Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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2002 Winter Olympic Games Nordic combined

[edit] Individual

February 9, 2002

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Samppa Lajunen (FIN)	39:11.7
Silver	Jaakko Tallus (FIN)	39:36.4
Bronzea	Felix Gottwald (AUT)	40:06.5
4	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	40:27.8
5	Björn Kircheisen (GER)	40:55.9
6	Mario Stecher (AUT)	41:30.8
7	Todd Lodwick (USA)	41:39.4
8	Kristian Hammer (NOR)	41:40.8

Tallus was the surprise leader after the ski jump, but Lajunen beat him in the skiing.

[edit] Team

February 14, 2002

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Finland (Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen)	48:42.2
Silver	Germany (Björn Kircheisen, Georg Hettich, Marcel Höhlig, Ronny Ackermann)	48:49.7
Bronze	Austria (Christoph Bieler, Michael Gruber, Mario Stecher, Felix Gottwald)	48:53.2
4	USA (Bill Demong, Johnny Spillane, Matt Dayton, Todd Lodwick)	49:54.1
5	Norway (Kristian Hammer, Sverre Rotevatn, Jan Rune Grave, Lars Andreas Østvik)	51:22.1
6	France (Nicolas Bal, Ludovic Roux, Frèdèric Baud, Kevin Arnould)	51:35.5
7	Switzerland (Jan Schmid, Ivan Rieder, Andreas Hurschler, Ronny Heer)	52:07.9
8	Japan (Satoshi Mori, Kenji Ogiwara, Daito Takahashi, Gen Tomii).	52:26.5

Finland has a huge lead after the ski jumping, and does not lose it. Germany comes from fifth place to edge Austria for the silver medal.

[edit] Sprint

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Samppa Lajunen (FIN)	16:40.1
Silver	Ronny Ackermann (GER)	16:49.1
Bronze	Felix Gottwald (AUT)	17:20.3

Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
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Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snowboarding • Speed skating