jump determined the starting order and times for the cross-country race; each point was equal to a 4-second deficit. [1]
The cross-country race was over a distance of 7.5 kilometres. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Start time | Cross country time | Cross country rank | Finish time |
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 | Samppa Lajunen |  Finland | +0:00 | 16:40.1 | 16 | 16:40.1 |
 | Ronny Ackermann |  Germany | +0:15 | 16:34.1 | 9 | 16:49.1 |
 | Felix Gottwald |  Austria | +0:51 | 16:29.3 | 5 | 17:20.3 |
| 4 | Jaakko Tallus | Finland | +0:18 | 17:07.9 | 25 | 17:25.9 |
| 5 | Todd Lodwick |  United States | +0:56 | 16:36.1 | 11 | 17:32.1 |
| 6 | Daito Takahashi |  Japan | +0:35 | 17:02.9 | 24 | 17:37.9 |
| 7 | Hannu Manninen | Finland | +1:12 | 16:30.7 | 7 | 17:42.7 |
| 8 | Andy Hartmann |  Switzerland | +1:14 | 16:30.7 | 7 | 17:44.7 |
| 9 | Björn Kircheisen | Germany | +1:08 | 16:37.2 | 12 | 17:45.2 |
| 10 | Ludovic Roux |  France | +1:16 | 16:29.7 | 6 | 17:45.7 |
| 11 | Mario Stecher | Austria | +0:39 | 17:10.5 | 28 | 17:49.5 |
| 12 | Andrej Jezeršek |  Slovenia | +1:29 | 16:23.8 | 3 | 17:52.8 |
| 13 | Sverre Rotevatn |  Norway | +1:29 | 16:25.4 | 4 | 17:54.4 |
| 14 | Bill Demong | United States | +0:59 | 16:57.1 | 21 | 17:56.1 |
| 15 | Pavel Churavý |  Czech Republic | +1:20 | 16:38.0 | 13 | 17:58.0 |
| 16 | Christoph Bieler | Austria | +0:42 | 17:19.6 | 30 | 18:01.6 |
| 17 | Norihito Kobayashi | Japan | +1:25 | 16:39.6 | 15 | 18:04.6 |
| 18 | Nicolas Bal | France | +1:42 | 16:22.8 | 2 | 18:04.8 |
| 19 | Jens Gaiser | Germany | +1:20 | 16:59.3 | 23 | 18:19.3 |
| 20 | Kristian Hammer | Norway | +1:36 | 16:45.0 | 18 | 18:21.0 |
| 21 | Andreas Hurschler | Switzerland | +2:02 | 16:19.9 | 1 | 18:21.9 |
| 22 | Satoshi Mori | Japan | +1:03 | 17:22.0 | 31 | 18:25.0 |
| 23 | Mikko Keskinarkaus | Finland | +1:23 | 17:08.4 | 26 | 18:31.4 |
| 24 | Petr Šmejc | Czech Republic | +0:50 | 17:41.9 | 34 | 18:31.9 |
| 25 | Marcel Höhlig | Germany | +0:46 | 17:46.2 | 37 | 18:32.2 |
| 26 | Jan Rune Grave | Norway | +1:51 | 16:42.2 | 17 | 18:33.2 |
| 27 | Frédéric Baud | France | +1:55 | 16:38.5 | 14 | 18:33.5 |
| 28 | Ronny Heer | Switzerland | +1:15 | 17:19.0 | 29 | 18:34.0 |
| 29 | Michael Gruber | Austria | +0:50 | 17:44.0 | 35 | 18:34.0 |
| 30 | Preben Fjære Brynemo | Norway | +1:41 | 16:54.5 | 20 | 18:35.5 |
| 31 | Seppi Hurschler | Switzerland | +1:08 | 17:28.0 | 32 | 18:36.0 |
| 32 | Johnny Spillane | United States | +2:02 | 16:34.4 | 10 | 18:36.4 |
| 33 | Kenji Ogiwara | Japan | +1:54 | 16:45.1 | 19 | 18:39.1 |
| 34 | Kevin Arnould | France | +1:25 | 17:35.9 | 33 | 19:00.9 |
| 35 | Milan Kučera | Czech Republic | +1:29 | 17:44.5 | 36 | 19:13.5 |
| 36 | Matt Dayton | United States | +2:18 | 16:57.9 | 22 | 19:15.9 |
| 37 | Jens Salumäe |  Estonia | +0:45 | 18:44.2 | 39 | 19:29.2 |
| 38 | Sergey Zakharenko |  Belarus | +2:20 | 17:09.5 | 27 | 19:29.5 |
| 39 | Michal Pšenko |  Slovakia | +1:58 | 18:09.3 | 38 | 20:07.3 |
| 40 | Tambet Pikkor | Estonia | +1:42 | 18:56.1 | 40 | 20:38.1 |
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The men's individual Nordic combined competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City at Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow on 9 and 10 February.
The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.
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