Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics

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The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924. The first competition involved 18 km cross-country skiing, followed by ski jumping. Whoever earned the most points from both competitions won the event. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, the ski jumping was held first, followed by 18 km cross-country skiing. The cross-country skiing portion was reduced to 15 km at the 1956 Winter Olympics. The ski jumping styles would change over the years as well, from the Kongsberger technique after World War I to the Daescher technique in the 1950's to the current V-style from 1985 onwards. The cross-country skiing technique would switch from classical to freestyle for all competitions beginning in 1985, but the biggest change would occur at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the scoring with the Gundersen method, meaning the 15 km cross country portion would go from an interval start race to a pursuit race, so that whoever crossed the finish line first won the event. The team event with a 3 x 10 km cross country relay started at the 1988 Winter Olympics, changing to the current 4 x 5 km cross-country relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The 7.5 km sprint event was added at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Nordic combined remains a men's only event as of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

[edit] Events

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06
Individual	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Team															•	•	•	•	•	•
Sprint																			•	•

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	11	8	7	26
2	Finland (FIN)	4	8	2	14
3	East Germany (GDR)	3	0	4	7
4	Austria (AUT)	2	2	6	10
5	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	0	3
	Japan (JPN)	2	1	0	3
7	Germany (GER)	1	3	1	5
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	1	4
9	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
10	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	3
11	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	2	3
12	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
13	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in nordic combined

Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in nordic combined