Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics, consisted of two events, held from 23 February to 28 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Canada Olympic Park, while the cross-country portion took place at Canmore Nordic Centre.^[1]

The Calgary Games saw two substantial changes in the Nordic combined program. A team event was added, marking the first time that more than one medal would be awarded in Nordic combined. The combined events also changed their format, replacing the points-based system used in previous years with the Gundersen system, in which ski jumping points totals were translated to time gaps for a pursuit cross-country race. This change ensured that the first competitor across the finish line in the cross-country race was the overall Olympic champion.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
2	West Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Austria	0	1	1	2
4	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
	Total	2	2	2	6

Switzerland topped the medal table with two, one gold. Austria's two medals were the country's first in the sport.

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Hippolyt Kempf  Switzerland	39:27.5	Klaus Sulzenbacher  Austria	39:46.5	Allar Levandi  Soviet Union	40:31.8
Team	West Germany Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz Thomas Müller	1:20:46.0	Switzerland Andreas Schaad Hippolyt Kempf Fredy Glanzmann	1:20:49.4	Austria Günther Csar Hansjörg Aschenwald Klaus Sulzenbacher	1:21:16.9

Participating NOCs

Thirteen nations participated in Nordic combined at the Calgary Games.^[1]

References

Sports-Reference - 1988 Olympics - Nordic Combined